The best restaurants in Epping Forest East of England

Arrived to RoseyLea's at 9.20am for breakfast on 9th June. Stood by the wait here sign for 5 minutes without any staff in sight. Two tables eating their breakfast inside the restaurant. When I poked my head around towards the kitchen, there were two staff members enjoying their own breakfast and 5 staff chatting to themselves in the kitchen. Stood for a further minute or two before we were acknowledged. A young woman with a scowl on her face and looking like she would rather be anywhere else barked 'how many?' After saying we were 3 plus a baby she gestured half heartedly to the restaurant and walked off sullenly back towards the kitchen. My pregnant wife was left holding our toddler while I was forced to shout across the restaurant for a high chair. The food was extremely average - both in quality and cooking skill. I am by no means a chef, but I could have made it better at home. And honestly, £3.25 for a small glass of long-life orange juice?! I don't mind paying that kind of money for juice, but at least get some not-from-concetrate stuff. You must think your customers are mugs! What a massive shame as with the novelty of the airport for children this could be a really good spot, but this is a rip off at £50!

I was told it was a 45 minute wait for collection. Arrived on time waiting a further 15 minutes before being told it would be an additional 20 minutes. Many other people had been waiting just as long. Asked to cancel the order and the lady behind the counter laughed and said come back tomorrow

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.

Only thing I can say, don’t go, I’m no cook but I reckon I could of done better, waited 35 minutes and to get served below average breakfast very disappointing, even bread and but was hard,

Found here by accident.Driving back from Cambridge and decided to stop for late Sunday lunch.Excellent food lovely surprise to find such a beautiful property.Have a gazebo so also can cater for weddings/larger parties

My family went to the cafe this morning i ordered 2 eggs 2 bacon fried tomatoes bubble snd hash brown my husband had a burger my son had porridge and my granddaughter had sausage and chips my eggs were hard and swimming in oil my bacon was undercooked so my husband had that the bubble was not nice the only thing i ate was hash brown they forgot my 2 slices of bread and butter so i had to go to the counter my husband’s burger was average and my son said his was not very nice i definitely won’t go back and neither will my family such a shame it used to be very good cafe but not anymore

Fancied a Chinese with my boyfriend was the best take away food was 100 percent. Would definitely recommend this Chinese, and I’ve had top class Chinese. This was good 👍

Absolutely disgusting food there was hair in my food couldn’t eat my food phoned up to have it replaced the customer care was disgraceful didn’t even offer to deliver and make a replacement paid £40 and it was disgusting got told they will deal with the complaint tomorrow DO NOT ORDER FROM HERE YOULL BE VERY DISSATISFIED ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cosy little cafe with good food and friendly staff, the ideal place for a stop off during a bike ride. Traditional breakfast was lovely, will deffo return. Will be nice sitting on the terrace when the weather warms up 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

ten members of our family joined us and the both the food and service was good Prices were very reasonable too

OMG, amazing Indian food! So delicious—highly recommend trying it. We had a yummy aubergine dish and river fish dish (takeaway).