Hardens Guide to the Best Restaurants in Great Waltham
Hardens guides have spent 34 years compiling reviews of the best Great Waltham restaurants. On Hardens.com you'll find details and reviews of 5 restaurants in Great Waltham and our unique survey based approach to rating and reviewing Great Waltham restaurants gives you the best insight into the top restaurants in every area and of every type of cuisine.
Featured Great Waltham Restaurants
1. The Windmill Chatham Green
British, Modern restaurant in Little Waltham
Chatham Green - CM3
Tom Clarke, ex-of Raymond Blanc’s Le Manoir, and L’Ortolan in Reading (where he met partner Nancy Witte), is behind this “unique, intimate and personable restaurant” in a “beautiful setting situated in the small hamlet of Chatham Green”. A diminutive pub with a distinct dining area, the venue turns out “decorative plates that are full of flavour”, including a tasting menu which “takes you on a gastronomical journey where every mouthful is a joy”.
2. The Square and Compasses
British, Traditional restaurant in Fairstead
Fuller Street - CM3
“Reliable British dishes with a supporting cast of the usual pub grub suspects” inspire continued high ratings from fans of this 17th-century village inn, which is a stop-off point on the Essex Way long-distance footpath.
3. Galvin Green Man
British, Traditional restaurant in Great Waltham
Howe St - CM3
“This beautifully-converted pub” (“miles from anywhere in the Essex countryside, but easy to reach”) is “part of the wider Galvin Bros empire” and offers guests “a choice between the best versions of pub classics or excellent fine dining”, to be consumed “in the bar or restaurant” – “the weekly changing Bib Gourmand menu is excellent value”, while “very welcoming service encourages return visits”. Top Menu Tip – “the duo of fillet steak and slow-cooked beef is very good”.
4. Pig & Whistle Restaurant
British, Modern restaurant in Chelmsford
Chignal Road, Chignal Smealy - CM1
2024 Review: In a village a short drive outside Chelmsford, this converted sixteenth-century pub has fine countryside views and provides a traditionally comfortable destination, complete with linen tablecloths, candles and cut glass. It wins good all-round feedback (if not a huge volume of reviews) and its modern brasserie fare (with steak, beef Wellington and cote de boeuf to share a highlight) helps it regularly feature in Essex food awards. (Owners Brendan Curran & Justin Mullender are also known for the quality of their put-downs on Tripadvisor!)
5. Moto Pizza
Pizza restaurant in Chelmsford
24 Baddow Road - CM2
“Pizza that just keeps coming by the slice” remains a big hit at this bottomless Neapolitan concept boosted by locals who “simply love the quality of this all-you-can-eat pizza”. The snazzy interior has a “relaxed” vibe too and for parents, “the delicious pizza is simply adored by the kids and it gets them to try new topping combos!”
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