The best restaurants serving British food in Rettendon and Runwell Chelmsford East of England

Great place, friendly staff, great restaurant too.

A welcome greeting with a smile, food/beer and service excellent. Would highly recommend to anyone who hasnt tried this it is a must visit .

Exceptional service by Sara!! Very friendly and great ambiance of the place is great as well! First time here and recommend any and everyone to pass By!!

Food was great our waitress was super helpful with my food tolerance Will definitely return , Margaret made our visit a happy one

Not the place to go to on a Sunday evening. When we arrived -slightly put off by dog allowed to sit in a customer chair in the bar area? Several popular items on the menu had run out; others had parts unavailable. The 'special' ordered by one of my family...entitled 'chicken with salsa' came with no salsa, so was very dry. Yorkshires were dry and cracked like meringue nests - inedible. Was told it was because they are kept warm for a long time in the oven! It was explained that they aimed to run out of many items by Sunday lunchtime to avoid waste. Offered free desserts - disappointing - see photo of sad ice-cream in very chipped pot. Waitress forgot to bring spoons which manager eventually rectified, by which time ice-cream mostly melted. Manager explained staff were very tired as it had been a busy lunchtime? We have visited The Hawk many times over many years and found things fine. Staff are very friendly so no complaints there; poor management though. Most of the week is very good...but avoid Sunday, after lunchtime!

Food nice. Bar staff friendly enough.

Not been for a few years, nothing had changed, perfect sunshine midweek, food was great, not cheap but nowhere is cheap anymore, nice sandwich, chicken wings where nice and the fries/onion rings spot on, £35 for a light lunch, pricey, but if it’s all lovely and fresh made then it’s ok for the price, ( but the mayonnaise is terrible, must be the cheapest one in the cash and carry) good service. 5/5