Came here for a girls night during restaurant week and it was awesome! Essex has one of the best deals for restaurant week in charlotte: soup or salad, two small plates and a dessert for $35. I started with the Greek salad which was pretty standard but good, and for my small plates I had the butter chicken and the pork buns.
The butter chicken had very good flavor and the "naan" breadstick was amazing! The chicken was a little drier than I would like but the sauce made up for it. The pork buns were also good with very thick cut pork belly and pickled vegetables, but I wasn't overly impressed with the actual buns (they were definitely not homemade, probably purchase frozen). The tiramisu was also very good! The perfect way to finish the meal. Some other favorites in the group were the poke tacos, bang bang grouper and the short rib ravioli.
Essex was a great choice for girls night and is probably even better when it's not restaurant week! I will definitely be back.