Hintlesham Hall: If you are looking for a place of excellence here is where to go. Meals are of a high quality and  the ambiance and standard of service would take some beating. Not expensive for what you get but take a well topped up credit card or a pocket full of notes. A full English breakfast is now provided.
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The Blakeney Hotel: The dinning room has a pleasant atmosphere with that good old fashioned service not seen much now days. Attractive menu and reasonably priced. A good place to have a leisurely meal and enjoy the surroundings. New swimming pool   

 

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Aldeburgh; Wentworth Hotel: The dinning room has a pleasant atmosphere. Attractive menu and reasonably priced. Same food served in the bar. A good place to have a leisurely meal and enjoy the surroundings. Also a very nice peaceful hotel to stay right next to the sea. 

Chillesford; Froize: food by David Grimwood which means a good standard of simple meals to choose from on display in a bain-marie, a nice change from the usual extensive but boring menus which now appear in most village pubs. Service good. Well worth a visit. 

Incidentally froize (or froise) is described as a pancake in a book of old Suffolk words.

Dennington; Queens Head: food, quantity rather than quality. What we liked, quick service.

What we did not like was the brusque attitude of the staff and being asked to leave our table the minute the bill was paid (8.10pm) as it was needed for another sitting.

Diss; Weavers: Excellent menu and food cooked to perfection. Wine expensive. Prompt service with a smile. Maybe we got the short straw but owing to the layout of the restaurant our table was in a confined area and we all over heated (even although the outside temperature was barely ten degrees). By the way, allow time to park; it took us fifteen minutes to find a space and we then had a quarter of a mile walk. Good job it was not raining. Perhaps an air conditioning unit is in the pipe line. Buy it in this tax year and write off 50% of its cost against the taxable profits.

Fressingfield; Fox and Goose: Food of very high standard, no ordinary pub grub here. Can be noisy and feel  crowded if busy due to lack of  accommodation outside the dining room. However it is one of the best eating places in its area.

Halesworth; The Angel: Always a pleasure to go there. Choice of English or Italian cooking (although no Italian on Sunday). Excellent up market pub food at extremely modest prices. Staff could not be more helpful. Can get a bit hot and noisy if busy. Adnams beer.

Harleston; Cardinals Hat: We liked the pub grub which was cheap and good value. Not a big menu but all home cooked. Car park. Adnams beer. Not the place to impress a guest but practical if your are an OAP.

Henny; Swan: If you would like a very pleasant river boat trip go from Sudbury Pier and set sail for the Swan down river at Henny after negotiating the Millennium lock. Standard village pub grub but the service was good and the place cheerful. (by the way the boat has a motor and you will be in the capable  hands of a couple of jolly sailors).

Holt; Byfords: Holt is a prosperous little town with lots of up market shops and a steam train to Sheringham.  Byfords for food is excellent. They have a marvellous deli and even do B&B. The restaurant has an interesting menu with good food and service. The only problem is you may have to queue as it is so popular.

Hoxne; Swan: In its heyday with Tony and Nancy this was a great place but when we returned recently and saw Brakes van in the car park our hearts sank.  The menu was boring, someone said unimaginative, and the cooking likewise.

Laxfield; Kings Head (The Low House): Adnams beer straight from the the barrels in the tap room. Unusual pub, well worth a visit, with the standard grub available in most village pubs. It took us two hours to down a couple of courses as the service was so slow but maybe we just picked a bad day.  

Morston; Morston Hall: This place is for people who really love food but eating times are fixed. There is no choice of menu and the courses are all rather rich. Might not suit everybody.

Norton; The Dog: Nice pub and ambiance. Menu a bit like Little Chef and the food was definitely quantity rather than quality. Staff friendly; its a pity about the food

Salthouse; Cookies Crab Shop: Fish straight from the sea by the sea. Take it away or eat it there. The sea food could not be nicer.

Seckford Hall: (near Woodbridge) has a very pleasant restaurant and space to enjoy a leisurely meal with good food in a friendly atmosphere.

South Elmham; The Hall: A well secluded barn with space and very friendly staff. Home cooking served up in a jolly atmosphere. Good British menu which should please most people. Different from the usual village pub.

Stradbroke; The Ivy: food good but pricey. We liked the service with pleasant staff. What we did not like was, well, nothing much, except the ambiance was a bit on the negative side.

Thorndon; Black Horse: Pleasant village pub with friendly atmosphere. Large menu which seemed to lack some of the nice simple dishes associated with pub grub

Yaxley: Bull Auberge: Food of high standard with price to match. Can be noisy and feel  crowded if busy due to lack of  accommodation outside the dining area. Family run restaurant with excellent service. Probably one of the three best eating places in the Diss/Eye area. 

 

 

 

 
   

 

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