Blakes - Epping Forest

Avoid at all costs, new management has taken over but are still using the same name. Due to this they have refused to honour/refund a deposit for a wedding booked months ago, disgraceful company standards. Not the only one which has had this issue. If your booking an event, wedding etc avoid this one!!!

We attended Blakes for a family meal. We received a very warm welcome on arrival. The staff were fantastic with kids and very professional. The food was plentiful and delicious. We will defiantly be returning.

Christmas work party. What a joke!! Tacky decor, food was horrendous, took 2 hours for the main to arrive, no running water so toilets weren’t working. Disgusting, never ever again. To top it all my coat disappeared!!

Last night was my works Xmas celebration. What an absolute disaster. The evening started at 7pm starters were served around 9pm,mains came out an hour later. Some of which were cold and desserts where not served until after 11pm at which point not many people were interested. The toilets were in a shocking state and I had to request toilet rolls. Many people were getting a full refund and I hope my manager does the same as it was a shambles. The only saving grace was the music. I doubt we will be celebrating there for some time. A shame as it usually is a great event.

Went here today with 5 other family members ranging in age from 11 to 91... Very disappointed in the quality of the food. The potatoes were not roasted at all, literally just boiled and shown the oven but not cooked in it!. The cauliflower cheese was an altogether other taste experience, the cauliflower was rock hard and the cheese sauce was simply a milky/watery slop. Queued up to get our food only to find virtually no veg so had to go back and top up our plates when it appeared. And to top it off the service charge was already added to the bill!!! What service... we went up and served ourselves as it was a CARVERY... Do not think it is appropriate to add a service charge when all the waitresses did was bring drinks and a few desserts. Should have been up to us to rate how well the service was and tip accordingly. Nothing mention about service charge already being added on the website. Only half the restaurant was full so not as if there was a rush on.