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The service and food was absolutely amazing and couldn't do enough for us, and we will definitely go back. The place was very clean and the food was very reasonably priced

This was our first visit to The Cock Inn to have a pre-Christmas meal as a family. The pub is perfectly situated in the village area of Henham, and is quaint and cosy. We were served by a very polite young lady and a gentleman, who were extremely helpful in answering any questions we had regarding the menu. The food was DELICIOUS - massive kudos to the chef. It was the ideal warm and hearty food we were after on a cold December day. Absolutely will be back soon, and we all agreed this is our new regular meet up for family meals, so you’ll be seeing a lot more of us! Thanks for a lovely afternoon.

We visited this cafe/restaurant whilst visiting family in clacton. They use this lace a lot and we took them there for breakfast as they recommended it. We got a table straight away. We got the menus quickly, we ordered drinks and then our food. The waiting staff were all so friendly and polite. The food we had was very good, fresh and very hot. It was a good price for us all to have breakfast and drinks.

I had the steak pie, my wife had the roast beef, all very nice. Very friendly staff, we will be going back soon. it has a licence witch is a bonus if you like a glass of wine with your meal.

This is a real hidden gem and well worth the trip! We have dined at this pub a few times now and you really can’t beat it! The food is absolutely excellent - both in terms of quality and presentation. The atmosphere is lovely and the staff very friendly. We will definitely be returning in the very near future. Highly recommended!

Lovely pub with a great atmosphere. Haven't eaten here yet but the food coming out from the kitchen looked very nice.

Stayed here again for a family Christmas get together. Rooms were great, nice and cosy. Also booked a table for 10 in the restaurant for the Christmas menu. Food and service were excellent. Breakfast was also very well cooked and delicious.

The food is excellent. Possibly the best fried slice I have had in ten years. Service was quick and friendly and tables outside work well. £9 for the lot is a great price too. I have been back twice since and experienced the same both times.

Stayed in the nearby village Feering, got recommended The Angel by a few locals it did not disappoint, very welcoming of us and our dogs, really nice vibe within the pub. Food was incredible, 3 of us had the roast beef and one had the pie (highly recommend) Jack who was our waiter couldn't do enough for us and was polite throughout

Appalling behaviour from the server, having clearly specified we would be attending with two dogs at the time of booking we agreed we would be seated in the conservatory area which we were informed was dog friendly. Upon arrival, the pretentious and arrogant bald male who came to the door looked down his nose and refused seating stating the dogs had wet paws. Given it was raining of course they were going to have wet paws but they were clean having just been showered from a walk. He stated the floor would be stained as it’s porcelain, which is nonsensical given we also had wet soles of our shoes from the rain. How is the conservatory dog friendly if that’s the case?! His attitude was vile and never have we been made to feel so beneath someone. He clearly did not want the service and as result we will never return so such a degrading environment.

When the booking was made we all wished to have a mixed grill. The chef laid in the ingredients and cooked the best meal I have had for a long time. My thanks to the chef and the landlord and landlady. We will see again next Christmas.

We have been to this tea room on 4 occasions. We never find it open even although there is no closure notice on their website or recorded telephone ansaphone message. By the way we visit within the advertised opening hours.

Absolutely Disgusting”🤮 ordered a lamb Shank, one ☝️ of my favourite dishes, probably a lovely piece of meat until some plonker got his hands on it. These people need to learn how to cook before they call themselves Chef’s. Waiting at the table for 25 minutes to be served, staff totally ignored us, not even offering to serve us a drink 🥃. Served in a small soup bowl swimming in mashed potato, that had turned into soup. Looked like some sort of Peasant Gruel, we have decided to cancel our Christmas Works dinner planned for here {Staff and Clients} 56 people in total.

Lovely place to visit. Plenty of screen to watch the sport on, friendly and chatty bar staff and great facilities. Lovely outside area to sit in also.

To start with the pub was very welcoming from the excellent decor to ultra friendly staff and owner! We were served with drinks very promptly, we then made our way to the table assigned to us. A short time later we were brought menus and a list of ‘specials’. After allowing us appropriate time to browse through we ordered the fish pie and the steak and ale pie. Quite frankly the food was ‘superb’ the steak and ale pie was clearly homemade and was filled full of the most tender steak pieces encrusted in puff pastry with a delicious gravy, mine was served with lovely crispy chips and my wife’s with mash, this was accompanied with peas and carrots……..delicious. Our friends had the fish pie which looked equally appealing with chunks of fish topped with a crispy topped potato which they both said was superb also. We finished the meal with a crème brûlée and a cream/ fruit meringue. All in all a 10/10 meal which we couldn’t fault in any way. The two staff members (one was the owner I think) and a younger member of staff were friendly, professional and ‘on point’. We came on Friday 8th November so well done to both of you. I would highly recommend this pub to anyone checking out this review.