Southend-on-Sea
Salsa

Salsa

34 London Road, SS1 1NT, Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom

Pizza • Steak • Mexican • European


"Finding ourselves dogless and childless for the evening, and planning to go to a local pub, I suggested popping out for something to eat first. Friday evening, although I was early, I suspected without a booking we would struggle to find somewhere. However Salsa were able to accommodate. It was happy hour, so we started with some margaritas. It wasn't particularly strong, so my husband requested an additional shot of tequila. The knives and forks at hour table were dirty, but to the staffs credit, when we highlighted it they apologized and immediately got us some clean ones. We opted for Tapas. As a food-grammer, I almost always take photos to share. However, visually these dishes didn't look great. Taste wise, they were OK. But nothing special unfortunately. We had a plate of Spanish cured ham, which I suspect, as the previous review said, was just a supermarket one. The spicy king prawns were nice, but when they came out the sauce was molten hot, as if it had just been blasted in the kitchen. We had bread and alioli, but the bread was just a part baked baguette, which is a little disappointing. The whitebait was a generous portion, but average taste. The boneless pork loins were probably the best dish of the evening- the potatoes it came with were significantly better than the potatoes with the patatas bravas which were bland (frozen I suspect). The lamb chops were tasty but visually very poor. The service was generally good, the ladies very happy, smiley and accommodating, but the food sadly doesn't match up. I will not be in a hurry to return unfortunately."

Toulouse

Toulouse

Western Esplanade, SS0 8FE, Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom

Full • Steak • Lunch • British


"My first visit to this restaurant which came highly recommended. We enjoyed our food BUT both me and my wife had grit in the salad leaves with our starter. Later we wished we had mentioned that at the time. Our main course was very enjoyable and no grit this time. BUT whilst finishing our starter a pint and a half of beer was poured over the lady diner behind me. Accidentally of course by a waiter 2 days into his job. The family who suffered this were extremely understanding these things happen , much more so than a lot would have been. I had to change side of our table to let the staff in to clean up. The lady was clearly very wet. As we were finishing our main the bill was brought out to the unlucky table. And the fun really started. Not only had there been no deduction to the food bill but a service charge had been added! Wow, I would have been extremely unhappy if that was me, and so was the group. It was clear that it wasn 't just a slip by Toulouse it was intended to make the bill that way. The manager was called and things then reminded us of Fawlty Towers as he argued with the customers in front of all the other guests around. The manager thought they should pay the whole bill, but they would cover dry cleaning costs. Nowhere near good enough to my mind or the other people. It 's interesting now to read several other reviews about bad service. It seems this is their way. Shame."