The Cricketers Clavering Essex

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Venue Details

Address: Clavering
Town/City: nr Saffron Walden
County: Essex
Postcode: CB11 4QT
Tel No.: 01799 550 442
Website: http://www.thecricketers.co.uk/
Opening Times: Open 7 days a week, contact venue for further details.
Ave. Price per couple: 55.00
The Cricketers in Clavering is a multi award winning Country Inn.

Recommended by Egon Ronay the English Tourist Board (Highly Commended), Good Pub Guide, Johansens, Michelin and the AA The Cricketers serve a great selection of wines real ales and beers. Run by Jamie Oliver's father this pub looks set to continue winning award after award. They also provide excellent accommodation in case you just can't bring yourself to leave.

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User reviews

Average user rating from: 5 user(s)

Overall rating
6.3
Overall
7.0
Food
7.0
Service
6.6
Ambience
7.2
Value
5.2
Toilets
6.6
Recommend
4.8
 

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Enjoyable, Sunday, 31 January 2010

Written by Margaret

Overall rating
8.3
Overall
9.0
Food
9.0
Service
9.0
Ambience
9.0
Value
7.0
Toilets
6.0
Recommend
9.0
Our party of eight dined in the bar area on Saturday evening and all enjoyed the experience.Wide choice of tasty food,generous portions and plenty of vegetables.The local venison and the sticky toffee pudding especially praised.Friendly service.Also very comfortable,warm room in Courtyard section and excellent breakfast
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Lost along the way, Tuesday, 26 January 2010

Written by Paulette

Overall rating
4.1
Overall
4.0
Food
4.0
Service
5.0
Ambience
5.0
Value
2.0
Toilets
8.0
Recommend
1.0
Before Jamie was famous..if you can think that far back..this restaurant was buzzing..I would have given a rating of 10 for everything. Been once a year since for the past three years and unfortunately standards have dropped in all aspects. It is such a shame.
I will not now go back as I think I have given them a fair crack of the whip.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful

Average food, bad service, Tuesday, 01 December 2009

Written by Doglover

Overall rating
4.3
Overall
5.0
Food
6.0
Service
3.0
Ambience
7.0
Value
4.0
Toilets
2.0
Recommend
3.0
We went here on Sunday lunch for a special family occasion and were disappointed with both the food and service. There was no atmosphere (no music), the toilets were small and only two for a place that seats over 100 people!, the 3 waitressess were surly, one elderly lady was far too friendly, one of the waitresses was rude to another one and clearly did not like her. The kitchen chef could be heard swearing from our table.
The food was average and not inspiring or inviting. There was so much choice and the menu was a hodge podge of old and new and really looked at though it had been put together from various cook book recipes amalgamated. The cranberry starter was AWFUL - the craberries were soooo sweet and it had one round piece of goat's cheese on top. The plates were cold, the tables crowded. To be honest the restaurant had about 20 more people than it could comfortably accomodate. It was difficult to get in and out of many tables as they were so close together and on two tables the cutlery was up on the mats to accomodate more diners at the table. The first table as you go in could comfortably sit 6 and they had laid it for 8!
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful

OVERRATED, Monday, 09 November 2009

Written by Fat Face

Overall rating
5.7
Overall
7.0
Food
6.0
Service
7.0
Ambience
6.0
Value
4.0
Toilets
8.0
Recommend
2.0
If it wasn't for the fact that this is "the pub run by Jame Oliver's parents," I wouldn't have given it a second thought. My parents live in Essex and so we went there as a party of 8 to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary over Sunday Lunch. We were not given a great table - the elderly waitresses kept bumping into my chair everytime they passed. Although the waitresses were friendly enough I don't think they were very professional. They kept interrupting at important family moments - like when we were taking photos or handing out presents. The food was awful. I was suprised and disappointed. My main course (roast lamb) was luke warm and tasteless - no gravy and a puny version of mint sauce. The roast potatoes were a joke. And don't get me started on the starter... but since you ask the Goats cheese crotin and cranberry tart was very bad. It tasted like someone had poured some cranberry suace out of a jar into a tart and plonked a piece of cheese on top. Far too much cranberry and little else. It would have been better as a dessert. We arrived at the Cricketers Arms in Rickling Green by accident, to start with, whuich is about 7 minutes drive away. I really wished we had gone there, as it seemed much nicer. All they are doing is trading off Jamie Oliver's name, and they think that will carry them. It won't. It is not enough.
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3 of 6 people found the following review helpful

CELEBRATION LUNCHES, Sunday, 19 April 2009

Written by Anne Bamber

Overall rating
9.3
Overall
10.0
Food
10.0
Service
9.0
Ambience
9.0
Value
9.0
Toilets
9.0
Recommend
9.0
We had my mother's 80th birthday and parent's Diamond Wedding lunches there and it was fantastic, absolutely perfect for both, great food and service, and lovely informal atmosphere for this type of family occasion. On top of which you can buy signed copies of Jamie's books.
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