The best restaurants serving Other cuisines food in Epping Forest East of England

Nice quiet space and a good variety of pastries, toasties abd great variety of hot drinks, frappes, iced lattes, smoothies. I ordered the pistachio and salted caramel frappe with whipped cream on top. It was sweet enough for me so asked for a bit more syrup and they did. Very nice.

Ate here twice over the weekend - both meals were excellent service, delicious home-cooked food & generous portions of it ! Thoroughly recommend for all round service and value, above & beyond. Staff were very friendly & welcoming , made to feel very at home with my dog - a first that we’ve managed an evening without issue together in a pub!! Thank you, I’d love to return & hope to soon 👍👍🙌🙌

Very nice food and the ambiance was great

Great pub! Our local! Lovely food always amazing staff and amazing and friendly. Drinks are fair price for Loughton. Lovely beer garden too 💙

A couple of us managed to convince our group to try the Black Lion for one of our groups leaving drinks - a couple were a bit unsure, claiming it to be an 'old man's pub'. Well, yes, they weren't completely wrong, but to be honest, I thought the experience was pretty good. We noticed there was an outdoor area, so we sat outside - the lady working in the bar kindly came out and put the electric roof up for us, as well as the heaters. The drinks prices were pretty good in comparison to where else we could have ended up in town (we made use of the shot offers!) and there was a good variety to choose from. Don't let this pub put you off from what it looks like from outside (it's an old pub, so it sort of makes sense it doesn't look all new), and from our experience the service from the lady working in the bar was great. At some point I may pop back and make use of their 'buy a pint and get a sandwich for £1' offer...!

Nice place and cafe very good but a little pricey

We visited as a large family group on 29th Sept. On arrival the restaurant felt very cold. This was initially raised with the waitress who said there's nothing they can do to adjust the temperature. The waitress took our drinks order, which we needed to chase at least 2 times to enquire where our drinks were, they arrived around 50 minutes after we gave the order. When we asked why it was taking so long we were told they only had 1 member of staff serving drinks. Our food arrived approximately 2 hours after we ordered it. Some of us on the table received our food a good 10 - 15 minutes before others in our group received them. The vegetable sides with the roast dinners arrived around 10 minutes after the mains arrived. When the veg sides arrived they were stone cold. The roast potatoes were very poor, and clearly had been reheated. The table next to us who arrived after us had finished their main course before we had drinks delivered. Really poor. To put all this into context, nobody ordered starters and just to get drinks and have our main course took around 3 hours. The sides were cold and elements of the main course were clearly reheated, and some members of our group received their meals 15 minutes after others. The manager was very helpful and did what she could with each complaint that we raised. In the end all our food was given to us for free. If the food wasn't free this would've been a one star review.

Eggs were sent back as not soft but completely undercooked. I explained I liked them medium and they cooked them again and one was fine but the other one was undercooked again. I explained that I was in a rush and did not want them cooked a 3rd time. They said the eggs were poached soft, I explained I did not request this. They still insisted on charging me full price for a half eaten undercooked breakfast. Moles used to be so nice I will not be returning.

It is a lovely coffee place. But in recent days I have experienced very impolite behaviour from one of the staff members. I paid for a Maple Hazelnut Latte and then asked if I could get it done using Soy milk. She was grumpy about it and said it doesn’t state soy milk in the order she received on the screen. I told that I am happy to pay any extra. She was like next time you need to tell properly but this time it’s fine. People who work in customer service can be a lot more polite and customer friendly. Also what I don’t understand is since I have already paid for Hazelnut milk a swap to soya shouldn’t cost extra though I offered to pay any extra !

One of the main reasons for the visit was due to the iconic name, made famous by the film of the same name.. of which my boys are huge fans Visited after a cold visit from Suffolk with my 2 teen boys after a cold visit to the Fort, wanting to warm up with some food. We definitely saw a local that we thought of as 'Blank'. 🤣 For a Saturday afternoon it was extremely quiet, which concerned me a bit. (Usually strikes me as not a good location if this quiet) Ordered drinks and food for 3 of us and food from a very limited menu. One thing was immediately noted... How damn cold it was in there, a fire, or should I say, hot coals, was in the fireplace but it was freezing on a winter day, even the staff were bundled up in winter coats. We sat at the back of the pub in the Samuel Pepys room where we were quickly joined by the local 'village council' having their meeting and glaring at us as we chatted! (Sorry.. pubs are for chatting) Our food arrived swiftly and to our delight and I have to say suprise, it was really tasty and of large portions... Fish was a tad on the greasy side, but was still edible. So, 10/10 for that. Overall. A welcome stop off after a visit to the Fort and yes, I would visit again.... It wasn't terrible.. but it really lacked the love and attention it dearly needs in order to attract more clients.

When going for one of our walks we always try and end near this lovely Deli in Chigwell. Normally a coffee, which are excellent and although we try not too, we always succumb to one of the pastries or cakes which are sublime! Everyone working here are so welcoming and friendly. There is seating inside and outside and everywhere is absolutely spotless, as soon as a table is empty it is cleaned ready for the next lucky customer. Thank you to all at the Chigwell Village Deli and becoming part of our walking ritual! Jill & Warren

My second visit to this coffee shop and it was identical to the 1st, my friend wanted to go it. It’s grubby, coffee weak and I couldn’t believe that for the 2nd time they closed the area I was sitting in around us to prevent others contained in the front, take about rushing you as they needed to clear up!

Been using this coffee shop for a number years but unfortunately some of the staff really let this establishment down recently How hard can it be to get a coffee that’s not boiling hot and when politely asked to change it the attitude is terrible

This is a great starbucks so friendly and clean and spells people names right. I love coming here with my friends and it’s always fast!

Best staff ever. shout out Cam honorary mention to izzy ryan and gav ❤️