Arcade Street Tavern in Ipswich

Great range of beers and great atmosphere

We ordered 2 single whiskeys, as well as a few pints, the whiskeys came to £17 odd quid, not the end of the world for good whiskey, during our evening and conversation our table got cleared and our whiskey got cleared, (about half way through a single So can easily see why it looked empty) ( but at £17 for 2 singles that’s a fair amount). Spoke to the bar staff to highlight the issue, the owner can out, with cctv footage, saying that we’d finished the whiskeys and we were the take and he wouldn’t be replacing anything. Very disappointing to be made to feel like we were trying to scam them.

Varied choice but a little expensive. Good standard.

Not the cheapest place to drink but a craft beer place is always not going to be the cheapest. The quality of the beer on offer is excellent however in terms of both breadth of offerings and taste profile of the beers. Lovely staff as well who were great conversationalist and helpful with recommendations . The bar is also very cosy and tastefully decorated contributing to a very calming and cosy ambience

Great place to go with your partner and some friends. Amazing atmosphere and superb service. Staff are very friendly and make you feel very welcome. Thank you Arcade Tavern. 100% recommended!

Well done to the whole Arcade Tavern team for the way that you managed last Saturday afternoon, the day that ITFC got promoted! From the Management to the Bar Staff, you were all very patient and welcoming as always. The drink were spot on as usual, and service with a smile :)

Lively bar in the middle of town for a few drinks

Great beer, always a decent selection too 👌🏼

Nice friendly staff, excellent craft ale selection. Have not tried food yet.

Great atmosphere. The Tavern is always buzzing.

Fabulous bar for beer enthusiasts. A great range of styles on draught, and an emphasis on Belgians on bottle - with seasonal specials too, not just standard lines. Carried 2 cask lines - nothing special but eminently drinkable, and much better than you'll find nearby. Best bar for beer in Ipswich, by a margin!

Came in for a drink twice today so cant judge the food. Like the impressive craft beer range and also happy to see decent 0% options from Big Drop. Despite being busy got served nicely- Thank you A.T. Team

Good drop, but need a better Guinness alternative

Excellent bar with a great range of beers and very friendly, helpful staff

Never done a review before. I’ve been a regular to the bar, but had a really disappointing experience with them recently. I booked a table for me and my mum to celebrate her 50th. This was booked 3 weeks in advance and requested indoors. Soon as we got there the bar staff said there was no booking. When the manager came over (who I knew from his voice as the person I dealt with on the phone to make the booking) he said there was no booking. I wasn’t particularly confident on the phone, but I confirmed multiple times that a booking had been made. I have never written a review before because I’m very much of the opinion that ‘sh*t happens’ and sometimes things mess up - which is absolutely fine. However, I’m writing this because of the really cold, unapologetic persona of the manager infront of my mum on her 50th birthday - simply wanting to have some drinks at her favourite bar in Ipswich. No effort was made to solve the problem, no offer of a free drink to make up for the mistake, and we both agreed his entire persona indicating that we should leave and find somewhere else. The bar was busy so it’s our opinion that that he simply didn’t need our custom. It’s a shame, because it’s been our place to meet regularly for years now. We’re not angry, but have agreed that we don’t really want to go back again. I guess it’s more about how you treat customers when you have an abundance of them; anyone can be nice to a customer they really need. Happy to speak again to the management if they are wanting to reach out.

I contacted the "Two Ross's" to organise our work Christmas do and they couldn't have been more accommodating and helpful. We had a fantastic evening of buffet food, drinks and comedy (supplied by The Big Cheese, but organised by Arcade Tavern) and the evening was thoroughly enjoyed by all of my colleagues. Super friendly team, efficient in taking drinks orders for large groups and very well organised. The food was delicious and the atmosphere was very welcoming and fun. Will certainly return!

Always has a great selection of beers and excellent service even when busy

Great atmosphere and selection of beers from around the world

A really nice place to go, neatly tucked away within the town centre. Good selection of beers

Fantastic choice of beer! Tucked away on a side street in Ipswich! When in town always have to visit.

Nice venue, fabulous beers. Recommended UPDATE: Still a lovely vibe to this place - it's my favourite Ipswich bar for sure UPDATE: met a couple of ex work mates/friends for a catch up drink. Great selection of ales to choose from.. Still my favourite Ipswich bar 🍺

Hyggelig pub med god stemning og god mat

Fantastic atmosphere, amazing staff and great prices!

