We hadn't booked, but arrived at opening time in the hope of securing a table for two. We were welcomed, and directed to a table for two in an area separate from the bar. We were invited to purchase drinks, which were bought to our table together with the menu. I'll eat anything except oysters and marrow, so everything on the menu was OK by me. I chose steak and kidney pie with red cabbage cooked in orange juice, together with mustard mashed potatoes. The pie was full of tender steak chunks and a fair amount of kidney. The pastry was firm and flavoured with a dash of herbs on the crust for extra taste. Far far better than Fray Bentos. My wife chose lasagne. This was a sizeable slice which she managed to finish. She is very critical of poor quality cooking. There were no complaints. For dessert I chose apple and autumn fruit crumble with ice cream. The staff were happy to provide two spoons so we could share. We were even offered a second empty dish to enable us to transfer half the crumble to it for my wife to eat more easily. Overall a good price for a very good meal, with very friendly and helpful staff. We did think mid week would guarantee a table. Both the bar tables and restaurant tables were soon filled, so would recommend booking to ensure you secure a table. There is street parking, and a pub car park. The car park was not illuminated, and it is difficult to see after dark. There are floodlights attached to the outbuildings over looking the carpark, but we're not on. Possibly an omission on the part of the staff to...
Read moreThis is a local cute little pub, my food was fine, but felt a little small/simplistic given the price. Again ordering the squid starter for £8 and 5 small pieces of squid was served. We were told later on that there were only two staff on, so i understand things slip sometimes. I had the meat platter for £15, yummy and looked great, again there just wasn't really that much, having said that, I was given a whole scotch egg and the menu said half, so bonus! My partner however ordered the pie, with chips and veg. The pie was the best bit, however gravy and veg seemed to lack salt and the parsnips had hard cores. Unfortunately the chips were also rather anemic and a bit on the hard side. Given that there were only two people on shift and that all the other reviews say the food was amazing, I feel we may have popped in on an off day. The beer was...
Read moreVery nice accommodating welcoming Suffolk village pub with my little boy today.The one thing that stands out with this service is that after the road map covid freedom day is that this establishment is still very protective to their customers! Sanitizer on entrance full up and at the ready unlike most well established supermarkets etc that run out and not restocked up. The lunch I had was well priced and very presentable and enjoyable to go with looks. Even without ice I wasn't shortened of my pint of coke it was fully topped. Also to add before my visit I already new what to order as the menu is there on their website to look over so your not In the dark and umming and ahhring and...
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