Updated 26th March 2021
Here it is - the list of local businesses who have outside seating. Please do bear in mind that some smaller venues will only have a couple of tables available.
Please note, this list was compiled with the help of some of our followers and are purely businesses that we know have some outside seating. We have not personally checked each business for an opening date so please do check before you decide to visit. Some of the smaller venues will have very limited outside seating. For pubs and restaurants it is advisable to try and book a table in advance.
* denotes a business not yet open
ROMFORD
Cafe Fino 88 Market Place, Romford 01708 721019
The Crown 360 Hornchurch Road, Roneo Corner 01708 447656
Cafe Bueno 4 High Street, Romford 01708 749036
Bunno Coffee 14 South Street, Romford 01708 960104
North Street Cafe 138 North Street, Romford 01708 761666
Rozafa 134 North Street, Romford 01708 751590
Tasty Bolle Cafe 34 North Street, Romford 01708 720310
The Park Cafe King Georges Playing Fields Car Park, Eastern Avenue West, Romford 01708 762232
Poppins Restaurant 1 Western Road, Romford 01708 738411
Mel's Cafe Unit C8 Seedbed Centre, Romford 01708 726666
*Smokey's Shack 222 South Street, Romford 01708 743167
The Goose 143 South Street, Romford 01708 761063
The Worlds Inn 113-117 South Street, Romford 01708 333120
Costa Coffee 83 South Street, Romford 01708 731459
Mangal Meze 100 South Street, Romford 01708 564167
Crowland's Cafe 263 London Road, Romford 07505 586661
Rosie Lee Cafe 145 London Road, Romford 01708 606333
The Sun London Road, Romford 01708 762231
The Olive Tree Cafe 265 Chase Cross Road, Collier Row 01708 745300
The Mawney Arms (opening 17th May) 44 Mawney Road, Romford (opening 17th May) 01708 761162
The Havering Well 148 Rush Green Road, Romford
RM5 Lounge Bar 11 Clockhouse Lane, Romford 07432 650 075
The Bull 74-76 Market Place, Romford 01708 760952
The Aspen Tree Gobions Avenue, Collier Row 01708 0749995
The Bell & Gate 248 Collier Row Lane, Collier Row 01708 058831
The Orange Tree Havering-atta-Bower 01708 752739
The Moon & Stars 99-103 South Street, Romford 01708 730117
The Liberty Bell Mercury Gardens, Romford 01708 760570
The Golden Lion 2 High Street, Romford 01708 740081
The Royal Oak Eldan House, North Road, Havering-atta-Bower 01708 744523
The Phoenix The Broadway, Rainham 01708 553700
Raphael's Restaurant 43 Main Road, Romford 01708 731107
HORNCHURCH
Liana's Tea Shop Langton's Gardens, Billet Lane, Hornchurch 07305 185006
The Railway Hotel Station Lane, Hornchurch 01708 440028
Casa Mia Coffee 136 Hornchurch Road, Hornchurch 07737 589182
Nes Cafe 9 Billet Lane, Hornchurch 01708 912874
Costa Coffee 94 High Street & 156 High Street Hornchurch 01708 446810/ 01708 479753
The Garden Cafe 87 North Street, Hornchurch 01708 458721
Lakeview Palace Harrow Lodge Park, Hornchurch
Shish Meze 2 Berther Road, Hornchurch 01708 475858
Cafe Shot 78 Brentwood Road, Hornchurch 01708 513238
The Harrow 130 Hornchurch Road, Hornchurch 01708 462611
Istanbul Grill 6 Broadway Parade, Hornchurch 01708 471993
The Good Intent South End Road, Hornchurch 01708 554644
Rienna's 196 High Street, Hornchurch 01708 469463
Le Moulin Patisserie & Boulangerie 18B Station Lane Hornchurch 01708 472121
The Fatling (strictly no under 18s) 109 High Street, Hornchurch 01708 442125
Tarantino's 51 High Street, Hornchurch 01708 504030
Wildwood 168 High Street, Hornchurch 01708 471429
The Ardleigh Ardleigh Green Road, Hornchurch (opening 21st April) 01708 442550
Tea Island 168 High Street, Hornchurch 07846 234673
Cafe 108 108 Ardleigh Green Road, Hornchurch 01708 477499
Shelley's Nightclub & Bar 72 Station Lane, Hornchurch 01708 981488
The Chequers 121 North Street, Hornchurch 01708 438659
Oynx 48 - 50 Station Road, Hornchurch 01708 443560
Xich Lo 24 Station Lane, Hornchurch 01708 925857
Greenwoods Kitchen 177 High Street, Hornchurch 01708 478400
Prezzo 189 High Street, Hornchurch 01708 455501
Zizzi 41 Station Lane, Hornchurch 01708 397013
The Rising Sun 64 High Street, Hornchurch 01708 621366
