The Alex

Just a short walk off the main high street you'll find one of the last traditional looking pubs left in Southend. That offer a variety of entertainment live bands upstairs and karaoke in the main bar on a Friday night. There is a out door beer garden with a pool table and there is live sport playing on a variety of TV screens around the pub. On arrival we were met with a nice door lady who ushers us in. Ordering drinks at the bar grazing the food menu. We asked the bar maid if the wings were good and she said she was vegetarian but the cauliflower wings were good. We ordered a sharing platter and a plate of cauliflower wings. The food was traditional fried food, but tasted great after a few drinks definitely enough for two. Was great and we will be back.

It was good we could watch both the cricket and the England game simultaneously albeit without sound. Never understand sportsbars that fo that. The upstairs area wasn't open otherwise we would have used that, They only had doombar bitter on. But that said I had a good couple of hours there and the staff we friendly and helpful