Chater's in Uttlesford

This place is magical the atmosphere the food and the service. A simple menu of delicious locally sourced food cooked to perfection and presented beautifully. Totally recommend as a place to eat and drink

Restaurant is in a lovely old building in cente of Saffron Walden. The food was outstanding from our frittata/sprouting broccoli starters, to the beef shin ragu and sage/chestnut pasta dishes, and finished off with a superb tiramisu. Will definitely be going back here.

An absolutely fabulous establishment. The whole team were attentive, friendly and completely charming throughout. Will return as enthusiastically and often as the journey from London allows.

As always fabulous, faultless, fun service. Food absolutely delicious . Our favourite place to eat by far.

Met some friends for a meal in Saffron Walden, Chaters was recommended and as we all like Italian food we decided to book for lunch. I loved the quirky layout which meant you could see the chefs at work but the high ceilings meant it did get noisy and difficult for conversation at times. The waiters could explain the menu well and the food was delicious. Would recommend, and likely return when next in the town.

My favourite local spot. Beautiful building, incredible pastries, drinks and food and friendly and attentive staff. I'd highly recommend for a special lunch or a quick coffee and pastry. Their small plates, pasta and negoronis are a real highlight.

Second visit and high expectations realised.

Always great food and the best service from all of the team whether you pop in for a coffee, lunch or dinner. Whilst Chaters has a great wine offering and always has all those great Vault spirits I find plenty to enjoy as a mostly non-drinker.

Incredible food and service in a stunning space. We went for a quick lunch with our two small children and everything was delicious and the staff couldn’t have been more accommodating. The mushroom pasta was a highlight, we’ll definitely be back!

My first visit with a friend and I will be back. It was an evening and the atmosphere was lovely. It was busy but not crowded and loud so we could still have a good conversation. We had Negronis to settle in with followed by sparking wine, and the food was delicious. Diego was knowledgeable, charming and amusing.

Super relaxed and cosy despite the high ceilings and stylish yet pared back interiors. The small plates are delicious and surprising - a winning combination! This is a second visit and I will most definitely be back. It’s a must try for locals!

Superb food, well presented by excellent staff. The open kitchen and cafe-style setup makes for a fresh and airy environment, while letting the food speak for itself. Drink accompaniments were also excellent. The variation of flavours in the small plates, and the emphasis on sharing made for an enjoyably collaborative meal, which left us full, but not stuffed. Highly recommended.

Our 2nd visit was as good as our first. Great food, very friendly, knowledgeable and helpful staff. Looking forward to our next visit.

Top class service from the while team through out our visit. Great dishes and the high quality of produce used in all that we ate. Definitely a new favourite .

What a Gem 💎 amazing place to eat, food was delicious wine was rather nice too, staff very accommodating friendly & knowledgeable, great atmosphere for a Saturday afternoon, the plus for us it’s doggy friendly. Highly recommend we will be returning.

My friend and I had a wonderful meal last night. We shared some ham hock terrine and bread and then both had pasta dishes which were delicious. The waitress was very friendly and helpful. The aperitives and puddings were lovely. It was very enjoyable. Thank you. 😊

Delicious, original dishes cooked and served by lovely people. Unique place, friendly welcome. A must if you’re visiting Saffron Walden.

Delicious dishes, staff very polite and knowledgeable, very helpful menu suggestions, Great feel in the restaurant.

Lovely food and great service! ☺️ I can recommend Chater's for drinks and food. I was particularly pleased to find Fritz-Kola on a menu outside of Germany!

Went in for lunch with my partner. All the food was fantastic and the service was great, can't wait to go again

Chater's never fails. The food is so good and the atmosphere is perfect. Took my parents for lunch and started with the Perello olives, broccoli, onion, coppa and ricotta small plates, followed by pasta and everything was delicious. Everything is always delicious!

The best. Relaxed atmosphere, stunning ambiance 10/10 service and 100/10 food!

Friendly staff, lovely atmosphere, and deliciousfood as always, our place to go for a good pasta dish and the best pecorino😊

Excellent food and great service. However be aware that the wine is very expensive

What a gem! My husband and I enjoyed a fab time there last night. Attentive friendly service, delicious food, a wonderful selection of drinks and a great atmosphere.

First time at Chaters. The staff were attentive and friendly and gave great recommendations. The food delicious! A real gem for Saffron Walden. We will be back.

Chater's did not disappoint. Great atmosphere, lovely service and delicious food. I look forward to going back in a few weeks!

