The Bull in Epping Forest

Excellent food, atmosphere very good, they were very busy but the service was excellent, of course, being busy we had to wait but not that long, we were not in a hurry

Lovely little local pub. Friendly bar staff and cosy feel, great little spot for a quick drop.

Went with my support group for pre Christmas dinner. As always the service was excellent. Food is fresh and served with veg in its own dish. Was very busy, choices from the special board or regular menu.

Proper good food using quality ingredients. My new favourite gastro pub. Hostess was knowledgeable and passionate about the dishes. Will be back very soon.

Extremely nice & comfortable pub restaurant. Staff were great, friendly & helpful. Menu was varied with a good choice of snacks and meals with a good selection of specials

A lovely village green pub resturant great staff and good atmosphere ✨️

The Bull was excellent as always. We come here quite a bit. Food is good , beer is well kept, what more could you wish for .

Good food, great staff, lovely setting

What a wonderful pub, pop up from islington for a few drinks, The staff are amazing so friendly, we will be back very soon to try the food it look amazing.

Catching up with friends, lovely.

Visited Fri 19th..Great food..Great Beer.Lovely pub garden and welcoming and friendly staff. Highly Recommended

What a lovely little pub... stopped by for some grub and was pleasantly surprised the food was so delicious portion filling and the service spot on. We sat in the sunny garden it was lovely. 😍

Popped in here at the end of our Oak Forest Trail on Sunday. The place was busy with a mixture of locals and other walkers who clearly had the same idea as us. Despite it being so busy we were served quickly, food arrived quick and was hot. Staff really friendly. Would definitely go back if we were in the area.

Twelve of us visited on 9th September and as usual the food was excellent, the staff very helpful as I am disabled. We very often come here for lunch and we have never had a bad meal yet. We have already booked for Christmas. Well done to all the staff for bringing our meals out altogether which must have been a a bit hard as we all had different things except for a few who had the ribs which proved to be very popular. Thank you for making our lunch very enjoyable.Best wishes to all at The Bull

We celebrated my Mum's 97th birthday gathering at The Bull. They provided a fantastic buffet. The service was excellent and the atmosphere was relaxed. Everyone at The Bull were very helpful and caring. I highly recommend them for an event or just a meal.

Great food...... will definitely go back again

It was a busy Sunday afternoon when I visited. The staff were run off their feet. Having said that, the lamb roast was very nice. My only complaint was that the gravy was already on the plate rather than putting it on yourself. Also, the staff failed to mention there was a specials board, which I only noticed when I left.

Fantastic food and superb service. Food was freshly cooked, piping hot and delicious. Waitress's were attentive, but not in your face! Never had a bad meal here. Highly recommended.

Kind staff, great food and garden

After a hike, we decided to stop by this pub for some food and to watch the Community Shield game. At first, we weren’t sure if they had the channel, but the lady who served us went out of her way to check, and they did! She was very friendly and recommended the best dishes to try. The food was delicious, and the customer service was excellent. It’s a perfect spot to relax after a hike. Highly recommend!

For my second visit I booked a table for 7 at the Bull for a family meal. The pub has a real comfortable oldy worldy feel with a great atmosphere. The menu has something for everyone with a daily specials board offering delicious homemade pies and other goodies.. The service was fantastic , the food very tasty, was presented really nicely and hot and fresh . Overall a very enjoyable experience with well executed traditional pub grub and service with a smile . We will definitely be back again

I attend this pub at least once a month and usually more often. The menu is varied and meets all needs . The roasts are excellent on a sunday (need to book) . Service is helpful mostly efficient and always friendly . A good basic menu with specials board daily. Suitable for light lunch or full meal

Pleasant bar staff and nice atmosphere

Lovely food 😋 great service highly recommended for Sunday lunch

Was up there for a charity event...even though it was really busy...staff were really good.

Great service from Olivia, best aperol I’ve ever had

Excellent food and beer, great prices and service.

Great pub in Theydon. Amazing atmosphere and perfect for a summers afternoon

Went for a drink after a 3 mile walk good selection of beers although we didn't eat there the food looked good

Cute and cosy location, delicious food and lovely staff!

I ate lunch for the first time in this pub. The food by far is the best I’ve eaten in any pub. The quality of homemade food and quantity is excellent. The service and friendliness of the staff was 10/10.. lovely experience so will be back again soon. Thank you,

Nice beers, for a pub it's full of customers and locals, really adds to that local pub feeling. Friendly bar staff, nice fresh beers.

It was the most welcome sight after a 10km walk on a hot day and the drinks we had in the garden were beautiful. Perfectly positioned near to Theydon Bois train station. It was a really nice pub with a few nooks and crannies. Garden was lovely and busy. Nice pub.

Nice pub to have a nice pint of beer in the beer garden after a healthy hike around Epping Forest.. good selection of drinks and friendly staff.

