Harvester Five Bells - Basildon

Seemed understaffed on the day, but with the added burden of staff having to serve you at the salad bar?? Food was a nice surprise, better than previous visits. I have a hearing impairment, and sitting under a speaker playing slightly noisier than I was comfortable with music, was slightly irritating, but I rolled with it due to the obvious pressure on staff.

Me and my partner had the half chicken rotisserie. The portion size was ridiculously small. To give some indication I bought a small whole chicken from M&S for £3 the week before and half the chicken was about twice the size we were served up at the Harvester. The chips were also very salty having been smothered in sage and onion seasoning. The sweetcorn was overcooked. All in all extremely poor value for money. I won’t be in any hurry to return.

My wife ,7 year old son and myself visited for Sunday lunch . we where seated early and looked after in extremely friendly and polite way The food was of a very high standard with a large mouthwatering choice. The only issue we had was what to pick. Could not fault it Would recommend to anyone

The food was good and excellent service however the whole decor inside and outside of the restaurant is run down and in poor state of repair. Also the menus were not clean and covered in grease and finger prints.

It was on the day of my 70th birthday first time we have been to a restaurant since Christmas 2019 so didn't really know what to expect the staff were charming happy and enthusiastic which really helped to make a low key celebration really good have used the five bells quite often in past never had a problem with them wish them all the luck in these strange times.