The House by Hilly Gant

4.7

736 reviews

£41 and over

British

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A Chophouse is more than just a restaurant or pub; it’s a British Institution dating back to the late 17th century.

This traditional style of cooking was maintained in chophouses until the late 19th century. At this point, with the world growing smaller, influences from overseas began to bring exciting new styles of cooking and cuisine to British shores. Restaurants evolved and chophouses lost their popularity…

It isn’t until the 1800’s that our story truly begins. Originally operated as a home for ‘wayward women’, and later as a haberdashery, our building first served as an eating establishment in 1982. In the years that followed, she played host to many owners, each with their own unique vision.

She became The Chophouse Braintree in 2015. By embracing the peculiarity and beauty of the building, as well as taking advantage of the exceptional local produce on offer, we have been able to take the essence of the chophouse and give it new life.

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No. of diners

2 people

DateTime

17 Aug 2022

19:00

Booked 11 times today

Additional information

Dining style
Casual Elegant
Cuisines
British
Hours of Operation
Lunch Fri 12:00 pm–2:00 pm Sat 12:00 pm–2:30 pm Sun 12:00 pm–5:00 pm Dinner Tue–Thu 5:30 pm–9:00 pm Fri, Sat 5:30 pm–10:00 pm
Phone number
01376 345615
Website
http://www.thehousebyhillygant.co.uk/
Payment Options
AMEX, MasterCard, Visa
Dress Code
Smart Casual
Executive Chef
Sam McGee

Location
34 New Street, Braintree, Essex CM7 1ES
Area
Braintree
Parking Details
None
Additional
Gluten-free Options, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Vegan

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What 736 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

