Bloom Lounge in Ipswich

Nice spot of brunch, reasonable priced. Tasty food. Didn’t try but the cocktail menu looked great too! Would return :).

Food wasn’t cooked was sent out raw and cold! music was too loud - it was 3pm and we couldn’t hear ourselves think. (DJ was good though). and they tried to rip us off with the bill

We went here for a girlie birthday celebration and hadn’t been before but the reviews looked quite good so thought we would give it a go. It was basically a crèche on crack!!! The music was more typical of a night club with a dj you couldn’t understand although I think he might have been saying the buffet was open (Peter Kay fans will understand this). In our 2-hour slot it took 25 mins to get our first drink, our food came out in dribs and drabs, two meals missed altogether and came out after the rest had finished. An hour in, still only had one drink so had a word with the manager who provided 3 free bottles of Prosecco the contents of which would have stripped paint!!! They did get us a few more drinks to make up for the lack at the start but this is one experience I will not be repeating. Also very expensive……all other bottomless brunches I have been on have been £25-30 including one choice off the food menu. This was £25 PLUS the food. I had the bannoffee waffle which was two waffles with a bit of condensed milk, a bit of banana and 5 squirts of squirty cream for the princely sun of £11!!! Not good value for money. Avoid unless you like to leave a venue with bleeding ears!!!

Went for brunch with the girls. The food was amazing as good as it looked, nice drinks, great service will definitely be back.

Great food and really good service. Forget the guys name, but tall guy in a suit gave us great service and very friendly. Will return

Was quite busy when we arrived for drinks around 10.30pm. Bar staff were great, the lady server was chatty, friendly and service was swift. Toilets were very clean and stocked. Great selection of drinks. Initially music was good, but it started to empty out and unfortunately the DJ thought he was playing just for himself! We made a couple of request (and we were the only ones dancing) he said no and that he had “played a few of what we wanted already” but he literally put 1 song on!! Door staff very happy and relaxed. Overall, good for a couple of drinks but DJ let it down

Great 40th birthday bottomless brunch. Joshua made things easy to book, needed to pay a deposit but this was easy to do online. They were very accommodating. Food and drink were fab. We were well looked after. I was given a free birthday shot and they let us bring our own birthday cake. I’d highly recommend this place for a bottomless brunch or a special occasion.

We came to Bloom Lounge for cocktails to celebrate my hen do. The drinks were lovely, atmosphere and decor was amazing, the music was great and staff were very accommodating. Definitely recommend.

We had a great night celebrating my sisters Hen Do at the bloom lounge! Music was great, cocktails were tasty, staff were lovely and atmosphere was nice ☺️

I was invited by a friend, out for the evening, to celebrate her 50th birthday. There was a group of us and we had full use of the venue booked out to us. An extremely pleasant evening was had by all and we couldn't fault the service. Food was awesome and drinks went down rather well. Thank you Joshua, for making Angela's birthday one to remember for many years to come.

Great cocktails and lovely food. All staff lovely and such a welcoming environment. A good find as not in main part of town centre, but glad we went in and gave it a try. Will go back again for sure!

We called in on Thursday 26 May to have a light lunch and we very pleased with the friendly, spotless lounge. We chose the brunch menu and both opted for the char Sui pork belly with eggs Benedict on toasted muffins. We were both really happy with this choice, and we would definitely recommend it. Very worth a try.

Best bottomless brunch around. The food was actually amazing which doesn't always happen with a bottomless brunch, normally the drinks are central to the experience and the food is meh BUT here both were fab!! Compliments to the chef Anida who helped to make this experience so lovely

Went here with 3 other friend for bottomless brunch. One of the party visits regularly and reported mixed experiences. The food was nice. For the bottomless brunch you pay for food on top of your brunch drinks at a set price. Service was very slow unfortunately. I’m not sure I’d necessarily return as I think there are other places that are as good with better service.

