For centuries, travellers have found warmth, welcome and refreshment within these walls. Today, we're giving this old pub a new chapter, without losing what makes a village pub worth having.
Expect exceptional food, local produce, excellent beers, a carefully chosen cellar, and the sort of welcome that makes you feel you've been coming here for years. Our kitchen keeps things seasonal and thoughtful, our menus stay deliberately small, and wherever we can, the food comes from close to home.
The Black Lion is still a place for a pint, a catch-up, the big game or a few hours around the fire. We are simply a village pub that happens to take its food very seriously.
Modern British cooking, Mediterranean influence and ingredients worth travelling for. Except, in our case, most of them don't have very far to go.
Explore our wines, chosen to complement good food, good company and long evenings at The Black Lion.
Four-legged friends are welcome too. Bring your dog along for a fireside snooze, a garden visit or a well-earned rest after a countryside walk.
Set in the heart of the village, just a few minutes from Great Dunmow, The Black Lion is a place to slow down, catch up and enjoy the simple things. Whether you're joining us for a perfectly poured pint of Guinness, a local favourite like Jack Spitty or a refreshing Aspall, settling in for some bloody good food by the fire, or watching the sun set over the Essex countryside, there's always a reason to stay a little longer.
We're a village pub in every sense, but the food might just surprise you. The Black Lion is a place where muddy boots sit alongside Sunday best, and nobody thinks twice about it. Where the farmer comes in for his Wednesday night pint, and someone can walk through the door alone and know they'll soon feel at home. Above all, we're a pub built around people: familiar faces, new friends and a community that feels more like family.
