The Old Kings Head in Chelmsford

Following a slight mess up on venues we finally met with friends at The Old Kings Head just outside Stock Village (it’s not The Kings Head in Billericay). The beers and wines were well kept and the young lady looking after us was lovely. The fish in the ‘fish n chips’ option was absolutely fantastic, best I’ve had in years. Others enjoyed the chowder and a chicken pie and all remarked on how good the food was. This is a lovely pub/restaurant with nooks and crannies to hide away and separate dining rooms for larger party’s. They may need to turn the lights down in one area though. All good and we will be back. Paul & Sally

One of the most delicious Sunday Roasts in Billericay/Stock. Friendly and attentive staff and a great family atmosphere. Highly recommended.

Exquisite food superbly cooked. Attention to detail in every aspect. Friendly attentive staff. I will be back!

We've been here about 5 times. It's a nice atmosphere with friendly staff.

Absolutely lovely pub with a authentic and genuine experience. A family favourite for the wife and I.

Lovely experience. Food excellent. Service friendly and efficient. Staff tried very hard to meet the tricky needs of one of our party. Will definitely return. Thank you.

A lovely pub with friendly staff. Let down by food on our Friday night visit. Steak and Ale pie delicious, but accompanying parmesan potato really stodgy and lumpy. Salmon delicious, accompanying potato inedible Vegan Red Thai curry looked great, but incredibly salty. Beer good, wine great, staff very friendly. Maybe just a one off on the food.

Visited this week and it was fantastic, the staff were all friendly with great customer service and all with a smile.

Nice place . Good for family dinners. Outside seating is great. Parking space also available. Staff is friendly and active. Prices are good

Pleasant atmosphere. Good food. Helpful staff. Overall a good experience.

What a cracking place, my friend and I stumbled across this place this morning looking for a great breakfast and my goodness did we find it. Excellent service, beautiful clean pub brimming with lovely touches. A proper pub. If only we had more time to indulge in the evening menu which looked incredible. Thank you and well done for a superb experience 👌👌

Very nice, but also suitably priced.

Really good Essex pub/restaurant. Everything good, even the car park

Have been here many times. Everything about this pub is spot on! The staff are exceptional, especially the young staff on a Sunday. Food has always been 10/10 Well done guys, you have done a great job 🤗

Unless you’re after the atmosphere of a grave yard, don’t go here. You get told off for laughing when you’re on a group table on a Saturday night. Terrible pub and terrible service.

Pre-booked Mothers Day and had a good time. Fully booked but service was always available and prompt. Starters were excellent, roast French onion soup and a beetroot and walnut tart. I had the roast lamb, my wife the topside of beef and my six year old had the chicken goujons. Everything was cooked very well and seasoned to my taste. The carrot mash was a big highlight with my family. Really creamy ice cream and a lemon bavarois, which were both very tasty. While I was settling up one of the staff brought my wife a little bunch of daffodils with a happy Mothers Day tag, which was a lovely touch. Cozy local pub with very good food, have been before and will go again.

Great food and wonderfully dog friendly

First time I've been here since it was refurbished and it was excellent. Reasonably priced and good quality food. I would definitely recommend it.

Beautiful restaurant, the food was delicious!! Sticky chilli beef nibbles were amazing to start. The service was perfect, we really could not fault our experience. Will be back!!

Excellent food, a good selection of well cooked and presented dishes.

Updated review : Had an evening meal for a special event with family this time. Was pretty disappointed. Prices seem to have shot up, and quality shot down. Lamb shank was ok, but pricey. Other mains were ok, nothing too special. Puddings were disappointing - pancakes were dry and like cardboard. Pannacotta was awful (lacked sweetness, tasted of coconut?)… Maybe not a pudding chef… Service was fine. Previous review (a year ago) : Great food and drink. Fast, affordable, attentive. We had the Sunday roasts - well recommended. Plenty of horseradish! 😋 Great puddings too. Lovely setting, cool, indoor and outdoor seating, compartmentalised interior. All really good, thanks. They take American Express too!

