King William IV in Braintree

The hidden jewel of traditional public houses. Great atmosphere amazing selection of fine ales and ample parking. 😎and to the best of my knowledge no noisy gaming machines. 10/10

The website and the sign on the door says they are open until 11.30 , turned up at just after 10 and they were closed , landlord outside looking after his dogs . Pointed out the website and signs but he merely apologised , 30 minute walk there and back , a total waste of time . An awful service completely rude to potential customers

Arrived at this establishment to be met at the bar by the worst service I've ever experienced. Blond middle aged lady served us. Obviously didn't want to be there, miserable, rude and sarcastic. Have been coming here every Christmas. This visit will be our last.

Whilst away for work at a nearby hotel I was recommended a visit. The staff on both days were very friendly and welcoming. Two local Ales on cask and two ciders. A selection of popular lager and cider brands on tap incl rekorderlig and peroni. All prices were well below what I expected. A large selection of snacks.

Tom was a lovely guy! The place was really relaxing and COVID ready. Very refreshing , thanks Tom for your hospitality. Lots of different beers, no booking needed which was great. Very welcoming , not stringent !

Although it’s quite small, this is a proper old fashioned pub, there’s no fancy sides just good drinks & friendly atmosphere

Moved to the area recently. Saw the pub from the outside and thought we’d pop in and give it a go. Terrible mistake. The landlady was at the bar and clearly drunk before 7pm. The landlord was miserable and unwelcoming. I ordered a carling and just as he started pouring I apologised, said I didn’t see Budweiser and could I change my order. Anyone would think I’d ask him to pour an entire pint down the sink such was the little sulk he put on. We really felt like an inconvenience. A large group of locals congregated at the bar and made you feel like anyone not regular was clearly an interloper and up to something. You’d have thought pubs would be desperate for new custom. Clearly not this lot. Terrible shame. First and last time.

the King Billy is a great "proper" pub - no cooked food on offer, just a fantastic range of quality beers and drinks. The best pint of Guinness in Braintree, bar none, and very friendly to those who are not true locals or regulars Loads of room outside for summer evenings and events and nice and nice and cosy of a winter

Great little pub, always have a good few well kept ales on tap. It has a brewery on site and it is always worth trying the Moody Goose ales. If only they could be bittled.

excellent local pub with brilliant variety of local drinks (Moody Goose, Adnams etc. Small in size but a friendly staff and friendly locals

Great local pub this. Mainly no food on offer as keeping it simple (although they do have a proper pizza van turn up from Nonnas on regular occasions), brilliant range of beers and good company and service from staff and other drinkers. range of events in summer months also using their garden area brilliantly, from music to beer festivals. Very much highly recommend Andy and his crew at the King Billy!

The pub offers an ever changing selection of real ales direct from the cask. several ciders and lagers.The owners are friendly and welcoming.

My family (group of 6 adults) arrived mid way through a Saturday evening but found a back room in this locals pub on the edge of Braintree. The barmaid/landlady was very friendly and welcoming. The beer was delicious. The barmaid/landlady brought us over some delicious (free!) cake. I wish this pub was nearer to where I live!

A traditional local pub with a great selection of cask ale. Recommended as a way to spend a summer afternoon and evening. A shame that the beer garden is so often closed as it would make all the difference to be able to sit out on the lawn for a proper country feel.

No food but an good selection of cask beers, cosy and dog friendly, great place for a few quiet pints

This is a great Little Pub which is for your locals and for people who like a drop of real Beer and Ale. They have many events during the year from full scale beer Festivals to Christmas Carols with song sheets. (great fun). They also have live music .There is always a warming atmosphere within the pub. Just remember this pub does not do food just great beer and ales.

this pub is a fantastic place where you can catch up with your friends and family, my favourite time to visit is during been festival, highly recommend it

Este es un buen antiguo, en ocasiones tiene un boozer unos aperitivos pero realmente un pub de cerveza. El propietario vende su propio cervezas del micro-brewary detrás del pub. Él también tiene cervezas y sidras artesanales.

