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The white weatherboarded facade is hard to miss on the village green, and the low salvaged beams inside make it feel like the pub has been standing forever, because it more or less has. The Hoop is a proper Essex country gastropub: real fires, friendly but not sloppy service, and daily menus that lean French and Italian while keeping toad-in-the-hole firmly on the card. Wash it down with a local ale and nobody will judge you.
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- Top 50 Gastropubs 2026 · #55 · Top 50 Gastropubs
One number, weighted & current 79
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Atlantic prawn cocktail
“Nowadays, fresh and locally sourced produce is key to its food offer, resulting in daily-changing, seasonal menus that have featured the Hoop's Atlantic prawn cocktail, Bolognese arancini and chickpea fritters.”
Top 50 Gastropubs, 2026 -
Bolognese arancini
“Nowadays, fresh and locally sourced produce is key to its food offer, resulting in daily-changing, seasonal menus that have featured the Hoop's Atlantic prawn cocktail, Bolognese arancini and chickpea fritters.”
Top 50 Gastropubs, 2026 -
Wild Argentinian pink prawn linguine
“Mains have also included wild Argentinian pink prawn linguine, 'Maureen of Poplar' pie with mash & liquor and its classic toad in the Hoop, which is also available as a veggie option.”
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Toad in the hoop
“Mains have also included wild Argentinian pink prawn linguine, 'Maureen of Poplar' pie with mash & liquor and its classic toad in the Hoop, which is also available as a veggie option.”
Top 50 Gastropubs, 2026
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