The best restaurants in Epping Forest East of England

I'm surprised there aren't any more recent reviews of this place because the standard overall was pretty good, and there was no sign of any of the things cited by the negative reviews from last year. This venue has clearly found a niche in catering for the late night dinner-dance crowd, with live music and dancing in Friday and Saturday nights. I was here for a family birthday, although there were multiple other groups in attendance, all enjoying the lively atmosphere, which at its height was very much like a nightclub - very loud, quite dark and at times a little crowded on the dancefloor. But we enjoyed a nice meal of mediterranean salad and grilled meats and there was plenty to go around. It was a bit chaotic as we were a party of around 30 people, with different tables served at different times. But the staff coped very well, I thought, and were very helpful and courteous throughout. Overall, a very enjoyable evening.

Battered sausage and chips were delicious and fresh. Staff were friendly. What more could you want.

Little gem of a cafe/ restaurant in Epping. Lovely food and great front of house who was very friendly and helpful. Good choice of food especially for vegetarian

Jess and her staff provide substantial and enjoyable dishes in a pleasant atmosphere. A treat at all times in a street full of choices.

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

Absolutely loved this restaurant. Great atmosphere, fabulous service and outstanding food. I highly recommend this Indian restaurant which truly is a cut above. We will definitely be going back.

Me and the wife pop in to have a look and stayed for food. We was made to fell very welcome the Service was excellent and the food was great we enjoyed it and we are taking the family back for dinner would recommend this restaurant to anyone *****

This was our first time at the Kings Head, we had very good service from Carol who was our waitress. She was very chatty and friendly, showed interest in us and was very passionate about her role and the food she was serving us. A really lovely woman. We will definitely be back as she was so warm and welcoming.

Ordered chicken doner and chips. Live 5 mins away, got home and it was all freezing cold. Chips were hard, probably left from lunchtime, salad was limp and again probably left from day before. Haven’t been here for a while and definately won’t be going back.

The waiting staff, in particular the manager who worked on Bank holiday Monday 26/05, need further training. We had an appauling time. Customers had to share menu booklets between tables! We had to get our own cuttlery for dessert!! and then we were chased down and shouted at in the car park for a bill that was already paid!!! The managers poor apology included 'my bad'. If I hadnt been there, my parents, who are in their 80's, would have paid again out of embarrasment at being called thieves. WE WILL NEVER RETURN

Food was amazing, customer service was also 11/10. Would highly recommend

Kebab was very basic and chicken was dry and not a lot of it. Chips were rubbish and salad was tired. My daughter asked for a burger with no cheese and extra lettuce, she got extra cheese and no lettuce. I'm not going to be using Poppy's again. It's a shame, shouldn't be difficult for a very basic food type.

It was so nice that the delivery man wasn’t bothered when there was builders doing some work and people delivering things and he couldn’t get around trying to find where the houses