The Hare At Roxwell - Chelmsford

We came here last evening with our friends who have been before. Everything about it was lovely. The staff (Molly and another who I can't remember her name) were exceptionally polite and knowledgeable. Food delicious We will be coming again. Thank you Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

Price per person: £20–30 Food: 4 Service: 2 Atmosphere: 3

So bad we're still laughing about it in disbelief. I really don't mind paying good money for nice food, on the flip side if the food is cheap I don't expect too much from it and if I'm pleasantly surprised it's a bonus. Roast Beef here is £17, cauliflower cheese was £8 and dessert was £7 £8, I don't remember, so middle of the road for pub roast. But pricey enough that the food should be good. The quality was poor and the portion sizes were small. The roast potatoes you could hardly cut through the outside (one of the potatoes i actually couldn't) and the inside was rock solid. It was probably a god send that you only got three very small potato's. The £8 cauliflower cheese was cauliflower in thickened milk lacking cheese, there was zero flavour. The beef consisted of two small bits of beef, my beef wasn't actually too bad and I appreciate you need a bit of fat to add to the flavour but the other people I was with, their beef was overly fatty. Gravy, there was very little. The Yorkshire puds, I'm pretty sure were from a packet. For desert we had brownies as they had run out of trillionaires tart, the portion sizes again were very very small, i'd be surprised if 3 square, although the flavour was good. All in all a very very disappointing experience, my cousin who booked lunch is now banned from ever booking lunch again. I did complain, in a non vocal manner and they did apologise and take 15% off our bill.

Unfortunately a gas failure resulted in delays and chips being removed from our meals. No ones fault, staff excellent, discount offered all good. Due to this I surmise food being under a heat source a bit to long affecting quality so deducted a star. Price was about average but portions amongst the smallest I've been served so deducted a second star. Price per person: £40–50

Price per person: £20–30 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5