The Fox and Hounds in Braintree

The food here is excellent - freshly made, tasty and generous portion sizes - you won't be left hungry! The takeaway service is of the same high standard, and Kate is a warm and welcoming landlady who really cares about providing a first-class service. I would thoroughly recommend The Fox & Hounds as an outstanding pub/restaurant in a lovely village setting.

Sunday lunch takeaway.........superb. Our first takeaway from The Fox and Hounds we heard it was good and we were not disappointed, every bit of it was fantastic and so was my wife’s vegetarian option. Wow, definitely recommend it. Many thanks for a beautiful Sunday lunch.

Went to the Fox & Hounds for their first Chilli Night this evening - fabulous food and amazing prices - and the choice of chilli with chips, or rice, or BOTH! Outstanding service in an always-friendly atmosphere :-)

Friendly staff and locals who made us feel at home on 3 visits during a week’s holiday locally. Excellent local ales and beautifully prepared non pretentious pub and Italian menu. Dog friendly.

We generally pop in here for a few drinks in the evening after long work day, always friendly, always very welcoming. Kate and her staff follow the covid rules strictly, which helps you feel safe.Last Saturday, we dropped in for lunch. Same warm welcome, same tests and check in, which as I say, eases any concerns. There's a very good selection of drinks, to suit most tastes and served with a smile, which always is pleasing sight. We ordered our food and sat back to sample our drinks and chat with other patrons. Our meals then arrived, omg, the largest gammon steak, with two gorgeously cooked eggs on top, with amazing golden yokes arrived, a nice bowl of twice cooked chips as well. The gammon was perfectly cooked, still moist and easy to cut. Believe me, I've been served gammon as tough as leather in places, but this was top drawer. My other half's food was equally as good as mine. To be honest, I was struggling to finish it to be honest, but as it was so delicious I did. Can fault this pub in anyway, it's super friendly, extremely well run, very professional in every way. The service 1st class, atmosphere is warm, value for money is excellent. For me it's one of the best pubs around. Definitely be back again and again. Takeaway Sunday lunch is also so very very good. Always a good choice and great amount of veg. Long may the Fox serve its community

The pub has a lovely atmosphere, all the locals and staff are very friendly, and the food is amazing. A Great selection of Gin & Ales too!

Nice little pub with friendly locals. I enjoyed going in there for a pint or three, and I’m only sorry I had to move so far away at very short notice without saying goodbye. All the best. Daren

We’ve been here on May 9th during the COVID-19 lockdown. The pub is closed but opens around lunch and dinner time for takeaway service. The owner was super-nice and gave us a nifty paper bag decorated with a fish&chips theme. The fish&chips was delicious, chunky hand-cut chips were top-notch and mushy peas really tasty. Couldn’t ask more, really. I wish all the best to pub owners like this who struggle to provide great service during these difficult times.

Offering freshly cooked meals to your door. Delicious food, reasonable prices which is very important during this time, quick delivery. Good selection too. Satay prawns were amazing! Will deffo be using again soon. Thanks!

Went for lunch today. Booked a table right next to the lovely fire - which the barmaid kept glowing.We have been here for lunch on several occasions all of which were beautifully served and delicious.The fish and chips today were great, lovely light batter, great chips, mushy peas and tartare sauce.It was piping hot and served by Katlyn in a very professional manner.Thanks Fox and Hounds - it was superb.

Fantastically accommodating and attentive front of house team for our large gathering and a beautiful 3 course meal from their extensive new menu. Food and service was wonderful and the pub itself charming. Nice beer garden area too. Highly recommended!

First time here today and we were all (7 of us) most impressed.... Great selection of food.... Beautifully cooked and presented... Excellent friendly service and a wonderful log fire to boot. Great pub.

Husband and I ordered scallop starter which was just to die for! I ordered steak for main which was cooked to perfection. Husband ordered steamed meat pudding which again was exceptional. Absolutely would recommend the F&H.

Last nights Valentines meal was delicious and Stuart totally excelled himself with choices, presentation and flavours. Kate and her dream team front of house as usual sealed the complete experience and Georgia and Lucy made us so comfortable and welcome throughout the evening, we actually didn't want to go home!! Great pub!

