http://www.essexrestaurants.com/ 185-1386 http://www.essexrestaurants.com/southend-venues/southend-restaurants/shepherd-and-dog-stambridge-essex.html Visited on a warm spring night. Received a warm welcome but that's as far as the it went. The bar furnishings were very shabby, maximum of only eight customers total in the bar and restaurant throughout the whole saturday night. There was no atmosphere whatsoever. Steak and 4 potatoes with no vegetables x 2 came to £33+ We will not be going back. ]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 18:08:48 +0100 185-1377 http://www.essexrestaurants.com/southend-venues/southend-restaurants/shepherd-and-dog-stambridge-essex.html Went there last week-£120 for four. Very expensive for just mains and one desert. Wine £17+ very pricy. Only us eating so all in all a disaster. Much better deals available and lots of them so sorry we are unable to recommend and will be a long time we return. ]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:02:48 +0100 185-1323 http://www.essexrestaurants.com/southend-venues/southend-restaurants/shepherd-and-dog-stambridge-essex.html I wouldn't recommend this place, First of all it seemed a very nice place, We received our drinks and ordered and it seemed a very nice place, We all received our food except my 6 year old niece who we later found out the chefs had forgot to cook her dish, The manager came over to speak to us had quite an aggressive attitude and the food only got to her after all of us had finished our meal! None of the staff came to us to explain what had happened while we were waiting and we were very cross about the whole situation. The deserts however were very nice but again they gave my 6 year old niece vanilla instead of chocolate, Another example that they need to sort out their staff as they seem to need more training, However the quickly recovered the problem and we got a free dessert and meal for my niece. However the overall service was appalling and we shall not be returning, It is a shame as the food is nice but the service has let the restaurant down. ]]> Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:44:13 +0000 185-1240 http://www.essexrestaurants.com/southend-venues/southend-restaurants/shepherd-and-dog-stambridge-essex.html I wouldn't recommend this place, it is very much an acquired taste. Have given it a few chances over the years and they never seem to be able to get the food right. The service and waitresses were excellent but this wasn't matched by what was being served. Starters were pretty non eventful and the mains very average. As for desserts, nothing home made, all out of a packet. ]]> Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:11:31 +0100 185-1238 http://www.essexrestaurants.com/southend-venues/southend-restaurants/shepherd-and-dog-stambridge-essex.html We waited for 45 minutes to actually get our roast Sunday dinner. In between ordering and getting our meal we were asked if we had ordered coffee and whether we wanted our desserts now! Front of house was a bit of a shambles - very well meaning but it really isn't the customers problem that you're short staffed! The beef required a strong set of teeth and a sharper knife than was provided. However the veg was all ok. Would pop in for a beer but wouldnt eat in there again. ]]> Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:51:16 +0100 185-1066 http://www.essexrestaurants.com/southend-venues/southend-restaurants/shepherd-and-dog-stambridge-essex.html Went to the supposedly award winning Shepherd and Dog last night. I must comment on the great waitress. She was friendly, very attentive and knows customer service. Shame that the kitchen have not been trained so well. Our first course was pate. It was OK. Main course Liver and bacon with mash, and pork belly. The liver was very overcooked and the mash dry! the pork belly was OK but not great. I ordered cheesecake for dessert £4.25. It had previously been frozen and was wet mush. The base was stale and watery. It was inedible and was sent back by our lovely waitress, who then very kindly took the coffees off the bill. The pub has a roaring fire so I rate ambience 8/10, service 10/10. value, food, etc etc 5/10. We would never go back. ]]> Fri, 13 May 2011 10:34:18 +0100 185-718 http://www.essexrestaurants.com/southend-venues/southend-restaurants/shepherd-and-dog-stambridge-essex.html It was our first time at the Shepherd & Dog and we must say that the service and the food was excellent, though it was miday we did not have to wait long for our food( 15mins to be exact), we would recommend this pub to our friends and will certainly be visiting again, our thanks to the staff. ]]> Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:22:08 +0000 185-545 http://www.essexrestaurants.com/southend-venues/southend-restaurants/shepherd-and-dog-stambridge-essex.html great food, good service been there several times now great value as well ]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:23:36 +0100