A lovely pub close to the oak walk through Epping forest. The staff were all very friendly and the food was amazing

Loved it here, friendly staff, friendly people and good drinks. We spent an afternoon here after walloping up and down Epping forest. Would absolutely come back

Great pub, superb food. Really great steak and kidney pie, big chunks of meat.

Stopped in for a quick pint which turned into 3 and a meal was livly staff were nice can't say anything bad about it at all lovely little pub

Excellent food & friendly staff. Only slight problem was lack of parking.

Great pub... friendly staff who know what they're doing. It's nice to be served by proper barmaids. Also good to.hear music in a pub whilst drinking with no Tv's on... DID NOT EAT in here

Great food and lovely village pub

Food was nice and the service was good. The waitress was very attentive to our needs.

Meeting for lunch with 8 mates. Food was good quality and plentiful. Very good choice on the menu and the specials board. Service was excellent and good value. We meet every 3 months and will go again.

Main ok and they did alter it for me dessert expensive and disappointing.

Classic British Pub with high standard traditional pub menu and excellent service. Staff adapted quickly to the needs of one of our guests who has severe hearing loss, as they were able to turn down the music in the area of the restaurant they directed us to and helpfully seated us away from the noisy coffee machine. This still meant that the rest of the pub and restaurant had music out of speakers at the normal level, therefore not impeding other clients enjoyment. This made our table's experience so much better. Thanks to the staff who made this happen.

We were driving around looking for somewhere to eat then i saw a sign post for Theydon Bois , a haunt in my younger days. Drove through the village thinking to ourselves it has no pubs , just as we were exciting we found The Bull, and what a great find it was .Great family atmosphere, helpfull staff and smashing food, The roast was to die for and so filling , we came away without having a pudding which is not the norm for us .Watch out The Bull we will return .

We have been coming to the Bull Pub now for 6 years. Food is excellent and plenty of it. Staff wonderful and look after you well. My Sister and I celebrated our 70th Birthday on Sat with 50 family and friends. The buffet was excellent and everyone remarked how good it was. Just a lovely experience all round in a great country pub. Mo and Graham

Excellent local pub, friendly and welcoming. Su day lunch came with 7 veg, 8 if include the toasties. A real pleasure to visit.

Very special place full of character and good range of drinks and nice food

We went to the bull tonight to celebrate my wife’s birthday. Had a fantastic meal (the chicken ham and leak pie is amazing) and lovely warm welcome and great time was had by all.

Good Ol' local with good service

Fantastic pub, fantastic food, fantastic staff, fantastic atmosphere!! Love this pub, would highly recommend it

Just to say had a delicious lunch with 11 others after walking 4 miles in the area. No improvements needed here, good varied menu yet ‘basic’ in a nice way. Staff attentive and friendly. Who can ask for more?!

We enjoyed a lovely lunch. We had the Battered Haddock & chips and Salmon Dish. Food was lovely & fresh Friendly staff and a lovely atmosphere, would certainly recommend. Thank you.

Superb service from Kelly, Delicious food and excellent valve. Gr8 atmosphere. Can't fault it. Xxx Thanks, lovely Birthday. 😍

Excellent food and drink and service.

John and I come to the Bull in Theydon Bois at least twice a week. Love atmosphere, great food and reasonable priced. What more could we ask for. Oh the service is brilliant. So Bull Pub please NEVER change your management as you are doing a brilliant job.

Lovely atmosphere. Lovely staff. Great food.

Bland food, not much service on a Saturday afternoon

Love this pub, Sally & girls really friendly & professional & food excellent!

Quick polite professional service, great atmosphere

This pub has become a regular central meeting place for our three monthly meets, and it seems to get better each time. Food is good and came quickly, despite being busy. But what makes this pub is the smiling, friendly and personal service - it is like a breath of fresh air. See you in 3 months!

Returned to the Bull again to meet up with old school friends for lunch, their first time here and they were very impressed, the meals were superb as usual (as far as I am concerned) the atmosphere was good and the service was just right, the staff just the right amount of attention without being intrusive, great time, Thank you to the staff

Lovely homemade food, welcoming staff. Really great to see a traditional, local pub doing well.

Poor lunch was had. The soup and sandwich option which I've had before was very disappointing this time round. The soup bowl has shrunk to half the size it was. Also the thin cut bread and a few fish fingers thrown in was poor. Great staff as usual but half the food for same price is not on.

Nice food and friendly service.

Lunch was very good and enjoyed every bit of it. The desserts was excellent and had a good atmosphere all around. The staff were friendly and chatty. Food came up on time and cooked well.

Service good, good selection on the food menu and drinks. Sunday dinner time was busy. The bad side was table was sticky and on the biil they made a mistake putting a extra round on. With 4 of us that was a lot of money. They corrected with no problem.

Ended up here after a long walk through the woods. Proper pub, nice atmosphere with a great beer garden and well priced too.

