Essex Restaurant Guide

Cock Inn, The

Country-style cooking prevails at the Cock Inn, overlooking the village green. The result is 4 AA rosettes and an ever-growing reputation for real food without frills. At weekends the place is heaving and has become very popular with family parties.

• Address: The Green Polstead, Colchester , CO6 5AL (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £32.00

Cock Inn, The

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The Cock Inn on Church Street has been serving homemade pub food and real ales to the Essex community since the 18th century. Dishes ranging from steak and kidney pudding to chilli con carne and caramelised red onions with goats' cheese tarts are available.

• Address: Church Street, Henham, nr Saffron Walden, CM22 6AL (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: N/A

Company Shed, The

So you fancy a touch of authenticity? It doesn't come much more authentic than The Company Shed, particularly on a chilly day in winter, with the tides running fast and the wind in the landlocked rigging.

• Address: 129 Coast Road, West Mersea, CO5 8PA (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Seafood
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £16.00

Contented Sole, The

• Address: 80 High Street, Burnham-on-Crouch, CM0 8AA (Map)
• Cuisine(s): International
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £32.00

Copacabana Bar and Grill

This restaurant has to be unique in Colchester as I cannot imagine another Churrasco place, Brazilian BBQ at its best, anywhere around there. They specialise in serving long skewers of beef, chicken, pork, lamb, ribs, which are basted with traditional marinades and then gently roasted over a pit of glowing coals.

• Address: 62 High Street, Colchester, CO1 1DN (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Brazilian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £14.00, Dinner: £24.00

Cricketers' Arms, The

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The Cricketers' Arms has been transformed into an establishment capable of offering excellent food, drink and facilities to both aspiring cricketers, their families and anybody else who happens to be passing.

• Address: Rickling Green, nr Saffron Walden, CB11 3YG (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British, Modern European, Gastropub
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £35.00

Cricketers, The

There are those who believe that this rather attractive old pub depends too much upon its status as the place where the parents of a certain Jamie Oliver taught their son to cook, and who now run the place.

• Address: Wicken Road, Clavering, nr Saffron Walden, CB11 4QT (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £39.00

Crispin's

Built around 1475, Crispin's is an delightful, candlelit restaurant. The lounge is comfortable and warm; when you arrive you can enjoy a drink there, it features authentic oak ceiling beams and an open log fire.

• Address: The Street, Messing, nr Colchester, CO5 9TR (Map)
• Cuisine(s): International
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £28.00

Crofters Brasserie

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With distinctive flair, Richard Forbes and David Whitnell have created at Crofters Brasserie a pleasant, innovative style encapsulated in their menu and wine list, all aided and abetted by a casual, laidback atmosphere, making the whole a thoroughly enjoyable experience.

• Address: 25 Maldon Road, Witham, CM8 2AA (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £30.00

Crown, The

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The Crown has a reputation for outstanding cuisine, recently gaining 2 AA red rosettes, excellent wines - winner of the wine pub of the year 2005, real ales and friendly, efficient staff. The inn dates back to the early 1500s and has been extended over the years, endeavouring to provide modern amenities without losing the inn's old world charm.

• Address: Park Street, Stoke-by-Nayland, nr Colchester, CO6 4SE (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British, Modern European, Gastropub
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £30.00