The Bakers Arms in Chelmsford

Nice range of beers, and staff ok. But you do feel like you're intruding the locals time.

We recently had a delightful lunch to celebrate my mum's 70th birthday, surrounded by cherished friends and family. Joining us were my oldest school friend, her lovely daughter, and both our mums. The atmosphere was filled with warmth and laughter as we reminisced about old times and created new memories. The restaurant provided a cozy and inviting ambiance, perfect for our special celebration. The staff were incredibly attentive and made sure we had everything we needed, adding to the overall pleasant experience. The menu was a hit with everyone. Some of Us had the Caesar salad, which was perfectly balanced with just the right amount of dressing, the pork and cider pie was a hearty delight, with tender meat and a rich, flavorful gravy that complemented the crust beautifully. The cheese and red onion jacket potato was a comforting choice, with the creamy cheese and sweet onion melding together wonderfully (its a firm favourite!). Each dish was perfectly prepared and added to the joy of our gathering. The presentation was lovely, and the portions were generous, ensuring that everyone left satisfied. Overall, it was a memorable day, made even more special by the presence of lifelong friends. Celebrating such a significant milestone with those who have been part of our journey for so long was truly heartwarming. The restaurant provided the perfect setting for this joyous occasion, and we couldn't have asked for a better experience.

Do not order a roast dinner here! However the other food I saw people eating looked great

Fantastic gastro pub in a village setting. Friendly and attentive staff and the food is top quality. Highly recommended.

Average pub with good food, staff enjoy themselves as much as we do, so what, like an extended family, everyone know nearly everyone else

Had a few drinks outside in the sun, nice place, smiling staff.

Went to private party the area that it was held in.was perfect for the family the little ones had space to play while adult could chat. Very pleasant time.

Lovely old pub, nice food and friendly staff.

We were a party of sixteen dining at the same time as two other large parties. Hats off to the kitchen and waiting staff for accommodating us with swift attention; great teamwork by them all.

Lovely meal on Tuesday evening. Very friendly welcome by Pippa and amazing food. Would definitely recommend.

Found this pub by accident when on a trip to visit someone near stock in Essex. Decided to have lunch before our drive back home to Dover. So glad we did as the meal was delicious and presentation excellent. Staff were very friendly and attentive. Prices were reasonable and very nice atmosphere in the restaurant. We are having a third trip to the pub next week so will have another great lunch. I just wish I wasn’t driving as the beer selection is excellent. Thoroughly recommend this place and promise you won’t regret it.

Avoid 🙌 horrible women who work behind the bar they don't care that women get abused like I did by an alchoholic 😡 avoid at all costs

Excellent Fish Stew ! Lovely Friendly service ! Lovely clean pub

Absolutely brilliant food and service

Fantastic pub. Have visited several times and the food has always been amazing, service and the staff are always friendly. I would highly recommend and will be back again soon for steak and fat chips 👌

Gorgeous food, ordered the seafood risotto which was £27 but it was amazing. Plenty of it and a generous variety of seafood including mussels, octopus, butterfly prawn and scallops. Other members of our party ordered Steak, seabass, lasagne and steak pie and it all looked delicious! A true gem of a place with kind, attentive staff and superb chefs!

We were treated in such a bad way upon arrival there was a staff member who served us she was extremely rude. We ended up leaving and feeling so uncomfortable in the restaurant. Waiter appeared to be racist and we felt very uncomfortable, the communication and the serve was basically telling us to leave. Horrible place

Been going here for years now and never disappoints, consistency of the food is quite remarkable, compliments to the chefs.

Best pub in Stock if you want good food and fab service. Its the atmosphere that keeps me going back. Top people.

Me and my wife stayed at the spa across the road and had a walk over to the bakers arms for dinner. Beautiful little pub amazing staff was literally the best steak and ale pie I’ve ever had in my life highly recommend this venue we will definitely be visiting again very soon 5 stars all the way

had a lovely lunch time meal, great service all food was delicious and good value, only thing was it was cold sitting in the restaurant, my friend sat with her coat on, i was sat next to a radiator but was still cold, could feel a draught. would happily return but wearing thermals!!

Have been to The Bakers Arms numerous times, and the food has always been first class.

Just nipped in for a quick drink and felt at home straight away... Good selection on beer and nice warm welcome... Nice fire as well to warm the extremities...

