The Cricketers Clavering

My partner and I booked a stay at The Cricketers Clavering last minute. We were collecting my parents from Stansted later on the following day and thought it better to stay somewhere we wouldn't be listening to planes all night. On arriving we were given the keys to our room. We stayed in the Chester Le Street room. The room was lovely with everything we needed. I would say the room needs a fresh lick of paint as the walls had a few stains and if you plan having a shower, it is wall mounted so you will be washing your hair. We also stayed on a hot night so the room was very warm but unlike many places they had thought this through supplying a fan. The main thing was the bed was comfy and the towels and linen were clean and fresh. We decided to eat in the restaurant. My partner ordered the burger and I had the haddock and chips. Both were amazing and we were defeated as the portion size was huge. The following morning we had breakfast. The selection was good. My partner had full English and I had the eggs and salmon on sourdough. Again good sized portions. Service was great both during the evening and at breakfast. The restaurant areas were clean and well presented. Overall we had a lovely stay and would recommend. The surrounding area is beautiful. One last thing... as a cat lover, I loved being greeted in the courtyard by the very friendly cat.

It’s a nice pub with good rooms. But a few things could have been better. It would have been helpful if someone had checked our reservation and told us the value we could order to for our fixed price stay. We had forgotten and ordered the cheapest thing on the menu. The room was nice and very spacious and comfortable. The grouting and silicone at the tap end needs bleaching. The shaving mirror, which was nice to find, is placed so high in the wall that it was unusable (I can’t understand how such an error was made). Breakfast was a disappointment; plenty of choice for cooked breakfast but no fruit or yoghurt. We asked for some and did get very small pots of compote and yoghurt. The cooked breakfast I ordered came so fast that I had barely started my cereal, this is a bit amateur. But we would stay again in spite of shortcomings.

ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING!!! Room was beautiful, clean, spotless and stunning, food was delicious, staff were amazing!! Literally cannot think of anything negative to say… totally recommend 100% Thank you for the most amazing weekend :)

Fantastic overnight stay. Couldn’t ask for more. Room was spotless and well appointed. We had a wonderful dinner and ate far too much! Wine range excellent and great ales on tap too. Staff were all marvellous. My wife has to eat gluten free and staff and kitchen were extremely helpful and knowledgeable about it. I never normally eat a dessert but had to try the Scottish Tablet dessert. I thought I had died and gone to heaven! The obviously home made tablet took me right to being a bairn again and eating my mother’s recipe. “It wid bring a tear tae a glass eye!” We will definitely be back. Fantastic pub, restaurant and hotel.

Occasion : we telephoned enroute fro messed to Cambs. To get an impromptu lunch at a pub I’ve visited previously ( when owned / managed by the Olivers ) and now knew it was part of the Chesbut group, a chain I’ve again previously visited and had excellent experiences On arrival at 2pm, we were shown to a table next to a young family with children, very very screaming load children where parents weren’t asking them to be quiet So we asked politely to be moved A gentleman then showed us to a table in the area behind the bar, al seemed good But within a few minutes the group immediately behind us expanded to a lot larger group with young children. :-(. That would have been ok as they weren’t excessively noisy. But… the children then started to play as a group on the floor in the walkway immediately behind my chair My wife and I decided to leave. A young waitress saw us stand and leave and I explained the reason why we were leaving My understanding is the Cricketers is a pub / restaurant NOT a crèche or a child’s bedroom / play area or living room When I got home I wrote to the chefs it group and I received a reply from Genevieve to say they couldn’t control how parents ‘parent’ And was sorry we didn’t have a good time I din’t agree with this response and advised it was the pub and its staff responsibility at worse, health and safety that children shouldn’t be playing on floors in public walkways or immediately behind other patrons seats The Cricketers don’t agree and.said they did all they could and my complaints were beyond anything within their control I am not complaining that there were children in the establishment of course not, and I even said on day, if that’s the approach the pub took for Sundays to be a family establishment so be it but on this occasion too noisy and too many children not being controlled so we left I can’t judge the food as we never had any, but since writing to the cricketers, I would have said that on this occasion they had let us down and they should have spoken to the parents who’s children were playing on the floor behind us. But they say this isn’t in their control or can’t tell parents how to parent ? If we were to revisit it most definitely won’t be on a Sunday lunchtime Other pubs in the group have been far far better

An attractive country pub in a good location. Unfortunately we had a few issues that were reasonably easily resolved however regular maintenance would avoid this. Our evening meal was average at best and the young girl that checked us in was quite disinterested however the rest of the staff were very good. Breakfast was however very good and quite a contrast to the experience we had the night before. Our room was upstairs was particularly noisy and it would have been helpful to have been prepared about this as we may have chosen elsewhere to stay. It sounded like we were right outside an extractor fan for the kitchen which went till very late at night and resumed very early in the morning.

We stayed over the bank holiday weekend and thoroughly enjoyed our time at The Cricketers . The service was friendly and professional.. The food was very good. Overall great value for money. What more can I say! Highly recommended for both food and accommodation.

We had an amazing last minute August bank holiday night away. I cannot fault a thing. The food, staff and accommodation were all amazing and set within a beautiful location in the Essex countryside. We have now decided to return next year with more family for a special birthday celebration, cannot wait!

We stopped for a coffee while out cycling. Not only was the espresso really nice, but they gave us some free jam and toast. How friendly is that! Very pretty low ceilingedcountry pub with a very pleasant patio at the front. Get there early if you want breakfast