Had several pints of Brentwood Brewing Company's Blind Date last night - very nice indeed.Visited again on the 1st Jan - one of the few pubs in the area open - and supped a perfect pint of Mighty Oak Oscar Wilde followed by an equally perfect Nethergate Augustian. Years may come and years may go but some things, including The Vipe rstay the same - in simple terms perfect.

My News Years resolution is to visit The Viper more in 2011 - wife kindly driving me back 10 miles permitting. Two weeks ago had a pint of Brentwood Brewerys Winter Warmer @4.8%.

Change of Personnel since last visit - the improvement is dramatic. Friendly atmosphere, good service, a good place to goA Brilliant pub, the legend that is Brewers Gold always on tap as well as at least 4 real ales.Proper pork scratchings on sale.If you are going to football at Southend the ground is a 10 minute cab ride away.Good pub - good beer, good landlord. Miserable Bartender....unless you're a regular

As an independent, free of tie family run venue The Crown Inn Restaurant team have a shared passion for a high level of personal service. We warmly invite you to join us for a meal, a drink at the bar or just a coffee over the papers.Since fresh and seasonal food is the best for flavour and quality we create dishes and change the menu as required so we can take advantage of the best available produce.Since fresh and seasonal food is the best for flavour and quality we create dishes and change the menu as required so we can take advantage of the best available produce.

Smartly refurbished pub. Eight real ales on offer, although with two banks of eight handpumps they could increase to as many as sixteen if demand and cellar space are sufficient. Efficient service from a friendly barmaid.

Only real criticism is there are too many tables and chairs. I was in late afternoon when it was fairly quiet, but somehow felt a bit cluttered and if every table and chair was occupied you'd barely be able to move around.No longer Original. Obviously the recession has made Nicholsons reduce their signwriting, it's now just The Plough. Not yet been in there since the takeover.Nicholsons have refurbished this quite recently, and the result is a depressingly familiar chain pub with neutral decor throughout and Sky Sports News playing in the corner with the volume down. Great range of ales though, which would be enough to get me through the door a second time.

Sorry, last entry meant to be on Travellers Post pub up the road. Having moved away from the area and just moved back gave this a go again last week. The place is as exactly how I remembered it. still quite unfriendly and hard to get to the bar and once I got there I was met by an awful girl who said nothing just raised her eyes and had a face like thunder slammed my change down and I did not even dare ask for a top up in case she went mad. Why they employed her is a mystery as she obviously does not want to be there. Beer was quite nice, Adnams Broadside at west end prices though. probably the best pub around the area despite the service.Had not been in for ages until last week. Same old faces in there though, quite friendly .Pub has become a souless place sadly, I was told. The new Gov is a bit of a control freak who took down all the photographs going back years and put them in a skip and has been banning lots of people. I have not met him but was told he is a bit vertically challenged and likes to throw his weight around. There wasnt much going on in there except football. Beer was alright if you like McMullans as there was nothing else on offer.

wont be going there again. the landlord is totally devoid of any personality and downright rude. beer is dodgy and vastly overpriced, £3.50 a pint when the west ham game was on!! went for live music particularly burns bros and they had a disco. the only thing going for this pub is the great live music and all they seem to have now is a cheapo disco. toilets are disgraceful and absolutely stink. no reason for me to come here againAlright for a late beer with a bit of live music. The toilets are disgrace though, tiny and dirty. One hint for the staff as well, dont serve a round of drinks and then less then 2 minutes later, open the doors and force you out when its minus 3! My Dad who was over from Ireland could not believe it, customer relations my arse!Getting a bit boring on a Sunday as they have the Burns brothers duo too often.

Wouldn't rate this place.
Lunch times are ok.
Friday and Saturday evenings are shambolic. Staff are extremely rude, they can barely cope with the volume of customers and have a distinct lack of interest in the customers needs or requests. It took 35 minutes for me to get served at the bar yesterday evening.
I don’t know where the management source their staff from, but they are poor. It is not uncommon to hear staff swear at customers to ignore anyone who complains about how long they are waiting at the bar.
Weatherspoon pubs are cheap and cheerful, we know this. But this is the first I have experienced with such poor customer service. It really lets the chain down.

The food is as you would expect for a Weatherspoon place, and comes out in good time. Lunch times, as I have mentioned, are not too bad. Would strongly recommend avoiding on Friday and Saturday nights.

Cheap but poor quality food, a good range of beers, plenty of tables, but as a customer you feel an incovenience to the rude staff that work there. Also on a busy weekend evening there were just 3 people seving on the bar which took 35 minutes for me to get served!Cheap but poor quality food, a good range of beers, plenty of tables, but as a customer you feel an incovenience to the rude staff that work there. Also on a busy weekend evening there were just 3 people seving on the bar which took 35 minutes for me to get served!