The best restaurants in The Rodings Uttlesford East of England

Lovely roast dinner on Easter Sunday at the Horse & Groom. Relaxed atmosphere with friendly staff. Food was excellent, looking forward to visiting again soon

For a set price you get three exceptional courses. The price we paid was £49.50 per person. The host Peter is a warm friendly person. Ideal for front of house. His wife is the chef. After an appariteth we were shown to our table. My wife and I both had prawns as the starter. They were huge and very meaty. Next we had chateaux briand for two. The meat was excellent. Finally my wife had two sweets from the sweet trolley both excellent. I had crumbly stilton and biscuits.My wife liked white wine and I prefer red, so Peter opened a bottle of each and we only paid for the amount we had drunk. A nice touch.On the down side the restaurant is only open on Fridays and Saturdays. Also as it is very popular, when full it is quiet noisy but don't let that put you off a fabulous restaurant.

Very friendly welcome, great locally sourced ingredients and super home made cakes, yum yum yum! Highly recommended it.

Lovely food. Staff nice as well.

Been before and food and service have always been good. BEWARE! There is a 10% service charge which they don't mention on their website. It maybe on the menu but I did not look.

We travelled from the Midlands on Sunday 13 April and arriving early evening, found nowhere to have a hot meal. It was suggested by a pub in Hatfield Broad Oak to try the Axe and Compasses. An excellent choice! We managed to get in and order half an hour before the end and received a very generous meal, succulent beef, lovely roast veg and greens, a hot drink and a beer, then desserts. Very filling and tasty meal, thanks to the staff for accomodating us so late in the day, it made a fantastic difference.

have been before but today was special as it was a celebration of mine and my daughters birthdays which are just few days apart went with family and a couple of my grandsons friends who despite working nearby didnt know it existed everything was perfect all the food was delicious and the service excellent even the childrens meal for my 2 year old great grandson .. and there is a play area outside for small children