The best restaurants in Braintree East of England

Just been ripped off for collection price of take away. Current menu shows 10% off for collection. They do not honour this discount. Staff attitude when queried this is abysmal.

Great experience every time I come to my local Costa. Paula and Chloe always go out of there way for my children and make them feel welcomed. Great customer service

Excellent meal last night and great service.Had scotch egg starter that was amazing then s steak main also very good. Nice decor also would thoroughly recommend

Fabulous freshly cooked fresh fish and great chips. The service was friendly and efficient

What a disappointment😕 A very poor choice of beer,the only real ale they had on was the ubiquitous and awful Doombar. One of my friends could only drink half of the pint he was served. Also no food was available. This pub looks very tired and in need of some serious TLC. If you want a decent pint I'd suggest going down the road to the Woolpack. The Railway in Witham is without doubt a pub to avoid in the future.

Food was lovely, delivered still hot, delivered on time, recommend.

Ordered kebabs online chased up over an hour later to be told they forgot to do it and couldn’t give a delivery time. In the end collected my order got no delivery charge refund,no apology and when got home found the portions were tiny and no rice - rang to complain was told they’d run out of rice and forgot to tell me also that the portions were tiny size. Was normal - we’ve previously had great food and service from here and recommended to friends however we will never return and will not recommend after this rubbish experience

The swan wonderful place where i married my wife on the 15th of june 2024. One week before the extreamly sad unfair end to a one of braintrees local pubs another sadly lost to rediculous fancy carabian dining we. One of the best friendly enviorments wonderful service respect due to amazing management by landlord ken amazing man with exellent management. Looking forward to see where he goes so will all of his customers will follow. Wonderful memorys. Sad loss butiful memorys. Love adam and wonderful wife serena. We will miss you swan. Loved alway.

We recently hosted our son’s first birthday at the Duke of Wellington, and they were fantastic! All the staff went above and beyond, especially accommodating our son's severe egg allergy, making the day stress-free and special. The food was good and great value.

Thought I would try a new Chinese takeaway and I was very impressed. The flavors were very good and I will be ordering from here again.

Lovely, hot, fresh as always 5 *****

great place to eat, friendly staff and good food, tidy restaurant and always welcomed, definitely would recommend you to go

Awful. Paltry, typed menu with very little to choose from - no fish, festive meal, gammon, chicken, etc. I ordered whole-tail scampi but received a helping of the smallest scampi balls ever seen, with a few chips and peas - all only warm. Dessert of Banoffee cheese cake which tasted nothing like it, with a coupe of slices of banana and about 6 minute blobs of chocolate in the most unattractive arrangement possible. Lukewarm coffee to finish. I know its not masterchef but this whole experience was dreadful and worse than a roadside cafe. Receivership looms?

It once was a nice Italian chain-restaurant with a good kitchen which I visited every few weeks. Sadly that has changed dramatically over the last few years. Gone from good to bad to worse. Unfriendly waitresses, soggy, overcooked spaghetti for £18, and a salat I wouldn’t dare giving to my hamster was the upshot of my last visit. It will remain my very last visit. The manager did his best but not even he could save the evening. The restaurant is a poor shadow of its former glory. It’s a shame what greed can do…

Booked for a large group celebration. Good selection of food. Buffet style but you order what you want from the menu. Lots of choices and all arrived hot, with plenty to choose from. Staff were friendly and attentive. We took our own birthday cake and they were happy to provide knife, plates, forks etc. First time coming, but would definitely return.