The menu was innovative and thought-provoking. The food was tasty and well-presented. Service suffered from no sweeteners for coffee, and no effort until called to provide a spoon to stir the drink after my wife found a sweetener in her handbag. The same person needed another customer to point out to her that we were calling for water.

Excellent pasta, good pudding. 12.5% service charge should be discretionary.

Stupendously good food and drink

Great good, great service, great atmosphere. So different for Saffron Walden!

Really nice small plates to pick from, but the star was the fresh made pasta, I really liked the basic recipes done at a high quality. The portion size was perfect and the pricing I thought was reasonable.

We popped in here to check the place out and boy we were so impressed. Wine was beautiful but the trio bread with burnt butter was just amazing. Will definitely return next time in Saffron Walden! Very nice and friendly staff and beautiful decor I must add!!

Excellent meal and service. Great array of starters. I loved the spicy olives. My pasta dish was cooked to perfection. Definitely coming again!

Excellent food and attentive service. Very enjoyable evening.

We enjoyed a lovely meal at Chaters, which was a birthday present. The food was exquisite, and the waiting staff were extremely knowledgeable about the food, very courteous and pleasantly attentive. The decor is attractively minimalist. But there is nothing of a view. And they allow dogs - half the tables had dogs with them, which I personally found detracted. Especially as we were there for dinner.

We’ve just moved to Saffron Walden and are so excited about this place. It’s such a cool vibe and the pasta is crazy. We will be regulars here…

We are so lucky to have Chater's. Food, wine, atmosphere, service all pitch perfect. Thank you Chater's Team for making my Friday night special.

I am not being biased because my daughter works here but had a meal last week with my family and have to say it was not just a night out to eat it was a unique experience tasting all of the wonderful starters that I would never have thought to even put together. We all left with our taste buds in overload. Highly recommend 👌 great service and great atmosphere gave it ful 5 stars !!

With a first - time visitor who just loved it! Everything I told him was true!!

The imagination and quality of the small plates never fails to impress. Diego the waiter is charming and helpful.

Staff were welcoming and anticipated and accommodated our needs perfectly

We love Diago! Huge asset to Chaters. Greengage gelato was amazing. Only disappointment was 4 anchovies for the price….. but as part of the whole experience, it’s a minor point.

A real treat for a Saturday lunch. Loads of interesting fabulous dishes that were very affordable for the high standard and quality of everything. Very inspiring place if you love good food. Visiting for the first time on a Friday evening. Pre-booking was easy and the welcome was the best yet! As there was 3 of us and we all wanted specific items there was no sharing :( We all had a different Pasta dish, and mine was a simple dish with olive oil and garlic. It tasted great but I have to say it was so loaded with Garlic that I suffered during the night!! May be hold back on it by at least 50%... less is more! Everything else was great!

Delicious food in a lovely atmosphere. Service was a little slow at times to clear away dishes and offer additional drinks, but overall a lovely lunch experience.

Superb Italian food in a 'cool' setting. Original, unexpected flavours, pasta cooked to perfection, original cocktails, and unfaltering service. A real gem in my local town - so much so that I almost don't want to tell everyone about it!. Definitely a new favourite.

We (a family group of 4 all adults) went to Chater's for an early light supper on my wife's birthday after a day at the Henry Moore Sculpture Garden in Little Hadam. At 5-6pm Chater's do pasta and puddings. The pastas were all delicious. The tiramisu was amazing. The atmosphere is so relaxed. We sat outside for drinks first and then moved inside for food. I cannot recommend it too highly.

Personally I don't get the rave reviews. Foods ok but nothing more really.

Excellent service and atmosphere and superb food, obviously made from quality ingredients.

Delicious meal. Lovely environment and helpful service.

Massively over priced. Tiny portions. Such slim cuts of the local bakers bread it was beyond ridiculous. My pasta dish was so plain and uninspiring I had to swap with my partner. No one wants to feel like they have been ripped off after a meal. It’s a shame because the space is lovely and Saffron Walden is crying out for a decent restaurant.

Absolutely LOVED it. Can’t wait to go back. Great drinks and amazing food, charming service.

Fabulous food, probably the best home made pasta I've had. Simple menu but everything top quality. Including the wine.

We had the most beautiful lunch! I dined here with two friends and it felt like we ordered everything on the menu, but not a single thing was less than perfect. Diego was helpful, charming and knowledgable. Service all round was relaxed but attentive, and the martini is banging.

We were told it was excellent..... it's better than that!

Fantastic meal again. Superb food and excellent service.

Exquisitely cooked food!! Beautiful fresh ingredient's… Excellent friendly service and great ambience. A little gem in the heart of Saffron Walden!! … I would highly recommend a visit.

