The best restaurants in South Hanningfield, Stock and Margaretting Chelmsford East of England

Small but beautifully appointed restaurant and high quality food at reasonable prices. Very friendly and attentive staff too.

Never open. Waste of time bothering to drive there

AMAZING Well…what more can I say other than WOW! We went for a meal for my sisters birthday in one of the pods. We were worried we may of been cold, but the heater inside ensured we all stayed lovely and warm. The filet steak was sublime! The nicest most tender steak! The staff were brilliant. If I had to find any negative it would be, I paid a £20 holding fee for the pod which would of been nice to have taken off the bill at the end. We will DEFINITELY come back! Big thank you for the dessert bought out for my sister for her birthday as requested! Thank you so so much for a perfect evening

Always a warm welcome. The food is of such a high standard. Love the fish here, cooked perfectly. Great choice of wines, including local wines. Good local beers.

Amazing! Service from Chloe was exceptional!!! A young lady with such big great hopes for hospitality. Any business would be proud to have her. Big booking and we were all left happy. Food is big portioned and great quality. Will definitely be back thank you!

I recently went to dinner at Bartellas with the family and we were delighted by the absolutely lovely food, service and atmosphere. Will definitely return and will certainly recommend.

We have wonderful time over our Christmas party and Christmas lunch and we want to thank Sam for cooking our Christmas lunch

Honestly the pub has lost some character overtime but there's plenty of seating inside and out. Service is fine.

Great beer, great food, great service

Went for an impromptu Sunday lunch. Great atmosphere staff friendly food really nice mostly home made. All you can eat carvery and you can goup for more meat as well as the veg.

This is a lovely cafe/restaurant. Have dined there for lunch, lovely no complaints. However, recently went to the Tapas night. Staff were friendly, atmosphere lovely. How disappointing. Food looked and tasted like it was bought from Iceland(sorry Iceland) and put in the oven or fried. No fresh ingredients used. It was pure carbohydrates. Please if doing tapas... make it authentic and have some healthy options.

Murder Mystery at Downham Hall- Lets start with a positive. The venue is beautiful with plenty of parking. A group of 13 of us booked and paid deposit to attend Agatha Christie Murder Mystery evening in January. A limited menu was sent, and enquiries made if an alternative plain starter could be provided for member of the group and was told no as the venue will be catering for 60+ guests and cannot deviate from the set menu. Even the request for bread as starter was denied. Full payment was requested a week before the event which I feared being an indication that the food may not be ‘up to much’. On arrival we along with other guests were seated in the Orangery (conservatory) as the main dining room was full. This room was cold and the radiators off, with only a small warm plug-in radiator. Once informed, the manager turned on all the radiators which warmed quickly. Drink order taken and served. The Orangery was noisy with no soft furnishings to absorb guest’s chatter. Food was served, the starters being met with mixed reviews but generally fine. The main course on the other hand was unacceptable. A small amount of couscous with a couple of tiny bits of lamb on top in the middle of a plate. When asked where the rest of it was, we were informed that is it. Several members of our party sent the food back with requests for more meat, which was granted but of course no vegetables given. The dessert was a delight, and everyone enjoyed their trifle or jaffa cake dessert. During dinner the mystery element of the evening started with two actors entering the room, a male informing us he is the handyman and a very loud female, with a fake foreign accent and a stethoscope around her neck who demanded guests to shake maracas and hold a toy dog in their hand for ‘healing’, all very bizarre and to be honest her voice was so high pitched and cutting, you just hoped she would be the murder victim. Several other actors proceeded to enter the room and talk to various guests but with the acoustics of the room, nothing could clearly be heard. The actors also had the difficult job of performing in both dining areas, which were not even next door to each other. All this resulted in none of our party really knowing what we were meant to do, who the murder victim was and to be honest we just gave up trying. The early exit of another large table of people before the conclusion indicated we were not the only ones who had given up trying. The evening rounded off nicely with the waitress getting verbally annoyed with the group when we requested to pay for our drinks individually. She left the room so the manager had to come to take our payments. Overall, we felt a little ‘ripped off’ with the £55 per person payment and had hoped for a better experience. We will not be returning to any future events.

Was my first visit with friends for late Sunday lunch. Staff were friendly and attentive. The Sunday Roast was delicious, as were the desserts. I had roast beef and my friend had lamb. Highly recommend you try this venue for your culinary needs. Will definitely be returning. Was very busy (we were there over couple of hours and I quickly sneaked couple of pics when certain areas were clear for a moment or two) Can imagine this place will be very busy in the summer too! Great position with plenty of parking.

Nice food and even better service.

Was bought voucher as a gift from a friend for the spa day, a treatment and lunch so I'm guessing must have cost over £130. The voucher was only valid 6 months which I didn't realise as every voucher I've ever had has at least a year or two to redeem but not at Greenwood's. I emailed who I assume is the manager as I was given her email by staff to be told they are refusing to honour the voucher as its 4 months out of date. Can't understand what difference it makes whether booked earlier or later other than pure laziness and greed. Going by other reviews looks like I've not missed much anyway. Crown plaza much better experience and they have lost money as a friend was going to book the same package. They've lost two more customers. Book at your perile!