The food is amazing and the staff are always helpful and go above and beyond. I highly recommend…read moretheir Sunday roast especially with the unlimited potatoes and gravy! I love coming here the pub itself is so lovely too with such a welcoming atmosphere. My family and I often come at least once or twice a month.

This is my favourite spot! Food is amazing and the staff treats you like family! I've never had a…read morebad meal even when it's been 11 of us!

Great gastro pub. Fab food, atmosphere and really friendly service. Strongly recommended.read more

The Bear has become a good quality gastro pub recently with a nice atmosphere and a good menu and…read moresome great specials. The ambiance is relaxed country pub and the staff are very helpful. There is a reasonable ca park as it gets quite hard to park in the summer. I have visited for lunch and dinner and both were very nicely presented and well cooked. The skate is very tasty and the scampi and Jenga chips are good. The costs can be a little bit higher for lunch but the menu is very similar and therefore for dinner, I thought it was quite reasonable. Peter who used to be at another Billericay restaurant is the restaurant manager and as normal makes sure we get well looked after.

This is, in my opinion, one of the best pubs in Saffron Walden. Whether you are after a quiet…read moremidweek drink after work, a great pub lunch, to catch the match on Sky or indeed any channel or have a great night out with your mates then come and see Ian or Sarah (Landlord and Landlady) and you will have a great time. They have a wide variety of lager and bitter on tap along with a huge selection of spirits and soft drinks. There is a small private car-park at the rear of the pub and small beer garden with several picnic type tables/benches. This is quite a sporty pub and regularly has a football or rugby match showing on one of several screens in the bar and the bar staff are usually quite accommodating if there is a particular event that people want to watch so long as it doesn't clash with a major fixture. But I have seen Football, Rugby, Tennis, Olympic events and loads of other sports over the years that I called this pub 'my local'. The Duke also does a great lunchtime menu - which I'd describe as good, traditional pub grub - and serves a variety of food from sandwiches and baguettes to burgers, scampi and lasagne. The bar staff are always friendly and professional and if they can help - they will. If you ever find yourself in Saffron Walden, please stop in and say hello to The Duke of York.

Visited the Eight Bells for Sunday Lunch. Excellent Hereford beef and Yorkshire pudding. Might be…read morethe best meal I've had on my many trips to the UK. Great service. I highly recommend this place. I look forward to eating here again.

Why not 4 stars? The over enthusiastic barman. Anyone who fills a pint glass (in the UK) with ice…read moreand then tries to sell it as a pint of drink (in the middle of winter) is having a laugh!! The food on the other hand was exceptional. My starter was sublime - a soufflé with little cubes of quince jelly and walnuts. Yum! Lovely risotto and the kids devoured the sausage and mash. Service felt like it suffered because we hadn't ordered 4 mains (we're en route to a dinner banquet so ate something smaller), but hey ho.

Rude staff, I have asked for the lobster pasta and the guy said that they ran out and had such an…read moreattitude while doing that. This item is on their regular menu. I had the seafood pasta that was runny, watery, overcooked and some of the shell fish had sand in it because of poor cleaning. Not a fun experience.

We fly over from Canada every year to eat here. Food is exquisite, pasta and sea bass are worth…read moredriving or flying for! Great for lunch and dinner, owners are wonderful too!

If you're looking for a good pub, it doesn't get much better than this…read more Lovingly called simply "The Axe" by locals, this pub is in a different league to most other rural pubs. I'll explain why and try to be concise. The cuisine is exceptional. There's a good selection of quality drinks. The service is excellent. The atmosphere is always friendly and welcoming -- the sort of place where complete strangers tend to strike-up conversation. The location is perfect, overlooking the Village Green, with a big beer garden behind, and a vast playing field behind that. It's a lovely village, nestled in the gently-undulating farming landscape of rural north-east Herts -- no wonder Braughing was recently awarded the prestigious "Village of the Year" accolade. The pub's menu always includes the best of local produce, from locally-reared beef to local pork sausages, alongside popular country pub dishes. (Braughing village is famous for, among other things, the delicious local sausages, and this is a good place to sample them.) Did I mention the pies? A different pie every day it seems, and you won't find better pies than these. I don't make a statement like that lightly.

A good pub with a useful selection of real ales that, though small, do rotate regularly.read more

Excellent food, and a couple of well kept beers. A little more like a restaurant than a pub, but I…read morewould recommend it and will be going back.

From the owner: The Tickell Arms is a pub and restaurant in the heart of Whittlesford, a lovely village 5 miles…read moresouth of Cambridge. Determined to keep the local pub alive, four local real ales are served and an extensive wine list by the glass...dogs are welcome. The restaurant serves seasonal modern British food in relaxed surroundings. The garden room and terrace, overlooking the pond, are delightful in summer and real fires make it a warm destination in winter.

Fantastic on every level!…read more The service is top notch and everything we ate was just absolutely delicious. I had their crispy pig face, mini arincini, 60-day aged sirloin (which they age themselves), triple fried chips, and rocket salad. Also their rosemary focaccia bread was phenomenal. It was like crack in bread form. I also had a great beer on cask as well as a glass of their Nero D'Avola from Sicily which went perfectly with my steak. Speaking of the steak, it was perfectly cooked medium rare and had a very crisp and flavorful exterior. My friends said their doughnuts are to die for here, but unfortunately we didn't leave enough room after the wonderful feast we had. Next time! The atmosphere is pub/cottagey with loads of character. I really look forward to returning here on future visits.

Came in for a pint waiting for a friend. Loved the atomosphere. Friendly staff. Great place to rest…read moreyour feet and have a drink! Next time I'll have to try the food.

I do not consider myself a hipster or club-kid but I do think the hidden rooms in Cambridge bring…read moresomething that no other pub has to offer. There is some sense of exclusivity with a bouncer at the door and over priced cocktails. Wouldn't necesarily want to spend a whole lot of time here as it is underground and the ceiling is rather low but I would definitely suggest this to anyone who is going to Cambridge and looking for a trendy place to have a few drinks.

We went to the hidden rooms as we were in seach of a good bar wth a good atmophere and a tempting…read morecocktail menu. They had had one of the two things atleast. Their choice of cocktails was good and made very well, However the decor and interior are quite dated and not suited to a cocktail bar, infact it looks very similar to the nightclub that proceeded it a few years ago. Their wasnt too much atmosphere however it was early when we arrived but it allfelt a little half hearted the bathroom was awful too. The hidden rooms as the name suggests are hard to find, just down a few steps off jesus lane. (next to pizza express) usually places that are hard to find are often worth the search and effort however this sadly wasnt the case here. It maybe much better late at night though with more people and the cheery beer goggles on.