The best restaurants in Brentwood North Brentwood East of England

Excellent food, staff, cleanliness and price. Particularly liked the new salted caramel milk shake. A trip down memory lane for us.

Nice, clean and friendly very helpful. Food tasty and nice to see lots of variety. We don’t all like the traditional . Glad to see them back after they left lakeside.

Lovely food rather quick service and also do gluten free hence why we keep retuning small hiccup when ordering the last time we visited but was cleared up fast and food was lovely

Lovely service from a friendly team in a nice cosy shop. The coffee was so good that I bought a kilo of it! Korbin was great, his coffee was outstanding.

Loved it, deffo reccommed here it’s so aesthetic and good drinks and food. Bar is gorgeous and so chilled and adil couldn’t help more if he tried

Great place Ordered on uber 23rd April 2025, very late, ordered egg fried rice got plain rice, will not order again Was not very nice The above is incorrect please accept my apologies

Really really nice food! Very friendly staff and an extremely clean venue. Highly recommend the lunch deal! Great prices😊

Had an amazing private hire at Merrymeade Tea Rooms for my baby shower. The venue is so lovely, so spacious and the decorations are beautiful! All of the guests commented on how nice it was. We had afternoon tea and the food was delicious, there was so much of it and all freshly made. The staff are so friendly and nothing was too much, thank you so much!! Will definitely be returning 🩷

I used to go to this place a lot, but feel like the service has got so poor when the manager isn’t there. When she is, it’s an entirely different experience and I can’t fault her. She’s friendly and clearly good at what she does. Unfortunately on the several occasions I’ve been without her there, service is poor at best. I’ve been debating whether to even review this, but another poor service today and I’m fed up. We ordered to have a delivery today due to us having an 8-day old baby and it being my birthday - our drinks arrived. The food did not. We phoned the restaurant to speak to a guy who was so blasé and unhelpful- he said it’s not their problem, another uber driver took our order, returned it back to them cold and we would have to pay again as it’s not their problem but Ubers. I find this service pathetic. It is surely also the responsibility of the business to ensure the correct delivery is being taken. He offered no solution and was about as useful as a chocolate teapot. When I phoned to ask to speak to the manager, I found his tone and manner just so apathetic. I’ll not be bothering to go here again, today was the final straw.

I had a rather disappointing experience at this cafe. As a mother dealing with the challenges and expenses of school holidays, I hoped the animal sanctuary cafe would be a pleasant and reasonably priced option. However, I ended up regretting my decision to dine there as the food and drinks left much to be desired. The kids' beans on toast was decent in taste, but the portion size of just one piece of toast was quite underwhelming. The pizza slice looked appealing, but unfortunately, the toppings lacked flavor, and the dough didn't hold up well, disintegrating as I tried to enjoy it. The vanilla milkshake was disappointing as it tasted bland, lacking any real vanilla flavor. And as for the coffee, it was truly atrocious. Even adding sugar couldn't salvage the taste, and the takeaway cups had an odd smell that didn't help matters. All in all, I would advise against visiting this cafe during your trip to Hopefield. It's better to pack your own food and avoid the disappointment of a lackluster dining experience.

Love this spot. it hadn't been here in awhile, still bomb. They even take debit payment/ cashapp.

Pizza and bruschetta bread was undercooked, but still nice.

I had a takeaway of Lamb Biryani and a Stuffed Paratha. I did not enjoy it at all. The 'lamb' was clearly mutton and it was hard with gristle in it and the Biryani was flavourless. I couldn't eat it and therefore it went into the bin. Total waste of £15

Great customer service, store is super clean at anytime of the day. Credit to the manager who runs this store. Fantastic 😍

We visit the Giggling Squid often as this is our favourite restaurant in Brentwood. Service, food, environment, everything is always 5*