Browsing local eating and drinking within 8 miles of Freeport Braintree 

4 - 6 Stoneham Street, Coggeshall, Essex, CO6 1TT
Tel: 01376 561453 
International brasserie food, light snacks to gourmet dinner. Seats 80. Full Licence.

The Street, Hatfield Peverel, Essex, CM3 2DW
Tel: 01245 381333 
Blue Strawberry. Seats 80. Restaurant Licence.

4 Market Hill, Coggeshall, Essex, CO6 1TS
Tel: 01376 561655 
Old world country village pub offering a wide range of sandwiches, bar snacks and meals. Seats 50.

1 Stoneham Street, Coggeshall, Essex, CO6 1TT
Tel: 01376 563242 
Dating circa 1450s. Houses town clock. Gardens open throughout the Summer. Inglenook open log fires during Winter. Information centre. Traditional English meals - cakes, jams, all home-made on the premises. Home-made soups - large helpings.

25 Maldon Road, Witham, Essex, CM8 2AA
Tel: 01376 511068 

The Retreat, 42 Bocking Church Street, Braintree, Essex, CM75JY
Tel: 01376 47947 
Restaurant split into two designs - cosy cottage atmosphere of low ceilings and glowing dark wood or a bright conservatory with dusky pink and grey furnishings. English and continental cuisine.

Upper London Road, Youngs End, Braintree, Essex, CM78QN
Tel: 01245 361030 
Restaurant housed in a heavily beamed converted barn with old hayloft. Traditional English cuisine with some ethnic variants and a full range of home cooked bar meals.All restaurant areas are no smoking. Seats 88. Full Licence.

High House, 5 Newland Street, Witham, Essex, CM8 2AF
Tel: 01376 510684 
Dishes from China, including Peking and Szechuan provinces. Seats 150. Full Licence.

13 - 15 Hedingham Road, Halstead, Essex, CO9
Tel: 01787 472184 
Luigis

Great Tey, London Road, CO6 1JE
Tel: 01206 212345 
To the award-winning Barn Brasserie. Our stunningly-restored 500 year-old Grade Two listed restaurant has a reputation for excellent food, fantastic service and amazing value. Tucked away in the picturesque rolling north Essex countryside.

Bridge Street, Halstead, Essex, CO9 1HU
Tel: 01787 472144 
An olde worlde inn 600 years old with feature beams and fires with large garden offering real ales and freshly cooked food.

The Street, Wickham Bishops, Essex, CM8 3NN
The Chequers

Compasses Road, Pattiswick, Braintree, Essex, CM77 8BG
Tel: 01376 561322 
Gastro pub The Compasses at Pattiswick hides neatly away in the North Essex countryside, a welcoming retreat for families, ramblers and business delegates.

Tiptree Road, Great Braxted, Essex, CM8 3EJ
Tel: 01621 891697 
Open lunch and dinner Tues-Sunday for lunch. Tues-Sat for dinner. Closed Sunday night and all day Monday. At the heart of Great Braxted.

Minnow's End, Great Waltham, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 1BG
Tel: 01245 360359 
One of the oldest pubs in Essex, dating back to the 13th C. - with lots of character. Seats 44. Full licence.

Station Road, Felsted, Essex, CM6 3DG
Tel: 01371 820245 
Award winning gastro pub, The Swan at Felsted has become a 'foodies' retreat bringing to Essex a dining experience you would usually only receive in London.

Bocking End, Braintree, Essex, CM7 9AB
Tel: 01376 321401 
31 bedroom character Hotel in the centre of town. Two dedicated conference rooms, one licensed for weddings and civil ceremonies. A 70 seat restaurant, 16 seta conservatory, coachmans lounge bar and Tudor Bar.

15 High Street, Halstead, Essex, CO9 2AA
Tel: 01787 475657 
15th Century coaching inn, exposed beams, open fire, walls covered in pictures and brasses. Home cooked pies, fish, chicken dishes, steaks, vegetarian dishes, sandwiches and toasts.

6 Church Street, Sible Hedingham, Essex, CO9 3NS
Tel: 01787 462534 
Built at the end of the 15th Century and used as the workhouse, now a super pub with a friendly, relaxed atmosphere. Enclosed garden. Cabaret & Supper night. SEats 110. Full Licence.

Chatham Green, Little Waltham, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 3LE
Tel: 01245 361188 
Situated within the charming hamlet of Chatham Green in the heart of rural Essex yet only 10 minutes from Braintree & Chelmsford, The Windmill Inn offers our visitors a unique opportunity for a relaxing stay be it on business or pleasure.

Blake House Craft Centre, Blake End, Braintree, Essex, CM77 6RA
Tel: 01376 552553 
Timbers is set in a 17th century barn which has been sympathetically restored to become a beautiful venue with a welcoming beamed interior with seating in the hay-loft and a restaurant licensed bar. We can now cater for anything.