Queen Elizabeth Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "Lovely local pub with good food and welcome atmosphere."
• "Nice location for a pub and a bonus that it’s dog friendly, so great to stop for a drink after a dog walk."
• "A great base for starting and/or ending a walk through Epping Forest."
• "Lovely pub near the forest. Great friendly atmosphere, tasty pub food."
• "Really nice pub, great friendly atmosphere and the staff are really helpful had a lovely meal reasonably priced nice size portions."
• "It's a nice pub for a couple of beers and friendly banter."
• "Been Coming here many years now been a nice location pub."

Cons:

• "I think this pub needs an update. It looks very unloved and that comes across in the atmosphere."
• "Place is need of a good exterior and interior refurbishment."
• "Place is very jaded looking."
• "Dirty tables, grubby toilets and not much atmosphere."
• "Absolutely disgusting sticky unclean tables and filthy carpet."
• "Smelt very strongly of cigarette smoke inside."
• "Finally, a family had a huge dog, and as I am severely allergic, we had to sit in a rather dark corner."

Service

Pros:

• "All the staff are friendly, the pub is family oriented and welcome dogs as well."
• "Really good value for money, service from Grant was excellent."
• "A warm welcome and good service from Grant and Lucy."
• "The staff are always friendly Magda and Marcy are always ready to serve you your dinner or a nice cocktail."
• "Wonderful pub, it’s always clean and the staff are very helpful."
• "Friendly service. Well done guys, definitely returning."
• "Very friendly staff...even called a taxi for us."

Cons:

• "I had booked a table for 4 at 1pm to celebrate my birthday with my son and daughter in law, I told the barmaid I had booked she couldn't be bothered to check and just said sit anywhere."
• "No one offered us a seat. We had to find a seat ourselves."
• "The service is horrible, because they waited for us to sit down and choose before saying anything."
• "Nobody came over to talk to us so we just left."
• "Everytime we went up to the bar we were greeted with a unfriendly grunt and literally saw the bar maids rolling their eyes at us."
• "Find the old woman behind the bar very rude & pretentious."
• "Food was mediocre.. they were very low on staff which meant that every table had empty plates on them and food was all over the floor."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Lovely pub with good service and nice food."
• "Had a wonderful evening meal to end the week on."
• "Not posh food but good food and fantastic value."
• "10oz ribeye was cooked to perfection and delicious."
• "The vegan roast was great."
• "Had a really good mixed grill, also beer was in good order."
• "The burgers are great, juicy and large portion."

Cons:

• "Come here if you want to waste your Sunday waiting for your meal."
• "The food is absolutely awful, meat looks like it's been sat there for ages and so many other dishes bland."
• "The chicken was hard and had no flavour."
• "Words can not describe how poor the quality of food is at this place."
• "Ordered a simple straightforward Sunday roast. arrived in a state. Swimming in purple cabbage water and rock hard parsnips."
• "The Sunday roast was questionable, looked quite dry and lacking veg."
• "The scampi looked like ‘mock scamp’ otherwise ok, and the grilled seabass fillets were charred and dry."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Really good value for money, service from Grant was excellent."
• "Not posh food but good food and fantastic value."
• "Nice enough pub. Quite an extensive menu and the food is good value for money."
• "Super dog friendly pub with great affordable food."
• "Had the most amazing meal (fish and chips) with a desert for next to nothing."
• "Very reasonably priced."
• "The food and service was very good and always has been at the Queen Elizabeth."

Cons:

• "Really disappointed that's a waste of £30."
• "Food arrived in a reasonable time however, it was no better than a frozen supermarket meal for one."
• "The food was lovely, however a bit pricey; I had to order chips separately from my burger and little things like that add up."
• "The prices are at least 50p more expensive than on the menu!"
• "Very little food eaten, waste of money. Will not be returning."
• "The desert is tiny and not worth the money."
• "I would never eat at this place again the sunday roast was dry and cold."