Great place to eat n staff are lovely

We had lunch here for my partner’s birthday. Food was delicious and the service was excellent, our server was very attentive. To be honest on walking in we were the only black couple and I initially felt a bit awkward, but that was very short lived, the patrons and staff were very welcoming and we f instantly felt at home. Well worth the visit and the money

Lovely olde English beamed pub with GK Abbot & IPA on hand pump. Best of all was the incredible food. Had liver n bacon with red wine onion gravy and fat chips. Stunningly tasty and elevated from trad English menu status to very fine dining. My wife had bass with sautéed new potatoes with lemon and garlic caper sauce & asparagus, which she said was superb. Quite honestly, from the outside we expected scampi & chips and 2 old boys playing dommys in the bar. How wrong were we: this is an extremely fine restaurant with a comforting pub vibe. Well done - we can't wait to re-visit!😀👍🍺🍺

Friendly staff and nice drinks. The pub has a nice atmosphere with lovely soft lighting

Lovely food The service was excellent, and a really relaxing atmosphere There is nothing to dislike about the Bakers Arms

Great atmosphere and service. Starters and Mains were delicious but dessert a bit disappointing. Good range for kids

Had lunch on the outside patio which was a nice space and not crowded. Food was well presented and very tasty. Service was friendly but a little slow. Prices are quite reasonable. Planning on returning for dinner and exploring the menu in more detail.

Always had a very pleasant time here

Brilliant food and service on our 1st visit, just moved to the area so will be back

Excellent overall. Good real ales, lovely food

Nice country pub can get busy best nosh jackets.

Decent pub, friendly staff. We had lunch and the food was very nice. Only complaint was my ploughman's which was a very mean size for the price. Very small portion for a ploughman's compared with other pubs in the area. Wouldn't stop me returning but I wouldn't have the ploughman's again due to it not being value for money in my view.

Great food friendly staff. Nuve atmosphere would definitely recommend

Friendly staff, good service, lovely food - what more do you want?

Great restaurant and staff. A must for steak and chip’s

Lovely friendly pub, good food, great service. No more to say.

It’s ok for lunch if it’s not too busy. The pubs traditional and it hasn’t ‘sold out’ like the bear and the click inn. Still has the traditional feel and nice beer garden. Food is great, just gets a bit noisy at peak times but what ya gonna do?

Staff pleasant and friendly, food was superb. Was my husband and I first visit will definitely be going again

Delightful sea food dominant menu which is just what I like. Great quality.

From the family ousted by the manager. We arrived at 11.30 to get some lunch, 4 adults, 2 children (2 and 3 years old) and a newborn. We’d just ordered some drinks and the children started to get upset, mostly because they were hungry. They were crying for around 2 minutes before the rude manager stuck her head around the corner and said ‘excuse me, we’ve got other customers’, in a very patronising and aggressive manner. Baring in mind we were the only people sat in the restaurant section and we hadn’t even ordered food yet, we were very shocked and frustrated by this response. If it had been going on for a long time and the restaurant was full I would understand but this was a completely unnecessary, unprofessional way to deal with the situation. If this is their attitude then it should be made into a child free establishment. We left before ordering food and went elsewhere. Wouldn’t recommend going if you have children.

My favorite place, husband loves the Guinness,and food great, and staff always friendly and polite.

Packed but squeezed us in. Brilliant staff great food. Go there !!!

Rude blonde lady behind the bar this lunchtime. The restaurant was very busy once I got to the front of the queue I asked if there was a table to which she bluntly replied NO. It was the delivery of the reply which got me. I turned on my heel with my two children and walked down the road to The Harvard Inn which was also very busy but was greeted by a friendly polite bar lady. Good customer service goes a long way.

Lovely cosy inviting pub with good food and staff

Great sea bass, good pint of beer as well

Went for a meal with work this week, just the 3 of us but all of us loved the food, will be going back very soon with the family!

Favourite local pub, great food and atmosphere. Would always recommend.

Not friendly. Not much food choice.

What can one say it was excellent 👏 👌

My Mum booked a table back in April for a family get together and was required to pay deposit of £5 per head which worked out at £60. Unfortunatley a number of us went down with Covid a few days before so we decided to cancel. My Mum phoned up to cancel and get the deposit back and was told she could hold the deposit over for a later date. Mum explained that getting our family together is not always easy and it could be up to 6 months. She was told that this was fine. When she tried to rearrange for early September she was told there was no record of this and showing a bank statement of the £60 payment was not proof of deposit. They took the booking and said they would check on social media to see if anyone had any recollection of the booking and didn't take a further deposit. They said they would let us know. On the morning of the booking they contacted us saying they had been trying to contact us all week (they hadn't we checked the phone log) because they had received no deposit. My Mum explained the situation and was virtually accused of lying. They then said as a goodwill gesture they would take £20 off the table which seemed a bit strange since they had just implied she was making the whole thing up. We took our custom elsewhere although we've paid £60 for essentially nothing and the whole thing has been dealt with very badly. Won't be going back in a hurry.