Over the past few years we have driven past this delightful looking pub, and occasionally called in for a drink. A couple of years ago the restaurant looked good and we meant to eat there, but the pub changed hands and reviews were not good and then they stopped serving food.Recently, a new owner began serving food again and so we called in. Excellent! The food was superb - Roquefort soufflé to start, a fantastic free standing pie as a main and a strawberry parfait to finish. We also had a butternut squash and mushroom cannelloni and another dessert, raspberry mousse. The beer - Scrum Down - was very well kept. The service was spot on. Kate, the new owner and landlady, makes a point of welcoming and talking to all the guests and the other staff were friendly and attentive. It was good to see this little pub busy and I hope it will continue that way; it deserves to. We hope to be back before long.

Had a lovely meal at the Fox and hounds. Would definitely recommend it and will definitely be going back soon. The menu was great if anything there’s too many good things to choose from. There’s a lovely atmosphere and the staff were very friendly and attentive. Already planning our next visit.

Awesome back to its very best. Cannot praise the team enough the food,service and hospitality top notch. Very friendly pub and a must visit.

The new owner took over The Fox & Hounds just over 3 months ago and in December 2019 a new chef was employed who had previously works there some 2 years ago.

I have eaten here twice since the new cook started and the food has been excellent. Scampi and chips first time (the chips were amazing) and seam bream with risotto the second time. The sea bream was cooked beautifully (i.e. not dry) and the risotto delightfully light and tasty.

I would imagine you would only find this relatively small Essex pub whilst accidentally visiting quaint villages or by recommendation. Our visit was nostalgia as a family relative run the pub 40 years ago.

Amazing.. lovely food, great atmosphere very friendly pub locals really welcoming. Can't recommend highly enough

My father-in-law and my self called here for our annual Christmas Eve drink ... have been here before for a curry night which was good... But out Xmas eve trip was very festive .. open fire good pub banter ... we had club sandwiches which were meal in them selves .. definitely recommend

We went to The Fox this week with 12 friends and selected the Christmas Menu.

Went last night to try Christmas menu. Welcoming atmosphere. Good selection of drinks. Food served promptly. All good quality. Delicious. Will be back- already booked a table for family meal.

My husband and I are local to the Fox and used to eat here all the time, so we’ve really missed it over the last couple of years! Last night the kitchen reopened, it was fantastic! Food was beautifully prepared and presented, and the service was very attentive and extremely friendly. Couldn’t fault a thing. Looking forward to our next visit with our friends to sample the Christmas menu next week! The Fox is back! :)

First night with kitchen open with new owners, was as good as ever if not better. Could not fault it and would highly recommend booking a table, we will be going back very soon.

Lovely little pub, it recently has new owners and kitchen is to reopen so watch this space. I’m sure there’s great things to come.

Made a booking through their website. Did not get any acknowledgement but went anyway. Greeted by notice that the kitchen is closed. I appreciate that circumstances can arise suddenly but failure to make any effort to try and contact is just not acceptable. Not likely to try again.

The Fox no longer serves food .After a recent visit, we were informed by the owner that they had decided to stop serving food.

Absolute Joke, webpage menu (forget it)!! 2 X staff (young girls) doing food as well as bar, although need training more, the girl just plonked the bottle of wine on the table and said here you go and walked off, we then waited after 5 minutes we had to ask for a corkscrew as it was corked, she then came back with one and said she didn't know how to open it!!! So of course we did it for her, then during the night she was constantly on her phone.

We used to enjoy going here for beautifully cooked food from a varied menu and it was good for vegetarian meals. The front dining room is very cosy and was suited to the type of food served. Now the meals seem to consist of basic pub food - battered fish or scampi , steaks, ham and egg and burgers. There is a "v" by the scampi and chips and fish and chips with nothing for vegetarians and there are no starters. The service is mostly all right. The only delight was a marshmallow ice cream desert. The steak was nearly rare when medium was specified. The chips were fine but far too plentiful and the scampi was a little on the meagre side. Unfortunately we will not be returning.

