The best restaurants in Writtle Chelmsford East of England

Popped in this week for breakfast. Was very impressed. Reasonably priced food but beautifully cooked. Very friendly service. Both of us said we will definitely return

Excellent Real Ale, gravity dispensed.

Fantastic birthday lunch with my husband on a Sunday afternoon. Excellent food and service as usual. I ordered the calamari then the goats cheese risotto. Both fabulous. We were very well looked after. One of our favourite restaurants. ❤️

The Rose and Crown is the perfect independent pub. The food is delicious, the atmosphere is lovely, and the staff are the most positive, kind people on every single visit. Can't rate it highly enough!

Our waitress Melina was excellent and very attentive nothing was too much trouble and the food was great would definitely recommend

The food was excellent, but the evening was ruined by the noise. When booking the day before our visit, when we had specifically asked, we had been told that there would be live music - it was a Saturday night - but that we would be allocated a quiet table. In fact there was a birthday party going on, with loud thumping disco music, and karaoke , which totally drowned out conversation for the rest of the guests. The management were joining in, and photographing the event, to the extent that we had to get up to leave before we could get the bill, despite a number of requests. The evening was not helped by the waitress accidentally knocking a bottle of wine over me. There was no attempt to replace the bottle until I asked for a replacement. The fact the wine went over my shirt, jacket and trousers was ignored. The staff were too busy attending to the birthday party It was a dreadful evening for those not involved in the party, and we felt we had been badly misled by the assurances we had been given.

Went for Sunday lunch . Great value. Staff superb

Super traditional pub with real ale

This Punjabi restaurant has a very stylish, comfortable interior. The menu is not hugely extensive but the food is delicious! We really enjoyed our chicken with chillies and chicken with fenugreek. The accompaniments to the poppadoms were tasty too.

Very welcoming staff and the venue is super pretty. My husband wanted to know if he could have a bacon sandwich even though it was on the breakfast menu. The staff were most accommodating. My prawn and salmon quiche was excellent, served along with crisps, coleslaw, salad and baby potatoes. Everything beautifully presented. Very definitely worth visiting and would go again.

We went here for lunch and sat in the lovely garden, which is decorated with teacups lovely plants benches and white tables. Staff were friendly and the food was lovely we had the brunch bagel 🥯 and an ice coffee. Just be careful when digging into the bagel as the poached egg yolk went everywhere- but this is a sign of a great egg. Drinks were also lovely. Would defo go back. They also have a gorgeous private function room with music defo worth looking into.

The Garden Room is the student canteen at Writtle University College. Food is reasonable and quite cheap and students can pay with their Student Card. There is a Starbucks concession that serves some decent coffee that is open Monday to Saturday.

Such a shame its last day after more than a decade is 30 August. Staff charming and we wished them well for their futures. Food was excellent value. Hopefully the College will see fit to continue to provide similar going forwards. Adieu

Food’s usually good and always thought decent quality, but last night it was awful. Hugely disappointed with the quality of the food. Weatherspoons serves better than what we experienced. Food sent back for being cold, and then again for an inedible steak. Ruined the whole experience. Staff were nice and did deal with it well but didn’t adjust the bill to reflect the poor experience we had.

Good service, good coffee, sit outside and watch the swans. What else could one want? On our first day of house hunting in Chelmsford we went to BBs. 20+years later it is much the same and we still go there for coffee.