A very pleasant place on the sunshine. It is dog friendly and spacious outside with ample car parking space although the inside was smaller than expected. The food was good but a bit pricey but everywhere the food prices seem to have gone up!

Loads of outdoor seating, decent selection of drinks.

Lovely Pub with friendly staff in the beautiful village of Stock. Good selection of Food and Drinks. Excellent outdoor areas to relax. Thoroughly recommended!

Staff always friendly. Food is really good. I had the seafood linguine exceptional as good as any Italian restaurant.

Lovely food ...seating area outside really lovely (apart from those damn wasps ,nothing you can do about nature)

Always a nice meal in the bakers arms with a friendly pub feel. Terrace is also lovely in the summer

Good food, nice beer, just a nice place all round

Friendly staff excellent food a lovely experience all round

Proper decent food, and were more than accommodating for me n my nut allergy. Lovely staff too

Nice lunch on the way home - sat in the garden under the big canopy. Food very good, plenty of space.

Excellent staff. Friendly place.

A very poor Sunday Lunch. We were extremely disappointed. The lamb was tough, the cabbage was grey and overcooked and the whole meal was drowning in gravy.

Food was lovely. Friendly staff

Excellent..Fish and Chips and omelette all went down very nicely! (Not all me!)

This pub was lovely, and very friendly

Interesting menu with very tasty food. Good pleasant service.

Had a lovely lunch and glass of wine with my wife and Mother, we all thoroughly enjoyed the meal, atmosphere and excellent service.

Went today Monday I must say the food and service was very good Will definitely recommend it and will go back there soon xxx❤

Quality country pub with great food and drinks

Good quality food, bit pricey though.

Sunday evening was very quiet ( only 2 tables with customers). The menu is a bit limited on Sundays but the steak was excellent, and the lamb roast was also very good. Certainly worth a revisit in the future.

First time visitor, food was excellent, will be back again for some more.

Staff very very friendly and food was good

Good food. Good service. Must go back.

bit pricey, but worth it lovely food, well presented, nice atmosphere- polite staff

Outstanding. We are very lucky to have a pub this good in our village. The fish stew was fantastic. Absolutely amazing. I mean really nice.

We celebrated my husband’s birthday here with the family, there were 10 of us. The staff were all so helpful and really helped us enjoy the evening. The food was lovely. Would not hesitate in recommending.

Lovely pub, great food and atmosphere. X

The pub is bit stark inside (black beams, white walls) but the food was very good and the prices reasonable.

Great food good company and staff very good always enjoyable

Good atmosphere, nice decor, friendly staff and fantastic food.

Not a lot of choice for Gluten Free, in fact only one lunch and dessert was available so won't go there again

Lovely friendly atmosphere and staff. Fabulous food, thank you

Great food lovely staff and great value. I would like to thank all the staff from the kitchen to the front of house

Nice lunchtime meal with friends. The ribeye steak and chips was delicious. Staff always on hand if we needed anything. Look forward to going back again soon

Terrific meal lovely outside are in sun or under large awning.

Lovely food at reasonable prices- big portions so don't wear tight clothes!

Fresh hot food , good selection of drinks , and great service from staff ! First time visit won't be the last !!!

Had a lovely lunch with family in the garden . Really friendly staff and good food

We only stopped here for a drink before going off to eat elsewhere but we have no complaints. The table was cleaned, a cushion was given for one of our chairs that was missing one. Our drinks were all great. The gins were served in lovely glasses with fruit and a cardboard straw and the men were very happy with their lager and Guinness. We'll done Bakers Arms!

Did not have a booking for lunch but managed to get a table for four. Staff were friendly and courteous, service was excellent and so was the food. Was well planned out for social distancing, clean and tidy.

A really lovely pub. Great food and excellent staff.

Attitude of staff member not good

We did not know the pubs in this area but decided to take a chance on this place as it looked nice and had a garden area for eating.Really pleased we did - food was excellent, well cooked and well presented. My wife and I had the mixed seafood grill which was delicious and our daughter had the omelette which she said was perfect.The staff were friendly, helpful and watching the way they interacted with customers, nothing seemed to be too much trouble..The menu is extensive enough to please most palates and is not over expensive.We do not live nearby otherwise we would definitely frequent this pub regularly but will certainly return when we are next in the area.

Great food and friendly staff, thanks!

Good beer, food, service, amazing outside tent

Good beer foodservice,amazing outside tent