Very good Wood Street Coffee and cakes. The vibe is super relaxing with friendly staff. We didn’t stay for lunch but the menu and quality of food looks great, with affordable prices - £5 negroni! We will be back to eat. Not many places you can buy Estate Dairy butter either so we left very happy. Update - we’ve been back to Chater’s many times now for coffee, lunch and dinner. Service is so lovely, food really good quality. I just wish you did brunch!! :)

Great food and great service. What more could you ask for???

The staff was very kind to reserve a table for us within the day, we have 4 adults, 1-year old kid and a dog; the service was perfect; great ambience; every dish was decent and delicious! Recommend to make a reservation in advance!

I cannot fault your friendly staff, easy atmosphere and fabulous food. I have enjoyed visiting several times now and you have never disappointed. Thank you

Delicious food good value, nice atmosphere. Very attentive service

We came to Saffron Walden for a weekend and came here twice - we were so impressed with the gin and tonic the first time that we had to come back! We had the pasta on our second visit and that was fab too. The service was also very friendly - we were a bit hesitant to go in the first time as it looked so popular we might not get a table, but the staff came out to greet us and find us a seat! I highly recommend if you are in the area ☺️

Best place to hang out for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Top quality coffee by the lovely Beth. Tricolour tomato galette is out of this world. Pasta is of course, fabulous. Love the vibe.

Great evening Great food …will definitely be back Thank you

Best pasta I've had since Italy, absolutely delicious. Service great, drinks lovely, great location and building.

Delicious food in a modern atmosphere with fab staff! The basil gelato was fabulous

A rare date night for us at a beautiful little find thanks to Jamie Oliver! Chater’s in Saffron Walden highly recommended! Has to be up there with one of our favourite restaurants now 🍷🇮🇹🍝🤤 #jamieoliver Thank you! Ps- Any restaurant that has CRISPS on the menu is a winner for me ❤️ Amazing food with a lovely relaxed vibe. Chater’s you’re amazing!

Very enjoyable evening in the tasting room

A lovely experience on a Friday night, delicious food and wine.

Really nice hidden gem in saffron Walden. Food was great and hosts were great. Would recommend for sure.

Had dinner at Chater’s with my partner on Thursday and once again we’re not disappointed. The occasion was a pre-birthday ‘date night’ and although the staff didn’t know they made us feel very special as always. Megan was as usual informative and efficient. Owner Max was on top form, working hard on a very busy evening whilst still able to give a very personal and entertaining experience. Toby’s food a delight. All in all another great evening. Thanks to everyone working there who made the occasion so special Alison and Eddie

Wonderful atmosphere and environment Best mixed leaf salad I have ever had - really fresh & flavoursome & with unusual leaves I regretted choosing the pasta - it was nice enough but didn’t justify its £14 tag given the very ordinary ingredients Delicious wine, bread looked good but I didn’t order it, the pecorino with honey and coffee was delicious (why does that work?) but the cubes could have been smaller so that they worked as ‘bite size’ on the end of the cocktail sticks that came with, rather than filling one’s whole mouth. I wished I’d ordered small (sharing) plates, but went for a pasta dish as I was eating alone. Really looking forward to returning with a friend or two so that we can try lots of dishes. Definitely worth travelling for

Had such a lovely time at chaters! Always a lovely vibe in there, great food and service as ever (our server Diego was fantastic) many thanks for a great time !!

What a wonderful experience! Amazing food, wonderful ospitalità and great drinks/wine list. A joy

We visit here regularly and always enjoy ourselves. Excellent quality ingredients make for always tasty food!

Brilliant birthday lunch, thank you ☺️

This place is just the absolute GOAT!

You enter Chaters and immediately relax and enjoy the buzz. The food is beautifully prepared; small interesting dishes and beautiful pasta. I always enjoy the Negroni and then a glass of one of the interesting wines. I always love my evenings at Chaters.

Although the quality of the food was good and description of food sold to you very well by waitress I found the small plate uninspiring and an easy options, you are told water is complementary wow!! Glass of wine very small, the pasta plate of carbonara was tasty but portion too small, I followed this with pudding as still hungry and again was disappointed This is not a place you would come to have a relaxing evening and meal, felt there is a quick turn over and rushed, atmosphere sterile , food over priced I won’t be going again

We dined on Friday night and have been coming here since opening. Usually for coffees and pastries on Saturday mornings, and occasionally for dinner and it gets better each time. Asparagus was seasonal and delicious, pasta as usual perfect and great drinks range. What a refreshing addition to Saffron Walden Chater’s has been. Just looking through the reviews and see the usual morons, Chicken Korma and pint of Stella types complaining about portion sizes and prices. Ignore the weekend warriors and get here if you want to support a family run local Independant.

