Little Italy Pizza Pasta in Chelmsford

The music nights are great fun and food and service is always top notch

An absolute gem of a pub that we found by accident after taking a wrong turn. We had checked out several nearby pubs which turned out to be offering ‘fine dining’. Which means £23 for fish and chips and they seat you before you can order a drink so everything goes on the tab and you feel obliged to tip like a restaurant. So after our wrong turn we found the next pub down the road and what a happy accident. A proper boozer with a great selection of beers - often you can’t find one decent IPA but the Woolpack had Neck Oil AND Level Head. Sophie’s Choice and not in a good way. But a proper boozer rarely has such an amazing selection of food. Apart from standard s like fish and ships they had shepherds’ pie, beef stew and also some of the more exotic pub food options such as ribs which are apparently massive. We got a chicken sharing platter of wings and tenders with a load of dips and some steak fries while we tried to decide what to order for maims, and there was so much food that we never went on to mains that we were so keen to try. All fresh and hot and served quickly. The landlady was very welcoming and busy running round doing everything. Icing on the cake was an unobtrusive classic 80s soundtrack. We will have to find an excuse for a return visit.. I bet Sunday lunch is amazing!

Came today for Mother’s Day and was wowed as soon as we walked in! The pub was decorated in gorgeous Mother’s Day decorations to make all mums feel special! The food was excellent - 5 courses for £40, and each cooked to perfection. Service was, as usual, first class. If you’ve not been here before, please try it. It’s our second visit and we’ll definitely be back. THANKYOU The Ship, this is how you run a great pub and restaurant!

Nice friendly pub. Staff very welcoming and plenty of choice. Did not eat there so cant comment on food.

A great night at the bootmaker the other week, good drinks and food and a big thanks to Emily for great service too! An all round win :)