The Cats in Maldon

A lovely little pub off the beaten track. A nice welcome from the landlady and a superbly kept pint of Abbot Ale. Lots of cat memorabilia around the old wooden beamed pub. A great find!

Nice beer nice setting decent sandwiches etc nice landlady plenty of parking outside seats toilets are immaculately clean but need to check on times and days they do sandwiches

This is my "local" pub, despite being a 15 minute cycle (30 on the way home due to refreshment). From the exterior, you wouldn't know this is a pub, a quaint red bricked house. When you go inside it's such a cosy atmosphere. Oak beams across the ceiling, a roaring warm fire and a selection of beers and spirits. As this is a Greene King pub, you've got the usual; IPA & Abbot Ale. If ale isn't your thing, then there's Carlsberg & Becks. They have a section of home made sandwiches, plus a ploughman's - but once they're gone, they're gone. Crisps & nuts are available. Yes, this is a hidden pub in a rural village which is frequented by the locals, but it's worthy of a visit if you like quirkiness and cats, as there's paraphernalia around as a homage to the cat, often the landlady's moggy has a wander into the seating area and sits by the fire. If you want a try of something different in the Maldon/Chelmsford area - then give this place a try! 🐈

This pub will not please the majority. Just consider the No's; No loud music. No gaming machines. No 'Boil in the bag' / Microwave foods. No ice cold, gassy beers. No minimum wage, change every other day, see once and never see again staff. You have to be 'special' to be invited into this very unmodern, beautiful, ultra friendly world. If you love it, like the very many regulars you'll find it difficult to go anywhere else. If you don't then you'll only come once.