Middletons Steakhouse & Grill Chelmsford in Chelmsford

Steak cooked bang on the money! Kiran was a great server, attentive and gave good suggestions 👌🏼 The restaurant was quiet, weekday evening, but food was excellent and service also excellent.

We had a party of 12 including someone that was on a very strict diet that day. Nothing was too much trouble to accommodate this and no fuss was made - which made the diner comfortable. The food was lovely and all came out together, the staff were really nice and we all had a great time.

Won a Facebook competition for 4 free pizzas for 4 people. We were not disappointed. Pizza was fantastic, other food we ordered was great, service was amazing (thank you Kiran our great server) and we had a lovely time!

Fantastic restaurant. In a very old bank. Lots of atmosphere.

A lovely restaurant, food was absolutely amazing and the staff extremely attentive. Kirau served us and was super efficient. Will definitely visit again when in the area.

Went for our daughter's 40th birthday for 8 adults and 4 children. Service fine staff polite.food was great.service was a bit slow don't know why as restaurant was empty at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

Hopefully Tripadvisor will allow this review as I've posted quite a few now about Middletons! I just wanted to mention a few staff from recent visits who have all given excellent service. First of all for Heni. Normally behind the bar but whether she is there or on the restaurant floor, she always makes each visit memorable. A special shout-out to her for also going above and beyond for me recently. Next up is Kiran. One of the newest members of the Middletons Family but has quickly settled in with amazing customer service, friendliness and kindness. A great addition to the team. I was also served by Mehrin recently who explained some of the new menu to my friend and I to make sure we knew what we were ordering. She was friendly, efficient and worked hard on a busy evening. Finally, a Middletons review wouldn't be complete without another mention for Andreea, the manager. There's not much left to say about her that I haven't said before so continue to keep up the amazing work.

Lovely place Food great Burgers/steak gorgeous Service great 👍

The food was delicious, the menu offered several good choices. The service was friendly but not pushy, as nowadays in many places. Emese, our waitress was friendly, knowledgeable about the menu and attentive to our needs - always there when we needed something, but never disturbing.

Excellent food and great service , we were served by Emese and didn't have to wait for anything.

I stepped into the restaurant greeted by a lovely lady who sat us, a group of 6 in a lovely booth. Atmosphere for a saturday night was suprisingly very empty restaurant. That had me a little worried as the reviews are mostly positive. We sat down and the menu was easy to read. Waiter came promptly and took our order, so far so good. The starters were lovely, a good portion not undersized or oversized. The main and side however were a different story. My fillet steak was well cooked but smaller than the palm of my hand, the peppercorn had way too much pepper, I got to a point where I stopped dipping my steak into it. I had ordered a mac and cheese on the side, the mac and cheese reminded me of a old job where i had to fix printers, it tasted like a new paper that had freshly come out of the printer, hot but tasteless. My expectation is I came for a good time with friends and to have everyone enjoy the food. The reality was I had a good time with friends but left with a unsatisfied craving for a good steak with peppercorn sauce, traumatising flashbacks to a old drudging job. Finally the bill came and I was shocked to see the price, overpriced is a understatement. I now can see why the restaurant was empty on a Saturday night, i should have taken that as a sign but I give everyone one a chance. Please replace that mac and cheese ASAP.

Fantastic food great service Loved it

I recently had the pleasure of dining at Middleton's Steakhouse for a Mother’s Day celebration with my family, and I couldn’t be more impressed! From the moment we arrived, we were welcomed with warm hospitality. The entire staff was attentive and friendly, but I’d especially like to highlight Kiera (I hope I got the name right!) for her outstanding service. She made us feel so comfortable and ensured our experience was nothing short of perfect. The food was absolutely fantastic! Every dish was beautifully prepared and bursting with flavor. The steaks were cooked to perfection, and the sides were just as delicious. It's clear that quality ingredients and expert preparation are top priorities here. The ambiance of the restaurant really added to the overall experience. It’s cozy, inviting, and had just the right atmosphere for a family celebration. We truly had a memorable meal, and I can’t wait to return. Thank you, Middleton’s, for making Mother’s Day extra special this year!

