Horse and Groom in Uttlesford

Me and my husband, we truly love old english pubs and never miss the opportunity of coming in. My husband is fan of beer so while visiting folks in Writtle, we went to see what is this lovely place has to offer. Was welcomed by...

Me and my wife went for a rare night out and had a great evening, the food was amazing as was the deserts.Shane our waiter was very chatty and attentive.

I and 5 friends met at this venue for lunch. Everyone enjoyed their choice of food and all agreed that it was excellent. In fact we all had an extra course than originally intended. Staff were very helpful and friendly and service was quick. We...

Fully enjoyed our meal out, food was great and service was lovely. Amelia was our waitress and she always had a smile on her face.

Wonderful meal, mixed grill was fantastic! Amelia our waitress was really friendly and cheerful. Highly recommend!!

Lovely dinner at the Horse and Groom with family. Always good food & reasonably priced! Great service from Amelia!

As we walked in people were coming out and they weren't wearing face coverings. None of the staff were wearing face coverings. Also saw people standing at the bar wearing no face coverings. Had the cod and chips - batter was very greasy. Shame as...

Lovely meal out for blue light ambulance training, Amelia was lovely and very helpful. We really enjoyed it

Regularly meet friends here for a meal and drinks. Great menu, delicious food and very friendly staff. Funny banter with Shane, who served us. Plenty of distance between tables. Highly recommended.

Another excellent lunch. The sea bass is always cooked to perfection. Well done. We will come again. Brian Vickers

Good stuff, Amelia was serving us that evening, can't complain, quality meal out for fathers day, been going here for years!

Really generous portions and for a great price. Fab service from Amelia, very friendly and made the night out better having a lovely waitress :)

Fabulous service (thank you Amelia), Amelia was very bubbly and had a great vibe about her. The meal was wonderful from start to finish despite it being a busy weekend, but everyone was very attentive for drinks and all round great service!

Food was beautiful shout out to the chef and the staff was amazing especially Amelia great service from her would recommend to any one.

Had a lovely afternoon catching up with family! A good selection of food on offer. Received a great service from Shane, so friendly and nothing too much trouble! We will definitely be visiting again soon.

Nice atmosphere, friendly staff, Amelia was lovely and very friendly. Food was good, came out pretty quick and drinks were lovely too

The Horse and Groom is a great old British pub. Owned by a major pub chain( Green King) We often visit and have not been disappointed. You get what you pay for, so overall we are very pleased. Good food at a fair price with...

The service was very good from being seated to ordering our food they seem to be coping with restrictions very well, Klara our waitress was very pleasant and professional

Decided to come for dinner last minute, very impressed with the food and all staff were very attentive and helpful. Looked after well by Shane who ensured we had everything we needed while also being very cheerful and friendly. Will definitely come back.

Drinks to celebrate a friends birthday on a Saturday night. They booked a table outside and considering it was so busy, the staff found us a table very quickly. Drinks reasonably priced, good atmosphere, nice views across the fields and staff were very attentive. Only...

Great food and great service. Warm welcome. Had pre-dinner drinks overlooking the beautiful countryside followed by a wonderful dinner for 4 inside. Staff were very attentive and accommodating. Would definitely recommend this place

Overwhelming professional efficient happy natural staff, nothing’ to much problem and all with amazing Customer friendly family feeling The food was without doubt the best I’ve tasted in a long time, nicely surprised for this type of venue. Presented well and again excellent service. I’m...

Eaten here loads of times (always great) but only found out about the brunches last week so thought we would give it a try - fantastic value and good quality food as ever, plus a coffee and a juice 👍

Just came back from a superb Sunday roast! Portions were very generous and it had everything you want in a plate of roast. Was with my husband and another couple with their kid. We sat outdoors and was looked after by Cam who was very...

Lovely little pub and our waitress Maya was absolutely amazing and couldn’t of been more helpful! All the food was nice and warm and very yummy! Defo come again, thanks again Maya!

The food is good and tasty but we were missing a few things from some of our meals. One which turned up one which didn’t. Nice outside seating. Maya was great thanks.

Fantastic meal and great service. Steak was cooked exactly how I ordered it and was delicious. Fish and chips was also very tasty. Food was served piping hot and beautifully presented. We was served by Claudia who was very attentive all evening and very pleasant....