This a proper drinking pub, there is no food just snacks, there is always a good selections of draft beers & ciders & it is frequented by local drinkers. The publican & his staff are friendly & always up for chat !

Nice little local. Every third Sunday they have groups of friends with instruments & play a little. Very entertaining. Good ale.

Visita aquí tres o cuatro veces al año. Es un pub no un familiar de bebedores de pub y no pretende ser nada más, así que no hagas caso a las críticas que quiera una familia fun pub porque ai no!

This is a small pub like they used to be,no food other than nuts etc,if your lucky there could be some home made pickled eggs available

This is a tiny but welcoming pub with a good selection of traditional beers. A good place to sit outside in the beer garden during the summer.

If you looking for a pub which does masses of food or has the television on all day long then the King William is not for you. What it does have is excellent beer and a great atmosphere where you can just enjoy conversation with...

Visitamos anoche con colegas de negocios. El propietario es amable. Buenas cervezas. Pequeño pero acogedor con un bar completo.

Friendly popular place. Beer in top condition, lovely flower gardens, adequate parking, activities in the marquee. I like it.

Beers always good quality. Selection of guest beers as well as there own brews. Their own beers are excellent, brewed with care and imagination. A warm welcome is always given. A top proper pub .

I went there for my birthday last night and I couldn't ask for better service or for better food. Also the added touch of the prosecco for my birthday was sooo lovely! There was 5 adults and 2 children and the staff were attentive to each and everyone of us. I highly recommend the linguine.

Best pub in the Braintree area, great hosts, Marion is Fisty, great for weekend beer festivals, always a great pint, a must

If you're just wanting a drink this is the pub to visit. No food served other than bar snacks. It has its own micro brewery for the specialist ales.

Old fashioned tap room with good ale & cider always available.Very small inside so can get crowded at weekends.Moody goose brewery on site.Always civilised, no trouble, just people relaxing with a few pints

The atmosphere was first class, very friendly, family oriented.Food great, beer superb, varied (mostly local) and very reasonable.Highly recommended

We used to Live near this pub and always enjoyed a good glass of wine or beer here with friendly publicans. We now live in Perth Western Australia and came back to Essex to visit family and had to attend the beer festival. We are never disappointed. Well organised, family friendly and fun event with subtle charity fundraising. Not to be missed.

We often pop into this Wee pub for a couple of drinks, after the cinema and in the summer, it's lovely to sit in the garden.The atmosphere is good, beer always excellent and hats off to Marion and Angus for brewing their own beer.Agree, the decor is not great but the pub is always welcoming, and we are the old folk who visit.

Fantastic beer as always, its not a glam place as wanted by some earlier contributors, who wants a barman with a tie for gods sake, a throwback serving top ale and not worried about serving gourmet food to toffsKeep it up

Becoming a quite common feature to have a beer on a Sunday afternoon with friends. Great choice of beers, some brewed on site and all very appealing. Angus and Marion serve us well and have created a pleasing ambience in what is quite a small but welcoming environment. Looking forward to sitting outside in the summer and for special events they organise.

I pop in to the King William as new to the area by a neighbour .Well let me tell you give it a miss if you have not lived here for a 100 year .. It's very clicky with old folk . And let me tell you it smells like an old kennel . Dog friendly ain't the word it stinks .theres a dog be hind the bar sniffing all the glasses The toilets look like I went back 100 year and dirty.The man behind the bar was nice but a tie would not go a miss . If your are looking to go out with the wife in nice clothes give it a miss . If your looking to walk a dog in mud and wet grass for 5 hours and stink This is the place for you . # piss hole give it a miss

Felt like the whole pub didn't want me or my wife and kids in the pub today. Some of the locals at the bar could have made way to let me order my drinks. Felt like I needed to barge through them to order a round of drinks.Whole atmosphere felt clicky and unwelcoming which was a shame.

great pub ,good real ale ,real nice landlady and landlord very friendly. this is a very nice pub ,has a brewery out the back and nice gardens for the summer

This is a properly tiny pub! Great garden and some hardened types drink in there in January! The beer is the best in CM7 area and the place is cosy. Don't go there for food (they don't do it!) but do go there for a feel of an English pub and good ale. They have beer festivals in the summer and the garden makes these a great event with people coming from miles to participate. The publican brews his own beer branded Moody Goose, and these are worthy of a taste.Lastly and by no means least, Nonna's Pizza parks here wagon in the car park so you can get freshly made pizza cooked while you swig a crafty pint, then take it home! It's all good!

