The Woodman

155 London Rd, Stanford Rivers, Ongar
01277 362019

Recent Reviews

jerry

Thoroughly recommended. Latest visit was a family lunch for six on Good Friday. Friendly atmosphere, friendly professional team, great service, good food, beer Battered Cod, Peas and Chips was fantastic. We like this pub all year round, it has a small terrace and a large garden with a lot of tables and nice view over a pretty paddock and fields.

Lola Charles

Nice selection of pub food.Low door entrance to establishment with no health & safety sign. Husband hit his head!Service poor, staff abrupt & rude looked unhappy within work place no polite welcome or smiles.1st visit and won't be returning or recommending.

Anil Sharad

Love this lovely old pub. Every time I’ve been, the service has been great and despite being really busy (good sign of quality), they’ve always found us a table. The roast dinner is top notch and very generous. Lovely grounds outside too, overlooking farmland.Parking: There’s lots of parking in front of and beside the pub in its own grounds.

Beth N Tollon

3 course

Melody Rex

I did not visit the woodman

Chris Lear

Fantastic, traditional pub, good food, great to stop in for a drink after golf at Toot

Christine Wisniewska

So disappointed ?. I've visited and eaten many times before here. Unfortunately today the food was so awful I could not eat it my meal. I chose the Belly Pork. It was so tough I could not cut it. I complained. The £19 was deducted from the bill. I will think twice before eating here again. Such a same as a beautiful location. A lovely oldy worldly pub. Staff very nice.

Hachy London

The best for us was the service. The ladies serving the tables were so welcoming, warm, helpful and friendly.Second best, the sticky toffee pudding! It's divine!The lamb and pork belly roasts were very nice. I would have liked the belly to have more crispy skin, but the meat was tender all the way through.I would love to go back in the summer to enjoy the great outdoor beer garden they have at the back overlooking great countryside views.Thank you very much.

David Farmer

Soggy steak and ale pie hard mash on top no tast vegetables raw sorry won't come back a bit

Michelle

You receive a lovely warm welcome from lovely friendly staff. Food is and has always been delicious. Great choice on the menu with few extra options on the specials board. The homemade pie is a proper pie, proper pastry top & bottom and tastes just wonderful ?.The homemade Cheesecakes are lighter than they look! They are light and airy and we had Rolo cheesecake, delish! If you've not been here before or haven't recently visited, do yourselves a favour and book yourselves a table and enjoy home cooked delicious pub grub in a lovely country pub. They are a dying breed, so keep this one going! ??????

Stephen Pirolli

Last minute decision whilst out riding our motorbike. Lucky enough to get a table with super welcoming staff,and the food was brilliant. I recommend the steak and kidney pudding and my wife's lamb roast was excellent. Dancing Debbee was lovely and looked after us.

Tony C

We booked the woodman for a specail birthday celebration, we had the round table which was excellent, staff looked after us from the time we arrived untill departure and the food was great. Many thanks to The woodman, we will definately return.

Peter J

Once again another lovely visit to The Woodman! The venue is lovely, staff are excellent and the food and drink is always high class, well presented and delicious. We will return again very soon and would encourage anyone reading this to add it to your list of places to visit!

Jaeger Gran

First time going to this really quaint pub for Sunday lunch, car parking right there, I had a most delicious chicken and mushroom pie and the others had Sunday roast food was really tasty and the service was quick but not rushed at all and very friendly it had a lovely atmosphere, luckily we booked as its very popular, there are tasty looking vegetarian options also and the waitresses were so friendly I felt I knew them.

Oliver Turner

Nice atmosphere surrounding this amazing pub!Definitely recommend going here on a nice evening with your family or friends!Food was outstanding, and I highly recommend going here again some time-Oliver t.Kid-friendliness: Playground outside for young kids to play and enjoy themselves,which is good entertainment.

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