November 2023 by Dandelion Tek
I LOVED brewers fayre also known as Royal Forest.This pub is now closed to the public and only customers staying at the premier inn can eat here. I am 100% certain but for some strange reason it has the wrong information on google about it being open to public?
October 2023 by Jane Stone
This is a buffet style breakfast, you can have as much tea, coffee, fruit juice, fruit, cereal, toast and pastries as you like and then order your English breakfast, including black pudding. Excellent value for price.Staff were very friendly and helpful.Vegetarian options: Veggie sausages and bacon available
October 2023 by Debbie Vella
Man serving meat, if he smiled face would crack. Serving staff lovely. Meat dry, maybe as just before end of serving, roast potatoes not good either, maybe sane reason, tasteless. Where we sat despite table cleared, floor was like a kids party been there, came our with food stuck to our feet.
October 2023 by Amanda Harvey
We were disappointed with the breakfast at Royal Forest, slow in replacing food sausages were anaemic and only 1 hot drink machine.TBF looks like they were really short of staff and the ladies that were there tryed there best .
October 2023 by jeremy head
Menu is quite basic but pleasant. If you go at a busy time the servers willl be stretched as they don't schedule enough on when its busy.
October 2023 by michelle jamal
Enjoyed out meal here ,good value ,but food was a little disappointing. But deserts amazing and service very
September 2023 by kellyvegan
We attended a funeral in the function room at this venue today.. it was an absolute disaster from the start. We went to the loo as we arrived and there was no paper in the disabled loo (it was only early lunchtime so not at the end of a busy session). When we walked into the function room it was freezing cold?it was raining outside and a chilly autumnal day but they still had cold air con on and two windows open/broken. We went to get a cup of tea from the station set up but there was no hot water so we had to wait for that.. that came but then there was no milk. When the milk was served it was in a huge jug about 4 litres which I couldn?t lift. The mugs didn?t fit the saucers and wobbled and spilt the tea. The food was served late and it was not labelled so couldn?t work out what anything was. Disastrous for vegetarian or allergy sufferers. The ?hot food? was stone cold, greasy and rock hard. The sandwiches were awful, thin stale bread with little filling? there was no garnishing or anything to make it look appealing either? I wouldn?t recommend this venue for a function. The staff were polite but not very efficient. It?s a cold dreary place that needs a good clean and lick of paint wouldn?t go amiss.. I would be embarrassed to serve and charge for food like it. Weddings and funerals should be catered for properly so they run smoothly without stress for the families. It wasn?t even busy so there was no excuse with at least 3/4 waitresses working. It was appalling.
September 2023 by Paul Miller
This is a historic place with commanding views over Epping Forest. The service was not good and the place looked dated and grubby. The outside tables were all dirty when we went to sit down. This is a great location let down by mediocre management. I sincerely hope it improves.
September 2023 by Patricia Down
Waited almost 1/2 hr before getting a drink another 20 mins later I had to ask at the bar for somebody to take our food order when food eventually came not very hot the ribs were burnt therefore only able to eat 4 all in all we were at the table for much longer than usual we will visit again but not for some time very disappointed with the service but the watiters were very pleasant couldn't apologise enough nit there fault .
September 2023 by Terry Patston
We had a lovely time in here this evening. The food was very tasty and The staff were very good although they were short staffed they handled it very well.
September 2023 by A4656RNelizabethj
Breakfast mediocre. Nothing special. Hash browns tasted awful like cooked in old oil. Very greasy plate. Ladies toilets were disgusting. Broken seats filthy walls
September 2023 by Kim Arrowsmith
Very slow service. We waited half an hour for our drinks and saw drinks for newly arrived customers served before ours. There seemed to be lots of issues with orders on other tables too. They did give us the drinks for free when they realised, but it wasn't really good enough considering they were not even busy. The bar staff just did not seem bothered. Food was average.
September 2023 by Venture109421
5 of us went for dinner at 6:30pm. It?s been a while since we?ve visited but it will be a lot longer before we return. We ordered drinks and food from our table and had a long wait for the drinks to turn up. Then 3 meals arrived and we had to ask where the other 2 were. The finally arrived but the first 3 had pretty much finished by the time they did. The waitress however was great. They clearly had a lack of staff and she was doing her very best and was very apologetic. I know a member of staff has an accident but there were not enough staff on duty. One of our party had a hair on their food and we were told we wouldn?t pay for it and had free deserts. However when we went to pay we were not given that meal free and the barman / manager was actually quite rude.
August 2023 by J H
This is a decent family pub-restaurant, with a decent Sunday carvery. It's what you'd expect for the sector/price point. Staff are friendly. I go back fairly regularly.
August 2023 by just life
Best carvery I've had in a very long time. Service a bit slow, halfway through dinner before drinks arrived and the building itself needs some TLC
