The best restaurants in Chelmsford East of England

I had the pie and it was delicious, then crème brûlée to finish, both my friends were extremely happy with their dirty burgers! We was served by senita and she was fantasic!

Our times hear have been very good. The staff have been very good and very friendly 👌 and we do enjoy our breakfasts as well.

went to see santa was really good. Kids enjoyed themselves and got a chocolate and little gift bag, would recommend as value for money

Me & my partner both looking forward to dinner after a lovely day, we randomly popped in to the anchor my partner ordered from the menu i ordered from the specials oh dear it wasn’t very special swordfish and noodles The fish was like a frisbee and bland it looked like fish bait the noodles tasted gooey over cooked and soggy more like sharwoods out of a pack not to mention the bottled sweet chilli sauce I did mention this to the 1st waitress who wasn’t understanding but did get offered a free pudding ps once I complained this dish was taken off the specials The only consolation was the very polite waitress who took the payment and was very understanding I left very hungry and was charged for a zero Standard meal I must add I’m a trained cook and would never of served this dish poor poor poor

Please please stay away the service is poor the food is below poor . Absolute waste of money and it was a special occasion asked to speak to the manager with the problems that we had. The answer was I’m only in employee. There’s many restaurants in Chelmsford spend your money elsewhere.

Our favourite venue for a meal, the service is always first class and selection of food is always variable. local parking is ideal for me as walking is limited. It is a family venue Thankyou for always making the effort.

How disappointed we were I booked a table for 7 people at 11:30 and a further 7 people for 12 noon We were running the Chelmsford 10k and half marathon The 11:30 crowd arrived early and had breakfast The older lady in charge was very abrupt bordering on rudeness There were 2tables reserved for 12noon crowd which we suggested she gave up as people were waiting and we would go when the others arrived hence giving them our table I have subsequently heard that they were requested to leave as they had been sitting there from 11am and one lady was not allowed to finish her meal It was not just us who found her attitude rude but subsequent other diners not linked to our group I come into Small Talk when I visit Chelmsford but after this experience I shan’t visit again A very disappointed diner

Chose to have the caesar salad & paid £3.50 extra to have some slices of chicken. The salad was mainly lettuce and served in a bowl the size of a soup dish. If I hadn't had to pay when I ordered the food I would have refused to pay on leaving. £16.25 for a bowl of salad with 3 strips of chicken. When it was brought to the table I asked about cutlery & the lad said you can get it over by the till where you paid. Great customer service. Won't be going again.

A hidden gem and great place for some great food. Took the kids who had great fun in the adventure playground. Loved the reservoir view and fresh air.

The OKH is our local, and, as regulars, it has been one of our favourite dog friendly pubs for some time. Based on our last few visits though we’ve found that there have been too many menu options unavailable and that the food quality has deteriorated significantly. Our last visit was in mid December with a group of friends in the private room. It all started well, the staff, despite their young age, were helpful and friendly as always but on this occasion they were clearly not adequately supervised. Despite ordering around 7pm on a Saturday night, there were at least three unavailable main menu options. One of these was a standard burger. How can a pub run out of a staple from the freezer? One of our party was offered two children’s burgers instead. These arrived dry and completely over-cooked. Some mains were fine, others were pretty awful. Service was very slow. This was a group birthday celebration. The pub was supposed to be open until 11 but at 10:15 we were told they were closing shortly and were asked to leave within 15-20 minutes. We were made to feel very uncomfortable and the staff kept looking into the room to see if we were packing up. So disappointing because we’ve had some great times at the OKH but this and a couple of previous experiences haven’t been great. We’ll give it another go in January but if nothing changes I’m afraid it will be our last visit. It’s a shame because we want to support our local but no one seemed willing to take our comments on board when we raised the issues with them 🙁

My husband and I arrived early at Buckhurst for breakfast. When we received our breakfasts at nearly £10 each it was obvious that they had been prepared in advance as the mushrooms were luke warm, the vegetarian sausages were over cooked, hard and dry and the toast was cold. It just didn't seem freshly cooked as perhaps prepared too early and not heated through. Staff however were wonderful, so was the coffee and the garden centre but we won't be back for breakfast.

We had booked a table for 20:15, arrived at 10 past and was seated straight away. We noticed it was busy and there weren’t many staff. At 25 past someone said they’ll be with us in a moment. We walk out at 20:40 having been there for 30 mins and not even had our drinks order taken. The table next to us who had arrived before us ordered Prosecco for arrival, it was not there so they ordered it straight away. By the time we had left, there was still no Prosecco on the table. After having seen a couple of people complain throughout the restaurant we got up and left because we didn’t want to waste any more time or our money. This is such a shame as I’ve been once before and really enjoyed it. I felt bad for the staff because they were nice but were clearly over worked and overwhelmed. Hopefully this along with all the other bad reviews sparks awareness that there needs to be more staff on a Saturday night. Until then, I won’t be a customer.

Went here with my family and had the most amazing food and service. The food was excellent. The sushi was fresh, presented well and plentiful. The cooked food was made to perfection. The service was amazing and it was very easy to get the attention of staff when needed. The staff was very attentive overall. A big shout out to the manager Alan, he done an amazing job in making sure we were happy with our orders. He has an excellent customer service and knows how to keep his customers happy. My family will definitely return and even my son wants to come back to have his birthday dinner here.

Popped into The Eatary on Saturday and had Pie and Mash,it was amazing. My husbnd was even more made up they had chilli vinigar and white pepper. Staff were amazing and polite definatley be going back soon

All round great service with a nice atmosphere and great food and coffee. I would recommend and choose over most of the coffee shops in chelmsford.