Black Lion Pub in Uttlesford

A brilliant village pub with friendly staff and lovely home cooked food.

What a beautiful place to sit in the sun, have a drink and some good pub grub, lovely.

Excellent staff and service. Brilliant sandwiches and good beer.

Great "local" pub in High Riding with welcoming atmosphere. Good dining, and plenty of space outside.

Great food great service friendly staff good selection of beers and spirits. Clean inside and out.

Great country pub. Super selection of ales & beers. Fab food but the best bit is the dogs!!!

What a great pub. Very clean and well kept. Plenty of character and a great landlord. Lots of outside seating in a nice environment. Went here for the first time last week but I will definitely be visiting again.

A marvelous boozer with a good selection of beers. The food is wonderful and I recommend trying a pizza from the new pizza oven. Delicious. The staff are cheerful and friendly and the landlord is a good egg. If you're really lucky you might get to pet one of the resident dogs.

Lovely pub lead by a great landlord and supported by an amazing team. It has a real friendly feel in here and the three gorgeous spaniels are always happy to see everyone! Food is 5 stars, recommend the Sunday mixed roast!

1 star food hygiene rating with local authority - 0 star from my familyate here a couple of times in the last two years and thought nothing special and overpriced but its local. decided to book a family get together 1 week in advance to make sure we got the table we wanted in the restaurant/bar area. When we arrived we were placed in the "sports bar" which was cold and not being used that day (apart from our table). The other tables were taken by drinkers and diners so we just went with it. We ordered 6 meals (two of 1 item, 3 of another and a bowl of chips - not difficult). After 45 minutes we enquired as to how long our food would be, we were told by the owner that the (17 year old) "chef" had run out of potatoes and was waiting on a new batch to come out of the oven and that he couldn't speed it up and did we want to leave ! We decided that we'd sit it out as it was mother's day and everywhere else would've been booked (dauphinoise potatoes take max 25 minutes in oven so we shouldn't be waiting for much longer). WRONG - we waited in total for 1½ hours for our meals to arrive. All the meals were wrong, overcooked and inedible. At this point we decided to leave. We tried to discuss this with the owner of the pub who argued that there wasn't anything wrong with the waiting time, the service we received, the wrong orders or the state of the food. We offered to pay for our drinks and half the food bill at which point we were told to pay for the drinks and not to come back as we were not welcome in his pub anymore ! Had we of known that the pub/restaurant had a food hygiene rating of 1 out of 5 from the local authority (which was given in January 2018) we would never have booked there. Authorities do not taste food when they inspect properties so there is obviously something seriously lacking in this kitchen. Majority of reviews on here for this place are from "locals" hence the reviews from "local guides". Avoid until new (happier/customer orientated) management or kitchen is sorted.