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Restaurants in Billericay

• La Toscana

  Sister restaurant to La Vista in Chelmsford, La Toscana is overseen by friendly owners Antonio and Suzanne Viscariello, who have injected some Tuscan warmth into Billericay.

  Old Barn Court, Billericay, Essex - Cuisine: Italian

• Magic Mushroom

  Head chef and proprietor of The Magic Mushroom, Billericay, Darren Bennet has created a menu featuring down-to-earth traditional food, skilfully and individually prepared, which draws on the past while also offering the new and novel with ingredients, sourced locally and organic where possible.

  Barleylands Road, Billericay, Essex - Cuisine: British

Restaurants in Braintree

• Shanti Indian

  Family-run Shanti is a lively local Indian restaurant in Braintree with an extensive menu of Indian cuisine. The handsome dining room with its part-timbered walls and dramatic modern seating has a smart yet congenial ambience, where curry favourites and a few European crowd-pleasers are served up to a cheerful neighbourhood crowd.

  24 - 28 Coggeshall Road, Braintree, Essex - Cuisine: Indian

Restaurants in Brentwood

• Masons Restaurant

  Twinned with the White Hart at Great Yeldham, Masons Restaurant & Bar is a self-styled 'chameleon', changing its complexion and identity from lunch to dinner.

  155-157 Ingrave Road, Brentwood, Essex - Cuisine: Modern British

• Red Frog

  Offering a peaceful and casual French dining experience in the heart of Brentwood in Essex, Red Frog is a small authentic French restaurant done out in shades of red that aims to serve cuisine of the highest quality.

  108 High Street, Brentwood, Essex - Cuisine: French

• Sugar Hut Village

  An Essex offshoot of the Sugar Hut in North End Road, Fulham SW6, the 'Village' occupies what was once the old White Hart Inn in Brentwood - a hostelry thought to date back to the fifteenth century.

  96 - 95 High Street, Brentwood, Essex - Cuisine: Steak House

• The Headley

  in 2007, Daniel Clifford, double-Michelin-starred chef at Midsummer House in Cambridge, joined the bourgeoning brigade of star names who have been bitten by the gastropub bug.

  Headley Common, Brentwood, Essex - Cuisine: Gastro pub

• Tudors Restaurant, Marygreen Manor

  With an award winning restaurant (Tudors Restaurant) this impressive, half-timbered manor house, Marygreen Manor can trace its roots back to the sixteenth century and it still oozes history.

  London Road, Brentwood, Essex - Cuisine: Modern European

Restaurants in Burnham on Crouch

• The Contented Sole

  A fixture of the Burnham-on-Crouch restaurant scene since the mid-60s, the Contented Sole is now enjoying something of an upsurge, thanks to an enthusiastic new team who took over in 2007.

  80 High Street, Burnham on Crouch, Essex - Cuisine: Sea Food

Restaurants in Canvey Island

• The Labworth

  Designed and built in the 1930s by a firm with links to the Sydney Opera House, the Labworth is a striking Grade II-listed building that dominates Canvey Island and provides a marvellous vantage point for uninterrupted views of the Thames estuary.

  Furtherwick Road, Canvey Island, Essex - Cuisine: International

Restaurants in Chelmsford

• Barda

  Currently the hottest ticket in Chelmsford, Barda is in the west end of town a couple of minutes from the local nightlife and the station.

  30-32 Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex - Cuisine: Eclectic

• La Vista

  Opened by Antonio and Suzanne Viscariello on the site of Gerrardo's in Great Baddow, La Vista is a now a winning name on the Chelmsford restaurant scene with its combination of traditional Italian food in sleek contemporary surroundings.

  23 - 25 Church Street, Chelmsford, Essex - Cuisine: Italian

• Siam Cottage

  Experience the delights of Thai food in a 16th century English cottage which has been complimented by authentic Thai architecture, achieved through the extensive use of carved woodwork, intended to create the atmosphere of an authentic Thai Teak house.

  44 Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Essex - Cuisine: Thai

• The Alma

  Re-launched after a serious makeover, this stylish venue is now more restaurant than pub, although its front bar has sound credentials when it comes to real ales and such like.

  37 Arbour Lane, Chelmsford, Essex - Cuisine: Gastro pub

Restaurants in Chigwell

• The Bluebell Restaurant

  The Bluebell Restaurant, a lovingly restored 400-year-old cottage is a real godsend and has done much to put Chigwell on the gastronomic map.