I went with my husband on a Wednesday lunch time (pie special day) The vegetables were fine but while my pie (beef ) had chunks of meat, my husband's lamb pie had just what seemed like minced lamb. Instead of a wine sauce in with my beef I was given a separate jug, couldn't taste any wine, I'm afraid! Pastry was just acceptable. Sorry we will not be returning.

Our previous visits have been delightful with fresh warm rolls on crisp white table cloths , quite classy for modestly priced pub grub.

My wife and I stopped here for dinner on our return trip from bury Saint Edmunds. We remembered an enjoyable evening two years ago and decided to return. We arrived at 7:30 and were promptly informed that there was no food. At 7:30. The staff was desperately trying to explain why this poorly managed Pub would not have food at 7:30 in the evening. Frankly there is no excuse. The real reason. The chef is lazy. The owner is sloppy and rude. After I sent the owner an email regarding our experience he shared a sob story about the loss of a employee due to a motorcycle accident. As sad as that is, that is no excuse for the way we were treated. The numbskull of the owner proceeded to conclude his email by saying we were no longer welcome at his pub. That’s laughable. With a dozen pubs in England closing a week, he should be begging us to spend our money in his establishment. Smug, arrogant, doomed. As the saying goes, “you can’t fix stupid!!! “

I agree with all the recent reviews written. This pub is only surviving because all the 4* & 5* reviews that go back to the fabulous food served by the previous Chef. The restaurant now is a joke, they still insist on leaving £12 Monday Madness evenings plus pages of the menu offered on other evenings on their webpage but basically as you can see by the RECENT reviews this just does not happen. And I can personally verify that.

The chef that collected all the plaudits for this pub has left. They were serving a very basic menu earlier this week which you could get for less in any chain pub or restaurant. The food was of good quality but the choice was terrible. The real issue is that you have to travel to this pub as it's out of town and there is nowhere else to eat locally. The website STILL advertises the old menu and there was no warning that it wasn't available. They could have phoned to let us know before we turned up but they didn't so we basically had no choice once we arrived. Very dissatisfied as we had planned a big family evening out for a month and ended up with nothing special.

Well we came here to eat with my parents as a birthday treat for my mum, and to say it was a disappointment is an understatement. We’d all looked at the menu online and was very much looking forward to sampling some of the lovely dishes on it, but when we arrived, were handed a printed sheet of paper with an incredibly poor selection. My parents were so disappointed that none of the dishes they were hoping for were available, apart from the goats cheese starter. In all seriousness, they wanted to leave and go somewhere else...

Looked on the website for the pub, looked really good. Monday two courses for £12. Got to the pub different menu, and no longer doing the Monday night deal.Might be an idea to update the website?. Food was very disappointing, and over priced for something you could have got in any cheap pub.

Once a lovely country pub with excellent food and staff it is so sad to see it gradually decline to beyond bad.

What a fantastic experience we had at this gorgeous pub. Beautifully decorated and incredible service. Very friendly staff, very attentive and extremely helpful with our gluten free needs. Extensive menu and many gluten free options. Chef came out to chat to us to reassure us and chat to us about what was on offer. Beautiful food and lovely atmosphere. Thankyou to you all, you made our family dinner very memorable

This used to be our favourite place to eat but has gone downhill since a change of management. Have been twice but not again. Tempura prawn starter was ok, but the goats cheese disappointingly small and swallowed up by too much salad. The chicken tikka special looked good but had absolutely no taste whatsoever. Decided to avoid dessert. Second time we opted for a snack as nothing on the menu appealed to us. The experienced bar/waiting staff are friendly and helpful but almost have an almost apologetic air. It’s a lovely village pub but now sadly lacking atmosphere and leadership.

lovely staff we had a fabulous meal, it was delicious and great value for money. Have eaten here for years and the service and quality is as good as ever, the new management are doing a great job and the staff couldn't be more helpful.

