The Falcon — Restaurant in Ipswich

Very poor and incompetent door staff. I live on my own and have only lived in Ipswich a year due to work. I have struggled to make friends outside work. I enjoy Karaoke and will once maybe every 2-3 months force myself to go out and try to socialize and have a couple of drinks. Its not easy going out on your own and there is a lot of discrimination that I have experienced for being out on my own. Last Friday after 3 pints in a local pub doing Karaoke I decided to head to The Falcon as I knew they did Karaoke on a Friday too, Still on my own and still determined to stay out and enjoy myself. Shortly after 11pm, the Pub being very busy, I was stood at the bar minding my own business and listening to people singing and dancing, A female decided it was acceptable to flip her finger at me for no reason, so I returned the gesture. A male then approached me and after a few words, he grabbed and pushed my by the throat, Security stepped in and I was pushed against the wall, shortly after I was told to finish my drink and leave, I refused and asked why I should leave, I haven't done anything! The securitys' response, ''there's 1 of you and 3 of them'' So basically because I was on my own, it was easier for the security to turf me out than tackle the other 3 blokes. Again I refused to leave unless the other guys and the female were kicked out first for an unprovoked attack. after a few minutes still they were there, provoking me, I was still being asked to leave. Not to be a push over, I decided to down my drink and give the security a good reason to turf me out, i shoved the guy who attacked me first and before you know it, I was pounced on by 6 guys, 3 security and 3 other men. I was thrown out the pub and instantly handcuffed by police who had just turned up. after 5 minutes speaking to the officers, the police accepted I did nothing wrong and allowed me to leave and go home. very very poor service and very badly treated, If you go out on your own, you are not...

What a great venue. Walking in brings back great memories for me. I went it on a Friday night recently and to my surprise they had karaoke on. No where In the town centre does this anymore but I’m glad the falcon had this on! It’s always good fun having a few beers and belting out some classic ( I can’t sing by the way) The hostess, Clarissa was amazing she definitely knew what she was doing and engaged with the punters well. I used to host a karaoke night and know how difficult it can be. But she smashed it. I will...

The Falcon is a required stop on your bar crawl if you're in Ipswich!

The draught Aspall is always on point, and boast a great selection of beers, ciders and spirits which is neat.

The bar staff are amazing, I've never waited more than a few minutes for a drink.

And with amazing entertainment on the weekend, with Clarissa's Karaoke on Fridays and dope DJs on Saturday The Falcon Is always a good night.

Good atmosphere with plenty of seating and a neat little space to dance if the mood/song...