ASK Italian - Southend-on-Sea

The staff were very attentive on the day. The food was delicious and everyone enjoyed the experience. the only tiny negative was that being seated next to the stair case there was a cold draft coming down the stairs

i fond the good and the food

Friendly helpful staff, clean outlet, food was excellent.

Great food, Great service and great ambience. The prices could be lower, but overall a very pleasant meal. The waitress serving us was goodbye ( especially with one of our group being vegan, there was no fuss at all.) and very attentive, a nice touch being the home made lemonade to try at the beginning of the meal. Would recommend to anyone who would like a delicious meal in southend at a reasonable price.

Excellent. Very good food and very good and friendly service

Lovely meal, we was able to use our tastecard so 2 for 1 even better! Waitress was nice and friendly too.

Family friendly, great service, good food

I always have a good experience at Ask, Southend. The staff are very friendly and service is good. I love the food, especially the butterfly prawn starters and all the seafood pastas.

This booking service was very effective and saved me having to ring rhe restaurant directly. Unfortunately the serice at Ask was a complete let down, we ended up waiting nearly an hour for our first rounds of drinks to turn up. We were a relatively big table but the staff should have planned for this, and the rota should have reflected the fact that there was a large table booked. The food was very good but it came out very staggered, some were finishing when others were only starting, the same happened with the desserts! As it was my birthday I was left a little deflated that the service was just so poor. And to top it all off they had the cheek to put a very hefty service charge on our bill, which in no way did they deserve. The manager then challenged why we didn't pay the service charge in full, she was promptly told about the awful service and rather than apologising she just said 'oh well you don't have to pay it' and then walked off! The so called manager let her front of house staff struggle the whole time we were there whilst she was nowhere to be seen, until she brought our desserts out. Like I said food was great but I'm positive that none of our party will be going to ask again purely because of the service.

Excellent - food was very good, service friendly and a good atmosphere.