Arrived with friends for a pre-booked dinner, having been told that there had been a change of management and what was previously a decent place to eat. Waited 10 minutes to be acknowledged, while the clearly inexperienced staff rushed about serving drinks in the bar. Eventually, with many apologies, offered our choice of tables (telling, that, for a Friday evening!). Starters were safe but unimaginative - decently crisp tempura king prawns and a baked goats cheese. For mains, steak and chips was ok and cooked rare as requested, while the belly pork looked over-large. overcooked and over-soggy (although our friends said it was ok). One mouthful (mercifully small or I would not be writing this review) of my pheasant was enough to tell me it was off. Not off as in 'gamey, hung top perfection before being roast' but off as in 'filletted before being hung, then left too long ion a warm room before being frozen and defrosted'. Not merely horrible, but dangerous. We eschewed puddings after this experience and stuck to drowning our sorrows in a reasonable Malbec.

Hubby and I decided to have a meal here as it was a while ago since we visited this pub. Wow! What had we been missing? Hubby had the burger stack and I had the fish and chips. Service from the waitress and young waiter was so polite and welcoming and the food super delicious and plentiful! Will definitely be returning in the near future.

We returned to this lovely little pub and just managed to get the last table for two. My chicken stir fry was great but unfortunately my with husbands gammon eggs and chips

Called in for lunch today with my wife and son. Really nice village pub with a cosy and welcoming atmosphere. Nice cool Suffolk cider and clear menus. Plenty of choice for starters and main dishes. The pudding menu had a good choice and all our meals looked and tasted delicious.Table service excellent and well presented well by nice attentive lady and final touch was cloth napkins. Can really recommend to anyone looking for a real Essex pub meal, our first visit and not our last for sure. Would think booking advisable at weekends.

We visited this pub for a beer but stayed for the steak night. I enjoyed a pint of Adnams Old Ale, my wife a Lacons (excellent, blonde, but forgotten the name). We found the pub's atmosphere and décor very attractive – pub-like but not twee – and the service great: the barman took trouble to find an attractive glass for my wife's half pint. So we asked for a table for dinner. . . .

We visited this quaint English pub while house sitting in the gorgeous village of Steeple Bumstead.

From the roast lamb to the fish and chips, the quality of the food far outweighed the very reasonable prices. Wish this was my local!

Called in for lunch today on our way back from Dunmow, We had a lovely lunch,slow cooked pork and a seabass all was perfectly cooked with great crackling to die for.We were met with a warm welcome from the landlord and the waitress (I think her name was Michaela) was very sweet and helpful ,although it was her first day apparently.What a perfect little country pub,good food,friendly staff and cosy setting.We live 10 miles away but wished we were nearer would love this to be our local,will certainly be back next time we are passing .

The previous incumbents built a great reputation for quality gastro pub food so everyone was prepared for the worst but having eaten here twice in two days I would say there’s nothing to worry about. Two courses for £12 on a Monday night is a complete steal. Homemade black pudding with apple could maybe had the black pudding to apple ratio upped a bit but the pork belly was superb and the peanut butter cheesecake with caramel sauce , banana and ice cream could become a legend.

We visit The Fox and Hounds on a Monday night in a group of 10 to celebrate a Friends Birthday. The Fox has recently changed hands and we were a little apprehensive.

We have recently moved from a large city to this lovely rural location to retire. One of the selling points was the quaint village pub recommended highly to us by the previous occupants of our house. Great food, special cheese and wine evening, good friendly staff and great community spirit and lovely log fires in the winter We tried the restaurant on the way home and was immediately hooked. Since moving it had become a regular for us and when friends and family visited we always went to 'The Fox and Hounds' for mid week lunches plus a few Saturday & Sunday lunches. They had the usual pub classics but there was also a brilliant up market menu as good as most restaurants. The plus as well good size portions and very reasonable prices. Alas all has now changed the previous leaseholders have gone and with it unfortunately has gone the excellent food. The menu choices have been reduced, reduced size portions (especially the deserts) but inflated prices. Which add together the food served no longer good at all means will no longer be supporting our local pub.

We visited this pub with a group of 6 adults (plus kids) for a late lunch. Although we hadn’t booked, we were warmly welcomed and shown to a cosy room.

Fresh, great quality food, friendly efficient staff, warm welcoming atmosphere, this is the best village pub I've ever visited, and...

Down to the countryside from London to visit my sister and husband Oscar, for Sunday lunch, visited the Fox and...

This is a lovely traditional pub situated in the village of Steeple Bumpstead. We have eaten in the pub several...

