Large, busy, food-oriented pub with a dining area and carvery to the rear and a Premier Inn attached, on the main road between Loughton & London. Typically two Real Ales are on offer; Sharp's Doom Bar and a guest beer. Food service is open from 8am for breakfast thorough to 10:30 in the evening, although menu choices may be limited towards the end of the opening times as the carvery deck offering is wound down for the the end of service.