The best restaurants in Loughton St Mary's Epping Forest East of England

This cafe is as you walk into a Church of England church. There is a hall to the left, so have to walk through the coffee area at the front to get to this if you need to be in the hall for a class or meeting. so people clock you going in. There is a good choice of hot and cold drinks, and homemade cakes on the front counter. which are very tempting. guessing donated by locals. great place to go if you want one of Aunties cakes, or a slice of something. The hot chocolate is very tasty.

Wanted a light hot meal and the board outside said pasta was on offer. The otherwise lovely young waitress had to ask, as the menu didn't mention pasta at all. It also had 2 or3 spelling mistakes. Anyway - the pasta was delicious when it arrived. They also had non-dairy milk available for my coffee. Not local but would return if in the area again

highly satisfied, 2 pizzas, good offer, a delicious mighty meaty and a veggie supreme, both large, very hot.

Omelette was very tasty and my boy loved the pastry

Always very high standard of food. Staffs are very friendly and child friendly. Try their specials, always a nice surprise. Recently i had the scallop as starter and mixed clams linguine from special menu. It was absolutely divine.

We popped into 8 Rocks for breakfast after a Parkrun. We are pleased we did. The place was clean, staff clearing tables quickly after customers had left and were very friendly and attentive without being overbearing or making us feel rushed. The menu was expansive - we had eggs royale and a salt beef bagel - both of which were lovely. Definitely worth a visit if you are in the area.

Our 1st time using Crown of India. The menu was varied and slightly cheaper than most, which in todays climate made a change!! We weren't disappointed. Absolutely delicious meal. We ordered the King Prawn tikka masala, and it was superb! As our 1st time, we were given some poppadoms as an added extra, which was nice of them. Delivered by Soloman, who asked us for an honest review after our takeaway, so for those of you who are thinking of trying Crown of India, you won't be disappointed.

Nice decor Slow service. Decent food. Hash browns are delish!

Airy and relaxing and happy to sit on my own without feeling awkward . The staff is happy to serve.

We originally visited this restaurant 5 years ago pre covid, the restaurant closed for eat in & only opened for takeaway. Both my wife & I were pleased to visit a couple of days ago & expected the food to be as good as it was pre-pandemic, we ordered the dishes that we wanted & in only 3 minutes the food arrived, the food had been pre-cooked & heated up so it was Not freshly cooked & had no taste to it. Where as I recommend this restaurant 5 years ago I would advise you NOT to go there now, the food is tasteless & not worth eating.

Terrible would never go back ! Only a quarter of the people we went with ended up with dinner they served dinner with starters even took the starter off one of our family member because mains came out 2 mins after the starters !! Absolutely disgusting spent £750 on a few starters and drinks and 4 main courses we cancled the rest because 5 of us had had dinner and desert before some of our mains came out ! Terrible place needs shutting down !

Great from start to finish. The food is amazing! We shared the hot mezze to start, which was spot on (and huge). Then a mixed grill for me and a lamb stew for my other half - the meat was so tender and really well seasoned. Totally random but the salad with it was fantastic! Portion sizes are very healthy - we were both defeated (again, rarely happens). Service was attentive and friendly. All in all, we had a great meal and will definitely come back :)

When to the wimpy in Loughton today 18.02.2024. 2 of us arrived at 10.05 only to find it still closed, not a problem as we was waiting for every one of our party to arrive. At 10.10 the front door opened and the staff member came out and was so rude she told us that we would have to wait until she was ready and to go somewhere else as there are plenty of other places to go. The rest of our party arrived 8 in total we explained that the wimpy staff member had been so rude so we went to a cafe in Debden and we all had a breakfast. If the wimpy can loose this amount of money good luck to them, as not one of us will go there again. Shame really as this reflects on all the staff. We are asked to support local shops so we will but not the wimpy in Loughton.

We did the afternoon tea with Cinderella. The service, food, atmosphere and certainly Cinderella, could not be faulted. The children's afternoon tea is the best we've ever been too. They really understood what the children would and could manage. The adult afternoon tea was huge! Thankfully they gave us goodie bags to take home. We don't live local, but the trip is certainly worth it! Look forward to visiting again.

Was really disappointed with our visit today. Asked for tap water, non arrived. Ordered food and it took forever to come. Had to ark for salt. Another coffee delivered was spilt everywhere. Ordered extra pooched egg with toast, paid but it didn’t come. The place is dirty and needs a very good deep clean. Very expensive menu for for it has to offer. Unattentive staff. Wouldn’t bother to visit. Overall extremely disappointed