Read Reviews About Great Waltham Restaurants

British, Modern Restaurants in Great Waltham

1. The Square and Compasses British, Traditional restaurant in Fairstead Fuller Street - CM3

Ignore the “standard pub-grub menu” at this cute 17th-century village hostelry on the Essex Way long-distance footpath, and “choose from the specials board every time” – it’s “packed with great dishes using locally sourced ingredients”.

Price*

£57

££

Food

Good

Service

Good

Ambience

Good

2. The Windmill Chatham Green British, Modern restaurant in Little Waltham Chatham Green - CM3

“A real find in mid-Essex”, this dining pub showcases “beautifully presented” cooking that’s “bursting with flavour” from Tom Clarke, who trained under Raymond Blanc at Le Manoir and was head chef at L’Ortolan in Reading. He took charge two years ago with his business partner Nancy Witte, also ex-L’Ortolan, who mixes “delicious cocktails” and oversees the front of house in style.

Price*

£73

£££

Food

Good

Service

Very Good

Ambience

Good

3. Pig & Whistle Restaurant British, Modern restaurant in Chelmsford Chignal Road, Chignal Smealy - CM1

2024 Review: In a village a short drive outside Chelmsford, this converted sixteenth-century pub has fine countryside views and provides a traditionally comfortable destination, complete with linen tablecloths, candles and cut glass. It wins good all-round feedback (if not a huge volume of reviews) and its modern brasserie fare (with steak, beef Wellington and cote de boeuf to share a highlight) helps it regularly feature in Essex food awards. (Owners Brendan Curran & Justin Mullender are also known for the quality of their put-downs on Tripadvisor!)

4. The Lion Inn British, Modern restaurant in Boreham Main Rd - CM3

2021 Review: “A short drive from Chelmsford” in “the heart of Essex” – this “highly recommended” inn is large enough to host weddings and conferences, with a spacious Victorian-style conservatory for dining that has a “real vibrant buzz”, along with “decent good-value food and very friendly service”.