I went with two friends on a saturday night. It was our second or third time here. Last time there was no draught beer, and again there were taps on the bar but only for show. There was a very poor selection of bottled beers, so two of us ordered rum and cokes. The barman asked if we wanted to make them doubles. The third drink was a bottle of beer. The barman then asked for £34. The person paying queried this, and was again told it was £34. He handed over four £10 notes for three drinks! Somewhat fortunately the barman gave a receipt with the change which showed £27 for three doubles and £2 for two mixers. This was raised with the bar staff, who apologised and refunded the "accidental" extra drink. This may have been a mistake, although I somewhat doubt it, and if we had paid by card it is possible we wouldn't have noticed. Surely the barman must have known that £34 for three basic drinks was not right when he said it and repeated it. More likely is that he thought three drunk punters wouldn't notice. On top of this, the actual cost of a double rum and coke is £10, which is ridiculous, unless your in some swanky hotel or posh bar in London. We sat down to drink our overpriced rums. We drank quickly because it was pretty boring in there, (there were only about 10 people in there, and about 10 staff). As soon as the first empty glass hit the table, somebody came over to ask if we wanted another round - ie "if you're not drinking get out". We left shortly afterwards. Not a good experience and we will not be returning.

I wanted to mention a few things regarding my recent visit to your restaurant. So myself, my partner, my sister-in law and her husband all visited your premises on Saturday night (12 March 2022).We had escape rooms booked at 4.30pm and googled restaurants nearby that we could eat at afterwards. The Bloom Lounge came highly recommended on google, so my sister in-law contacted yourselves to book a table for 4 at 6.30pm. We were warmly greeted and shown to our table by a new waiter (think his name was Chris?!), we asked to move tables as the table was very small for 4 people and the request was accommodated. At this stage, we were all excited, the service had been great and we were all very hungry. Our drinks order was taken along with the food order, this was done swiftly and professionally – despite the waiter coming over and advising you had no Sushi available (which appears to be the main seller at your restaurant). To be out of Sushi on a Saturday night at 6.30pm was rather strange if it was indeed your main seller!? The drinks were brought over (2 Passionfruit Dakari's, 1 Expresso Martini and 1 Mocktail) – 2 of which were sadly spilt by the waiter. At no point did anyone offer to get us a new drink, despite losing a little bit of the cocktail and it left the stem of 2 of the cocktail glasses really sticky. The waiter simply got a napkin and ‘mopped up’ the spillage on the table. Later on in the evening, the waitress came over and attempted to collect two of the cocktail glasses even proceeding to put these on her tray thinking they were finished, when indeed we still had at least a mouthful of cocktail in each glass. The waitress did apologize when confronted and handed the glasses back to us for us to finish the cocktail and then proceeded to take the glasses away. In respect of food, we ordered 4 X Bloom Steak Burgers (which were nice, but very small) , 2 X Spicy Fries & 2 x Halloumi Fries (which were lovely) and then we ordered 3 small pates for the table for £18 – The prawns, duck and salmon. I have to be honest we were all in shock with the quantity and quality of the small plates for £18. We were given 3 prawns for a table of 4 , 3 pieces of duck on a table of 4 and a small amount of salmon. We were left feeling extremely disappointed. We settled the bill of just over £100 for 4 Cocktails, 4 tiny burgers with a portion of fries each and the small plates which were extremely disappointing. To top the evening off, the waitress struggled to clear the table due to her long nails, leaving my partner worried she would end up with a lapful of plates. Lovely venue, but the food is over priced and under delivered.

We booked ahead for afternoon tea for a group of friends. Service was slow, we waited ages to even be offered a pot of tea. Sandwich fillings weren't good, scones dry. No savouries. Very strange filling in a choux bun. One of the cakes was nice. At £25 it was very poor value. Surroundings are lovely. Other food and drinks may be nice but o don't recommend afternoon tea.

We were in Ipswich for a bicycle race. I wasn't too impressed with the food in England. Except for here. We found the Bloom Lounge just walking on the street. You must not miss it, simply for the decor. Mid-Century pink and green, and lavishly decorated with a wall of roses, roses surrounding the bar, and the most esthetic Christmas tree ever. We stopped in, not hungry, but cold and a bit wet, and just had some wonderful green tea in the perfect teapot, and lovely rose wine in the perfect glass. We shared a small plate of a fusion Banh Mi sandwich. We returned a couple of days later for brunch. I had wonderful eggs with salmon and caviar, and my husband had the most refined chicken and waffles. The same waiter served us, and he was warm, helpful, and fun. I have photos but don't see where to upload them. Too bad.