The Woodbine Inn in Epping Forest

A little gem of a place. Old fashioned,good quality, British home cooked food isn't a thing of the past here. Steak and ale pie was lovely and probably the best mash potato I've ever had

Found the pub by accident and it was a great mistake! 🤣 Friendly staff and welcoming atmosphere. A good selection of food and drinks including vegetarian food! I had a Guinness and the Mushroom burger with chips. The burger was fully loaded with cheese and sweet peppers 🫑 😋. There is lots of car parking space at the front of the road, but be careful pulling out as there are fast cars going either direction. The best part was I was supporting a small business 🥳

Lovely Christmas Dinner with family up to 20 of us nothing was too much trouble, food amazing xx

Great place to have a group meal, we had 15, staff and service was excellent, was very busy, which is always a sign of a good pub.

I went to the Woodbine yesterday with my friends. We all eaten from the vegan menu for the 2nd time. The food was amazing. 4 of us had the nutroast, and apple crumble with custard for desert. Both courses were delicious. The others had different vegan choices from the menu, which they enjoyed. The staff were lovely, very friendly and nothing was too much trouble for them. We'll definitely be going there again. It's definitely worth a visit, I'm sure you wouldn't be disappointed.

A proper pub, with great beer. I tried a bitter and a mild, both really well kept and top notch. Dog friendly. The food is good and the staff are brilliant. We'll definitely be back.

I came here for the Sunday roast. Very good and a reasonable price.

Absolutely brilliant, great food, brilliant atmosphere and the staff are lovely. Very busy and has an old style pub feeling. Would definitely recommend.

Wonderful friendly staff who make you feel very welcomed and know their stuff when it comes to good food and drinks. My husband and I are vegetarian and vegan and the roast dinner we had and desert was one of the best yet. Traditional food done well.

Roast dinner was excellent and we were made very welcome and well looked after as was the dog. Love a walk through the forest to visit here whenever I get the chance.

just got back from lunch today 13th October, i must say that it was the worse meal we have had there. The potatoes were hard as were the parsnips, my husband's lamb was mostly fat and the cauliflower cheese was grey in colour and looked like it was made several days ago. The staff seemed more interested in taking together rather than coming up to ask if everything was alright, we had to go to the bar to get drinks as no one came up to the table, it wasn"t as if it was busy. Unfortunately the crumble we had hardly had any crumble on it and what there was was so hard you could not eat it in fear of breaking a tooth. When eventually the girl came to the table to take our plates i told her we were disappointed in the lack of crumble and how hard it was, she just laughed. We have been coming here for years and know the governor quite well, although he was not there today, I am sure he would be disappointed in this review but I felt very strongly that the lack of service and the quality of food was very poor. It Was not cheap we paid £79.00 for the two of us, sorry but won,t be coming back any time soon.

Had a light lunch of just jacket potatoes so basic food order only because thats what we fancied. What we did notice is how fresh the salad was. Agree with other post, staff are very welcoming and friendly. It wasn't busy at all so can't comment on how busy it can be. What we dodn't know is that the pub hosts weekly different music events and my teenage daughter can attend which is nice. Will be trying it out next week for 80s DJ event. 😁

Good traditional pub. Excellent roasts. Great staff and great atmosphere. Also good value for money. Place was buzzing.

Went to the Tapas night. Food and Music were really good.

I love this pub. It is friendly down to earth and you can tell the staff really want you to have a good experience. The food is great. Big Yorkies and great taste. The best roast dinner around Loughton and Buckhurst Hill

Always enjoy this pub, fab collection of 'real' cider. Great staff and atmosphere, brill food. I'm not a pizza person but love one here, everything's home made.

A wonderful place with very friendly staff or whom nothing was too much trouble. Our food was great and they have a great selection of beers as well. Highly reccomended.

Great experience great food lovely staff realy friendly

We stopped here for lunch and had a pleasant meal for reasonable prices. The waiting staff were kind and friendly. The car park is very small and we parked across the road, which was a paying car park. Apparently, we could have just validated our number plate in the pub for free without paying at this car park.