This is a traditional public house, with an interesting and changing selection of real ales. Friendly welcome, dog friendly

My friend and I initial visit was to sample the real ale that we had heard was available at the King William and we were not disappointed!! The good selection of great ale is always top quality. Because the ale is just constantly so good we, along with many others, now visit this pub most nights of the week.The pub is always full but somehow there is always room for more people as everybody is very friendly and helpful. All of the staff just can not be more helpful and indeed efficient.Sometimes there is a live group - Sometimes there is a beer festival - Sometimes the screen is on for an important match, although not overpowering or loud.The latest and greatest is the home cooked pizza van in the car park each Friday night. The quality of their pizzas puts the main chains to shame. I stopped buying takeaway pizzas due to demise in quality but the home cooked food from this van is better than I could make at home - I will be a regular Friday evening pizza eater again - Yippee.Please visit the King William - You will NOT be disappointed.6 stars !!!

This is a lovely pub for locals only. Youngsters are not welcome even if they are well behaved. We (we are not young) felt very uncomfortable when we walked in as everyone just stared. Not welcoming at all.

Lovely little pub with great character. Very friendly welcome excellent service. No food but superb cask ales.

This was the icing on the cake in a town lacking any character. I quick visit at lunchtime before the Braintree Town versus Southport match, I tried a pint of one of the real ales on offer and discovered that the pub had its own brewery! The Moody Goose brewery Barnestormer was excellent and I could have happily stayed here all day.

We have been drinking here for about 5 years, if you are a real ale drinker there is normally around 4 or 5 cask ales on at a time, and around 5 ciders, a large patio area which does get busy as the pub is very popular. A Great drinkers pub, no restaurant or food served here. There is a Toby Carvery right around the corner next to the Holiday Inn for food.

This Public House has it's own brewery. It is a very small property, but with a large car park, which it badly needs.There was a non stop foot flow the hour that we were there, and most seemed to be regulars. A real recommendation if needed.

This pub is lovely to pop into during anytime really, they have a fair amount of space outside an often hold all kinds of events with big marquees, live music,bbq,s etc. The inside is not so big but always seems to have a pleasant atmosphere, good beer and welcoming. Have visited many times over the years, never had a reason to give it any negative feedback.

Nice local pub, very good beer (some of which the landlord brews himself) friendly people. I try to get in at least once a month with my friends for a quick one on a Sunday. Drop in you will have a good time.

Everything you could ever want from a traditional English pub. Very friendly and cosy, no pretensions, good booze, grub and company.

excellent choice of ales lagers and wines. Beer festivals and music in the summer. large garden area

Good pub good beer good people. What's not to like about this small traditional English pub. Nothing.

Love love love this pub! Service is great, atmosphere is wonderful and drinks are always lovely! Especially in the summer when you can drink in the lovely beer garden!

A great little pub real ales served and a decent range of ciders. Open fires in winter and ale and music festivals in the summer. Always a warm welcome from Angus and Marion and real local friendly crowd.

A great place to have a beer, especially a real ale which they have a nice selection of. My favourite is Doom Bar which they often seem to have on.Friendly staff and a great patio/garden in the summer. Also family friendly and dog friendly too. Very small inside so perhaps not such a good option in the winter and they also don't serve food. But why would you want them to!

Decided not bothered to serve me despite walking to the pub some distance from where I was staying half an hour before their stated website closing time. Muppets

This is a fantastic example of a PROPER English pub - No food to speak of but usually 4/5 real ales (all poured straight from the barrel) and at least 4 ciders, plus wine and spiritsTH King William IV is a gem of a pub in a mass of restaurants that sell some beer as an afterthought