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

I ordered the Stake and Ale pie and it was amazing. The portion sizes were amazing, absolutely huge also a chocolate brownie which came with ice cream and honeycomb. The owners is amazing and a great laugh. It was amazing service and the food was out of the world. I highly recommend.

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

Some of the best food I've ever eaten ..you'd be silly not to give this place a try

Myself and my girlfriend visited The Fox & Hounds randomly on a day out. Following the views, we thought we'd give it a try and was far from disappointed. Chloe gave us a 5-star service. Extremely friendly, sociable, and provides a top-notch service. The food itself was above par; from taste, presentation, and portion! I'd definitely recommend and will definitely be heading back!

Very nice and clean, quiet and lovely atmosphere. Went there for lunch. The cocktails were great. Service was nice but since it wasn't busy when I went it was a bit hard to find them when we wanted the bill. I had the slow cooked braised pork belly, quite nice.

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

Good atmosphere. Great Jam night 👍

Very nice place to eat and catch up plenty of space and outdoor area only thing that I could suggest would be more vegetarian options on menu

Just had the carvery. It was the best roast we’ve had in a long time. Staff friendly, nice atmosphere and very good value! Highly recommended

A fabulous cafe - exceptional service from hospitable staff, tastefully decorated and situated at the heart of this pretty Essex village - had the tomato soup special along with some tea and an orange juice - great atmosphere and I would highly recommend a visit to anyone 👌🏼🙂

Was treated to breakfast for Mother’s Day by my daughter. The building is beautiful, the atmosphere was lovely, the staff were extremely helpful and friendly and the breakfast was exquisite, could not have asked for more. I will definitely be back.

Nice food and even better service.

Such a shame, this pub used to be the perfect blend of country charm, eclectic atmosphere and buzz. Now it is a sorry reflection of its former self. The whole place has been redesigned nicely, not that it particularly needed it and the menu matches its sister restaurant in Little Waltham which has always been steady, however this place is consistently poor. I have returned twice in the hope that they might get it right after some early teething problems , but if anything it has gotten worse. At first the food seemed to be ok but the service dreadfully slow, staff standing about, hardly busy, yet plates remain on tables for 20 mins, drinks orders forgotten, our first meal took nearly 3 hours to complete. Today the pub was almost empty, food on the floors from previous sittings and almost zero attention from the staff. Such a shame as it is in a fabulous location, the positive reviews are either for the original owners or faked by the new. Go to one of the pubs in Stock instead! __________________________________ Follow up: had an email offering me £20 as an apology. I have said it is not about money and I have had 3 poor experiences there now. Said I would return when they had confirmed things have been improved and have not heard back 🤷🏼

A great hotel with nice spa facilities. Stopped here on business, and enjoyed staying here. Food & drinks were top notch. Nice pubs in the area too if you fancied a little pub crawl