Great selection of ales and ciders, always a warm welcome.

Friendly pub Ok sunday roast ... Great dessert !!👍 Great Cider 👍 Nice service from friendly staff !!

As someone who has for 50 years been always on the lookout for great pubs, the Woodbine has been my standout favourite since Rob and Julie took over some years ago. There is a wide selection of top beers and lagers, perfectly kept. When I have eaten in the Woodbine the food is fresh, locally sourced and very well cooked. Most of all, Victoria and Rebecca behind the bar are the most welcoming and efficient pub staff I know. Even visiting dogs are given a biscuit and a bowl of water. Outstanding all round.

Had a great Sunday lunch and my daughter who is vegan also had a great Sunday lunch. The homemade ice cream is a must. Good selection of craft ales and gin.

Good beer selection. Nice staff. Calm atmosphere and a rustic interior. Also has a formidable car park and beer garden. Can't explain why exactly but this place is just perfect to stop and have a drink

Eclectic menu with many traditional pub dishes served fresh and hot. Good size portions and great service. Parking can be a bit tricky.

Great place to eat , staff were fantastic , the food was out of this world , would highly recommend this place , even the friendly welcome to this pub

A traditional pub with great food. The Steak n Ale pie.. wow, literally full of big chunky pieces of steak, so full, when you cut into the pie, there was no 'air space' between the pastry and steak. The burger...again, very generous in size and was enjoyed. Ham, egg and chips...home made chips I might add....I was ama,Ed the fried that had this, actually left some of the ham the portion was so generous. Last but not least, pizza, again, so big they were unable to finish. As for the staff, absolutely fabulous, very friendly, and made the whole experience complete..... We will be back!

Fabulous place i love the ambience. Highly recommend .beers are excellent I recommend Erdinger .i ride loop in Eping forest then find this lovely resturant by chance and enjoy so much.

Lovely chain free pub! Staff go above and beyond! Food is incredible, and the portion sizes are over generous. Highly recommend the halloumi salad, the plethora of ice cream choices!

Fairly unassuming little pub on a busy road that is an absolute gem. Their Sunday roast was fabulous, excellent quality with generous portions, all for what feels like a very reasonable price. Also, they offer a gluten-free option that our coeliac son was delighted with. Being able to have the same meal as everyone else, Yorkshires included, means a lot to him. Impressive offerings on the kids menu, too, and even my daughter's sausage and chips (she's not a roast fan) was good quality. We'll definitely be back.

Loved the food and the beer was a quiet night not many in but would recommend as food was very nice

We stopped on a long drive to ask if we could use the loo, we stayed for an hour, ate a lovely lunch and had a great chat with the staff. A true diamond of a find, try it out if you're any where near.

Fabulous food, wonderful beer selection (even had an.old watneys red barrell on the go!), great staff. The only downside was tiny car park, meaning we had to pay to park across the road.But that is really nit-picking. Could not fault a thing with the food, and the ice creams were gorgeous.

Delicious fish and chips. Stop by when around, you will not be disappointed

It's an unexpected gem at the edge of the forest. Leave space for some of the owner's home-made ice cream.

First visit to this lovely pub, and we were delighted and impressed. Very friendly and efficient service, great food (Sunday roast enjoyed by both meat eaters and vegetarians, delicious ice creams) and great value for money. We will be back!

I would give more stars if I could. Delicious roast and outstandingly friendly and attentive service.

Really good food and the best home made ice cream! The service is very lovely. Our favourite pub☺️

Just had the Sunday Roast here and it was incredible! We opted for the mixed roast platter so we got to try all 4 meats and they were all delicious. The homemade ice-cream was amazing - had the hokey pokey, tea & biscuits and Terry's chocolate orange (my fav). The staff were all so lovely and welcoming. We had our Springer with us and they were incredibly dog friendly. Was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the food and service. Would highly recommend and will come again!