We popped in for a quick afternoon drink and Shane made our afternoon! Quick service with a smile and laughs, we couldn’t have asked for more perfect service! Thank you Shane, we hope you get an easy shift inside soon ;)

Great service with a friendly approachable smile at every opportunity. Shane made the visit a lot more enjoyable, would definitely recommend

We visited The Horse & Groom today (first one since coming out of the latest lockdown) and we were very impressed. Our waitress, Hannah, made us feel very welcome and the service was first class. Our meals were lovely - special of the day -...

We were really impressed with the quality of the food on offer. Chain pubs can often be a little bland and pre prepped food a little underwhelming, but the lunch menu sandwiches we ordered were delicious, fresh and excellently prepared! Our server Klara was also...

Had a great time, meet with family, Staff were very friendly, service was fast especially for drinks! Very nice gin cocktails! Sunday roast was amazing. thank you will be visiting very soon.

We came here on a Sunday and it was amazing best Sunday roast in Chelmsford what great pub and the team are amazing go the extra mile everything

We had a lovely family lunch, food was amazing and couldn’t fault it. Service was second to none and Amelia was amazing and so helpful, providing us with excellent service. I would definitely recommend it.

Such a lovely afternoon! The best sunday roasts in town for sure! Covid safe and the staff are really friendly compliments to the chefs I will definitely be returning!

Really lovely place for a date. Our waiter, Shane, was brilliant! Although our food was a little late, he was so lovely and accommodating and gave us free drinks to make up for the late food. Shane was so friendly and full of laughs. Food...

I had a great experience yesterday...our waitress Ella was very polite and helpful,if we needed anything she would be there straight away,my wife even questioned a few things on the menu,she knew everything each meal come with which was amazing and helpful to know ! The food was lovely especially the chocolate brownie. It was just amazing to finally be out and with the family!Thank you all very much!will definitely be back!

Love this pub service was great even tho it was chilli they provided us with blankets and kept the whole family warm with great service and very attentive staff this is 100% best pub in chelmsford

We can here for a Sunday roast and the food was lovely had the rib of beef which is amazing this is our new regular now

I regularly go to the Horse and Groom, and yesterday didn’t disappoint the team were friendly and the food was lovely! I felt very relaxed with everything going on and the team understood all the COVID measures that were in place, the waitresses had visors on and didn’t get too close however they haven’t lost the pub feel.

Brilliant service and felt completely safe dining out here. Special shout out to Amelia and Hannah our servers of the night. Very helpful and attentive.

We had a table in the garden which was lovely,it was warm and sunny great atmosphere.The pub has a one way system and loads of new extra tables in the garden making social distancing easy.Staff great and friendly a bar out side aswell.You can have just drinks but as we found last night the food is top notch we will be back.

Food is allways great and love the fact they do full table service in the garden now so makes my father feel a lot safer

Me and a couple of friends came here for a late birthday dinner and was pleasantly surprised.This was the first dinner we had out after the easing of lockdown from coronavirus and social distancing had been taken very seriously by customers and staff. The pub has a fantastic garden area with a great atmosphere and an outdoor bar to order drinks!We felt very safe the entire time and had a wonderful evening filled with great food at a great price!!! Our server Amelia was very attentive and friendly - Thank you to all the staff for a wonderful evening :)

Amazing staff and pub has amazing social distancing rules in place will definitely return as food is amazing

Came in the other night for dinner the food was delicious and the staff was very welcoming and the place was lovely and clean. Very safe will definitely be back again ☺️

Went for lunch had epic fish and chips , really good value . Tables well spaced and everywhere spotless . Staff friendly and helpful. Well worth a visit , great wine list too !!

My friend and I had a lovely meal here last night. The staff were really attentive, especially when we kept changing our mind about where to sit! Happy with the distancing measures, even more happy with the Pinot Grisio!! Thank you to Amelia and Hannah for making our Monday night.

Absolutely delish! Whole place was spotless. Food was amazing, staff very polite and friendly. We will definitely be back

We came for my birthday. Me, my husband and my daughter. We've been here before to celebrate special occasion and as always it was lovely. It is by far my favourite restaurant. It's beautiful inside,lovely stuff, delicious food, lovely atmosphere, good portions and not over priced.