Excellent range of food available and delicious. Only gripe Was waitress was not very helpful when asked questions about recommendations...

I've ate here a few times and each time the food has been just great. Also they have a choice...

We met friends here and had a delicious lunch after it was recommended- bare wood tables, comfortable seating and heavy cloth napkins make a good impression. We were given warm bread rolls( two gluten free) and biputter to start, and our main courses of seabass, a burger, a rump steak and a gammon steak were all excellent, and beautifully presented. We only managed two puddings- a strawberry pannacotta ( gluten free) and a chocolate tart- again beautifully presented and absolutely delicious.

Looked on Tripadvisor for best pub dining in local area and this place came up. Definitely not disappointed. Had a very pleasant lunch with my elderly brother-in-law. Coupled with a selection of well kept real ales, it couldn't have been better.

I can't put into words how much we loved this pub! As soon as you walk in you feel at home and comfortable In the surroundings. The staff were lovely and the locals made you feel so welcome.

Stopped here for dinner last week with family, was lovely pub and really friendly staff but would like to have seen maybe a few more things on the menu, I had cod risotto the cod was nice but risotto was quite sickly and more like cream pudding and the same with my daughters tomato and basil risotto again bit too creamy and soggy, my husband had the rib eye steak but said it tasted like quite a cheap piece of meat definitely not rib eye, the duck salad was great though and desserts were ok, bit expensive for just an ok meal.

We visited the Fox and Hounds for dinner last night based upon the amazing reviews it had received on here, but I must say we were disappointed. We do eat out on a regular basis and particularly like restaurants with a specials board as this usually gives the chef a chance for some creativity, and overhearing the next table it appears that they used to have a specials board but now is just the standard menu. We did wonder whether the pub has changed hands recently given the above. We were greeted on a friendly basis when we arrived but felt we almost had to search out the staff to get any further service.I had the herb crusted cod on a bed of prawn and spinach risotto, the cod was lovely but the risotto was very overcooked, soggy rice not what you expect from a risotto. My wife had the pork fillet which was bland, overly salted, overcooked and dry and not at all what was expected. All in all a disappointing experience and we shall not be returning.

We have visited the Fox and Hounds twice in the last couple of months, the food, service are excellent. Quaint pub, lovely gardens. The staff are very professional. Highly recommend this pub.

We visited this pub for dinner yesterday and so glad that we gave it a try. Really lovely food, and friendly atmosphere. The sun was shining so we were able to enjoy a drink in the beer garden before our meal. We will most definitely be returning.

Visited today for lunch with my aunt. Welcomed warmly by a nice man at the bar who told us that only one chef was working today so we would have a little wait for food. No problem for us. Both had a soft drink each and both ordered the Scampi and chips. Just chatted and waited for our food to arrive. The food was well worth the wait. Good portion. Very tasty and nice and hot. Well presented and good value. Our bill came to £21. Perfect lunch for two ladies. We shall be back. Well done.

Myself and my partner stopped off here for dinner Wednesday night and were really pleased we did. The pub was really busy for a small village, mostly locals that all knew one another so it was a really nice atmosphere. They certainly mix things up in there judging by the forthcoming events on the blackboard. Chinese night, live music, 2 course meal deals and lucky for us FREE cheese and biscuit Wednesday and only £4.10 for a large glass of wine ( Bargain) !!We managed to get a table out the front of the pub but they do however have a courtyard garden also at the back of the pub. I ordered the pork fillet, which was amazing, the pork was really tender and the sauce was gorgeous. My other half had the sea bass and he was super impressed by the flavours on his plate. I had the cheese for dessert and also tried some of the hot chocolate tart which was beautiful and home made I would say !!The prices for the food were really good and the staff were really friendly. We will most definitely return.

Lovely food in a lovely setting. Very easy to find, good value for money and good menu. Staff were also very friendly and accommodating.

Good Food, Good Wine and Service is Fantastic.Lovely beer and quaint beer garden.Cannot wait to go again, but booking is essential - else you will not get in.