*The Compasses - Harvester 125 Abbs Cross Lane, Hornchurch 01708 450240
Sortie 40-44 Station Lane, Hornchurch 01708 479400
GIDEA PARK
The Greyhound - Harvester Main Road, Gidea Park 01708 738811
The Ship 93 Main Road, Romford 01708 741571
The Drill Pub Brentwood Road, Gidea Park 01708 442692
Joe & Jam 103 Balgores Lane, Gidea Park
Ginger Lounge 395-397 Brentwood Road Gidea Park 01708 477480
UPMINSTER & CRANHAM
Cafe Gelato 99 Corbets Tey Road, Upminster 01708 250598
Prezzo 53 Corbet's Tey Road, Upminster 01708 642096
Puddledock Farm Fishery St Mary's Lane, Upminster 07788 716837
The Golden Crane 117 Avon Road, Cranham 01708 224701
Costa Coffee 11 Station Road & 34 Station Road, Upminster 01708 227232/01708 228824
Coffee Bloom 155 St Mary's Lane, Upminster 01708 224583
Cafe Nero 26 Station Road, Upminster 01708 228093
Station Pantry Station Road, Upminster 01708 608812
Tey Cafe 3 Ockenden Road, Corbets Tey, Upminster 01708 224029
The Tap Room 1b Sunnyside Gardens, Upminster 07841 676225
Osteria Due Amici 39 Corbet's Tey Road, Upminster 01708 700500
The Tea Cosy 83 Corbet's Tey Road, Upminster 07394 072852
Huntsman & Hounds Ockenden Road, Upminster 01708 221672
Roots 38 Corbet's Tey Road, Upminster 01708 501890
The Old White Horse Ockenden Road Upminster 01708 853111
The Windmill Upminster Road, Upminster 01708 442657
Youngs Farm Cafe St Mary's Lane, Upminster 01708 641515
Jobbers Rest St Mary's Lane, Upminster 01708 251540
Preston's Village Bakery 4 Willow Parade, Front Lane, Upminster 01708 224228
Cafe 4 U 99 Front Lane, Upminster 01708 229713
The Flightpath Cafe Damyns Aerodrome, Aveley Road, Upminster 07886 430686
Scrums 135 Avon Road, Cranham 01708 641000
Ginger Lounge 121-123 Corbet's Try Road, Upminster 01708 259111
Top Meadow Golf Club & Hotel Fen Lane, North Ockenden, Upminster 01708 852239
The Hub 11 Gubbins Lane Harold Wood 01708 320660
The Plough 83 Front Lane, Upminster 0121 272 5499
HAROLD HILL
The Saxon King Petersfield Avenue, Harold Hill 01708 345077
The Tea Cosy Cafe 7-11 The Arcade, Farnham Road, Harold Hill 01708 370616
The Cafe 63 Masefield Crescent, Harold Hill 01708 386547
The Deer's Rest Noak Hill Road, Romford 01708 381935
BRENTWOOD
Nags Head (opening 23rd April) 44 Brook Street Brentwood 01277 260005
Marygreen Manor London Road Brentwood 01277 225252
The Bull 13 Brook Street, Brentwood 01277 210445
The Halfway House Arterial Road West Horndon, Brentwood 01277 811235
The Boars Head (opening 17th May) 15 Billaricay Road, Herongate, Brentwood 01277 810324
The Brewery Tap 28 Primrose Hill, Brentwood 01277 218431
The Black Horse 420 Ongar Road, Pilgrims Hatch 01277 374946
Cafe A'Moore 3 Moore's Place, Brentwood 01277 224411
The Forest Cafe Thorndon Country Park South, Brentwood Road, Brentwood
The Robin Ongar Road, Brentwood 01277 211664
CKN Bar & Kitchen 161 Kings Road, Brentwood 01277 212860
The Fat Turk Warley Road, Warley, Brentwood 01277 546474
Alec's Restaurant Navestock Side, Brentwood 01277 375696
STAPLEFORD
The Rabbits Stapleford Road, Stapleford Tawney 01708 688203
The Top Oak Oak Hill Road, Stapleford 01708 741861
A LITTLE FURTHER AWAY
The Clubhouse @ Stapleford Aerodrome Ongar Road, Abridge 01708 688380
Blue Boar Market Place, Abridge 01992 812110
The Blue Rooms 156 Ongar Road, Patch Park Garden Centre, Abridge 07857 405624
Woody's Thurrock Garden Centre, South Road, Thurrock 01708 851991
Wings Cafe North Weald Market, North Weald 01992 523588
Two Brewers 57 Lambourne Road, Chigwell 020 8501 1313
Sheesh 70 High Road, Chigwell 020 8559 1155
Dog & Partridge High Road, North Stifford, Grays 01375 379689
Sir Henry (opening 30th April) Romford Road, South Ockenden 01708 868716
Smiths Restaurant Fyfield Road, Chipping Ongar 01277 365578
Bartellas Writtle Rd, Margaretting, Ingatestone 01277 355021
Magic Mushroom Barleylands Road, Billaricay 01268 289963
The Woodman 155 London Road, Stanford Rivers, Ongar 01277 362019
The White Hart Bridge Road, Moreton, Essex 01277 890890
The Pipe Major 1 Yew Tree Ave, Dagenham 020 3370 0981
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