Everything seems safe and in order with lots of safety measures in place. Food was nice, staff friendly

Great to be back! Great food and top service. Visited for my birthday with the family. Very safe. We will be back.

Went to the Horse and Groom on Monday for a light lunch, we felt so safe and looked after by the staff. The layout of the pub is easy to follow and there’s lot of social distancing measures in place! The food was amazing as was before lockdown so will definitely be back soon.

Visited the horse and groom on Tuesday for lunch with my two sisters and I must say I felt very safe with the way they worked . The pub was very clean and run well .The food was fabulous and service was great will defiantly be returning

Very nice food, great food and made to feel very safe. Well done to the very friendly staff. Thank you

We had a great early evening meal on Wednesday - which was a mixed grill and a sirloin steak. Each element of both meals were really lovely. Service was initially very good but tailed off towards the end as the place filled up.

We regularly come here and have spent many an evening here, sometimes with friends, sometimes with family and sometimes with our granddaughter.

Another visit with friends to this local pub for lunch.We have been here before but only for dinner on our way home from work.Slightly different menu, but the same friendly service, happy staff and welcoming atmosphere. Also busier than we thought it might be for lunch; obviously an indication of it's popularity.Whitebait starter and fish and chips was very good, both being generous portions, the sea bass was another choice, again, very good.Beer as usual very good.A good local Pub, recommended.

A most enjoyable eating experience in comfortable surroundings with first class service. We were served by Charmaine who was very professional and helpful. Car parking is easy with lots of spaces available.

Lovely food and service. Really nice pub will go back for sure. It was very busy as it was a Sunday afternoon but it didn't stop the service. Last time I went I wasn't impressed but this time was a different story. Great family pub.

... I ate here the day after visiting the Michelin star Flitch of Bacon, so naturally a bit of a come down. However, it is what it is, good quality pub grub in a nice atmosphere with good service and very reasonably priced - great for families and larger groups. Have been before, will go again.

I have eaten here many of times and always given it a good review , but it’s not the same any more and we were disappointed, the portion sizes have been reduced dramatically, and the food definitely wasn’t as good . My daughter in law had the roast diner just three small roast potatoes and they looked like they had been there all day the veg wasn’t hot and the dinner itself was disappointing I had the rump steak there was hardly no chips which again. Wasn’t hot , the mushrooms what there was of them were dry burnt and black . My sons burger was ok but again very small cold chips . Husband mixed grill has shrunk in size and not good at all . It’s such a shame as I have over the years gave good reviews and recommend it to many friends . But things do change but not for the best in this case .

We were very pleased with our visit as usual. Our friends from Devon were up visiting and they particularly asked to come to the Horse and Groom

Arrived at the pub which was quite busy for the time of the year,shown to our table, about twenty minutes waite which is about average here, our mains arrived,mine ,Hunter Chicken, which was very nice, my wife Gammon Steak and Pinaple was rated excellent by her. Staff are all ways pleasant here,, and today was no exception, the meal was very good value more so because we had a 30% discount voucher to spend.

Four of us arrived just after midday for a light Sunday lunch. Three of us asked for the cheese toastie and one went for jacket potato and beans. Not complicated. The toastie was to come with onion marmalade and the cheese element was a rarebit. The result was really poor. The onion was whole slices of cooked red onion, and a lot of them. Nothing ‘marmalade’ there. And the cheese was both tasteless and almost non existent. So the potato; under cooked, small and the beans in a small pot hadn’t been reheated.

Service is very slow, possibly too many chiefs and not enough indians. Ordered a rump steak off their Thuesday menu - Good value and a hearty portion for £8.50. However, It took so long to arrive. I heard the Chef call service 4 times and guess what, it was our meal. Triple cooked chips looked aenemic, maybe they had nissed their second or third cooking.

We went there on boxing day I had venison which was very good. The staff are friendly and the food is always good. They have a good selection of food on the menu and a good selection of drinks.

Atmosphere very good unfortunately food overcooked and dried up. Service not very good - simply left in a corner for ages while waiting for bill and never asked whether we had enjoyed the food and it was OK.