We visited here after reading reviews about the Sunday roast. Having booked in advance and being gluten free, we were advised that I could be fully catered for. Often or not, I have to miss out on the extras and just get given meat and vegetables. But not here, I was delighted to see when my chicken roast turned up, it came with all the trimmings, stuffing, pigs in blankets and an actual gluten free Yorkshire pudding!!!! We were also served with extra gravy. Not only was the food delicious, it was fantastic value with very generous portions. The service was friendly and if you are looking for a great Sunday roast, I highly recommend.

Amazing!!! Delicious food and extremely friendly staff ******

I must have driven past this place hundreds of times and never gave it a second glance. However, initially introduced to it by a friend, it is now a place I would highly recommend. Easy on-line booking. A warm welcome on arrival. A choice of table - bar or conservatory - we chose conservatory, which was warm and comfortable on a rather chilly day. Great service - informal, friendly, good for a laugh. Superb food - two of us had the little duck parcels as starters, which were wonderful, the other two portobello mushroom (I wonder it left mush room for anything else!!) and a huge plate of garlic bread. We all had the hot dogs as mains - one veggie, one wild boar and two jumbo - all splendid. All washed down with Adnam's Ghost Ship - which was in perfect condition. And then, of course, the home-made ice cream. Worth coming here just for the ice cream. The outside could do with smartening up - but not TOO much or this place will be 'discovered' - which is so often the cause of a decline in standards.

Proper old school pub. And all the better for it. Service was incredibly friendly. Dog friendly and has a gorgeous view...if you can ignore the road.

We had a lovely meal there. Can highly recommend the homemade steak and ale pie and homemade ice cream. Excellent hosts.

Lucked into eating here on a rainy afternoon while cycling near Epping forest. Good grub.

Do not be put off by the slightly shabby outside. This pub is FANTASTIC! visited with friends as halfway point between us. Lovely warm welcome, very dog friendly. Brilliant selection of ales, lagers and ciders on draught. Very clean. Sunday roast exceptional, meat fabulous and proper gravy. Good selection of vegetables, vegetarian roast looked lovely, all homemade. Homemade ice creams excellent, but the star of the desserts was the apple crumble tart, cooked properly in an oven (not microwaved!) with gorgeous crisp pastry and just the right amount of spice, delicious. We will definitely come back and highly recommend this pub. Ticks all the boxes for friendliness, service, dog friendly, excellent food and drinks. We wish this was our local!

Do not be put off by the slightly shabby outside. This pub is FANTASTIC! visited with friends as halfway point between us. Lovely warm welcome, very dog friendly. Brilliant selection of ales, lagers and ciders on draught. Very clean. Sunday roast exceptional, meat fabulous and proper gravy. Good selection of vegetables, vegetarian roast looked lovely, all homemade. Homemade ice creams excellent, but the star of the desserts was the apple crumble tart, cooked properly in an oven (not microwaved!) with gorgeous crisp pastry and just the right amount of spice, delicious. We will definitely come back and highly recommend this pub. Ticks all the boxes for friendliness, service, dog friendly, excellent food and drinks.

Very nice countryside pub with a true soul

A Monday Evening, quiet drink with dinner then this is a great place 👍 food was A++ and good selection of drinks on tap..

Just what we needed and more! We had booked for a birthday lunch celebration after a good walk around Epping forest. A warm welcoming atmosphere, for us all, including our 3 dogs. Fantastic service, delicious food and good company, couldn't want for more. Very impressed and thankful 😍

Great place with very nice service and good food Dog friendly place too 😊

Stopped for lunch en route to Surrey. Liked it so much stopped on the way home. Lunch for 3 and a very warm welcome for my 3 dogs as well. They were given a huge bowl of water and boneos. We had an unpretentious, very tasty lunch. Service was really friendly and we have no complaints. Just to say thank you for looking after us so well.

Went to the woodbine pub after a funeral the atmosphere was good I'm plenty of food to eat as well the atmosphere was very pleasant

Friendly staff, helpful and accommodating, tasty good portion food.

Friendly staff, great food, and the best ice cream I've had for ages.

Came here after reading good reviews sad to say that we were given off fish that smelt strongly of ammonia and had to return. Tables were dirty and given two random menus that made no sense to differentiate despite one was covered in more grease than the other. Why is there also a disgruntled dog in cage?