Nice pub with decent selection of beers. Nicely cooked and presented food from a varied menu. Friendly staff. All good nothing bad.

Was here for a wedding reception, lovely atmosphere, great staff, food was good too,

We had a family party at The Bull for my father in laws 80th birthday. The whole event from start to finish was absolutely brilliant. Sally, Steve and their team were so helpful and nothing was too much trouble. The buffet was absolutely lovely, plentiful and tasty, lots to go around. I’d recommend The Bull for any type of event, a party, Sunday roast or just for a drink, a really friendly place to relax or celebrate with family and friends. Thanks to everyone for making our party such a success.

Just home from a family lunch to celebrate a sister’s visit from America. We were a large group - 19 - and were looked after extremely well - really impressive as the pub was really busy. Service was great - no hanging around - food was delicious, and all of the staff were truly friendly and helpful. Many thanks to all.

Nice home cooked style food. All very pleasant.

Lovely friendly place with a great garden to eat in. The food is everything you should expect of pub dining, but is the best!. Burgers looked fabulous, but I had to have the liver and onions which were perfect! Extra mention for the garden which is bright and colourful with plenty of seating. Return mid September, garden still Fabulous! The food still exceptional, as was the service.

Lovely people, great food and service.

Another fabulous meal with friends last night despite being really busy with a 60th birthday party the customer service was still first class great food as always definitely our go to place for good food hearty portions Happy 60th Birthday Wendy lol xx

Excellent service, food was lovely, plenty of variety for different pallets and atmosphere perfect. Really pleased we chose this for father in laws 70th birthday staff couldn't do enough

Great place around and the staff is fantastic too

Fantastic pub we have been going for five years. The food and service are superb. Great staff and they always make you welcome and feel special.

Great roast lunch, it’s very popular and we can see why. Good service and the restaurant was well run by Danielle who was so helpful and friendly.

Four of us went to The Bull for Sunday Lunch. I must say that I was impressed with our various waitresses. They were all hard-working, polite and efficient and it was busy. Three out of the four of us thoroughly enjoyed lunch. I found it ok, but nothing special. Starter size was small for £9.50. Main was a good-sized portion. Desserts quite small. Although the food was presented nicely, for me there was just something about my starter & main that I did not enjoy. Cannot really put my finger on it, but neither of these first two courses went down well and I felt sick afterwards. Let mew make it clear, the food was fresh and definitely not off - but it laid on me and wasn't the best taste I'd experienced. Would we go again? I think the three others probably would, but personally I would not. Well done to the waitresses though.

Advantage and disadvantage, depending on how you choose to look at it: I have been there twice and it was quite busy/crowded.

A very large group of us dined for the first time today. The staff were friendly and efficient. Food had no complaints from any of us and portions were generous. Decor was very pleasant. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this pub so well done to them.

Had wonderful Sunday Roast today. Hot fresh and delicious would definitely recommend. Would advise to book in advance.

We sat in the garden. Food was v good. Excellent baked potato (properly done and crispy skin) with prawns. Very pleasant and helpful staff.

Very friendly pub with a lovely atmosphere. Great selection of craft beers on tap too!

Popped in for a cheeky drink and was happy to see some craft beers on tap which were delicious! Didn’t try the food but their menu looked great. Staff very friendly and attentive

Had a fabulous Sunday lunch here yesterday. Took some friends who had not been there for a long time. We had the haddock and chips which was delicious. Our friends had chicken pie and Poached Salmon, both were apparently delicious. Only two for desserts and they did not disappoint. Both had the fruit crumble I had custard and Pat had ice cream with hers. One of the best crumble I have had. Great value and wonderful atmosphere. Thank you Danielle for organising everything including the table. Service was great. Will return very shortly x

Had a pint after a walk. Nice place

Visited here last year and was not disappointed, due to go again at Christmas but due to one persons health problem at the time we had to cancel, visited again on 22nd, and if possible it was even better than our last meal there, the pub and restaurant were very busy, so a little bit of a wait for the main course, but that was not a problem, food was hot and the portions were great, and the ice cream desserts were large and wonderful, going back again, great value for the money too.

First time here,lovely lady made room for us. Food was really good.

It's a lovely pub to have a meal and a drink after a great day walking in Epping Forest. They food was lovely and very tasty. They staff are very nice and polite. Highly recommended.

Excellent sunday lunch. Friendly staff

Good wholesome food, pleasant service all at a reasonable price.

Decent pub, lovely staff..food was a bit hit and miss, plus on the pricier side.

Great little pub and beer garden, kid and dog friendly, good selection of beers and the food is lovely

Lovely lunchtime meal shared with a few mates...............friendly bar staff...............nice surroundings.............good food......good value

Lovely little pub great bar staff, very friendly atmosphere. Also the food they serve is great, fresh & tasty.

Usually excellent. My food was a little disappointing compared to their usual high standards.