We were driving through Steeple Bumpstead (my favourite village name) and fancied lunch. We had no mobile phone signal so we picked one of the two pubs and hoped for the best. The place did not look anything speciual and were not that hoipeful of a good meal. The normal menu didn't raise our hopes either but then we were shown the specials board and almost everything on that board sounded really good. We had a couple of starters, both were delicious. We had two main courses - one was duck, the other I cannot recall - again both were delicious. The chef here cooks at a level which is is a cut above that of the average gastropub chef.This is a real find, a good pub that also serves really good food and at a fair price. I'm not sure when we will next be nearby but we will definitely try to eat here again.Once we had mobile signal we looked up the Fox and Hounds and we see that we made the right choice!

Met with a group of 11 family members and we all had different meal from roast to fish... I had roast beef and as I was starving ( no breakfast) asked for extra roast pots which were duly delivered and were really scrummy. As a person who loves my own roasts I can say this was a good one. Didn't have a dessert or starter but the ones I saw looked good. Would come back if in area and recommend. Also polite and helpful staff.

Have just come home after my 3rd experience eating at this very high quality restaurant/pub. My wife organised a 30th Birthday celebration for her friend and we all gathered for social drinks and what I anticipated to be fine dining. And as expected for my last two visits they live up to the big hype shown from other reviews and from my other visits. The food we all ate was out of this world. Was only myself who tackled 3 courses but what a triumph it was. With superb size portions, bread rolls and butter to start, and a great selection of mastered dishes. I have reviewed here before and I will each time. Thank you again. Mr & Mrs Newton

I like it when everyone has a different dish so I can compare. On reflection I have to say the liver and bacon dish was the best. Fish and chips was huge. The vension with red cabbage was a little disappointing. The venison was excellent but let down by the red cabbage which was undercooked and sweetened with redcurrent jam to such an extent that it was inedible. Apart from that top marks for everything from beers to puddings. The Vanilla pannacotta was my favourite. The Steamed chocolate sponge pudding wasnt chocolately enough for me, but the orange custard was lovely. I will certainly come here again.

Stopped by whilst travelling back to Suffolk. Lovely old pub, helpful ladies behind the bar and good variety of choice on the menu, not just Sunday roast. However we ordered one roast and smoked haddock with rarebit topping, both were delicious. Too full for a pudding.

Wide range of food available. Had two hunters chicken (one without bacon or barbeque sauce) and a rump steak. Very generous portions and the rump was cooked a perfect rare. Very pleased and would visit again.

We have been here for several evening meals and recently for lunch.The food is lovely and the pub is very nice and welcoming as are the staff so friendly and happy to help.We have been there with couples and ladies lunching.

Had the rumps and rib eye,delicious,very accommodating staff,must book,no child's menu available,dog friendly,

Visited in May last year when we left thinking very highly of this little boozer with great food.To be remembered on our return by the team was one thing. To be remembered by a villager aka 'Lovely dear..' made the experience of walking into an exquisitely well run village pub feel like a local, regular experience.The fire was lit, the locals welcoming, the menu varied and service very efficient. The food was delivered in great time and very well presented and portioned. And not forgetting, very tasty.The ale selection was great and the lower ABV offering from Mighty Oak delicious.Well done Fox and Hounds. Great stuff.

We picked this pub at random based on the trip advisor reviews and are glad we did.The food was excellent and reasonably priced, the beer was well kept and the the welcome was friendly.Will look forward to visiting again, have already recommended the pub to friends.

Lovely pub/restaurant. Good atmosphere, cosy but not old fashioned. Quick, friendly service. Food of excellent quality. Picturesque village and pub.

The best meal we have had in ages. Reasonable priced and such great service. Beautifully presented dishes that tasted great. Would highly recommend.

Went on Saturday for my mother in laws Birthday, Service as always was friendly and efficient. restaurant was busy but that did not effect the quality of the food or the attentiveness of the 2 members of staff that were serving the restaurant. Mother In Law stated it was the best food she had eaten in a long while, which coming from a person who is very particular in what she eats (in a nice way) is high praise indeed. Look forward to our next visit.

Normally pop in for lunch,open everyday,excellent choice on menu,from homemade burgers,baguettes,steak,salads,etc. Courtyard in back which is a lovely backdrop for the free cheese and discounted wine night on Wednesdays.Mondays is 2 courses for £12,tasty food always.