Lovely little place with several rooms you can sit in with a 2nd bar that i guess is used on busy nights. Has a covered outside area as well on the street. Also has free WiFi and I had a good connection so no complaints there. Music was a nice level so i could make calls easy. Pity they don't do food other than bar snacks and sausage rolls but not every where can I know.

Great atmosphere good service 👍

Good selection of Belgian bottles, different beers on taps, and good atmosphere here.

Been popping in here recently on a Saturday for a couple of drinks, good choice of wine and beer and a lovely sausage roll to snack on too. Staff very nice and polite - would recommend.

Great selection of drinks at reasonable prices..Friendly staff.

Absolutely lovely bar! Non-alcoholic gins are really refreshing. Great staff and so many different drinks to choose from.

Last Town home game of the season, atmosphere was great, plenty of beer and not too bad a queue.

Fantastic place great dancing venue!

Nice place to have a drink. Can get really busy and takes forever to b get served. Really good drink selection.

Fabulous Service from Wonderful Bar Staff.

Great atmosphere and service with a huge selection of drinks available.

Fantastic bar. Great choice of beers and spirits and I always find the staff incredibly friendly. Puts on a lot of fun beer nights too. Can't fault the place at all.

Best pub in Ipswich. Hands-down. Great selection of beers and spirits. Beautiful archway, knowledgeable staff

Excellent craft beer bar in Ipswich. Great atmosphere and a very good range of beers (as well as spirits and wine). Will definitely be returning.

Nice athmosphere and very friendly staff - little bit crowded in the early evening

Really good pub. Excellent beer. Good for the football and town centre.

Nice friendly little boozer, but their IP1 lager is as weak as Carlsberg... I'd have paid good money for a Stella, Moretti, Peroni, Kronenbourg... anything decent really!😒

Lovely pub with good atmosphere & efficient, friendly staff

Enjoyed pre match drinks before fa cup tie ,very accommodating & locals very friendly too!!

Beautiful, atomspheric little bar where you can discover new gins, craft ales and more. Lends some sophistication to the Ipswich high street.

Very accommodating, lovely gins, great selection. Nice atmosphere

Great place for a good selection of beers, good vibe and friendly staff.

Very friendly and helpful staff. I wanted somewhere to have a quick drink and snack before the theatre. They didn't do food but suggested it was fine to bring my own. They reserved a table for us too.

Hidden Gem for the Ale Lover! Great and varied selecrion of local and narional ales. Friendly staff. Bar areas are staggered and there is a covered external area so an atmospheric area for everyone.

TARDIS of a pub.... So much choice and selection of all alcohol. Friendly staff and generally a great place to go and catch up with friends.

Awesome staff and a good selection of beer and gin!

I can't praise this pub enough. It's beautifully kept and has an amazing selection of ales, lagers, stouts, runs, whiskeys, etc. There were 15 beers on when we attended. Made the trip from Colchester just to go to this one pub. Excellent atmosphere and friendly staff. An absolute must-visit. Well done.

Great place to have a few beers with friends.

Nice spot with pleasant atmosphere in front room and fab selection of world beers. No real food but for crisps and nuts. Friendly team

Great pub with a well designed range of rooms, amazing ale and spirits selection. They really seem to work hard on offering an engaging experience with lots of different nights. However, if you want a quiet drink served by a friendly and knowledgeable staff, this pub can still accommodate you. Did I mention the amazing ale and spirits selection! Good rotation too.

A lovely place, expensive.......but lovely. The beer choice is top drawer and so is the Gin selection. Street food under the archway on a Friend night I believe and the bars tastefully furnished. A nice place to sit and spend an evening or a Saturday.....just don't look at your bank balance in the morning 🙈

Not the cheapest admittedly, but if you love exceptionally good Belgian beers like the ones you’ll find here you wouldn’t expect cheap. It gets very busy at peak times but the atmosphere is always cheerful.

Nice town centre bar, good range of drinks.

Nice place to have a drink, either in a group or solo. It can get quite busy inside, luckily this is the weather for outdoor seating, there were tables under the arch.

Just brilliant, great staff, brilliant beer, amazing gin selection and always a great atmosphere. If you are in Ipswich well worth a visit.

Fantastic venue. Nestled away just off the main shopping area this pub has an excellent selection of beers. There are many keg offerings, a couple of cask beers and fridges full of wonderful Belgian bottles (each with their own matching glass, so done properly). Ample outside seating and plenty of room inside too. Staff were friendly and knowledgeable about the beers. There is a food offer but as we didn’t order any we can’t really comment. Would highly recommend a visit, we didn’t want to leave and would have happily stayed for the entire day.

Friday pizza night great fun, good food , good value very busy

Love this bar! Dog friendly and some amazing beers! What’s not to like!

