The best restaurants in Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash Epping Forest East of England

Tanisq is such a beautiful restaurant, it's so beautifully decorated and everything is so well thought out! We celebrated my husband's birthday there last night with my in-laws. It was quiet on a Tuesday evening but the staff are extremely attentive and the new menu was incredible! Everyone had the crab cakes to start and they were delicious and a generous portion. We ordered a lovely and reasonably priced bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon. For my main I had the Chandigarh Da Makhanwala which was delicious. The chicken breast was huge! We want to come back over christmas and try the tasting menu! Would highly recommend!

We had a table of 8 for my 70th Birthday celebrations and I couldn’t have chosen a better place. I was a little apprehensive but as soon as I met Katherine (Owner) prior to our booking i was immediately drawn to the place. In regard to the food everything I ask for came out onto the table the food was amazing it was so delicious. We chose a Meze starter followed by Salmon, Shish Chicken and Lamb Skewers with the most delicious salads and vegetables and flat breads to die for, we also had Gorgeous Pavlova and a very varied Cheese Board for dessert the presentation was lovely, I honestly think Katherine old mke a boiled egg look pretty. Our food was served by Peter who assisted Catherine and he makes a very good Waiter. There was nothing we could fault and we definitely will be returning hopefully in the not too distant future. Well Done Katherine and Peter

A birthday meal out with family was thoroughly enjoyed by all. The food was outstanding, service very friendly and attentive. One member of our group has an allergy was dealt with without any fuss or bother. Nothing was too much trouble. Thank you to all.

Delicious pizza and great value

Absolute gem - highly recommended

Despite living in Ongar I had never actually been here before, but I will definitely be back. After the Ongar Deli closed a number of years back we’ve always driven out of Ongar for breakfast/ brunch / lunch as in my opinion there aren’t any decent options. So pleased to have found this spot for a nice easy brunch, good menu, no fuss, perfect!

I went here with my other half for the first time and had a lovely meal. No starters, a curry each and shared a side and naan. Not bad food and thought we will come back. That is until the bill came… The total was £81 (I would note written in a different pen to the rest of the bill) so we just went through to check they hadn’t added anything extra on as it did seem quite dear for what we had had. All looked fine. Then we looked at the totals and did a rough count up in our head and thought it couldn’t be right. Now we don’t normally sit going through our bill when we go out to eat as you like to think you can trust it is ok. Sometimes mistakes happen but we can’t see this was a mistake. We ended up being those people who got their phones out to calculate to ensure our mental maths wasn’t failing us and sure enough it totalled £51. We added it 3 times to check. I was giving the staff the benefit of the doubt trying to see that the 5 had just looked like an 8 but it was 100% an 8. Also they had written £81.50 and the bill was in actual fact £51.15 so even the pence was wrong. My other half handed it back and just said “there is a mistake” and with no fuss the waiter took it away and brought it back to us amended to sure enough £51.15 and the waiter just said “you are right.” So all the behaviour alluded to the fact they knew they had tried it on with us. They also couldn’t thank us enough when we left. I was presented with quite a large chocolate bar when the bill came which was quite random and could have been a distraction technique. We got it resolved no fuss or dramas but it’s a shame as the food and atmosphere was nice but it’s not nice to know you are trying to be conned. Just makes us wonder how many other people they’ve done it to who haven’t noticed or questioned it. A 60% mark up is huge!! Sad to say we won’t be going back.

Excellent cuisine and exceptional service are complemented by the availability of a party room capable of accommodating up to 30 guests, making it an ideal choice for hosting private events. The quality of the food is truly remarkable.

I can’t write a review on Turkwise as it is no longer in Ongar it is now a wine bar Turkwise has not been in Ongar for a good six months

Very nice breakfast in a comfortable cafe ,good service with a choice of items so you can build your own breakfast nice coffee to .

Wow, seriously amazing burgers, out done places like Hard rock cafe. 5 of us had different meals from the menu all great.

Food and service very good . Food better than your average Indian restaurant and service personal without being intrusive . Would recommend over any other Indian in this area.

Ate here for the first time on Diwali day. The food was delicious and the service was outstanding!

Website said open. Took money didn’t confirm and don’t answer phone!