RestaurantsEssexStockCM4

survey result

Summary

£42
    £
3
Good
2
Average
2
Average
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

This “lovely old Essex pub” with a white wooden facade serves food that is “well above average for pub grub” – and its popularity means it “gets overcrowded and noisy” at times. Originally three weavers’ cottages from 1460, the building was converted two centuries later using beams salvaged from naval vessels docked at Tilbury. Top Menu Tip – “the skate wing is delicious”.

Summary

£42
    £
3
Good
3
Good
2
Average
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

This “lovely old pub” – a timber-fronted fifteenth-century building with brick fireplaces – has a “well deserved reputation as one of the best in Essex”, with “reliable pub grub” and a new beer garden featuring an outdoor pizza oven. “Eat in the restaurant upstairs if you can”.

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Prices

Traditional European menu

Starter Main Pudding
£8.00 £15.50 £7.00
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £12.00
Filter Coffee £2.00
Extras  
Bread £0.00
Service 10.00%
High Street, Stock, CM4 9BD
Opening hours
MondayCLOSED
Tuesday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5:30 pm‑8:30 pm
Wednesday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5:30 pm‑8:30 pm
Thursday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5:30 pm‑8:30 pm
Friday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5:30 pm‑8:30 pm
Saturday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5:30 pm‑8:30 pm
Sunday12 pm‑4 am

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