Recent reviews Braintree
[Fritzthecat, 08/01/2011] The Antalia is the only proper Turkish restaurant in Braintree. With proper I mean a normal restaurant with table service, napkins and cutlery and not just a take away with a few plastic seats in the corner, of the later we have plenty. Since a while they also serve Indian food, probably a move to attract more customers although methinks that improving the food they served before might have been a wiser move than robbing the place of its identity.
[Fritzthecat, 09/08/2010] Aroma is part of a small chain of buffet-style Chinese restaurants in Essex. The Braintree branch is located right at the Freeport Leisure complex, just a few metres from the entrance to the Freeport shopping village.
[Fritzthecat, 09/08/2010] The Mulberry Tree is a large family orientated gastro-pub in Braintree, situated directly at the Galley's Corner roundabout of the A120 bypass. It belongs to the same company as its neighbour, the Premier Inn and the entrances to the hotel and the restaurant are connected by a covered walkway. So if you are planning to stay there this will probably your port of call for a dinner or lunch, or is at least intended to be by its owners.
[james11, 18/04/2010] Had a fantastic stay, Beautiful suroundings & very helpful staff.
The rooms were lovely & clean as was the rest of the building. Looking forward to our next visit in summer.
[Fritzthecat, 05/04/2010] Chimichanga
Chimichanga is the only Mexican restaurant in Braintree. It is located in the Freeport leisure centre and part of a small restaurant chain which owns two more restaurants with the same name in Essex.
[Fritzthecat, 04/04/2009] Braintree District Museum is a typical small museum that depicts the historical development of the region it is situated in, just like many museums you can find in towns and villages of all sizes around the world.
[Fritzthecat, 10/08/2008] Braintree is a bit of a culinary wasteland and La Piazza, with its authentic Italian cuisine, stands out from all the many chain restaurant and gastro-pubs, with their inter-changeable menus, that dominate the scene.
[Fritzthecat, 10/05/2008] Crazy Kids is one of the largest indoor play areas for children in Essex. Located in a former warehouse, not far from Freeport shopping village, it can easily be reached with the free Freeport shuttle bus that connects Freeport with the centre of the town. From the bus stop it is only a short walk and you might like to combine a visit to the shops with some playtime for the children.
[Fritzthecat, 21/12/2007] Freeport Braintree is a factory outlet that is designed like a small village. The outer ring of shops "surrounds" the village like a city wall and the entrance gates resemble those of medieval gates just don't expect a draw bridge. Once inside you'll find out that there are three shopping streets within the outlet.
The design of the village is quite nice; there are some fountains and trees and small carts from which you can buy hotdogs, drinks or crepes and everything looks very clean and tidy.
The shops offer you the possibility to buy their goods heavily discounted, just as if you we
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[Fritzthecat, 15/08/2006]
How to get there :
If you come from the M 11 then you'll have to take the exit at Stansted and turn into the A 120 in direction of Colchester.
You have to take the second exit of Braintree, at the big and very busy roundabout, and turn into the B 1018 towards Witham. There are the familiar brown signs that always lead you to places of interest and you can just follow them.
The B 1018 leads you through the small village of Cressing, which seems to be build alongside the road and is, probably, much longer then wide, as it takes quite a bit until you are through.
Shortly after C
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