The best restaurants in Epping Forest East of England

Friendly service. Food was ok. Quite an old fashioned place. I can’t say I’d return in a hurry but it was good value and the waitress and chef work very hard.

RestoBistro is Epping’s best kept secret, nestled at the southern end of the high street. The food is absolutely delicious, all homemade. An independent restaurant with extremely high standards. The chef and management put on various special themed nights which are always fantastic. I particularly like the Sunday Roasts which are the best for miles around.

Great F/C shop. Only thing that stops me giving 5 stars is that you cannot order a "large" Cod portion, but that is me just being "Piicky / Greedy" ? 😀

I met up with an old mate of many years in Ongar and we were looking for somewhere to get a drink and a bite and we wandered into the two Brewers. We were welcomed by the staff who were really friendly as it seemed were the regulars in there and it was a lovely atmosphere. The service was excellent and the food really lovely and served with a smile. The drinks were plentiful in choice and priced very fairly. I can certainly recommend a visit and I will have no hesitation going back when I am next in the area.

My family and I have been getting food from here for decades. It is always absolutely delicious!

Beautiful beautiful a piece of Italy in London

Went for 1st time last night. Lovely food. Clean. Will be back. Good start. Thanks.

Our group of 8 had quite a bad experience dining in this place at Christmas 2024 and i wanted to share it. I contacted the owner in the first instance who initially, was keen to resolve our issue but later decided to ignore me and any follow up messages. I contacted the owner via Facebook to try and sort out the issue with an overcharge made during a xmas meal back in December 2024 but have been let.down and fobbed off with multiple excuses of them being too busy and unable respond due to staff illness. Here's my original review: Nice traditional pub setting with good atmosphere, but food and service were quite disappointing. Sunday roast was okay but barely warm, as it was late in the day we put up with it. Starters are quite plain and overpriced. The prawn cocktail was tasteless with no dressing and bread with no butter. Burgers were probably the best thing on the menu. Service was quite poor, and we were constantly asking for missing items. Some items that were ordered were not available, but we were still charged for them. We were also overcharged on drinks bill. Unfortunately we didnt realsie until we got home and checked our reciept. I would not return or recommend this place.

Very good hotel I highly recommend I had a pleasant stay there personal very attentive to its customers

I would not describe this as a gastropub. It does serve decent pub food . Nothing to complain . Play area is lovely and safe absolutely perfect for kids . Except - The whole pub garden was like a smokehouse . You could see and smell smoke in the pub garden even in the kids playground. There is no dedicated area for smoking . There were no signs encouraging smokers to seat away from the playground area. If you are pregnant or have young kids may wish to stay away from second hand smoke . Staff were taking order and delivering food to the table with a smile . It was busy .

Used to be a firm favourite as there's a playground and you can watch the small planes / helicopters taxiing and taking off. Great for kids. However, they've recently put their prices up a lot, to proper restaurant prices (Website prices are out of date, add about £3 on) Sadly the quality has remained at greasy spoon level and not increased to match. Also didn't give us part of our meals because they had run out, but didn't offer anything alternative, or money off, so we paid for things we never received. Barely an apology. Sadly probably will not be back. Maybe come for coffees and cake rather than proper lunch.

What a great place. Excellent menu, friendly and helpful staff, lovely atmosphere and very reasonable prices. Well deserving of five stars.

Real home style cooking. Food is served pipping hot. We had the reasonable lunch special 3 courses under £20 and it was excellent value. The staff are friendly and approachable and give you time between courses. There's a mixed customer base from couples, families, those having a drink after work. Good selection on the lunchtime special and reasonable wine list.

Excellent food, stunning service, please try it out

Came back again 4th time in total. Fabulous service from the Waitresses & Barbara recognised me from the last visit, now that is special. I had the three meat triple this time & always have Horseradish, this time it blew my head off but I absolutely love it and would repeat it weekly if I could