The best restaurants in Epping Forest East of England

First time visit- Lovely place....... Staff / service / food / drinks / customer service / ambience - top notch. 7 adults and 2 kids and staff couldn't do enough for us. Proper village pub. If I still lived in the UK, I'd be a regular!

Feels like a favourite local cafe where the staff know you rather than a chain...good coffee too!

Will continue to come for the food and the outstanding service. Everyone working here are genuinely kind and welcoming people. Will always return.

We have just waited two hours for a delivery .past the point of wanting to eat now..never again. Never had this before a complete waist of money

Get some new owners in there!! 0 stars!

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!

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 👍

Cold dry burger same with chicken . Salad dressing didn't go with the fish . Drinks were OK Service provider ok but not rushed off their feet. Total waste of money will not return.

My “around the way burger shop” never lets me down, tastes better than kfc and the service is better too.

Food was amazing if you are looking for a tasty Chinese this is the place to go friendly staff delicious food will defo recommend:)

We stopped over in our motorhome and the staff couldn’t have been more helpful and friendly. The local were very friendly and we enjoyed a good chat with them. The food was delicious. We both had the fish and chips (haddock and cod). The fish was huge and cooked to perfection. I can honestly say it’s the best fish and chips I have had for ages.

Always a good meal, never gad a bad one. Good selection of the usual and specialities

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.

The empty car park should have been a giveaway. So bad.

Just had a very distressed elderly neighbour come round - went to a wake at the Kings Head, didn’t realise he needed to enter his car reg in a machine in the pub and has received a fine. The fine has taken three weeks to arrive and he’s only just within the timeframe to avoid it escalating to £100. Automated payment system moves rapidly through the instructions for payment and is impossible for someone who is hard of hearing to navigate. In better times maybe the staff at the pub knowing that they were hosting a sad event for older people who were likely to be distressed would have taken the time to ensure they understood what to do if they were using the car park sadly that sort of compassion is long gone! Tried ringing the pub but no-one answered - spoke to someone later who told me they were busy with another wake and would have cancelled the ticket but as the gentleman had paid it it was out of their hands. Stressed that it was the customers responsibility to read the notices scattered around the pub and comply with their instructions. No information about parking on their website.