Relaxing atmosphere with exceptional service and food

great food and service by kasia .

Amazing service, Kasia looked after us so well for bottomless brunch. Would 100% recommend !! The food was great and the service was incredible.

We visited Middletons for a family lunch after reading great reviews, but unfortunately, our experience was a bit underwhelming. The service was friendly, and our server was understanding that we had a toddler with us. However, we were surprised that the restaurant only had one plastic beaker, meaning we couldn’t get a second for our little one. It was a quiet afternoon, but the air conditioning made our table uncomfortably cold, especially as we were sitting directly underneath it. When we mentioned this, the response wasn’t very helpful, and moving tables didn’t make much difference. I ate with my coat on! 🥶 The food was okay, but nothing special. My partner was disappointed by the lack of sides with his steak, and my buttermilk chicken burger was fine but very similar to fast food I’ve had nearby. Also, it would have been great to have a non-dairy milk option for coffee. Overall, it wasn’t a bad meal, just not one we’d rush back for. With a few small improvements, it could be a much better experience!

Had a wonderful bottomless brunch! My friend and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The service was amazing. Thank you so much Heni and Kiran x

I came here for a bottomless brunch with my friend and it was amazing!! I would love to give a special thank you to Heni and Kiran, they are absolutely amazing and credit to the Middleton team!

Fantastic food, great service, Kiran was superb!

The food was great. steak was cooked to perfection however they did plate them wrong with my steak on my girlfriend and mine on hers. Very load and seemed to be to many tables for the amount of room so we were very close to others. And the price of the starters compared to the amount you get is rather off

Visited lunch time on Thursday to take advantage of the fixed price lunch menu, which whilst limited, offers good value. Kasia our waitress was very attentive, friendly and could not fault her. At 12:30 we were the first and only customers in there. One other person dining solo followed at 1ish and then one more table of two by the time we left so it was quiet and slightly detracted from the ambiance. The food was very good on the whole but one of the two steaks was quite tough, which was a shame but it’s just luck of the draw. I would happily return but the house red was very sub-par and I would not be drinking that again.

Mid week lunch menu offers good value.

Great food and lovely service from Kasia!

Really disappointed with this place, came here for a work Xmas party, there were 10 people that pre booked a table and meal. Now the steak was a rare rib eye, first we weren't asked how we were like our steak because rib eye needs to be medium for fat reasons, this came out with 15 chips and nothing else and it cost £30! The only good point to this place are the waitresses. Better off going to miller and carter

I went for my birthday lunch great atmosphere lovely staff the food was really good. Looking forward to visiting again.

£60 lunch for 2. Tad expensive 'Baked camebert' was microwaved with a single bread stick Mains came out barely luke warm. Just paid and left to go elsewhere for desert Atomsphere was pretty poor. Waiters very robotic 🤖

I ate here last week with my girlfriends and it was a lovely experience. It was cosy and warm and nicely decorated for Christmas. Staff were approachable and friendly. Food was delicious! Have been before, would recommend and will return.

This is a lovely restaurant. Kasia was friendly, knowledgeable and calm - even when dealing with the "customer from hell" at the next table! 😀

Lovely experience, good food and lovely cocktails

The food is really delicious and they have great cocktails.

Six of us went to celebrate someone's birthday. Very disappointing and we wouldn't go back. The service was very poor. The waitress was rude, calling us "weird" for asking for a butterfly fillet steak. She didn't know what that was, and we had to explain it to her. When the steak arrived it was sirloin, not fillet, so we sent it back. The waitress said a fillet steak would take 5 minutes; 25 minutes later we were still waiting. Another order arrived incorrectly and we had to wait for that to be sorted out. Someone else ordered steak and it was very chewy, and he found a hair in it. And all for £35! So he sent it back. None of us were impressed with the food. Only 3 of the 6 of us ended up eating a meal. To top it all, as we were getting ready to leave, a horrible smell came through into the restaurant. It seemed to be coming from the toilets which, incidentally, could do with a good scrub as they were very dirty.