Great food choice that was tasty and excellent value served by attentive staff in a cosy and welcoming atmosphere.

Nice atmosphere good food and bar area.

I've probably reviewed here before as it's a firm favourite for me and my husband. Walked in today and there was a wonderful fire on the go. We had a relaxed drink in the bar area before being seated for our meal. I had the roast chicken supreme which was out of this world delicious. We come regularly and I am disappointed that I hadn't tried it before! Highly recommend. Sticky toffee pudding for dessert - a real treat. My husband opted for the steak and chips and was very happy. Can't think of a better way to spend a Saturday night - my fave pub with my fave person. Thanks Old King's Head team for another fab meal!

A lovely, lovely authentic pub with great food and atmosphere.

Great food,nice beer great place.

Another lovely lunch with friends

I absolutely love this pub. It's become a regular family meeting place. The staff are super and friendly especially to our dogs. Food is delicious.

Lovely pub! Well worth a visit!

Let our group of 20 stop for a pit stop en route for our Christmas do 100% recommend Absolute legend Looks lovely

Fantastic Service, extremely accommodating. Highly reccomend.

What a great find! I have driven past many times and always meant to stop and give I be it a try. Food is excellent and a nice relaxing atmosphere.

Great pub to take a dog to very friendly staff and food is always done well

Excellent service and good. Made to feel Welcome Seated in a generous space And looked after

Beautiful fire place, Good atmosphere, very welcoming, staff friendly and helpful. Steak & ale pie best I've had!

Very good food nice waitress hi

Beautifully re modelled. The staff are lovely. All round a jolly nice experience.

Great menu and tasty. Good portions and lovely comfortable atmosphere.

Manky hot chocolate and very slow

Alright food, took way to long to bring a few drinks for 5 people

Lovely bright old pub that’s now an excellent restaurant. Staff are super friendly and helpful, and the food is top rate.

I liked it a lot. The sausage n mash with onion gravy was spot on. My fish n chip batter was very over cooked...but every one else's was fine. There is plenty of free parking and easy to get to

Good food, reasonable price, nice atmosphere, superb service.

We just stopped for sunday dinner and well worth stopping we had roast chicken it was outstanding so if you pas this pub you'll miss out it has loads of room for diners desserts was amazing just a lovely place for lunch or evening meal I'm going back very soon

A really lovely spot to stop for a meal. A lovely sunny dog friendly outdoor eating space.

All of the ales were off but I know this is what pubs struggle with these days. The waitress was happy to change my ale to another ale. It doesn't matter the ale because the problem isn't the brewery but for context, it was Wherry to Maldon Gold. I don't mark it down because I know that pubs don't sell enough now. All I'd recommend is to go to bottles. You would save yourself the hassle. Back to the experience. The outside is gorgeous. We wanted to sit there the entire night. The chips tasted of margarine or something. I think if you want to go down the route of a food pub then you should stick to Tallow. It tastes so much better and is healthier for you but I can't mark down because of it. I think the pub needs to stick to tradition and cook in tallow. I'd come here again.

Delightful experience for a late Sunday roast. Lovely food and great service. Thank you

Excellent service, good food choices and lovely surroundings 😀👍

Lovely pub, fantastic outdoor area, with very nice staff. Very fast service. Best steak and ale pie I've ever had and I've eaten alot of pies in my time !!! Just wish I lived closer.

Food was good quality and service was very good

Had dinner booked at 17.00 beef was a little tough, service a bit slow fair price would use again nice location

Our fish was really over cooked and the chips were hard. The service was good and the pub very nice.

Staff were very welcoming and friendly.

I had a lovely evening out with the family, the food was lovely and the service was fantastic! Our server sam made sure we were well looked after! We will definitely be coming back

Lovely decor, attentive staff, well presented food, eating outside area as well, parking.