  117 High Road, Chigwell, Essex - Cuisine: Modern European

Restaurants in Coggeshall

• Baumanns Brasserie

  Baumann's Brasserie is very easy to find right in the centre of Coggeshall. The original sixteenth-century, half-timbered building was converted into a restaurant in 1986 by world-renowned Peter Langan, of Langan's Brasserie, together with his young French-trained head chef, Mark Baumann.

  4-6 Stoneham Street, Coggeshall, Essex - Cuisine: International

Restaurants in Colchester

• Lemon Tree

  There's a lively Mediterranean buzz about this colourful town-centre restaurant, especially when crowds spill out onto the flower-filled terrace and listen to the occasional session of summertime jazz.

  48 St John's Street, Colchester, Essex - Cuisine: Modern British

• Boathouse Restaurant

  If you fancy messing about in boats, there are few more delightful spots than the Boathouse Restaurant, a tranquil venue by the banks of the River Stour in the heart of 'Constable Country' at Dedham.

  Mill Lane, Colchester, Essex - Cuisine: Modern European

Restaurants in Dedham

• The Sun Inn

  Piers Baker has done a splendid job in restoring The Sun Inn, a fifteenth-century coaching inn situated in the lovely countryside of Dedham.

  High Street, Dedham, Essex - Cuisine: Modern British

Restaurants in Epping

• Raj

  The Raj describes itself simply as follows: 'The Raj restaurant, our name says it all. Best Restaurant Award Winner 2002.

  75 High Street, Epping, Essex - Cuisine: Indian

Restaurants in Great Dunmow

• Starr Restaurant

  The big, white, timber-framed building looks just like a traditional market town inn, which is exactly what The Starr at Dunmow used to be.

  Market Place, Great Dunmow, Essex - Cuisine: Modern British

Restaurants in Great Easton

• The Green Man

  Handily placed just ten minutes drive from Stansted Airport at Mill End Green, Great Easton, The Green Man is a fifteenth-century country boozer that has seen vast expansion and rejuvenation.

  Mill End Green, Great Easton, Essex - Cuisine: Gastro pub

Restaurants in Great Totham

• The Willow Room at The Bull

  The Willow room is the fine dining restaurant at the 16th century Bull pub in the picturesque country village of Great Totham in Essex.

  2 Maldon Road, Great Totham, Essex - Cuisine: Modern British

Restaurants in Great Yeldham

• The White Hart

  Built in 1505, when Henry VIII was about to ascend the throne, the striking half-timbered White Hart holds pride of place in Great Yeldham, an attractive village by the banks of the River Colne.

  1 Poole Street, Great Yeldham, Essex - Cuisine: Gastro pub

Restaurants in Harwich

• The Pier at Harwich

  The Pier at Harwich overlooks the harbour and has wonderful views of the Stour and Orwell estuaries. They have a ship's bell which is rung to alert customers that a large ship is passing.

  The Quay, Harwich, Essex - Cuisine: British

Restaurants in Hatfield Peverel

• Blue Strawberry Bistrot

  A delightful old timbered building is the setting for this intimate village 'bistrot' situated three miles from Chelmsford. It may look understated from the front, but you'll quickly notice the beautifully maintained covered patio area and - once through the door - you'll find yourself in a grand Victorian-style conservatory complete with leather sofas.

  The Street, Hatfield Peverel, Essex - Cuisine: Anglo French

Restaurants in Horndon on the Hill

• Bell Inn

  The Bell's location provides the best of both worlds, being set in a rural, picturesque village, yet only 10 minutes from the M25.

  High Road, Horndon on the Hill, Essex - Cuisine: Modern British

Restaurants in Ilford

• Jalalabad 2 Restaurant

  A much-loved fixture of the Ilford restaurant scene for more than 38 years, the original Jalalabad has now closed, but Jalalabad 2 in Newbury Park has now been opened by Nazrul Islam who was the chef and one of the original owners.

  992 - 994 Eastern Avenue, Ilford, Essex - Cuisine: Indian

• Curry Special

  Founded in 1985, Curry Special is a vast, glass-fronted space with a devotion to entertainment and good food. An abstract design runs throughout the entire place, with beautiful canvas paintings, a glass spiral staircase linking the two colourful dining rooms, plasma screens and a state-of-the-art lighting system.

  Horns Road, Ilford, Essex - Cuisine: Indian

Restaurants in Leigh on sea

• Boatyard Restaurant

  The name says it all: this purpose-built contemporary restaurant occupies the shell of an old boatyard by the Thames Estuary, and you can gaze out over the river towards Two-Tree Island Nature Reserve from its panoramic glass frontage.

