The best restaurants serving British food in Stansted North Uttlesford East of England

The Rise and Crown is a pub that we hadn’t visited for many years….. thought that we would give it a try for lunch with friends. Absolutely superb lunch, excellent food, home cooked and good quality. A menu which very much suited our taste… we will definitely be back!

We don’t know the area or the restaurant but we’re looking for somewhere to have a nice lunch. The building is beautiful and the interior of the restaurant was stylish. The staff member who served us was really nice, polite and helpful. However, we ordered focaccia which was out of the fridge or freezer and was cold in the middle. When asked to heat it up - it still came back cold. That was a bad start. I had sardines gratin, this was almost stone cold. The other half had chicken terrine which was lovely, the best part of the meal, plenty of flavour and a lovely chutney to go with it. I had plaice for my main, the fish was perfectly cooked, but again, cold! I got some chips with parmesan and truffle, they were hot, but everything else was cold. The other half had a steak and chips. The chips were hot, the steak cold! You can see a theme here. We didn’t bother with desert, which was a shame. I’d have liked to have staid for coffee and desert, but I couldn’t bring myself to - as the restaurant was also cold! I’m not sure if the issue with the food is that the hot lights on the pass just are not hot enough, or whether the plates are not warm when the chef serves or whether there’s a timing issue and the meat or fish ends up cooked too long in advance of the other elements. The food (which was presented beautifully and executed well, just really not hot enough!) was just really very let down by the fact it was all cold. I’m really gutted because I really wanted to like it, and it has so much potential, but I think that if they don’t sort simple things out, they are doomed to fail. You’ve got a really good setting, good looking food and you can tell that the chef is trying hard to have a fab restaurant but you cannot serve cold food. It was a real shame.

Great food. Great experience . Gina was very friendly and helpful and has a great rapport with the customers. Would certainly recommend

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We had a mid-week lunch at The Dog & Duck as a walking group of 13 people. This is a proper village pub, not a gastro pub. The menu is typical pub fare, done well. Examples include fish and chips, sausages and mash, or lasagne. The quality of the food was excellent and everybody enjoyed their lunches. Prices were reasonable and portions generous. They also do a very reasonably priced seniors menu. A few of the group had deserts and, apparently, the home-made deserts are not to be missed! The service was friendly and efficient. Several of our group remarked how good the pub was. We'll definitely visit again!