The Commodore — Restaurant in East Suffolk

Been here many times, never had a problem until last night. Booked a table for 9 people at 6pm, we arrived and all sat expecting table service as it has been previously, we did not see the chalkboard tucked by the stairs saying to take your table number and order at the bar. That in itself is OK but when you're ordering numerous drinks too its quite difficult up and down the stairs especially as I myself was on crutches. We expected it to be spot on as there was a reduced menu for Father's Day and only one other table up in the restaurant eating, maybe two other people downstairs but I, well we were all disappointed with what arrived. The fish pie had barely any fish, it wasn't really topped with mash it was mainly a pot of mash, the scampi wasn't very hot and extremely small pieces, the gammon needed a steak knife to cut through it , my pork roast was tough and cold and the children's meal was cold, the only saving grace was that the burgers were OK. We ate and ordered desserts hoping to enjoy, the crumbles were good, the brownies not so much, the bread and butter fingers were still frozen so sent back and when they were brought back out they were so hard through being overcooked they were inedible, my partner ordered the cheese plate with in itself was good and value for money but unfortnately it arrived a good 5 mins after everyone elses. We went to pay and they had removed the bread and butter fingers but at almost £200 my party did not think it was value for money at all and will not be returning. Very disappointed after spending many enjoyable...

I'm afraid to say that this may have been the worst pub sandwich I have ever been served.

I ordered the Chicken Club. The first hurdle was that apparently that can only ordered indoors. It wasn't immediately obvious why the Fried Chicken Sandwich could make it the extra 2 metres but the chicken club could not. I moved inside.

When the sandwich arrived, it became apparent that this may have been to avoid the embarrassment of their neighbours seeing it.

The description is "A double-decker toasted white farmhouse sandwich, layered with chicken, crispy streaky bacon, avocado, tomato, mixed leaves and mayo".

It was decidedly not this. The "crispy streaky bacon" was not crispy, not streaky and not recognisably bacon. I'd have assumed it was cold Tesco Value ham. I haven't the heart to describe the texture. The avocado simply wasn't there, with no warning while ordering. The chicken was presumably present, despite the slight feeling it had been substituted with a poultry scented candle. The mayo was the star of the show by being merely "as expected".

For masochists, experiencing this will cost you £8.50, with no sides.

That sandwich really was a zero star. But the pint of Doom Bar was nice, as was the building and the environment, so I...

Been to the Commodore on numerous occasions before covid and always left happy, went for late lunch today (Wednesday 9th June) and was very disappointed, on arrival we were asked to follow civid rules and register, and asked where we would like to sit, so far so good, we chose to sit on the lawn area, my partner went up to the bar to order drinks to be told by a young male in a Managers shirt that he could serve her unless she knew her table number, the drinks arrived (a pet hate) not served in appropriate glasses, this happened the on all three occasions we ordered drinks, I went to the bar to order food to have to listen to the same manager swearing down his radio telling someone to get a third F@#cing member of staff there straight away, and gave us a condiment bucket full of used condiments sachets, I pointed that out to a young female member of staff who was very professional and rectified the problem straight away, when the food arrived it was obvious that costs had been cut, and the portions were mainly fries, on a positive note, we found the bar staff and servers were very polite and professional, we love visiting the pub as the views are amazing and ciders always...