  8-13 High Street, Leigh on sea, Essex - Cuisine: Modern British

• The Bank Restaurant

  Chef/proprietor Matthew Locker works hard to make an impact in the rather conservative environs of Leigh-on-Sea. He has set up his own on-line recipe book, offers special discounts on selected nights, runs a newsletter and stages special themed evenings – in addition to feeding the punters day after day.

  1470 London Road, Leigh on Sea, Essex - Cuisine: Modern European

• The Sandbar & Seafood Co

  The Sandbar & Seafood Co is one of the chic frontrunners on Leigh on Sea's Broadway drag, this family-owned restaurant is a great local favourite, offering a zesty menu of seafood dishes in unfussy contemporary surroundings.

  71 Broadway, Leigh on Sea, Essex - Cuisine: Seafood

Restaurants in Maldon

• Five Lakes Resort - Camelot Restaurant

  The Camelot Restaurant, is the fine dining restaurant at 5 Lakes Resort, offering dishes using fresh produce from the local area.

  Colchester Road, Maldon, Essex - Cuisine: British

Restaurants in Mistley

• The Mistley Thorn

  Built in 1723, The Mistley Thorn is chef/proprietor Sherri Singleton's abiding passion. She has transformed it from an old watering hole into a stylish contemporary gastro-pub/restaurant for the twenty-first century.

  High Street, Mistley, Essex - Cuisine: Modern European

Restaurants in Mount Bures

• The Thatchers Arms

  'An excellent example of a real country pub,' noted one UK Restaurant Guide reporter about this revitalised hostelry, The Thatchers Arms on the Essex/Suffolk border overlooking the glorious Stour Valley at Mount Bures.

  Hall Road, Mount Bures, Essex - Cuisine: Gastro pub

Restaurants in Peldon

• The Peldon Rose

  In a delightfully picturesque location just a mile from the Strood (the causeway to Mersea Island), the Peldon Rose is a quintessential fifteenth-century, pink-washed country inn once infamous as a smugglers' haunt.

  Colchester Road, Peldon, Essex - Cuisine: Gastro pub

Restaurants in Saffron Walden

• Dish

  Opened by brother and sister Spencer and Emma Hewitt in 2004, Dish occupies an historic beamed house that was once Saffron Walden's 'mint'.

  13a King Street, Saffron Walden, Essex - Cuisine: Eclectic

• The Cricketers Arms

  The Cricketers Arms overlooks Rickling Green's famous old cricket pitch, this well-tended eighteenth-century inn enjoys a lovely quiet location in a rural Essex backwater, although it's less than ten miles from Stansted Airport.

  Rickling Green, Saffron Walden, Essex - Cuisine: Modern European

Restaurants in Southend on Sea

• The Pipe of Port

  You might think you have walked onto the set of a Charles Dickens drama when you step through the door and down the rickety stairs to this 'crusty' old wine bar with candles on mahogany tables and sawdust on the floor.

  84 High Street, Southend on Sea, Essex - Cuisine: British

Restaurants in Stock

• Pietro's Italian Restaurant

  Owners Pietro and Nicole discovered Stock in 2006 and fell in love with the place; eventually they succeeded in converting what was the Old Tearoom in a lively, great-value neighbourhood Italian restaurant that now pulls in punters from Ingatestone, Chelmsford and Billericay.

  20 The Square, Stock, Essex - Cuisine: Italian

Restaurants in Witham

• Crowded House Brasserie & Wine Bar

  Situated just off Witham High Street, Crofters has undergone a bit of a makeover and has morphed into the Crowded House Brasserie & Wine Bar.

  25 Maldon Road, Witham, Essex - Cuisine: Eclectic

Restaurants in Writtle

• The Blue Bridge Bar & Restaurant

  A once-aging local boozer in the Norman village of Writtle (a couple of miles from Chelmsford) has been stylishly transformed into the Blue Bridge - a flashy in-tune venue that combines a restaurant and a piano bar offering regular live music sessions.

  1 Bridge Street, Writtle, Essex - Cuisine: Modern European

• The Duck Inn

  Nestling deep in the Essex countryside, but only a few minutes' drive from Chelmsford, the eighteenth-century Duck Inn at Newney Green has been brought up to date without losing any of its original character.

  Newney Green, Writtle, Essex - Cuisine: Gastro pub