The best restaurants in Ingatestone, Fryerning and Mountnessing Brentwood East of England

We were really pleased to stop off at this very clean café, which was used by couples, single visitors, and builders. The owner is very friendly and helpful, and the whole atmosphere was friendly. Breakfast was good quality, and coffee was great. Decaf is available too. Definitely one to put on my places to go, and the lunch menu looked good.

Came actually by accident, but had a lovely breakfast and coffee From outside you wouldn’t know what was inside, but it’s well worth a visit

Me and my boyfriend have loved eating at Pastasciutta since they were in Chelmsford Market and it’s my favourite place in the world to eat! The food is amazing and i love the atmosphere here and how the owners gets to know their customers.

Had a Sunday roast at this venue, all fresh vegetables, home made Yorkshire pudding I found that the vegetables wasn't seasoned, personally I don't like to add salt to my dinner but today I had to to add salt to give it taste, even the roast potatoes were bland, probably maris pipers which are not the best for roast potatoes, good size dinner

It was a nice day when we come across this lovely pub with nice big garden Ordered our food have to say the big chips where yum but the nachos not so much.. a microwave let down 😞 But what friends had ordered all looked nice. note to self don't order the nachos but was a nice pub

Very lovely experience, food was delicious, staff, very friendly and overall 10/10

Visited for the first time on a very busy Saturday evening this interesting restaurant in a very attractive small town just of the high street. Its a modern bar/restaurant with an area outside for eating too with free parking. The staff are very friendly and the service was attentive the whole evening. The Asian menu offers main meals or tapas with the best of ingredients used.

We eat at Nirvana regularly, and credit where credit is due. Great food and service, very friendly and efficient. Always welcoming.

We never got the chance to eat here. Went on a Saturday with my wife at 2pm as noticed the restaurant closes at 3pm. We were told kitchen is closed and we had to leave. But what was annoying was the off hand way the message was delivered - go away basically they really weren’t bothered about us which is a shame as we are locals and would have used them quite a bit. New Italian opening in Ingatestone soon so they had better up their game and look after their (potential) customers !!

Great lunchtime food, very welcoming & good atmosphere.

Favourite Indian in the area. Food and service amazing

Really weird little place it was empty when we got there, but a few people entered shortly after. The music is basically the barstaff searching for links on youtube, not the norm. But i would like to return to this place in the future and will definitely update my review if i do. Has the potential to be a good little hideout but needs a rejig, and a bit more atmosphere. Cosy layout, though. They wasnt serving food, so I didn't have any, I'm afraid.

Appalling behaviour from the server, having clearly specified we would be attending with two dogs at the time of booking we agreed we would be seated in the conservatory area which we were informed was dog friendly. Upon arrival the server who came to the door looked down his nose and refused seating stating the dogs had wet paws. Given it was raining of course they were going to have wet paws but they were clean having just been showered from a walk. He stated the floor would be stained as it’s porcelain, which is nonsensical given we also had wet soles of our shoes from the rain. How is the conservatory dog friendly if that’s the case?! His attitude was abhorrent. Never have we been made to feel so beneath someone. He clearly did not want the service and as result we will never return so such a degrading environment.

Popped in for a cup of tea and asked if we could sit in the garden and were told they thought all the tables were taken but we should have a look. There were two free tables both with remains of meals on them. Having been told it was "at table" service outside we waited.....and waited. After 10 mins I went in to see staff chatting and asked if anyone was coming to clear the table and take our order. The girl behind the counter said "oh! We'll be with you when we can". We waited but a while longer but in the end decided to go elsewhere. As we left I said " We'll leave it, thanks". No response. Overall the service rating on TA is 4.5 so I guess we just got the wrong day, but it wasn't exactly busy.

There is only takeaway, no dining in.