Pilgrims' Kitchen — Restaurant in West Suffolk

Pilgrims Kitchen, St Edmundsbury Cathedral

I have to say that the entrance to this place is a bit daunting! Enter through the herb garden, disturbing the squirrels as you miander through and head into the stone corridor. You're greated with a menu board showing what they offer and a huge wooden door. Have the courage to push on the door and you'll be pleasantly surprised!

A big, bright, airy space opens out in front of you and your eyes are immediately drawn to the huge selection of cakes and treats that are on display.

Needless to say that the cheese scones were first on my choice list but I also felt in the mood for a brownie. I had a large cappuccino (which, compared to most places, would come as a medium) but they only do semi-skimmed milk, which is ok but it just means I have to exercise more afterwards!

Coffee was good and nice and hot. Well made too.

Scone was a bit heavy going but nice enough. I did need two butter portions though so it was a bit dry.

Brownie tasted good.

Staff are friendly and there's a hot guy clearing tables and taking hot food out to customers.

It's mostly older people that are in here but that's a good thing. No screaming children at the moment!

WiFi is free and no registration required. Probably best to use a VPN though (if you're not already!)

There are mostly tables and chairs here but there are a couple of sofas at each diagonal corner so it's relatively comfortable. In terms of value for money, it's good.. I think I paid £6.20 for three items although it's probably comparable to the other coffee shops in town.

Good Points Reasonably priced Comfortable Good range of cakes and nibbles Contactless cards accepted

Bad Points Only semi-skimmed milk You can see what they're doing in the kitchen Older generation are...

My wife and I always try to have lunch here when visiting Bury St Eds but there are times when the dining area is full, yesterday we were in luck and found a vacant table. My wife ordered the quiche which was a good size and, to quote, was very nice. I had the Pilgrims rarebit thinking it would be a nice snack-sized lunch before continuing our shopping. What a surprise when it arrived; it was like a slightly reduced in size dinner main course and positively delicious in all respects. It was delivered to our table in good time by a lady waiting staff member who had a great sense of humour and, further, made us feel most welcome. Both my wife and I wondered how they could present meals of these proportions at their prices when, at least for my rarebit, I would feel it would be a few £s more in nearby...

Excellent quality chef prepared food all cooked to order. Good prices, lovely setting and excellent service. Restrooms spotless and four seating options for dining! Indoors at quality rustic tables and chairs, or lower level tables with comfy leather sofas either side. Outside parasoled galss deck tables, or parasoled picnic tables in the lovely medieval walled garden. Everything is wheelchair and child friendly as well. Someone put a lot of care into planning the Pilgrims' Kitchen and staff clearly run it with passion and professional pride. Plentiful free parking next to the grass maze and rose garden. This is definitely a place to visit with family and / or friends, better yet just come yourself and enjoy the...