The best restaurants serving British food in South Hanningfield, Stock and Margaretting Chelmsford East of England

I ordered the Stake and Ale pie and it was amazing. The portion sizes were amazing, absolutely huge also a chocolate brownie which came with ice cream and honeycomb. The owners is amazing and a great laugh. It was amazing service and the food was out of the world. I highly recommend.

Was treated to breakfast for Mother’s Day by my daughter. The building is beautiful, the atmosphere was lovely, the staff were extremely helpful and friendly and the breakfast was exquisite, could not have asked for more. I will definitely be back.

The food is excellent and the portions are huge.

Such a shame, this pub used to be the perfect blend of country charm, eclectic atmosphere and buzz. Now it is a sorry reflection of its former self. The whole place has been redesigned nicely, not that it particularly needed it and the menu matches its sister restaurant in Little Waltham which has always been steady, however this place is consistently poor. I have returned twice in the hope that they might get it right after some early teething problems , but if anything it has gotten worse. At first the food seemed to be ok but the service dreadfully slow, staff standing about, hardly busy, yet plates remain on tables for 20 mins, drinks orders forgotten, our first meal took nearly 3 hours to complete. Today the pub was almost empty, food on the floors from previous sittings and almost zero attention from the staff. Such a shame as it is in a fabulous location, the positive reviews are either for the original owners or faked by the new. Go to one of the pubs in Stock instead! __________________________________ Follow up: had an email offering me £20 as an apology. I have said it is not about money and I have had 3 poor experiences there now. Said I would return when they had confirmed things have been improved and have not heard back 🤷🏼

His retirement Lunch with the family! ... The Bear is our go to favourite place .... they just get it right here on all levels time after time after time ...thank you for a superb lunch and a really lovely relaxed afternoon.

The menu has become smaller and smaller, no specials were on. You can’t alter any of the meals. Paid over £9 for a sausage & egg sandwich which came with a serviette stuck to the bottom of it

Nice Garden for the kids - Over priced drinks and the food is terrible. Really disappointing.

Great beer selection from local breweries. Food always good. Reasonable prices. Booking usually required as very popular over the weekend.

We visited this charming little pub/ restaurant on a recommendation and so glad we did. We booked a lunchtime slot on the same day as we were in the area. On arrival we were shown immediately to our table and offered drinks . The menu is varied without being too large offering vegetarian and vegan meal choices with a daily special. The restaurant offers locally sourced food cooked simply but beautifully. The pricing is very reasonable for the quality of food on offer. I went for the daily special of black and blue cheese burger with fries @£10 with a fabulously fresh prawn cocktail to start generously portioned. For dessert my partner and I shared an unusual take on sticky toffee pudding recreated as a bread pudding with hot caramel coated banana and a scoop of delicious ice cream. This dessert was amazingly light and sublimely tasty. The service throughout was impeccable. I don’t think I have enjoyed a lunch out as much as I did at The Hoop for quite a while. This is a complete gem of a place and is well deserving of its AA rating. I would not be surprised if at some point a Michelin star may be awarded.

We had a couple of ciabattas for £6.95 when we visited very recently, we were very nice , 2 time been there it’s pretty good value

Lovely surroundings and view for a traditional breakfast. Meal presentation was very good and the meal was very tasty apart from the bland, mass produced sausage. What a shame they don't buy them from the local butcher at Whitegate Farm Hanningfield, as if they had it would have been a 5 star review!