4.7

4.7 based on recent ratings

4.7Food
4.7Service
4.6Ambience
4.4Value

Noise • Moderate

Diners' Choice Awards

Essex
Best Overall
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Best Food
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Best Service
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Best Ambience
Essex
Best Value
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Fit for Foodies
Essex
Healthy
Essex
Notable Wine List
Essex
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Special Occasions
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RonE
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined 3 days ago
overall5food5service4ambience4
Excellent service and meal needs air conditioning to make it better.
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Beverleyj
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined 3 days ago
overall5food5service5ambience4
Would highly recommend. We enjoy the ambience and high quality food and customer service.
AM
AMandaC
London
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined 4 days ago
overall5food5service5ambience5
Fantastic food, great flavours, a lovely quality restaurant tucked away!
CC
CatherineC
Essex
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined 7 days ago
overall5food5service5ambience5
What a lovely evening! Great service and wonderful food.
OT
OpenTable Diner
Essex
4 reviews
5.0
4 reviews
Dined on 6 August 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
We have been many times before to the previously named Chophouse and now Rob has made it even better at The House with a fabulous menu of delicious food (the burnt tender stem broccoli is wow ) great drinks menu and staff who are still lovely . We are lucky to have you so close to home . Thankyou for another great evening
JB
JoBarb
London
5 reviews
5.0
5 reviews
Dined on 5 August 2022
overall5food4service4ambience5
Loved this place.. staff very friendly and helpful.. great food
B
Badger
Essex
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on 2 August 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Both service and food were excellent. Ideal for that special occasion. We’ve been before and will be going again.
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adrian
Cambridge
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 31 July 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
We've been before & we think it's the best place to eat in Braintree.
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Simon
Exclusive
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 28 July 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Food was lovely and great service. The noise level was a little to high to start with however the staff were excellent and moved us away from the noisy party. My partner was very impressed by the friendly staff and their attention to detail. A really enjoyable experience!
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craigj
Essex
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 27 July 2022
overall5food4service5ambience5
What a joy this place is, great food from locally sourced providers! Lovely wine selection!!
DY
DeloresY
London
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 23 July 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Excellent food. Lovely staff. Could benefit from a choice of alcohol free beers as the one they offer is not the best. Please introduce Ghost Ship! Otherwise perfect.
DC
DebbieC
London
6 reviews
5.0
6 reviews
Dined on 22 July 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Friendly welcome. The service and food were great. I would happily go back.
JL
JanL
London
1 review
1.0
1 review
Dined on 17 July 2022
overall1food1service3ambience2
very disappointed, was not up to scratch, gravy had no taste
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Tumpar
London
3 reviews
5.0
3 reviews
Dined on 17 July 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Lovely meal, good price. Modern venue. Highly recommend.
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zoeh
Essex
3 reviews
5.0
3 reviews
Dined on 17 July 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Delicious food and amazing staff working in the heat. Thank you.x
SM
SarahM
Essex
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 16 July 2022
overall5food5service5ambience4
Service team were awesome and loved the button to press for service!
GB
GailB
Essex
5 reviews
5.0
5 reviews
Dined on 16 July 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Never had a bad experience here, it’s by far our most favourite to eat and enjoy bottomless prosecco 🥂
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Lovefood
London
5 reviews
5.0
5 reviews
Dined on 16 July 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Food was excellent, staff very attentive, we went for the free flowing Prosecco brunch and our glasses were never empty !
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claree
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 16 July 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Excellent service staff were all really friendly and polite. Food was very good. Lovely ambience too.
AB
AmieBlackburn
London
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on 15 July 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
20/10, insane food 😍 all staff very friendly and helpful :)
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Lloydyboy
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 15 July 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Fabulous inventive food and very appealing on the eye and tasty, a real find and would definitely go back. Nicely decorated and very attentive staff.
DK
DeniseK
Essex
5 reviews
5.0
5 reviews
Dined on 15 July 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
As always excellent service excellent food I cannot say enough for The House by Hilly Gant
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IanS
London
5 reviews
vip
5.0
5 reviews
Dined on 14 July 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Quite superb meal, lovely relaxing and friendly atmosphere and great to chat with Chef Sam and Harry. The salmon and bagel :) starter was delicious and the skate was huge but delicious. Topping off with the lemon posset finished off the meal perfectly Can’t recommend the house enough. Great food and great staff! Home from home
LA
LorraineA
Essex
3 reviews
5.0
3 reviews
Dined on 10 July 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Great relaxed atmosphere. Lovely Sunday roast, def pink and very good, pork lovely too. Good selection of vegetables. Great brownies and salted caramel tart. Lovely drinks, good selection of gins and wine.
OT
OpenTable Diner
Essex
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 9 July 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Perfect meal out with my wife after a long but amazing 3 week honey moon and celebrating being pregnant
L
Lesley
Essex
1 review
4.0
1 review
Dined on 9 July 2022
overall4food4service4ambience3
A very pleasing and welcoming restaurant with great traditional standards and close by parking. Good menu and presentation of delightful food. Very nice decor which compliments the whole atmospheric eating experience. Not to be missed!
PR
PatsyR
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 7 July 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Harry has been our server twice now. He is attentive, polite and knowledgeable. As well as the food, we will be coming back because of Harry!
M
Miles64
Essex
10 reviews
5.0
10 reviews
Dined on 7 July 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Welcomed back by name on arrival, friendly chat and then shown to the table. The waiter had checked from our last visit ( several weeks before) and offered us the same drinks - which felt like a nice touch. Specials on the menu were explained, without pushing us away from the main menu either. Food was magnificent, from our starters to the Chateaubriand for mains. A lovely evening of not hurried indulgence
AJ
AJEp
Essex
1 review
4.0
1 review
Dined on 3 July 2022
overall4food5service3ambience4
We will definitely go back. it was great to be able to use the outside area given the clement weather
G
Gman
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 1 July 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
I cannot rate this restaurant highly enough. Table for 4 for lunch on a Friday. From the moment we were greeted until we left the service was excellent. The staff were attentive but not interfering. The food was excellent, tasty and a little bit different from the normal. For instance the sausage and mash was one giant, quality sausage with deliciously smooth mash. All 4 meals were highly rated. Keep up the good work.
DA
DarrylA
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 28 June 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Fantastic food prepaird by a very talented chef will defently be back
MJ
MichelleJ
Essex
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on 26 June 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Yummy food, great service. Lovely, clean restaurant.
PW
PWarn
Essex
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on 24 June 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Never disappoints - food amazing, everything amazingĺp
LG
LornaG1234
Essex
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 23 June 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Staff attentive, food excellent a great evening as usual … quality of the food out if this world and we had a lovely history lesson about the recent name change ..we will recommend to all that will listen and we will be back very soon ..
AJ
AbiJ
Kent
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 21 June 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Fabulous place to eat, great service. Can not wait to revisit, excited for it to be my local
SC
SteveC
London
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 21 June 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
I’m new to the area, my first visit and I will be for sure going back everything was amazing!
OT
OpenTable Diner
London
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 19 June 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Father’s Day family meal. Lovely food and very accommodating staff. Thank you for attending to my daughter’s need when it counts. She relaxed after a simple move to a different table. Very grateful and will definitely be back!
C
Cath
Essex
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 18 June 2022
overall5food5service5ambience4
First visit and definitely won’t be the last :-) Such a lovely place with great service and the food was outstanding Thank you and look forward to dining there again
OT
OpenTable Diner
Essex
5 reviews
5.0
5 reviews
Dined on 18 June 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
I had the Shetland mussels to start and the château-briand as the main with the panacotta to finish. Service was fast and staff were great to our children. Definitely worth the trip.
TE
TraceyE
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 18 June 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Amazing place Food was excellent Staff were amazing

Safety precautions

Cleaning & sanitising
- Surfaces sanitised between seatings
- Digital, disposable or sanitised menu provided
- Common areas deep-cleaned daily
- Sanitiser or wipes provided for customers
- Contactless payment available
Physical distancing
- Limited number of seated diners
- Distancing maintained in common areas
- Extra space between tables

Protective equipment
- Waiting staff wear masks
- Diners must wear masks unless eating or drinking
Screening
- Sick staff prohibited in the workplace
- Diner temperature check required
- Staff temperature check required
- Contact tracing information collected

FAQs

The House by Hilly Gant is rated 4.7 stars by 736 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

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No. of diners

2 people

DateTime

17 Aug 2022

19:00

Booked 11 times today

34 New Street, Braintree, Essex CM7 1ES

Additional information

Area
Braintree
Hours of Operation
Lunch Fri 12:00 pm–2:00 pm Sat 12:00 pm–2:30 pm Sun 12:00 pm–5:00 pm Dinner Tue–Thu 5:30 pm–9:00 pm Fri, Sat 5:30 pm–10:00 pm
Cuisines
British
Dining style
Casual Elegant
Dress Code
Smart Casual
Parking Details
None
Payment Options
AMEX, MasterCard, Visa
Executive Chef
Sam McGee
Additional
Gluten-free Options, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Vegan

Website
http://www.thehousebyhillygant.co.uk/
Phone number
01376 345615

The House by Hilly Gant

Make a booking

Additional information

Popular dishes

Pork

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Fish

Menu

What 736 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

Diners' Choice Awards

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Safety precautions

Cleaning & sanitising

Physical distancing

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