First time for me to have Sunday Roast there because of the recommendation from our friend. The food is nice and service is good. Thumb up to all the staff working in there👍.

Absolutely brilliant service, and a big BIG thank you to Rob the manager who squeezed us in after we were let down at the very last minute by another local loughton pub for our Sunday lunch!!!! It worked out for the best anyway as we got to try this gem and it was the best Sunday roast I have eaten out, all homemade and generous portions and decently priced. The girls on table service were lovely as well and very friendly. Grateful again and will be a returning customer!!! 😍

Just took family and dog for lunch. Food was excellent and the dog got a bone and bowl of water. Home made ice cream is delicious.

A great place to eat, we had a roast here and a drink each and it came oit at under £20. The food was prepared fast and was very enjoyable, extremely welcoming staff also. Parking is very limited so may need to park in the parking spot opposite.

Food was pretty good, took an hour to get served, but lovely friendly lady served us, also its a nightmare for parking.

A really lovely pub with excellent food. A great varied menu all perfectly cooked together with helpful and friendly staff.

Old fashioned locals pub feel with delicious vegan food! Dog friendly. Would be great to see the full vegan menu available all the time but what we had was really tasty. Going back with a larger group and with advance notice that we are all to be eating vegan food only…have been promised the full menu! Looking forward to it. Great for a casual and relaxed time. Impressed with the homemade vegan ice cream and Yorkshire puds! We sampled bang bang cauliflower, sausage and mash, filled portobello mushroom, gourmet hot dog, nut roast, five bean chili and rice, ice cream & berry crumble pie!

We had an amazing time at the Woodbine. The food was great and it's locally sourced. I highly recommend this pub for a good place to refuel after a long walk in Epping forest.

Excellent food great selection of real ales. Will be back!

I hadn't been to the Woodbine for a few years. It was always good, but now it is really splendid! Very friendly and efficient staff. It was a sunny day, but very cold - the beef stew with dumplings really hit the spot. A generous helping with plenty of lovely, tender meat. Excellent real ales - I particularly enjoyed the Tally Ho barley wine, which they actually age specially in the pub cellar. Can't wait for my next visit!

This is my local pub and I have been going here for years. The food, service and staff are always exceptional. It's a dog friendly pub too. It gets busy at the weekends so would advise booking however they will always try to accommodate walk-ins. If you've never been I would highly recommend you do.

Took mother & she said she go there again. Enjoyed the food & staff helpful

Went there for a large family meal, 20+, good food and the staff couldn't do enough. We will definitely be going back.

Great live music, good food at a good price. And they really know their ales.

Great food, lovely staff. Go on a Tuesday night and enjoy a quiz

Went for a light lunch and a beer with a couple of friends while down for a work thing. Great service, food was really nice and a good price for the area. Only marked atmosphere down by 1 star as it was a wednesday afternoon. I'm sure when the place is busy it'll be a cracking wee venue.

This is a really nice venue with lovely friendly attentive staff, great food and a good atmosphere.

Just off the M25 at junction 26 heading towards Epping and Loughton. The car park entrance is a little tight and the parking area is quite small. The pub is a free house and has a good selection of ales and beers at the bar, several from local small breweries. We had a lunchtime meal, meeting up with some friends. The food was OK, though not outstanding to be fair. Steak and ale pie was a little dry and overcooked and the vegetables, carrots, cauliflower and a small amount of cabbage were fairly bland. It was very quiet in both the pub and the conservatory with only one other table in for food. We were given drinks though we had to return two glasses as they were dirty. The bar area is OK. Good beer selection as mentioned. A few more drinking customers had come in by the time we left around 4pm. They look to have some live music/entertainment events on at weekends. We are not in that area so unlikely to return. But it's OK, not great, but OK.

Lovely traditional pub with a great atmosphere and good food. Staff were really friendly, attentive and accomodating. The manager was really knowledgable about the various ales on offer and was spot on with the ones recommended. Will definitely recommend and come again. Advise booking a table if eating as very busy for good reason. Happy customer 🙂

Good food, good choice of beers. Friendly and knowledgeable landlord. A little pricey, however, that goes with the territory these days (post covid). I would recommend fie a visit, drink and a meal.