We have visited this pub on a few occasions, a very varied menu , food always excellent, staff very friendly. It is advisable to book as very popular. A proper English pub with food.

Consistently great food from a lovely village pub. Always good staples and always great specials. First rate service. People come from miles around so book ahead.

A friend recommended this pub for food a while ago, I wish I'd visited before!Food was amazing, my Dad is one of the fussiest eaters I know and he was in his element with the quality of the fish dishes...Tempura Prawns and Smoked Haddock! He said it was the best food he's eaten all year... not sure what that says about Mums cooking ha haIt was nice to have the high chair already at the table rather than having to hunt high and low to find one!Cleanliness was great, for those with babies... the baby changing was spotless... difficult to find these days.All in all, we all thoroughly enjoyed our meal, thank you, we will certainly be back.

A great little pub. Great menu. Book with plenty of notice. Good value. Great atmosphere. Friendly staff.

Visited on a Monday night twice.Excellent food and service,well presented in a nice atmosphere.Will be going again.

A group of 9 friends visited here last weekend. Despite our party arriving and sitting down an hour late (our fault), one member needing to leave urgently requiring our meals to be delayed (our fault), the staff handled every challenge we threw at them with calm, professional and 'no problem' excellent customer service. The food was delicious, fresh and perfectly cooked. We didn't mean to be so difficult, but circumstances meant otherwise but we were overwhelmed by how well the staff dealt with everything. We will definitely return. Outstanding.

One of my favourite pubs for food without a doubt. Yet to have a bad experience and have visited a multitude of times. The food is gorgeous, service very good and wine equally nice!

This is a lovely little pub, situated in a rural village. The food is excellent and staff very welcoming. Only advice would be to book before you go. I've been here several times and never been disappointed. Quality of food is excellent and very well priced.

We visit The Fox and Hounds to eat about 6/8 times a year and on other occasions for a drink.This is a very friendly traditional pub with very pleasant and efficient staff offering good food at a reasonable price. The Fox is busy both at lunch time and in the evenings and it is advisable to book if you going to have a meal. The Fox also offer guest beers and recently received an award from CAMRA.

This Free-house/hotel is located in the scenic small "village" of Steeple Bumpstead. It has and Excellent Menu for Dinner that is Freshly cooked and served, selection of wines and Beers. The locals are "very friendly" and it is easy to talk to locals about there town Was very impressed by Service and stayed a Short Distance away at Red Lion B & B 8 Church St, Steeple Bumpstead.

All the food is fresh and delicious, Ive been four times to the pub and can't fault it. Will I be going again - most definitely. Staff are friendly especially a young lad called Connor who works behind the bar and serves in the restaurant.

Popped in here for lunch, not a massive veggie menu, especially if you don't like goats cheese (why are pubs going so heavily into goats cheese!), so decided to have a baguette. Dad had the pulled pork, I had brie and cranberry, both came with a really good salad and chips.Both baguettes were really good, in fact neither of us could finish them so we had half each "to go". Very nice food, other tables had what looked like Gammon and chips and their plate were left empty.Very nice place, the only negative thing I could say was it was absolutely freezing cold in there.Will definitely be back either in the summer when the cold room would be happily received or in the winter when they have the heating on.Great place

We came here with friends while visiting. They explained to us that this was where they had their first date. I could see why its a good date destinations. It has a nice and relaxed atmosphere, but still feels somewhat upscale. The staff was very friendly and accommodated my request for switching a vegetarian plate into the very inexpensive pri fix two course menu. The food was delicious and very underpriced. I would love to return for dinner again some day.

Food better than actual restaurants. This small but very welcoming village pub serves up some of the best food I have eaten. Although this used to be my wife's local, every now and then I remind her of the food and we go and I have venison steak, with dauphinoise potato and red Savoy cabbage. For me it's always a delight and cooked with perfection. Highly recommended just for the food. With the bonus of a local pub on the other side of building

Making a booking, we found the Fox and Hounds having its usual great ambience, food and service. A great night with my wife, her son and his girlfriend.

Well kept beer and as for the menu..... an excellent range to choose from and beautifully presented. Better still, I've never left feeling that I needed more. To top that friendly helpful staff.