Green Box — Restaurant in West Suffolk

Very misleading photos, the very first picture of the red bar looking nice is nothing like the green box that I visited in Brandon.

There was only about 3 tables available by the bar and the rest of the restaurant had other tables piled with paperwork and boxes, not what you want to see when going out for a meal.

The food was sub par in my opinion, for a restaurant specialising in sushi and ramen. The ramen broth was okay, not very well seasoned and not the best bone broth I’ve had, perhaps it wasn’t cooked overnight? I had the char Sui pork ramen broth, the pork was not good, it was merely boiled and it had no char sui marinade on the pork either, lacking taste. I had mostly noodles in my ramen and it didn’t have any things that I would associate with a good ramen, such as different kinds of mushrooms, vegetables, and even a well poached egg on the side. When I am paying £12 for a bowl of ramen, I expect it to be outstanding, not just less than average, sorry!

Besides the whole meal coming to around £80 for 2 people, I was very disappointed with the quality to price ratio. I wouldn’t mind eating there if they charged 60% less for the quality that is being served.

Lastly, I was very unhappy when we parked our car in the car park around the back to find that in the far corner, there was a massive pile of rubbish and thrown out furniture, things like this will not make customers return and unfortunately due to these experiences, I will not be a returning customer.

Thank you...

Newly opened buffet style restaurant located at the revamped Great Eastern Hotel with a blend of Chinese, Thai and Japanese dishes. Staff very pleasant and helpful. Fixed price (£14.99) all you can eat. Simple decor and seating in two small dining areas. Parking around back can be a little challenging. Consists of a main serving island, a sushi/pudding corner, a rice/noodle/soup station and an ice cream station. Quantities available are not huge but I guess they are trying to encourage variety (and possibly freshness) rather than quantity. Small selection of Chinese and Indian beers are available and priced separately. Sake (Japanese rice wine) menu on tables for those who want to try something different - expect premium prices. Restaurant access is wheelchair accessible but toilets may prove challenging.

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I was really disappointed in the sushi. And apparently the prices have risen from the menu on their website, and I cannot tell you why they’re as high as they are. There is better sushi at a better price not ten minutes up the road. I also got the veggie spring rolls and they were both over cooked in places and under cooked in places with a filling that didn’t seem fresh. The bowl my partner got was apparently good so they get 2 stars from us for that. But I would recommend a longer drive to somewhere more authentic with better foot and prices. The people I saw were American or English and not particularly friendly. Really bummed because I used to love the Chinese place they had here 1 or...