Chater's in Uttlesford

Loved our lunch experience so have booked again for dinner next month!

Best Restaurant in Walden by a mile - place of choice for dinner on special occasions or a coffee and a cake anytime

Oh wow, what a treat New Years Eve dinner at Chater's was. The food was exquisite, the atmosphere perfect. And all wonderfully hosted by Max and his stellar lovely team. We loved it x

Not a fan of leaving negative reviews but disappointed enough with our experience to feel compelled to. Having received reminders to be on time and that we had to be done by 11pm (we had a 9pm seating for NY eve) we arrived at 8.55pm as requested. We were not alone and the restaurant was packed with people waiting to be seated. We said if we were not seated by 9.20pm we would leave. We eventually got seated at 9.25pm. To be fair we were offered a complementary drink but we were not sure what it was and none us of could drink it. When we were seated we were offered it again but politely declined. It was NY eve and we had a helpful waiter but the food was not good. It is of course highly personal but we all agreed on our table of 4 that a plate of nuts, the cut of cheese, the size you’d leave in a mouse trap as and some salami (as an entrée), was not the usual Chaters experience we have had. It was followed by ‘Bread and oil’ which turned out to be a brioche type bun filled with cold lavender cream. No one ate it. It wasn’t a pleasant taste or texture. We had pinned hopes on the venison, we didn’t know it was raw. Again a personal choice but we were starving and 2 small discs of cold meet with English mustard was not cutting it and most of the family don’t eat raw meat. The cod was good but a 5th cold course. We got the raviolo, our first warm meal and that was also well made. We had paid and opted for the cheese course but by 11.30pm patience warn thin, frustrated, hungry and wanting to get home, we asked for the bill missing the final courses. The waiter apologised and knocked off the wine. However we were still £293 worse off and honestly completely starving and disappointed. We’ve eaten at Chaters on multiple occasions and it is a venue we use for special occasions and to take visiting friends and family to ‘as a treat’. It was NY eve and it was busy but there were either too many covers or not enough staff and the food wasn’t good. It was, I’m told, a first for Chaters but it was a set menu. Had the bill been smaller I would have forgiven the experience but NY family is important and, at tad under £300, we’ll not be going back or recommending which is a shame as Chaters is a family favourite We’ll also be going in to the restaurant as we, in hindsight, think we may been charged incorrectly.

Great meal with friends and family - friendly service, The carrots especially good and the bread is wonderful

Another fantastic evening. Food amazing, all freshly prepared and cooked and full of flavours on so many levels. We had the beetroot with yoghurt, ham hock and cured salmon small plates. All three stunning and we wanted to lick the plates clean. Followed this with the cacio e pepe pasta which was equally stunning. Final course was an Almond flour chocolate cake with cherries which my partner devoured and said was delicious. I had the lasagne cheese crackers. I haven't had a dessert in years, but the crackers were 'homemade' so how could I resist? In a world full of ultra processed 'food' I know that what you get at Chaters is real ingredients elevated to another level. Amazing service and we were again made to feel so welcome and the atmosphere was friendly and chilled. We had a lovely evening and can't wait to visit again.

Disappointing - bland food dressed up as fancy small plates. Average at best. Pasta was particularly tasteless. Lots of great reviews but not worth the hype!

What a truly amazing experience...

Fantastic food, as ever. This time the experience was great in spite of the service, which wasn’t great. The staff were sweet but mostly ignored us. Food was forgotten, couldn’t get anyone’s eye for a second drink, and then (after late food, and waiting for empty plates to be collected for a good ten mins) the waiter said, “you’ve got fifteen minutes left on the table, would you like a quick pudding?”. Pudding would have been too rushed, so we didn’t bother. It was a shame, particularly given that you weren’t short staffed (lots of time to chat to customers and have a little boogie in the kitchen).

It was very cold in the restaurant

Fantastic restaurant with beautifully made food from beautiful produce. The staff are wonderful and we always have the best time. The pasta is the best I have eaten in the UK, it is such a treat.

These guys have created something really special here. You can tell that they love what they do and understand what they are delivering as a proposition. This will become our go to place to meet on our bike rides.

Really lovely relaxed dinner. The service was warm and friendly, the atmosphere was informal, and the food was delicious. Some might find it a little casual and the decor a little stripped out, but we loved it. The small plate starters (especially the breads) were delicious, the pasta was really well cooked, and we shared a gorgeous silky boozy tiramisu. The wine choices were a bit unusual but no regrets there either! We'll definitely be back.

OUTSTANDING! Such a gem, great food and staff, fab music and an amazing ambience. I wound be so very proud if i owned this place.

Another 10/10 visit. Exceptional staff, setting and food!

Flavoursome food in the usual relaxed atmosphere

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.

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

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.

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.

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 .

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

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

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!

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

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!

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

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

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.

Stupendously good food and drink

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

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!!

Staff were welcoming and anticipated and accommodated our needs perfectly

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

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.

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.

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!

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.

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

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

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 !!

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.