The best restaurants in Stansted South Uttlesford East of England

I found myself at Stansted airport last Friday with an unexpected four-hour layover in the middle of the day, courtesy of delayed Ryanair flights. I couldn’t bear the thought of spending that time loitering in the International Arrivals or Check-In areas prior to being able to check-in my hold luggage two hours before my rescheduled flight. Thankfully, I remembered that the Radisson Hotel is just a brisk two-minute walk from the terminal building and knew that their lobby bar / lounge would make for a more pleasant option to pass the time and have some lunch. Although the Wine Tower Bar is not the cosiest of places due to the extremely high ceiling and echoey atmosphere, seating is plentiful and comfortable, and the bar was extremely quiet at the time of my visit. The short Daytime Bar Menu offers good quality food and decent portions, though at admittedly high prices, but, in my opinion, at much better value for money than at the airport, where my “restaurant” choices would’ve been Burger King and Costa Coffee. My very tasty Chicken Caesar Salad cost £19.50 plus £1.95 service charge. Other guests nearby ate Fish & Chips, and the size of the battered fish was generous. There is an extensive beverages menu including cocktails and mocktails, Guinness on tap and, of course, the contents of that famous wine tower. A very good Americano and a Virgin Mojito came in at around £14, but were worth it for the sake of being able to spend my wait in the bar area and avoid the airport terminal chaos until it was time for my check-in. Kudos to Loveline at the bar who looked after me well once we got over our language problems – her accent and mine didn’t gel well.

We went here for our brothers wedding, the barn is perfect venue, beautifully set out.. spacious, big bar, good sized dance floor too! they catered for 150 of us very well.. the bar staff were awesome, very quick service- and the hostess\mangager was so lovely and attentive, very helpful while we preped the barn before hand.. and went above and beyon with the guest.. Thank you for an amazing evening!

One of the best places to get Chinese food from in the uk in my opinion, just a shame that it close to stansted social club that’s full of nonces

Really good food with attentive staff. Nice atmosphere. Anastasia and Emanuela were both excellent.

The most amazing Starbucks I’ve ever been too, the location is lovely and the store itself has so much character to it, my drink was made perfect by the friendly and helpful staff! The lady helped me pick out a coffee and she was so knowledgeable about coffee, it was so nice to actually talk to someone who not only knows everything about what they are selling but so passionate too! The store was clean and tidy, couldn’t fault it! I really enjoyed my coffee and reading my book here, made me feel like I was sitting at home! Will definitely be back when I’m in Saffron Walden next!

This car park is quite simple if you take the time to read the actual facts! It is clearly advertised as STARBUCKS CUSTOMER CAR PARK (not a free waiting zone to collect from the airport) 2 options, become a paying customer and receive 1 hour Free Parking OR Pay to Park via the RingGo App. If the store is closed then you MUST pay via the app. Follow these simple rules and you can walk anywhere! McDonald’s customers park in McDonalds Car Park. Simple! Starbucks to not run or gain monetary value from this car park. The rules are set by the Land Owners, who use MET to enforce these rules. A lovely big car park for the lovely customers of STARBUCKS! Very clear signage on posts and in windows of the store.

Music playing too loud inside. Went outside to find speakers outside too! Not necessary. Music is NOT needed everywhere. Service was OK but not the most friendly. Supervisor seemed more interested in picking up issues with her team rather than seeing to her customers. Starbucks ask customers for a name and then speltvit incorrectly and didn't use it when the order was delivered. I can't see it was a bad experience, it just wasn't welcoming.

I was staying at the Radisson, so I thought I would take a chance and visit the restaurant . It was a bad idea . I ordered a half tandoori chicken, which simply wasn't nice . The 2 side dips were bitter, and the chicken was fatty . I went to my room hungry. The only reason I gave 2 stars was because the young lady called Rafeetha, who served me, was very pleasant . This was easily one of the worst meals I have had in a while .

Terrible, food was awful, tasteless and mushrooms were burnt - completely black. Please don't go, also very expensive. Never ever coming back, 35£ down the drain