Visited on a Monday, the restaurant used to be really busy every night of the week, but it was really quiet. The restaurant was cold and I nearly put my coat on during the evening. We ordered Gin and Tonics and were not asked what ones we wanted The chicken and mushroom pie lacked content and was only just warm enough, the ice cream sundae did not have all the ingredients as they had run out. Staff indifferent, I think they wanted to go home and were only interested in us paying the bill at around 9.30pm. We had a 33% off food voucher, but it was really not worth the effort, would have been better to go elsewhere and pay full price. Won't rush back any time soon

Lovely cosy traditional old pub, really busy for sunday lunch, always a good sign. Lamb shoulder was lovely and red cabbage was yummy!

We were made to stand and wait for a long time until our table was ready, even though there were other tables available. Of the six meals we ordered, four were good but the other two (roast beef) were inedible, The beef was a centimetre think, over-cooked and too tough to be cut with the cutlery we were given. In both cases the beef remained uneaten.

Very popular, sensible prices, very busy at weekends. plenty of parking on site. On a main road between Chelmsford north and WRITTLE.

Had the 33% discount offer and decided to come for a late lunch.Food was good, scallops and chorizo, lasagne and slow cooked beef rib.All tasty and well presented, and very good value with the discount.

Have eaten here on several occasions now and the food is always tasty and well presented. However, there is room for improvement: namely, the time it takes to be served after ordering. On three visits it's taken about an hour for food to arrive. The serving staff are very good and always working flat out (though they could maybe do with an extra pair of hands at peak times) so I'm assuming the problem lies with the kitchen being understaffed. It would help if customers were told at the point of ordering if there was likely to be a delay. An ideal place for a leisurely meal with friends but I would think twice if I needed to get back to the office.

We had a lovely family birthday celebration everyone was pleased with their meal the service was very friendly

Visited here mid-December just before Christmas. Service was good throughout evening. Food was very tasty as well, only problem is with the starters depending on what you have they can be extremely small portions, for example the scallops and chicken goujons extremely overpriced for what you get! My dad complained about the steak stating that it was very distasteful and had a similar flavour to detergent, I tried the steak and I must agree that it did. We informed the waitress and had a free desert due to it, which was a kind gesture. Very warm atmosphere inside restaurant.

We went for a late afternoon dinner between Christmas and New Year - the restaurant was not too busy. The mixed grill was lovely - although steak a little too gamey for me! Excellent service.

We have used the horse and groom many times, it is local to us and the food is well cooked and a very reasonably priced.

Unfortunately the horse and groom is not what it was, came for a xmas works meal, we should have realized our mistake by the surly attitude we received when booking. this attitude continued when we arrived and staff even started arguing with each other. Our starters took 30 minutes to arrive then the main course took over an hour, one of our party had to leave it took so long. There seemed to be no consistency in portion size and the food was cold and either over cooked or under cooked. A real shame as this was a good pub as recently as the summer. Will be heading into Chelmsford in future.

Shame fish chips meal was great but went back again for the roast dinner and it was terrible the meat was raw chewy and dry, roast potatoes fried tasteless just oily supposed to be goose fat and the veg was raw. Certainly wouldn't recommend the roast dinner at all only thing edible was the Yorkshire and the stuffing was cold. Shame as fish chip meal had before was superb. Value for money very bad as very expensive.

We went to this pub only because our usual pub was fully booked due to the festive season, and we couldn't get a table. As I had had a bad experience previously I was very wary but decided to eat here as my friend and I had nowhere else to go. We were shown to our table where we noticed the wine glasses were filthy - water marks, finger print on mine and what looked like the remnants of red wine in the bottom. When we asked the waitress for a clean glass she laughed and said the sun was showing up the marks. Actually they needed a really good wash by hand!!!

Our family went for our traditional pre Christmas get together. The food was very good with good sized portions of everything. Drinks were reasonable.Only down side was the promised meal voucher was not given as our booking did not appear on the gift voucher list. That was despite going in to the restaurant earlier and pointing out that the voucher had not been give, Apparently we were not the only people in this position. The Manager didn't seem to care. Chef and Brewer need to sort out their offers and make sure if you qualify (as we did) the vouchers are given out.Apart from that I would recommend the Horse and Groom.

