Reviews in Essex

I enjoyed the meal I had but I found the menu restrictive and was not the same as the one I looked at online when I booked

The barn is a lovely relaxing place to go staff are superb no matter whether it's breakfast or lunch

Love this place and the food, never had a complaint. Took a friend and the fish & chips 11/7 wasn’t the best we’ve had.

Wonderful view out onto a Gorgeous piece of Countryside close to Pavs through the forest. The Bar staff were absolutely lovely two ladies made you feel so welcome Very Helpful very friendly nice atmosphere especially for a relaxing evening.

Wonderful view out onto a Gorgeous piece of Countryside close to Pavs through the forest. The Bar staff were absolutely lovely two ladies made you feel so welcome Very Helpful very friendly nice atmosphere especially for a relaxing evening.

I am not agree with price to child, ticket for child should be chipper,than adult's ticket and their height does not matter.But food is delicious!!!

As always this The Barn delivered. We have many times had Sunday breakfast, but as we had a friend over from Australia decided to have lunch & we were not disappointed, everything was perfect from start to finish. The food was top notch with a variety of choices being made including 2 vegetarians. Main courses all devoured!!! but ensuring there was a little space for the gorgeous desserts. Food 10/10 Service 10/10 & friendly helpful staff.

I had lunch yesterday with a friend and we both had the BLT Open sandwich. Very disappointing. A limp base of some sort of pitta bread, a squirt of tomato sauce around the edge, two small overcooked rashers of bacon, a couple of cherry tomatoes, a covering of mayo and a few sprigs of rocket. £12.95! I would estimate the ingredients cost around 50p. I know times are difficult in the hospitality business, but if you want to get customers in your cafe you need to give them a semblance of value for money. We had breakfast a couple of weeks ago which was good, but you need another bread supplier, it's too doughy and heavy. Will come back for breakfast but won't rush back for lunch

Been coming here for about ten years, probably 1/2 dozen times a year. Always enjoyed our visit. Last time there was in Jan or Feb. Felt a difference this time. Different vibe, different menu, indifferent response from my wife and I. Menu change, the roast dinner (which we usually go for) had changed. Not as good as usual and when we realised the pub was half empty and wasn’t going to get any busier, as it usually does, we wondered if it was just us, who were disappointed. We’ll go again, just to check if it was a one off. Come on The Owl, why change a winning formula?

We love Skylark! The food is always great, the staff are adorable, the atmosphere is fab, it’s lovely and clean too! We went just recently to a live music night which was really fun and super busy but the staff kept on top of it and were really jolly. We’ve been before during the day for tea and cake with the little ones and that’s always great too. If you’re thinking about going to Skylark, GO! These places need to be supported so we’re not left with only crappy chain restaurants with no soul, but you’re doing yourself a favour at the same time because it’s smashing! And they make a great dirty martini too!!

Nice place ( eg nicely decorated etc) but noisy - the music does not help but even without that, the noise of people talking just echos. Just bear in mind if your party has people with hearing aids etc as my dad really struggled to hear with all the background noise. Food was good - would have liked to have seen regular sandwiches and maybe a simple jacket potato on the menu. The open sandwiches were nice but overpriced imho. The “larger” meals seemed better value for money .

We enjoyed an excellent pizza at this country pub. The service was great and the garden is a great setting to while away a summer afternoon.

Always nice food and ambience - staff were upagainst it on a busy sunday perhaps need more staff

Lovely venue, only a little disappointed with the food and service, the bacon was very hard not crispy I wounder if heated up, staff forgot the butter and cutlery , they apologised and brought out the butter but turn out to be margarine in a ramekin, coffee was lovely, so was the rest of the food just a shame a couple of things let it down. Would like to go back to try the evening , as thus get great reviews

Excellent service. The menu offer a good choice. I am gluten free and there are clearly noted options . The staff have good understanding of the impact. The environment is upbeat, maybe a little loud at times.

Nice pub. helpful in booking to get a table we wanted. Sadly despite being given the menu 3 times, we were not told that half of the menu was unavailable until we were asked to order. If we had been aware of this we would not have stayed for dinner. Although what we did have was fine, it was not the meal we were expecting to have. Very disappointed.

My friend and I enjoyed a great lunch. We both had the Buddha bowl with added salmon. It was very varied and tasty. A nice atmosphere and lovely cake too. Sadly you don’t seem to do any diet lemonade type drinks so I just had tap water.

Food was excellent, as usual. Service not good, as usual. Very noisy.