Yes the Beers are well kept & served, The food is Very Nice and Well Cooked , Customer service is Very Good indeed, Friendly Atmosphere.

We were let down by another venue, phoned the Woodbine Inn and they were able to accommodate us last minute. Service was great, so friendly and great atmosphere. Food was exceptional. An amazing Sunday roast with so much choice. Highly recommend, we will definitely go back and remember to book in. 5 stars!!!

Music last Saturday was excellent but drinks very very expensive

Excellent Sunday lunch. Very well cooked and a genuine desire by the team to ensure guests are happy with their meals. Have no hesitation recommending to others.

We were just passing and found our amazing place. A fantastic food and service. Thank you

Busy today as they had function on. seatted quickly. Did well to sever us despite be busy. Will come here again.

A coach load of us arrived for a precooked hot and cold buffet. It did not disappoint, excellent selection of hot food, sandwiches and delicious chips! Very welcoming staff and the landlord came out and thanked us all for coming as we boarded our coach to leave. Highly recommended.

Provided a buffet and opened early for our coach. Food was amazing and some great real ales 👍

Thankyou to all the staff for coping with our coach party on Saturday 30 September great food and expert hospitality hope you enjoyed it too

great hospitality and great food thankyou for coping with our coach party everyone saying how good it was

Table booked for 1230pm for 6 of us with 2 young children. The pub was very busy with a coach party but the staff could not have been more welcoming and helpful. Our highchair was there as requested on booking and all our meals were lovely . Lovely friendly atmosphere .

Lovely welcoming place , fantastic range of drinks and homemade food . We will be back great value for money and tasty food thank you

New to area stop by to have a drink welcoming friendly atmosphere, fantastic choice of drinks. After a drink we decided to have a bite to eat lovely homemade food ham egg and chips , veg sausages mash and peas. Both were tasty great value for money wow lovely size meals. We will be back! Thank you for lovely Friday evening out.

Excellent country pub with a good selection of well kept ales. Wonderful food and helpful, friendly staff.

Best roast we've had in a long time. All homemade and locally sourced food.

When I visited, it was very quiet, but we were made to feel welcome, and everything we had from the menu was cooked with care and was well presented. Delicious too I might add. This was my second visit, and although it takes an hour to get there. Its well worth it. Thank you team. See ya soon.

Went for Sunday lunch with friends. The staff were great, food was brilliant and the pistachio ice cream was amazing!

Love it here. Lovely pub. Staff are so welcoming and friendly. Lovely food. Clean, neat and tidy pub. Lovely traditional frontage and inside. Lovely, perfect menu.

The service was average, the drink glasses were dirty and the food was fairly lacklustre for the price!

Was recommended to this venues Sunday Roasts and so visited with the family and we were not disappointed. The drinks arrived swiftly as we took our seats and we placed our food order and the starters arrived and were great. The service was attentive but not overpowering - just right in fact. The four of us all ordered the roasts and the food arrived hot and fresh and I ordered the supreme of chicken and it has to be said that it was the best breast of chicken I have had for a long long time. We were made feel very welcome on our very first dining visit and we will definitely be back and soon! It is a very busy restaurant so you may want to book to ensure you get in???? Enjoy Guys!

Lovely homemade food and charming staff. Light airy pub. Nothing not to like.

Love it. Best place to go for a roast bar none. Decent beer & ciders too.

Slightly disappointing being in Epping Forest and not being able to see much of the trees and next to a busy road, but food and service excellent

They came recommended as one of the top places for a decent Sunday roast via a Facebook group. Ordered direct from them, online, it was super simple and easy to use. Got myself a pork roast dinner. Was packaged well; more than enough gravy to make me happy. Great portion size - no space left in my stomach when I was done lol. Can’t fault the service when I went to collect and obviously can’t really comment on atmosphere as I was there for all of 5 minutes.