The Brook Inn — Restaurant in Babergh

WOAH! Okay... grab the attention, I've been here twice, the first time was ok. The second by accident, I booked my wife's birthday meal for her and the family. Purely on the basis that they had pork belly. Then realised we had been there before and it was a bit hit or miss, but it was around a year ago that I'd been there before.

Got there today and it was fairly busy, which is not my kind of atmosphere but some people like that so I've given it a 5/5 for atmosphere. The table layout is such that you don't feel like you're eating with the table next to you which is great. Even for a table of 5.

Lets move on to food as thats the main deal here people. WOW. I think they've got Gordon Ramsay Jr in the kitchen as you can hear this guy bark orders with the waitresses telling him to shh. But thats my kind of chef, clearly passionate with high standards. Thats a good sign. One of us ordered the steak and it was all consumed which is a clear sign the steak was perfect. I recently had a tooth out, and scoffed the ham egg and chips which was great. My wife had the pork belly and she said it was lovely with the 'perfect' amount of gravy. She is a gravy connoisseur.

Lastly customer service was great, it was busy but they were attentive. I forgot to tip and I wish I had so I apologise. They asked once how the food was, aswell as asking if the steak was cooked to order which was a new one on me. Proactive not reactive! A great one. They even interuppted by saying...'sorry to interuppt' which i think is extremely well trained and polite (waiting?)

(Boring bits... they also cater gluten free, dairy free, nut free and vegan. Good selection of food, plenty of parking round the back but it does get busy so you might have to carefully park in the middle. Easy to find)

Bottom line is a 10/10 pub, in my opinion. In the words of the austrian...

It was the first visit for my wife and myself, as l am celiac they catered for me brilliantly, near all the dishes can be adapted to fit my needs, my wife really enjoyed her 3 meat roast and almost finished it, the first but certainly not the last visit by us. The 2 ladies sitting next to us told us about uncooked potatoes and that they will be putting in a terrible review, when l asked about the rest of the meal they said oh no that was fine but felt a bad review was worth putting in because a couple of potatoes in their view weren’t cooked enough, l have to say my wife didn’t have a problem with her meal, so if you see a bad review instead of thinking l’ll give that a miss then go along and make your own mind up, you’ll then realise how good a place it is and l bet you’ll go back again, just like we’re...

Have to admit, we never knew The Brook Inn existed until we were invited here for dinner as a thank you by a relative (sorry!) Very good menu to choose from, plus specials board too. The Inn was busy, it was a Saturday evening and there was a constant flow of people. We made our choices and then watched in amazement at the plates of food being brought out to other tables, piled high! A short wait and ours came out...... Wow! Very generous portions, 4 different main dishes were chosen. 4 Eton messes for dessert! Conclusion! We all thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of our meals, but can we just highlight the roast pork loin!! Massive 'slice' of tender pork loin with the crispest crackling. My husband was very satisfied with his choice!! We plan to return with family and friends...