Impressive Pasta and Tiramisu. The portion is a bit small.

Absolutely brilliant! The food was delicious, especially the anchovies and the leeks, the vibe and decor was nice too.

Dad and I the oldest there, unperturbed by the hipster clientele, we know we have a combined age of 142, but were made to feel welcome by the lovely staff. Unfussy food and delicious, hit the spot. I'll be back for more, and a negroni when I'm not driving.

Love this place. An oasis of culinary delights. Always so difficult to choose what to eat everything is presented well and tempting. The coffee is from my favourite roasters, the staff are always really nice and attentative. The atmosphere always feels so good glad you are in saffron Walden.

Amazing place. We had 'bread and butter', pate and some grilled tender stem broccoli as small plates. The small plates were amazing with the bread a particular stand out. So good. We then had a bowl of pasta each and it was superb. We had no space for anything so took a bake away with us, which were also amazing. A big shout to the Botivo drink we had too. The staff were really welcoming and friendly. I had worried that it might be 'stuffy' but it wasn't at all. Really chilled. If you get the chance then I highly recommend going. If you're just passing then go grab some of their baked goods.

It was my partner's birthday lunch, and it was perfect. The service and welcome is so down to earth, warm and comforting. The food was superb, and the ambience is always relaxed with an edge of cool! There were three generations of us, and all of us felt at home. Thankyou!

Thoughtful, delicious and confident cooking. A huge addition to the town, just wish I’d been sooner. Thank you!

Had a great night, all dishes delicious, we had 2× small plates plus pasta; all lovely. Attentive staff, good vibes, we'll be returning.

Great food in a comfortable atmosphere, served by friendly and knowledgeable staff. The pasta was cooked to perfection and it's so fresh and delicious. It's a good idea to order different dishes to try a bit of everything since they're not that big. The price is very good. I was a bit dissappointed by the tiramisu... it wasn't an authentic one, very runny and sweet. But I forgot about it because the rest is just amazing. I bought a bottle of vermouth to take home and the friendly waitress even told me how I could prepare. I'll definitely come back.

Fully booked for lunch on Saturday, registered on the website for a cancellation and notified me as soon as one became available. Service was great on arrival, food was superb, simple small no fuss fresh menu - great experience and we will be back 👌

Fantastic food and drinks, great friendly service. Will be back !

We hadn't booked and arrived at a busy lunchtime during the Easter weekend but were received in a cordial and welcoming fashion. We were sat at a raised side countertop where they sell a variety of quality produce. Service was jovial, attentive, and well paced. We chose two small plates as a starter, the butter beans and leek dishes which were beautiful in their simplicity and flavour. We then had cacio e pepe and bigoli pasta with garlic and olive oil which seemed to have chilli and radish in it as well. Both were perfectly executed and Al dente. It was clearly homemade and delicious. The glass of wine I had was nice and suited the dish but for a small glass, we thought it was expensive. The espresso was very nice and served in the correct cup and saucer but it could have been pre warmed. It was unfortunate that we were sat next to the door as the place also does takeaways. Some customers didn't close the door or consider fellow diners who were eating nearby. The door could do with an automatic door closer but staff were aware and did make the effort to close it when they could. All in all a fantastic lunch in a nice town which has limited other decent options and we would definitely return.

Wow...deserves a Michelin .... Drove an hour to get there. Worth the drive! I ate in, with both my daughters to celebrate a birthday...just absolutely fabulous food....fantastic combinations of small plates on offer, we followed those with both the vodka and oli pasta! Polished off four portions of homemade desserts...scrumdiddlyumptious... Will definitely eat there again! I highly recommend this eaterie to those with a discerning pallate! Thank you Max and chefs and waiting staff

White wine undrinkable for my palate which for the cost was also very small. 1 tiny slice of bread with pate, not enough.

Great birthday meal for a group of 16 in the private dining room. Loved it!

Great food and service - we will definitely visit again soon!

We had a wonderful group lunch in the Tasting Room at Chater's. The food was delicious, the team were all super friendly and accommodating - and we all loved the design and the atmosphere.

Group of 4 friends catching up normally in each others houses. But Chaters was a wonderful change. Excellent choice of small plates, and the chef created a non cheesy pasta dish for me not on the menu as my large plate. Can highly recommend the blood orange spritz. Excellent atmosphere, every table taken (Friday evening) but still very good service. Will definitely be back.Delia.

Delicious food, great atmosphere and friendly staff