The best restaurants in Chigwell Village Epping Forest East of England

We used to visit this resturant all of the time whilst under previous owner Alfio . Sadly since he retired the food quality and ambiance is not the same . Gradually it has gone down hill . In an authentic little place like this fresh food is a must . It appeared that the prawns had been frozen and were tasteless , the pizza dry and nothing anybody had was as good as it used to be . Maybe it was a bad night in the kitchen , but at the price you pay you expect better . Sadly we won't return .

It’s a nice little restaurant very cosy and serves good food nice place to go for dinner my family all enjoyed it

Decent little boozer. Foods ok. Service is not quite the same since Antonella left but never-the-less it's nice enough sitting outside on a sunny day. Go to the bar for service now-a-days, which is no stress but it's changed so don't sit there like a mug waiting like I did. I've seen famous people here before so if that's your thing give it a go. One time we saw a rapper whose name I can't remember but my far younger colleague recognised him and stated "that guy got me through uni". I pointed out that he had failed uni. * Neither rapper nor colleague is in the attached photo.

Lovely venue but too far to go regularly. Its out in the middle of nowhere. Cab's sat nav did not go straight to venue which it showed it had reached the destination! Awkward to find. Staff at venue were quick serving & very polite & friendly. Great for private parties, which I was at. Drinks not cheap either.

Exellent family dinner last week, was so good i forgot to review it in time haha highly recommend the lamb chops

Our family went to the William for Sunday lunch. The food (particularly the pork belly) was high quality and we had excellent service from Alen.

Pore. Couldn’t even get a Kebab roll right. Wrong meet very basic salad and naan bread swimming in sauce.

Haddock, scampi and chips takeaway all very tasty. Huge piece of haddock and a very generous portion of chips which can easily serve two. Friendly service. I've had better fish and chips elsewhere around the country for less but absolutely no complaints.

We chose the 3 courses for £50 deal and my goodness, it was absolutely beautiful, the pastry cheese filled starters and dips were so good! Then on to our main, I had the chicken sheesh and my partner the beef, the meat was cooked to perfection, and the salad, well, we really diddnt know where to start, there was so much colour and vibrancy! Everything from start to finish was beautiful. I also pre warned it was my partners birthday, and they came out with our desert, singing happy birthday, with a delicious chocolate desert with a firework on! The only negative I would say, was the price of the drinks, they were on the dearer side, I’d say, centre of London prices, which really bumped our bill up, which was a little disappointing, and a bit of a shock once we got the bill, but everything else was truly amazing.

We had a wonderful lunch to celebrate our mums 92nd birthday. The food and service superb. Nothing was too much trouble and we were not rushed. We would thoroughly recommend Papillon excellent!

Best minestrone soup in the world! Been coming here for years. Always a guaranteed great meal. Lovely venue, lovely staff, lovely food, reasonable prices. Thanks Nino

What a wonderful and clean place! What a wonderful and helpful staff! I’m coming at the Village Deli every day for a coffee as they have the best one! Food and cakes are so yummy as well! Definitely recommend to visit this amazing place!

What disgrace out with friends, group of guys started fighting, no security staff, evening ended abruptly with police being called..

I have just had my 60th birthday today at this wonderful restaurant. There was over 30 of us and Nino and his amazing team could not have made my day any more special. The food was amazing the service incredible and Nino and his staff were so professional friendly and nothing was too much. I recommend this restaurant 100% and Nino thank you for everything 💕