Lovely restaurant with 10/10 service. Delivious cocktails and great food. Thoroughly enjoyed our visit.

Food was good! Vegan burger very nice. Partner says rump steak was really good!

We now have had lunch quite a few times at Middletown’s and, everytime we’ve enjoyed the food: we tend to have the fixed price menu for 2 courses at £13.97. We’ve tried the croquettes (beef) and the garlic mushrooms, as alternative starters to Caprese salad and Goujons. We love them all! For main course, we tend to have the beer battered haddock with fries or green vegetables (served with slivers of Parmesan). Everything is always cooked to perfection and so far we haven’t managed to try their desserts because we are full up! Today we were served by Kasia, who was excellent as per usual! She knows exactly what beer my husband will have and that I only drink water! We always receive a warm welcome and it’s lovely that we can have a more personalised chat with the staff, due to our frequent visits😁

Food & staff were excellent can’t wait to go back.

The food was great. It was a really nice place and atmosphere

Great spot for lunch right on the highstreet. Lunch menu has quite a few options and fair price too. I had the steak which was very well cooked, sides nice and starter great too (croquettes with meat i think). Coffee was also suprisingly nice. Very friendly service from Kasia which was great. Will definitely be back.

Been to this restaurant twice both times for a birthday party. Last night was my daughters 40th .I called in a few weeks ago to ask about balloons and cake ,if I could bring them in . I returned yesterday morning and was shown the table and left cake and balloons with the lovely lady. When where shown to the table it was the other end of the restaurant.by the kitchen even though the restaurant was quite empty. I did not say anything as it was a suprise for my daughter. We order the meal which took quite a time comming. After we had paid the meal they brought the cake and sung. But this was far to late. Not going back and not recommending to any one

the best food and the friendliest staff! : D

It's a good place for a Friday night dinner, not too busy or quiet! Service was great (thanks, Lauren!) and burgers all come in a big portion with double patties :)

Food was amazing, absolutely no complaints about the evening. Our server Emese was amazing, she was funny, polite, and very kind. Very much enjoyed our evening. The food here was better than a previous Michelin starred restaurant we ate at the night before. Absolutely recommend!

The food was amazing. We ate there without checking any reviews, and it was a big surprise. The food is really tasty, and they serve generous portions, all at a very decent price.

Very expensive, nice place, food was just ok, dont get much and ribs were not nice at all.

Amazing. Can't recommend highly enough.

Food was okay. The steak was good but the calamari starter was poor. My daughter liked her "build your own wrap" and the banana split desert. Went to pay the bill and split it and the. Was told by the waitress there was an issue with the payment and that it hadn't gone through and we should pay again. We checked our banks and could see the money had been taken. The manager then made up and obviously fake story that this happens all the time and the money would not be taken when we could clearly see it had. I said I'd pay it on my credit card and that I wanted him to sign to that effect that he would give us the money back on the Monday but the card machine wouldn't work, they rebooted the card machine and suddenly the money had been taken and the bill paid. I get stuff that goes wrong but don't obviously lie about this sort of thing. Won't be going again.

Fantastic service despite it being busy and highly recommend the bottomless brunch to anyone!

lovely dinner! thank u to our server emese :)

Honestly I find it hard to fault this place on this visit. The two ladies who looked after us were very helpful and kind, they helped massively with choosing why to order due to my nut allergy and checked everything on the allergen menu for me. The vibe was quiet for a Friday night, only a few tables in there filled Steaks were delicious, special requests listened to Dessert was a bit of a let down but generally would return

Unlimited Steak? That got your attention! Come with us to @middletons_chelmsford for unlimited steak for 90 mins. This could be one of the best value Friday nights we’ve been to as it’s only £29.95 per person! Your first plate is 10oz rump steak with chips and salad, the second plate is the same, then the third plate onwards (if you get that far) is 5oz of rump steak. We had good service and would certainly return! 📍 Chelmsford, but many other locations too 💰 £29.95pp 📅 Fridays from 12pm to 9pm 📞 Booking in advance is recommended

Absolutely lovely food and selection. The service was excellent and the steak and chicken was cooked to perfection.

