Forresters Arms Ongar in Epping Forest

None of the beers including Guinness was available - Something wrong with their system which couldn't be corrected while we were there. Most expensive soft drinks outside of London , almost £4:00 for a cordial and soda water.

Stumbled across this great "local". Nice drop of TT Landlord, very friendly staff and regulars. Nice and clean and comfortable. I will call in again when I am next in the area.

Great pub with a great atmosphere on the Friday when we were there. Friendly bar staff too

Just had one of the most tasty meals you could ask for.. top marks to Mad Frank's for the outstanding food and service all at a really reasonable price - the pub is a traditional pub with a good selection of ales etc and a live band to top the evening off....we'll definitely return 👌

I recently visited the forresters arms ,I had a very nice experience. A perfect little country club with a nice atmosphere with a public bar area and ace saloon dining area. Very nice. I would recommend a visit.

Quality beer good service and friendly atmosphere 👌

Great atmosphere, classic pub, comfy, great selection of drinks and great food.

Lovely friendly atmosphere, always feel welcome

Phoned up and booked a table for the England vs France game - very accommodating and a lovely little pub with open fire. Half time came and the barmaid brought round sandwich’s and sausage rolls even though we hadn’t ordered anything. Will be returning for a roast next time 👍🏻 thanks, Chris and the 5 others 😁

Excellent roast dinner, very well cooked and big portion, brilliant service friendly staff.

Propa home cooking! This is a real pub, friendly staff, friendly locals, decent food cooked as it should be. The beef was melt in your mouth! Really enjoyable visit and we will definitely be back.

Lovely, friendly pub , and that's what we all want. We had a lovely Sunday roast, cooked and served well.

Only had a drink today but very friendly pub nice community spirit, have eaten there in the past a very nice meal, recommended

Went there for a pint whilst doing a country walk d fashion boozer with welcome barmaid sorry person😂 lovely pint of old speckled hen highly recommended

Old village pub with good selection of drinks. Food at set times so always check first.

Popped into the Forrsters Arms yesterday with my partner and baby for a Sunday afternoon and was not let down. The service was brilliant, the roast was amazing! And such a friendly pub. The ladies behind the bar are hilarious and so welcoming. Will definitely be returning.

Friendly, joviality and very good food.. courteous landlord and lady..

The foresters Arms are doing their lovely roast dinners again . Look absolutely lovely. Please give them a try..

Great country pub....well worth a visit

Was nice but dirty didn't serve food .but a country atmosphere

My friends and I had a delicious Sunday roast today in this charming and very friendly country pub. Apparently they had no chef and landlady Karen did the cooking! All I can say is she did an amazing job as we thoroughly enjoyed our lunch. And the nut roast was a definite hit!

This is a lovely, traditional village pub with a very welcoming landlady. My husband and I feel lucky that we stumbled across this gem when we were staying in the village. They offer a range of cask ales - a bonus for my husband. It's such a comfortable place to relax, drink and chat - a welcome change to up-market wine bars, which we find intimidating. We were about to leave after our first drink but the landlady called us over and introduced us to a couple of the locals. We ended up staying until closing time and had a really good night. We'll definitely be back!

Run down and grubby would normally be enough to eliminate a pub, but waiting 2.5 hours for a chicken Sunday roast is unacceptable. Ot was all that was available at skirt notice and now we now why. Our group of six just up and left … the owner stood at the bar holding court and didn’t bother to apologise for the lacklustre service. We went into Ongar and got seven tasty starters within 15 minutes at the wine bar there. It was 4 pm by this time so we didn’t bother with a full meal and were totally satisfied. To be fair, the sole waitress seemed Overwhelmed but that’s still no excuse for not being able to put out 20 covers in three hours (the table that did get served has been there for three hours). What we did get were three disgusting starters - mozzarella sticks which tasted straight out of Iceland. Nachos which tasted like they had been covered in tinned mince and “squid” which was equally unappealing. The fourth was a pate which was surprisingly edible. Some plates to eat it off might have been a nice touch and when I asked for a couple of plates, that’s exactly what we got - a couple - for six. This pub epitomises what bad British pubs are all about. Stuck in the 70s with no sense of customer service and horrible food - the sort that gave Britain its reputation as the worst place to eat (except we shed that circa 1990 …not here though). God help them if they ever have to cater something with more than 20 covers in a day.

Proper village pub, very friendly staff, good atmosphere, good beer

A nice country pub, always has been.

Really friendly service, reasonably priced and delicious food.

Come here for Sunday roast takeaways since lockdown, such a good roast with good quality meat. Thankyou

Friendly staff, covid 19 frendly

Friendly local pub. Staff are welcoming and food is fantastic. Big portions and a wide variety to choose from

Since lockdown, only eaten takeaway from here but great food, great value and really friendly service.

Covid secure, friendly, welcoming pub

Great little pub with fantastic, fresh food.

Nice family pub staff are friendly would recommend

Popped in. Great little backwater. Secret pubs.

Great beers and friendly locals.

Nice old pub as it is there trying to do food Sunday lunches I'd call first incase

We recently held our mother’s wake at the Forresters Arms High Ongar ,We would like to thank Rob & Karen for the beautiful food and Warm welcome all were given from Friendly staff can’t thank you enough. Ray and dawn Saunders

It has the scope of being one of the top resturant/ pubs in Essex...given a bit of TLC

Good basic grub and excellent ale.

Great pub. Warm landlords. Great Sunday lunches

We had my father's wake at the Forresters Arms on the 7June 2018 the buffet they provided for us done us proud there was a good selection of hot and cold food which was excellent Karen Bob and staff are very friendly and helpful, would definitely recommend

Had a fantastic roast dinner on a Sunday. We are fussy with our roasts and they clearly delivered. Lovely meat. Proper roasties and lovely gravey staff were very friendly and helpful definitely go back loved it dxxx

Nice village pud with very friendly bar staff

Lovely atmosphere, friendly staff and really good food, thoroughly enjoyed my visit

Popular with locals, open fire and dogs allowed, handy after a long walk.

Been going here mansy years. Lovely local