http://www.essexrestaurants.com/ 155-1237 http://www.essexrestaurants.com/epping-venues/epping-restaurants/the-bluebell-restaurant-chigwell-essex.html We go to the Bluebell about once a month have always enjoyed excellent food and service. Even when the ownership chnaged, everything was still great. The menu is wide-ranging and imaginative with something to please everyone but some dishes are priced quite highly. We would probably go more often if prices dropped a little. ]]> Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:53:34 +0100 155-1199 http://www.essexrestaurants.com/epping-venues/epping-restaurants/the-bluebell-restaurant-chigwell-essex.html I went yesterday for Sunday lunch to celebrate a special birthday. Staff were accommodating enough, having wanted to move from the couples area at the front into a less intimate space towards the back. The starter of Prawns was well presented and most palatable. The Main of Barbary Duck to my dismay and horror was served with a massive Yorkshire pudding and three very large unsightly roast potatoes! I have never been served with that combination accompanying a delicacy of Duck ever before. Most strange - however the duck was cooked to my 'medium' request. (I did have to ask for a steak knife.)The Duck arrived splattered with a Cranberry sauce mess. Whilst approaching the end of the meal, we were chatting, the bill arrived without being prompted for - a surprise as we werent ready to leave and were being reminded 'time was up'. There were plenty of other empty tables for two there. A very pleasant young fair haired lad served us on one occasion - Nice friendly chap. I hadn't been to the Bluebell for a long time- Not the inviting place it used to be and what with serving odd combinations, probably wouldn't recommend it. ]]> Mon, 25 Jul 2011 08:53:18 +0100 155-1195 http://www.essexrestaurants.com/epping-venues/epping-restaurants/the-bluebell-restaurant-chigwell-essex.html We consider the Bluebell our favourite restaurant. The service is personal, friendly and always attentive to you're every need. From the moment you arrive you are made to feel special and the anticipation of what is on the menu adds to the excitement of the dining experience. Once your choice is ordered food is served timely and presented beautifully. Food is always of a very high standard and often dishes leave the palette desiring more! The Good Food Guide totally underestimates the pure quality of dining experience this friendly restaurant offers. Highly recommended, high quality and high standards! Mr.Tidbury ]]> Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:09:07 +0100 155-1053 http://www.essexrestaurants.com/epping-venues/epping-restaurants/the-bluebell-restaurant-chigwell-essex.html Been going here for years best place to eat me and my family love it and I think very reasonably priced go on every occasion possible Xmas eve and new years eve it's great too! ]]> Wed, 11 May 2011 13:08:01 +0100 155-1018 http://www.essexrestaurants.com/epping-venues/epping-restaurants/the-bluebell-restaurant-chigwell-essex.html This was my first time at The Bluebell following a recommendation from a friend and I am so pleased I discovered it! My friend and I went on a Friday night and the food was fine British food at its best which has had a lot of thought put into it without being too over the top! I had a cheese tasting plate to start and then a delicious lamb dish for main course. We then had a yummy sharing dessert which was served on a beautiful long glass plate. The service was very good also without being too obtrusive. I was a little worried the bill would be high but it was very good value considering the quality of the food. We paid about 40 pounds each with a decent bottle of wine and a few soft drinks. I am pleased to have discovered this restaurant as it is tough these days to find a decent British restaurant which is suitable for a wonderful dinner and a long overdue catch up. ]]> Sun, 01 May 2011 16:26:30 +0100 155-852 http://www.essexrestaurants.com/epping-venues/epping-restaurants/the-bluebell-restaurant-chigwell-essex.html We were invited by friends for a celebration meal at Bluebell, and were very disappointed. The menu is "West-end chic" but the food isn't. Wine list unimpressive and very pricey. Service slow and amateurish. But the place was full, so they must be doing something right !
Quite a few of the other diners were very loud, very drunk and presumably very rich. ]]> Mon, 17 May 2010 19:48:32 +0100 155-449 http://www.essexrestaurants.com/epping-venues/epping-restaurants/the-bluebell-restaurant-chigwell-essex.html 5 of us went to The Bluebell yesterday, as a Mother's Day treat, spending close to £200 and our meal, in fact our Mothers Day, was completely ruined by the rudeness of the manager. We had to listen to staff swearing at each other during our interminable wait for our table and then the manager stormed over telling us he'd cancelled our booking after trying to ring 4-5 times (I think not), leaving as many messages, to confirm the booking. We found one message on our phone from the Saturday night asking us to call. We hadn't been home since and considering we booked the table months ago we had assumed the booking would go ahead with no problems-why wouldn't we? The manager virtually shouted at my Mum, totally humiliated her in front of everyone else who was waiting and ruined what should have been a fabulous day.

I will never ever go back to this restaurant and neither will the rest of our party. Absolute disgrace.

If this had been the first time the service was questionable we'd put it down to it being busy but every time we have been previously it's the same-but yesterday was unforgivable. My mum and mother-in-law's days were ruined and I'll never forget that.

*If I could leave the service and recommendation fields at zero I would* ]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:01:17 +0000 155-381 http://www.essexrestaurants.com/epping-venues/epping-restaurants/the-bluebell-restaurant-chigwell-essex.html Really lovely, can't wait to go back. ]]> Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:54:27 +0000