If you want a good stake in Chelmsford then this is the place to go

Bottomless steak and chips were lovely. I really recommend the quality of service and food. Also big thank you to Hennett, she cared well us and her hospitality was top notch!

Seems to have gone downhill a bit since I was last there. - Food overcooked - "Optional" service charge added to bill without asking - Had to be prompted to bring out drinks that had been forgotten Ok for a meal but could have been much better.

Excellent food and great service from Emese and her colleagues. We were there for my Grans birthday with a mixture of ages and all our needs were catered for. Thank you.

Lovely evening good food quick service. Excellent price

Middleton's steak was amazing, bursting with flavour that melts on your tongue. Their burgers are a 10/10 too. The desert was okay. Overall me and my partner had a great night.

2024 update: It's been a few years since I last are here, and the fact that they have weathered the storm of the pandemic, indicates the food quality, service and price are all off a high enough standard to retain customers. I went on a Friday night, and you'll be best served if you book in advance as in addition to the standard menu, off some lovely choices, they offer a 90 minute unlimited steak and chips experience. Well I had to try this. Our server for the evening was attentive from the off, even though one of our party was running a little late. A nice selection of drinks were available, including an unlimited wine for an additional fee. When our steaks arrived they were well presented and I upgraded to the posh loaded fries. The combination of parmesan, trifle and rosemary was very rich and delightful to eat. The streaks were cooked medium rare, and presented our cut making them very tender to eat. I could but work out what the cut was, but it was delicious from first to last forkful. I then had another 4 round of the steak and each arrived quickly and grilled to the same level of perfection. Suffice to say there was no room for dessert as the food was very filling, on fact I turned down more if the fantastic bit and crunchy fries as it was too much for me. Nothing appeared to be too much trouble and our server really maintained a great balance between attentive and privacy, something that cannot be underestimated in my opinion, I just hope she gets a bonus as a great representative for their brand. In Sunday a great meal for around £45 with drinks, in a well decorated and maintained location at the end of the high street. I'll be back, but won't leave it so long next time. Thank you team Middleton's. Fantastic food, I had the 22Oz porterhouse steak, cooked to perfection. This restaurant will undoubtedly become a key place to visit in Chelmsford going forward.

It's been a few years since I last are here, and the fact that they have weathered the storm of the pandemic, indicates the food quality, service and price are all off a high enough standard to retain customers. I went on a Friday night, and you'll be best served if you book in advance as in addition to the standard menu, off some lovely choices, they offer a 90 minute unlimited steak and chips experience. Well I had to try this. Our server for the evening was attentive from the off, even though one of our party was running a little late. A nice selection of drinks were available, including an unlimited wine for an additional fee. When our steaks arrived they were well presented and I upgraded to the posh loaded fries. The combination of parmesan, trifle and rosemary was very rich and delightful to eat. The streaks were cooked medium rare, and presented our cut making them very tender to eat. I could but work out what the cut was, but it was delicious from first to last forkful. I then had another 4 round of the steak and each arrived quickly and grilled to the same level of perfection. Suffice to say there was no room for dessert as the food was very filling, on fact I turned down more if the fantastic bit and crunchy fries as it was too much for me. Nothing appeared to be too much trouble and our server really maintained a great balance between attentive and privacy, something that cannot be underestimated in my opinion, I just hope she gets a bonus as a great representative for their brand. In summary a great meal for around £45, in a well decorated and maintained location at the end of the high street. I'll be back, but won't leave it so long next time. Thank you team Middleton's

Wife's bday meal, both had 16oz sirloins and couldn't fault then at all. Cooked the way we wanted too.