Friendly and welcoming with great food and atmosphere. Been here many times and look forward to coming back.

The menu is fairly typical of pub food. It was quite tasty but nothing exceptional. Service was a little slow to begin with but gathered pace as the evening wore on. As a tip, the scollope starter is miniscule!

We had a Festive Menu 2 courses for £19.99. The food was excellent, the service was very good and the atmosphere of the venue was very welcoming. Excellent value for money.

I had a family meal at Horse and Groom Writtle the food was excellent and the service wasvery friendly.

a good welcome. Friendly staff. Food was good with plenty of choice and reasonably priced. A warm friendly atmosphere.

The food and drinks were served in a good time. The food was well presented and very enjoyable. Our waitress Sarah was very friendly and efficient and checked we were happy with our meals

Came here for friday lunch Fish Friday deal cod & Chips £7.50 what a deal and what a really nice peace of cod i really recommend this place

Came here for a late lunch and I must say the service was amazing our waitress was attentive and polite and the food even better. Will definitely be back!!!

Terrible food and even worse service!? Came around this time last year with a work party for xmas and had an amazing time... however it seems the staff are all as miserable as each other and our waitress (brown hair, slightly older woman) was very stern and inattentive! Won't be coming back any time soon- feeling very let down and embarrassed.

There were 4 in our party and we all enjoyed our evening at the Horse & Groom. Our waitress Charmaine looked after us very well and our mains of steak and red wine pie and gammon were all delicious. The pies were enormous and very tasty as was the gammon. We had 4 different desserts: sticky toffee pudding, rum bread & butter pudding, winter Eton mess and salted caramel sundae and all were polished off very quickly! There was a very good atmosphere in the restaurant and we will definitely be back.

Visited on a Monday afternoon on our way back from a weekend away. They were able to seat seven of us immediately. The food was really nice and was well cooked and hot. The fish and chips was very big and the portion sizes for all the meals was good. We had gourmet vouchers which were accommodated without question. Would recommend the Horse and Groom for a mid week lunchtime.

Over one hour for our food on Saturday and then it wasn’t nice and a very bossy waitress to add to it all. Not a good experience for our family and definitely not recommend.

Had a lovely family lunch here last week,so good that we decided afterwards to book for Christmas Eve.so after many many phone calls with no response we tried on the website to book only to be told maximum of 6 people( there are only 9 of us and 2 of them are children) is it too much to expect a big chain like Chef and Brewer cannot accommodate 9 people .would love to hear from someone on here as phone calls have been fruitless.It would have been 5 star otherwise

Vistited on Tuesday evening had a lovely meal. Our young waitress was really nice and helpful. Service was relatively quick and the food was lovely. Would definitely go back.

Monday lunch . Ordered two soups , a burger and a lasagne . After a long wait soups came along, which was fine. Then a brown haired waitress slapped our food down on the table not asking who’s food was who’s . My partners lasagne looked a disaster . Salad had seen better days and lasagne was over cooked with an oil top. The table next to us even commented on it . We were so embarrassed that my partner had enough and the waitress came over and asked how it was . We hadn’t touched it as of yet and we told her there was an issue. She did offer to replace it however after waiting to long we just wanted to eat and go . We know it was not her fault that it was the chefs fault . We asked for the bill . Paid and left . Atmosphere was awful and it is no longer the busy pub it was . We won’t be back . Try the hare instead.

Visited for a family meal and were greeted with friendly staff and a lovely table. Food was fantastic and everyone in the party were extremely happy by the size portions and taste of there meals. Highly recommend the chefs signature hunters chicken, cooked to perfection and well worth the money. Would highly recommend & will return in the future.

We arrived at 1730.. within minutes asked what we wanted to drink before even settling at the table. A further 15 mins before taking food order.. another 30 mins before starters arrived.Then an epic 50 mins wait until main course arrived. When asked where it was, they said it was being plated up.. then a further 15 minutes later it arrived.The food was nice but the slow service spoiled the meal. We were out with our 6yr old daughter and this amount of time waiting is too much for a small one.

Visited beginning of this month for a family birthday meal. quick and efficient. food was nice for money and had nice taste to it. Would recommend to others and its nice your not rushed for your meal. Thank you.