The Rose and Crown, Halstead

Enjoyed a family lunch here in June 2011 on a Sunday.
My neck was on the block as I confused it with somewhere I had been before when booking; then the reviews I read on this site put me off a bit... however, I am pleased to report that the food was great (Sunday lunch of roast lamb for me, but others ate from the main menu and we all enjoyed our food, including starters and desserts!) As there were 18 of us we were seated in a room which as it turned out we had for sole use which was excellent. Plenty of other seating including outdoors.
The 2 youngest diners in our party loved their roast beef (small portions were big for the little ones but my 2.5 year old demolished his and loved it!) They played happily in the well equipped garden which had an excellent wooden climbing frame, slide & swings. We all had a lovely afternoon together. I would recommend and I am sure we will be back again if we are in the area. Only downside for us was that some of the other clientele left their little ones unsupervised in the garden (danger aspect was unsettling and one little guy kept grabbing hold of my niece's swing which could have led her to fall, this was a pain) but the pub itself cannot be held accountable for it's patrons in my opinion.

23 Jun 2011 16:26