We visited yesterday for my friends hen party and did the bottomless brunch. This was my first experience for bottomless brunch and it definitely won’t be my last. Food was very nice and the service we received from Kasia was amazing, we where never left without a drink and she was always on hand to assist. Thanks so much x

Attended for a hen do recently, and we had the bottomless brunch as a group of 12. Staff could not have been more helpful, they were always on hand to get more drinks in - Kasia in particular was extremely helpful. Our food was hot, fresh and good quality. I would recommend and return for sure.

I visited on a Saturday night for dinner and a catch-up with a friend. We were mainly served by Emese all night who was fantastic. She was friendly, helpful and professional and made the evening more enjoyable. I had the croquettes to start and then the Middleton's chicken burger for main. Just some advice - ALL burgers come with two beef patties PLUS whatever you choose - i.e. chicken in my case. I thought my burger was just going to be chicken but it wasn't. Therefore, it's a lot of food for £19.99 (which comes with one side). Not a criticism as such but I couldn't finish it all. As a result, we skipped dessert but I had the Mini-choc-tini cocktail was lovely and like drinking a mint Aero! Ambience was nice with it being not too busy but not too quiet either. Good soundtrack across the 80s and 90s being played as well. Recommended and once again, great service from Emese!

I visited on a Saturday night for dinner and a catch-up with a friend. We were mainly served by Emese all night who was fantastic. She was friendly, helpful and professional and made the evening more enjoyable. I had the croquettes to start and then the Middleton's chicken burger for main. Just some advice - ALL burgers come with two beef patties PLUS whatever you choose - i.e. chicken in my case. I thought my burger was just going to be chicken but it wasn't. Therefore, it's a lot of food for £19.99 (which comes with one side). Not a criticism as such but I couldn't finish it all. As a result, we skipped dessert but I had the Mini-choc-tini cocktail was lovely and like drinking a mint Aero! Ambience was nice with it being not too busy but not too quiet either. Good soundtrack across the 80s and 90s being played as well. Recommended and once again, great service from Emese!

Emese and the team were amazing & incredibly helpful throughout. Highly recommend the staff are brilliant. Would certainly come back

Beautiful food. The steak is always delicious and flavourful and the accompaniments were also lovely today. Kasia was a very attentive and efficient server making the whole process smooth and enjoyable

Food was great and reasonably priced. Lauren was a great, patient and accurate waitress, very helpful. We all had a great time at the restaurant.

We had a lovely lunch at Middletons. It was busy and we had not booked in advance but the lovely Maia made us feel very welcome and looked after us beautifully. Thank you :-)

The food and the ambience are really good. The staff are really friendly and helpful, especially Maisie. They are really cheerful and welcoming. Definitely will come Back to try more food.

Staff were very welcoming and they looked after us well. We were served by kasia. My kids are 5 & 2 and kids are kids the staff made us feel welcome and interacts with my kids which was nice. Food was nice I had the 8oz rib eye and my mrs a burger and kids the fish fingers. The kids deal for £5 was a bargain! Really good experience would definitely recommend and come back.

Great food and staff were friendly and welcoming. Would recommend the Middletons grill and cheese cake for desert. All round good vibe

The food is great as always 😊 good service and a big thanks to the managers working there. They always friendly and make the best atmosphere in restaurant

About 8 rugby boys rocked up for some steak action. Service was pretty quick and friendly and also accommodating considering most of us were already half cut by the time we arrived. We all ad starters, steak, mixed grill and desert and several bottles of red. Great venue. Good service and the steak was really tasty.

Food was marvellous place was quite but good staff

Never been there before. Went for Mother's day lunch. We were served by Rhea who was very warm and friendly. It was a steady service so you were not rushed between courses.

Great place for change of our usual faves in town. Early dinner Light bite for us before cinema. Maia was our top class server attentive and helpful without being intrusive as we pondered our choices.