Lovely choices on the menu cooked beautifully excellent service well done

The staff are welcoming, attentive and good humoured. The beer is good and the food is fantastic. My only concern is that space is limited, so if you want a table, book!

Food is very good here, the pies are amazing!

Great job renovating the old pub, good food and service. Chips were immense

Fantastic Lunch. The Staff were friendly and welcoming.

Beer not kept well Average over priced food

Lovely place and made welcome but unfortunately waitress failed to take all of our eight orders so left while everyone else ate. Totally inappropriate. No mention of any recompense. Won't return.

It is a lovely pub. The food and service are great. Will definitely be going back.

Had a lovely Steak and Ale and my daughter had a wonderful Classic Burger with crispy fries. We sat outside in the patio area and enjoyed the wonderful sunny day and tasty good food. The staff is always friendly and since we brought our two well behaved dogs, they got a bowl of water and dog treats - not on the menu! If you haven’t already done so, visit this place.

Top quality Sunday lunch, will be back

Can’t fault our first visit. Great service, lovely Sunday roast, portions very generous! Deserts really tasty too! Drinks came quickly & no delays in anyone taking our order. Would recommend and return!

The staff are lovely - slow but peak period must be considered. I had the roast beef, which I asked for as pink as they could offer. Turns out that is well done. To deconstruct the rest of the dish: The potatoes were large sized - which I prefer - however they were not parboiled enough to achieve a good fluff or crisp. The yorkshire was okay, you could tell they were sitting there for a while (we sat at 1:30pm, and started eating our roast at 2:45pm.) The veg was broccoli, carrots, and braised red cabbage. All fine however, the red wine used for the cabbage didn’t make for the tastiest choice. We ordered pigs in blanket and cauliflower cheese as extra sides. The PIB were -just- cooked. No crunch/ brown to them whatsoever. But the CC was better, cooked nicely and not too cheesy. Overall, we were all rather disappointed with the meal. I’ve eaten lunch here before and the chips are amazing, and my ciabatta wasn’t too bad. I wouldn’t recommend the roast here. But I’d like to reiterate all of the staff are friendly and attentively in a relaxed manner.

Four of us went to the 'Old Kings Head' for lunch today ( 04/04/23). The staff were very good and friendly. The food was superb. The bill was excellent value. 10 out of 10 to everybody concerned! We will be back again soon. Thank you very much.

Cosy welcoming Lovely staff what's not to like.

Lovely food, stopped here whilst passing through. They were busy but found us a table. Food was very good, staff friendly, nice atmosphere. My chicken and ham pie looked like somethiout out of Sweeny Tod! So good It's hard to find pubs with good food like this, Will definitely go ageain

Delicious food and excellent service. Will definitely be back!

Three of us, plus a dog, had lunch today at the Old Kings Head, Billericay. The staff were lovely and friendly and nothing was too much trouble . They made a fuss of the dog and brought her water. The food was delicious and all three of us had lovely desserts. We will definitely return and try the main meals. 5 stars

Great food and friendly helpful staff

Food good and at reasonable prices. First time in there since the renovation and it really has been well done.

Great atmosphere and excellent staff

Visited here with friends and was made to feel welcome straight away. The food and service were both lovely. Will definitely go again

Excellent staff, warm welcome, delicious food. Will go again! Thank you

Very good. Helpful with a friend who was not good in his feet. Good food.

Although the ambience and decor of the premises is very nice the service we received was not good. We had to eventually ask if someone was going to serve us the young server was too busy cleaning tables. The food had obviously been prepared hours before so no nice crispy roast potatoes ,soggy veg , tough beef and cauliflower cheese with a sauce mainly turned to liquid. So disappointing and £70 for 2 courses & 2 drinks. Not good value Certainly no return visit for us.

Great Sunday Roast. Excellent service. Highly recommended

Once again we had delicious food and the staff were very accommodating.

Lovely food, amazing staff and congenial surroundings

Went for a Sunday roast. Food was good, but service was slow, (possibly because one of the party was late?) and all the food was not delivered at the same time. The seasonal vegetable portion were a little smaller than I would like, but I'm being picky now.

