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

A perfect place for lunch when having the Day Spa - food is always excellent as is the service and the staff - always on hand

Went for Sunday lunch with friends. Really lovely venue, beautiful food and a great atmosphere

Held a lunch for 47 members and friends to present trophies to the Club competition winners. Nothing was too much trouble. We were well looked after leading up to and on the day. Event was a great success. Will do it again.

Excellent hotel & dining area. Friendly & attentive staff who work excellently as a team. Couldn’t fault the place !! We stayed there as a result of a burst pipe at our family home ( 3 weeks ) and couldn’t fault Tracy & her team who went the extra mile to attend to all our needs at a very stressful time in our life’s . The hospitality team are a great bunch of people who really look after the patrons and can’t do an enough for people . Also they do a mean Sunday roast ( highly recommended !!!)

The rocky road (nuts) was a Christmas take and it was very yummy thanks Nicola would highly recommend maybe the adult cake next time ( Irish cream cake ) regards Roy.

Lovely coffees and cakes great atmosphere as well will def ret soon great location near the reservoir some outside seating aswell

This was such a great find, an absolute amazing Sunday Carvery - the staff are all friendly and the lovely lady who runs the place was so helpful, you can tell she puts her heart and soul into it and is passionate about doing things properly, everything homemade and little touches which made everything delicious! The best roast potatoes I've ever had, you could honestly just have a bowl full of those on their own, don't know how they get them so crispy and fluffy! As others on here have said, the cauli cheese also went down well, great cheesy sauce and skin on top, yummy! We are not from the area, but will definitely be returning for the Sunday carvery again next time we visit, it was absolutely top notch!! Thanks so much we loved it 😁

Lovely pub with excellent location and garden. The only let down was trying to get out! Parking so you only leave 1 cars width for people to get in and out of the main entrance....bit short sighted

Service is exceptional , Michaela was attentive and cheerful and incredibly busy. That didn’t stop her providing too rate service. Food was very good, good sized portions . All in all great value for money.

A great restaurant we went with a family of 7 Sunday lunch time two of our party are gluten free which presented no problems as our meals were adapted to suit. Roast was superb as were the other meals served. Staff excellent and always with a smile 😃 well spaced out tables and a excellent ambience to this restaurant. Well done to all concerned 👏👏. Definitely will be returning 👍

Excellent food ,good friendly staff ,well kept beers ,very clean,,dog friendly small bar ,last old type pubs.

Lovely place to stop for a friendly greeting, a delicious sandwich and a great pint. Stopped there on our way to Colchester.

We booked a dinner for 6 couples; which is always a challenge for a restaurant. The Hoop were outstanding! Everything was great from both a Food & Service perspective and delivered by a very friendly and attentive team. Thank you for a lovely evening!

Beautiful spot to have a cheeky breakfast watching the wildlife and world go by out of the massive windows. Excellent hot hearty breakfast and decent value. They have a huge deck on the water that I look forward to coming back to try out in the summer.

Food was poor. Ordered pork loin, with parmesan potatoes and seasonal vegetables Pork was so tough and dry, not sure how long it had sat before it was served, I'm guessing by the look of it at least a couple of days. Seasonal vegetables were a tiny portion of cabbage and 2 shavings of carrot, hardly any gravy. I did complain, will not be back again.