Great range of beers, not cheap, but great quality.

My fav pub in Ipswich, rotate the beers regularly and they are always top quality - friendly staff too

Nice atmosphere, good beers, friendly staff. Excellent!

Great vibe, great staff, highly recommended

Have visited a few times now and have to say am always please with the attention the staff give you and the selection of drinks available.

Great beer selection, nice heated outdoor tables on the pedestrian area

Top boozer with great craft and real ale selection

Best bar this side of Waxy O'Connors. First class bar staff, excellent range of beers & spirits The best bar in Ipswich by a country mile! Didn't want to leave, can't wait to go back!

Lovely atmosphere and a wide range of drinks served by very friendly staff.

Fantastic end to an enjoyable trip to King St Cinema. Great Belgian beer, relaxing atmosphere, comfy seats

A busy environment, so they're clearly getting something right. Venue broadly clean, although toilets were in quite a state. However, plenty of staff, they were efficient and there's a wide range of drinks. It's the first time in a long while though I've seen a venue listed on Untappd selling beer at £12 a pint which isn't available in thirds. However, they probably don't need to given how busy they are, and the craft beer selection was well curated for what doesn't appear to be a beer led pub. Venue opening hours are also unclear, but the ones on Untappd appear wrong.

Every time I decide on here for a drink it's far too cramped. That on top of a terrible attitude from the people who work there/own it it's gives you a feeling they look down their nose at you. I/we don't ever feel this way anywhere else so I find it really an odd one. I think I'll make a bigger effort to remember this next time and give it a miss from now on.

The bartender, even though it was her first day was great, fun and chatty. A great selection of draft beers. I don't visit many pubs in Ipswich but will definitely be back.

Both relaxed and vibrant atmosphere, with helpful cheerful bar persons, always look forward to trying the latest ales of which there are many.

Top quality pub with fantastic and continually changing cutting edge craft beers, not to mention a massive selection of gins and rums. No visit to Ipswich is complete without a visit to the Arcade Tavern. Great events too!

Upmarket purveyor of the finest Gins. Plenty of advice on Gin also available.

Very good drink selection and service. Staff are interactive and friendly which makes life much more positive! Good seating selection too and according to the blackboards in the establishment, they have events on throughout the month. Well worth a visit.

Great place with 16 beers (2 cask, 14 keg) and a crowler machine for takeaways. A large selection of gin, rum and whisky with tasting nights.

Great pub with a huge selection of gin and craft beers.

Always a great choice of beer and friendly atmosphere

Has a wide range of beers on pressure, mostly European, and 2, often interesting ones on hand pump

Great choice of beers . Lovely atmosphere

Great range of beers here and decent prices too

First visit several weeks ago and ordered a New Zealand Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. Visited again on Thursday and Ross behind the bar, remembered what wine I like! Felt like a regular! Amazing! All staff are very friendly and it's a really nice atmosphere. Highly recommended.

Good selection of decent beers. Seating outside as well as indoors and a restaurant.

Lovely place for an evening drink. Gets busy at peak times. Good location, friendly staff, good atmosphere. Well worth a visit.

Fabulous place, landlord very welcoming and pleasant, great selection of good cask beers and great atmosphere 😀👍

Stylish layout, clean, ambient, great staff and excellent range of drinks. I love popping in after work and I've heard it's still buzzing at weekends in the evenings. 😃

Great, lively bar known for craft beers and a great atmosphere. They arrange special events too. Next up whiskey tasting, although the staff weren't sure when.

Great atmosphere, excellent function room, superb friendly staff👍 would have been 5 stars but a bit pricey!!

Lovely location with outside space

Great beers and very welcoming staff... visited on a bust Saturday afternoon and every aspect was excellent.

Had a drink and crisps in the bar. Very busy

We visited 3rd September. The pop-up catering 'Stacked Out' was fantastic and a great selection of beers and other drinks to accompany from the Tavern. Stacked Out are back 17 September from 5pm.

Great Bar, great Staff & always a great atmosphere. The biggest selection of Gins & Beers you could wish for and the staff are super knowledgeable so can talk you through some selections. Make sure you give them a visit when heading to Ipswich. Always a 10 out of 10 every visit x

Friendly with a great range of ales.

One of the best pubs in Ipswich. Great selection of beers, good location, and friendly staff.

Fun atmosphere good selection of beers friendly staff

Absolutely fantastic service. Squeezed a group of 15 of us in last minute for a leaving do after being let down. Brilliant atmosphere and lovely staff. Can’t thank you all enough