The best restaurants in Braintree East of England

Perfect service , great price , amazing and tasty products will definitely visit again and again High standard for a pop up shop in Braintree village

We ordered our drinks and food waited 30mins after I asked the waitress where our drinks were the food came out about 15 mins after that. We ordered chicken burgers with stuffing chips and pigs in blankets. The food came out without the pigs in blankets mentioned to the staff he said he wasn't aware he said he would bring them over we nearly finished our very very luke warm food. I mentioned to the waiter our food was just warm he said we should of mentioned it and they would of brought us another one. I said we didn't as we already waited 45 mins definitely did not want to wait that amount of time again.

Amazing food, really reasonable, loads of big screens for matches, pool table, beer garden,live music. This pub has it all. Definitely the best pub in Braintree!

the salad was missing from my kebab very disappointed as didn't enjoy as much

This Burger King is, unfortunately, one of the most uninviting stops I’ve encountered. The car park is muddy and difficult to navigate, making the arrival experience less than ideal. Inside, there’s limited seating, and the overall atmosphere feels rather bleak. It seems like more attention to cleanliness and seating capacity could significantly improve the experience for travelers looking for a quick, comfortable meal.

Terrible experience from start to finish. Our food didn’t turn up, so we called to check on it and were told it had already been delivered. We assured them that we were still waiting and hungry, but they insisted otherwise. Eventually, they agreed to redeliver it. When the driver finally arrived, she seemed confused, claiming she’d already given us our order but didn’t recognize us at all. Very odd. To make matters worse, when we called to confirm the food had now been received, the man at the shop was incredibly rude, implying that we were just trying to get free food. It was clear the delivery driver made an error, but instead of taking responsibility, we were made out to be liars—an absolutely unacceptable way to treat a customer. As if that wasn’t enough, they even got our order wrong and sent the incorrect rice. The driver came back quickly to correct it, looking guilty and uncomfortable. After finishing our meal, I decided to visit the shop in person to address the situation with the rude staff member. Suddenly, their story changed: first, they claimed the food was given to my neighbor (who I know was out at the time), and then they switched to saying it was handed to someone in my alleyway. I even showed them camera footage proving no delivery was made to my house, and only then did they stop with the excuses. If you make a mistake, own up to it. Don’t accuse your customers of lying. We won’t be ordering from Water Lily Chinese again, which is a shame because we were regular customers. But after this disgraceful treatment, we’re done.

Half an hour late. Ordered the delivery for 8pm, turned up at 8:30pm. Not impressed considering I pre ordered about an hour and a half prior

Absolutely terrible food!!! 0 stars 🌟 2 orders were wrong. Orderd Singapore rice noodles and was given rice. Mongolian duck was given pork in plumb sauce. Called the restaurant to complain and they said they will send the right dishes they came back and sent the same again. Phoned again to ask for a refund of the 2 dishes in which they was only going to give me £10.00 the Mongolian duck was £11.80 on its own!! They then said they will refund £15.00!!! Which is a joke. Will NEVER EVER order from this place again.

Ordered chips found a hair in my food, let alone chips were hard and half frozen, normally have a good experience. Also ordered food before and asked to be left on the doorstep didn’t do that banged louder than they usually do!

Very bad experience apart from the staff this place is very poor and very expensive. £16.00 for a breakfast and a hot drink !! Added to that pod arrived cold, all in all was a very bad experience and will not return.

Good put stop near the shopping village. Difficult to find the access road due to traffic queues.

Hadn't been here in while and I was surprised to see the negative reviews as we've always enjoyed it. Last night we got 3 portions of selects and mozzarella sticks to add to our dinner of wraps and salad. Obviously we could have made the chicken etc ourselves from supermarket produce but have loved the chicken tenders in the past so spent £20 on a treat. What a disappointment. They've completely changed their chicken, where it used to be actual chicken and tasty crispy breadcrumbs, it's now frozen reconstituted rubbish that we're mushy and flavourless. The mozzarella sticks were almost solid and undercooked. Such a shame to see a local business like this go so rapidly downhill but you've lost another customer sadly.

Had Fish and Chips for lunch , was really disappointed the meal was cooked ok but I have never had such a small portion of fish in my life . My son in law said I have seen more fish in a fish finger and he was right . I was hungury and eat the meal hoping that should the waiter enquire if everything was ok I could show him my concern . He never showed up , when he came to collect the plate I told him I never complain but in this case was very disappointed with the fish portion size . He said he would tell the kitchen staff and that was that we left . Just a warning avoid food at this pub .

RUDE PEOPLE!!!!! MAN SHOUTING AT ME DOWN THE PHONE (which he told me he was the owner!)AND PUT PHONE DOWN AND DIDNT SEND NO FOOD ALSO DIDNT EVEN PLACE THE ORDER I WANTED AND ASKED FOR! NEVER WILL I BE ORDERING AGAIN FROM HERE RUDE RUDE PEOPLE!!!!! Don't deserve any star!

Ordered the double melt classic meal. Was quite quiet and coming up toward closing, but no excuse for serving a lukewarm meal. Took it back and they cooled a fresh hot one. Strangely enough the BK at Octagon park don't serve the double melt