Lovely restaurant shame about the weather Lovely service

Absolutely beautiful, had a great lunch with family. Fits was very tasty and nicer portions. Definitely recommend..

If I could give the food zero stars I would. Its terrible. Please don't waste your money.

Very nice venue, good food and great service

Okay so the first thing my husband said to me was "now that's service" soon as we sat the waitress bought us a bottle of water and glasses. Honestly that alone tops the board as great customer service we have had in many restaurants in the UK since the pandemic. Our waitresses and host were so friendly, helpful and informative. The food was delicious, the steak was perfectly cooked medium rare. The music was a bit of a let down as it sounded like my 90s NOW CD didn't quite fit the occasion listening to sclub7 on our dinner date. The wine was fabulous and my espresso martini was yummy It was a great meal one of the best we've had in a while which was mainly because there was well trained hospitality staff.

It's cool 😎 Nothing to exciting like another stack house chain restraunt

Food was really good, nice atmosphere and friendly staff

We went for Sunday Lunch. The food is fairly average, only made reasonable by the price. It felt mass-made and wasn't anything amazing. Service was fine, fairly dull atmosphere in general. Has a Toby Carvery vibe to it. The most disappointing thing was the roast beef, you'd expect it to be decent considering it's a steakhouse. However it was tough lumps of meat rather than slices. The nut roast was cold in the middle. 2 Roasts and 1 Orange Juice - £36.

Three of us went for a bottomless Brunch and we were amazed at the great value for money. The cocktails were incredible, those of us who opted for the steak (at an extra charge) thought it was cooked perfectly. We had the privilege of being hosted by Maya who was super attentive and an all round lovely person - thank you for making our experience so great. Will definitely be coming back.

Went when it first opened and remember it being okay. Will need to come back and try again.

Nice steak friendly service wilbe coming back in the future

Birthday meal. Excellent food and service. Will go again!

Went here for Christmas meal.lunch.food was very salty.i feel the meal would of been better if we had ordered a steak.wouldn't recommend it for Christmas lunch.at time service was slow

We have had a few christmas’s at the Colchester branch which has always been fab and all the wait staff were lovely unfortunately the food was the biggest let down. Raw/undercooked potatoes hardly any veg, the worst stingiest Christmas lunch we have ever had. Again the staff were lovely however we initially were seated for at least 20 minutes without even waterwe had to wait for quite some time after for any food even though we pre-orderd at nearly £400 for 3 of us the food was a complete let down and we will never dine there again for christmas. such a shame as staff before and during could not of been more accommodating!

We had a Christmas do there which they ruined. The service was appalling despite the place being not very busy on a Tuesday lunchtime. They took an eternity to serve the starters, and my calamari was dried out where it had clearly been kept warm. Mains were okay, but one person was left waiting 15 mins extra for his. The deserts took so long that three quarters of our party of 30 had left by the time they remembered we existed and brought them out. The 'Service' was awful, no sense of leadership, no care or consideration. they were useless. We had to go to the bar to order drinks, and they actually had the gaul to add a service charge when you bought drinks!! Never again!!!

Great food with great service from our waitress Emese.

Average place to go , not bad food and service but not nothing to rave about.

The Chateaubriand was very good and a nice atmosphere. The staff were very attentive, friendly and nice place to eat. Particular thanks to Adriann and her staff for making us feel welcome

Visited on a quiet weekday (Tuesday) lunchtime. Food fine and perfectly professional attentive service even with someone being sick our waitress was running the show with just one chef very well indeed. Full credit to your team...

Lauren was a great waitress and was very accommodating to our very confusing allergy requests and made sure we were looked after. The food on the other hand was a little disappointing, the Roast dinner was very chewy and gristly- very hard to eat. Although the gravy and sides were nice, everything was quite cold. The starters were nice though.

Perfect for a 30th birthday celebration thank you

Very good food Very good service can'twait to go back

Good service and food arrived promptly.

Food and service v Good. Poor atmosphere