Only been here twice but would highly recommend the food and service was above and beyond

Lovely friendly country bar Food was lovely Staff wer friendly and attentive

Disappointing sums it up ! Only one disabled bay not easily accessible, best to reverse in. Car park itself was reasonable size but I would throw the two wrecked bikes away, apart from getting in the way,they detract. Inside was fine ,Gents clean ,although the pub itself was quiet. In general summing up we would not return ! Staff very helpful,although placemats could do with a good scrub, sleeves sticking to them, table also in need, even though we saw them being sprayed and wiped. The meal itself was ok‘ish ,but took an age to arrive, and not very hot. Prices were on the high side. Menu was somewhat limited and short of food intolerant choices.

Real shame. We had a nice meal but then got told to leave for being too loud. Told we had drunk too much after 3 pints. Won’t be returning ever

This is a very comfortable venue, but our experience food wise was not the best tonight. I am sure we were unlucky and would not discourage anyone from trying this place out. For a pub type restaurant the prices are at the top end, so I would expect better. I think some of the food has been hanging around in the kitchen and had dried out, while the chef seemed to have confused andante with almost raw for some of the guests and the food was not very hot. Perhaps cooking for a large group like ours is not something they arexused to? I know others that have eaten here regularly, so as I say I suspect we chose the wrong night. There is a nice outside area for the summer, so that's worth remembering.

Had a lovely dinner here with my fiance. This pub has been done up to a high standard. Food is lovely and staff friendly and efficient. The menue is varied with something for everyone. Would highly recommend.

Met some dear friends for lunch. Beautiful pub, lovely staff; great food 👍

Marvellous evening, great food, wine, service and ambience. Can't recommend enough.

Really nice food, generous portions. Great service. Will be returning.

Revisited The Old kings Head last Saturday! Popped in for a quick lunch with 17 others from EPA dance Academy! My 7yr old along with many others were attending a dance competition locally. The Staff there were Outstanding! We hadn't made a reservation. But they really put themselves out to seat us all! Superb staff,lovely food outstanding service.. Highly recommended. However! This place is very popular especially on Sunday's. Give them a call and book a table 👍

Great food, great service and great atmosphere. Will definitely be returning!

Sunday Roast was AMAZING..and plentiful..atmosphere pleasant...staff very attentive ..would highly recommend ..Will definitely be returning...well done to all

Lovely ambience and great staff. We had an excellent pea and asparagus risotto (second time) and the best seafood linguine I have tasted. Can't wait to work my way through the menu.

Only average. Refurb, very pleasant. Lots of staff, so service good. Food not hot , so-so taste and quite expensive. They will need to up their game to get customers to return. We won't!

Delicious food and very good service. We were a large group in the private room, at a busy lunch time, but staff were attentive. I had the veggie Thai green curry and it was lovely, quite spicy hot with rich flavour, and generous portion. Good beer selection, and not overly expensive (5.50 for a pint of Neck Oil if I remember rightly). Would recommend.

An excellent Sunday Roast. A very friendly welcome with attentive staff, clean and tidy surroundings and easily accessible. Thank you

This is a really belated review which I meant to do about a month ago. We’ve lived in Billericay for almost 40 years but strangely enough never visited the OKH, it’s changed hands a fair bit, plus covid, so… Visited on a Tuesday evening for dinner and friendly waitress gave us a choice of tables. We had calamari and chilli prawns to start which were both tasty. OH had a ribeye steak which although was a little bit more medium than rare but he said he was lovely and well cooked, I had Jack Daniels salmon which was the tastiest bit of salmon I’ve had for a while. Accompanied by a really good Rioja. Chatted with the owner afterwards who showed us round as OH recognised him from the old Windmill. OKH is beautifully decorated, subtle and not flashy with a great seating area at the back. Prices are very good and we will definitely visit again very soon. Would recommend