Hare and Hounds in Babergh

Superb pint of ale and the sausage and chips in a basket were quite superb. It was a fine sunny day and we were quite happy to sit and sip!!

I went with my niece on a Monday evening. It’s a small cozy pub which had COVID-19 safety measures in place. Having said that the QR reader was the other side of the yellow line I had to put my foot 3 inches over it to try and get my phone to read it at which point I was screamed at by a elderly lady - which I later found out was the landlady - to not step over the line!! I tried to explain why I did it but she was so rude. The barmaid (who was very friendly) was very embarrassed and apologetic. We ordered food and a bottle of rose wine at £18 which I would have thought fair until I saw the label. It had a Tesco’s label and on Tesco’s website I can pick it up for £3.99! I appreciate there is always a mark up on alcohol however think maybe they should have taken the supermarkets label off first! The food was nice and fairly priced. The landlady walked around the pub first with the face shield over her head and then without anything definitely won’t be returning

Had a fantastic lunch at this pub! The staff were welcoming and friendly, and range of food on offer was brilliant and catered for everyone, and then the meal itself was delicious. Very generous portions and great value for money.

A typical "country local" with two bars and a good outside garden.The quality ales are well kept and served with a smile.Bar food is available and, although I hsce not trued, looks good and appears to be enjoyed by those ordering.A pub I would always visit.

went in for lunch on Saturday with wife and father in law, all three meals were lovely and the veg was cooked just right. All the staff were very friendly and the pub was clean and comfortable ,will certainly return for drink/meal

We visited here for lunch and enjoyed a very good meal in comfortable surroundings. We were made very welcome and would definite recommend this pub for a stop and relax as you travel through England.

Been here a couple of times over the last few weeks. The pub is lovely, it is good to see a pub that appears to be thriving. The food is standard pub, I had the Chillie, I was tasty and had a nice kick to it. I would recommend it.

been here many times,easter time with our caravaning friends,great food and excellent service,not over priced and nice size portions. cosy and usually a nice open fire,great when your in a damp caravan.

Sat in the small bar by the real fire. Service was superb with some really good pub grub The menu had a very good selection. I had the Cod and Chips and they were the best chips I've had in ages. Portions are a good size. My Mum had the Giant Yorkshire filled with sausage and mash which she couldnt finish. We all enjoyed our food and the cosy atmosphere.

A gem off the beaten track..highly recommended. Very good selection of Curries...with poppadoms and nan breads.. Very good value. Also huge English menu for sale pub..good ales.

We are often in the area and never really found a decent place to eat until now. Having read the reviews we popped in for a mid-week lunch with the dog. At first not that many people around, a few at the bar but no one eating as yet. We ordered our drinks and took a long look at the menu board, yep, no paper or table menus, just a chalk board with many different varieties of food on offer. Traditional basket meals, mains, specials and vegetarian selection, one couple that arrived after us asked for something they had previously which was not on the board, however it was not a problem to serve again. We just had the scampi and chips and chicken burger in the basket. Both were served with a small garnish of tomato, salad etc. freshly cooked and the chips were excellent. After about 15 minutes, more people arrived for food and what we saw was happy people with what they had selected. This is a friendly place, dogs welcome as well, and as for a bite to eat, perfect. We have found a great pub and shall return soon.

Huge menu. Curries brilliant. Cottage pie is a must. Good atmosphere . Fine tudor rose ceiling. Inn used to be a weaving house.great. Good beers.low alcohol ghost ship

Sooooooo friendly! Busy place and we didn’t eat but saw food being served! Presentation of the food was gorgeous.. (we had a picnic or we would have looked at the menu).. Dogs allowed in the pub! Always a bonus! They play Pétanque and have two teams! One of the teams is a league winner.. hidden gem! Find this pub and when you are there - check out the art and the ceiling!!! Amazing!!

Our walking group visited today. We had prebooked our table as there were 8 of us. The pub is lovely,14th century we were told, with a magnificent pargeted plaster internal ceiling which is very unusual. Large beer garden with a boules rink!!

My wife and I stopped off at the Hare and Hounds after a visit to Flatford Mill. A great lunch at a great price. The bar staff were very friendly.

Arrived here for lunch just after 1pm. Only wanted a quick pub lunch. Not many people in, counted 6 in the lounge bar and none in the public bar. Nice day, so sat outside for 10 minutes whilst choosing meal. Ordered 1 x curry and 1 x fish and chips at roughly 1.15pm. Waited. Waited and waited. This very simple meal arrived at 2.35pm. That is 1 hour and 25 minutes after ordering!!! The people on the table next to us waited over one hour for sandwiches, they were not happy! On the point of leaving, we enquired of the sole waitress/bar person 'Is there a problem in the kitchen? She replied 'NO' we just have too many orders' Err, hello? there were 12 customers in both bars and maybe 6 outside???

Been going here on and off for many years, but just recently started to enjoy some excellent vegan meals. On our last visit a very tasty vegan shepherd's pie! Coupled with good beer in a proper pub atmosphere this added up to a most enjoyable evening out, and one we will be repeating soon. It's good to find a pub nowadays that is open 7 days a week!

We've been driving past the Hare and Hounds for about ten years but somehow had never stopped in until last night. We're very glad we did.

I visited here recently with my family after a day out in Suffolk and it was just what we needed - traditional British food with a real local pub feel. Sadly these experiences are becoming less and less but it was lovely to visit a pub that hasn't been taken over by a chain. Staff were incredibly friendly, offering ale tasters when I couldn't make my mind up, and the food on offer was extensive and great value. We visited with a nine year old who loved the food and had a great time playing It in the expansive garden. Parking was accessible and bathrooms were very clean and modern.

Met with friends for lunch. Reasonable menu choice and beer and wine good prices. Food was tasty and freshly cooked. The four of us really enjoyed the lunch-time experience.

Great pub,good food and very friendly staff.Good parking area and a large beer garden,also free wifi,tv for sport and a french bowling area in the garden.

Fabulous food, lovely atmosphere, great service, friendly staff

Great home cooked food with great veg Good curry plus steak and kidney pudding Used to be a tudor weaving house now lovely Inn. Good service at reasonable prices. Lovely tudor rose ceiling.

Never been in this area before, coming from Brighton en route to Suffolk Escapes. Found this gem of a pub off the beaten track and loved it! Monday afternoon, yet a lovely warm welcome, great atmosphere and a menu to blow you away!!

Called in for a Sunday lunch today. A surprisingly large menu. We both had steak and kidney pudding as we rarely see it these days and it was excellent. Good and hot with a good selection of fresh vegetables.

This is one of what is becoming the rarest of things - a 'proper pub'. And unspoilt at that. The very old ceiling in the bar was a joy to look at.

Lovely tudor ceiling ..used to be a weaving house.great roaring wood burner on cold days Huge menu..recommend the curry and cottage pie..reasonably priced Great ales with super friendly landlord and staff

Great home cooked cottage pie and steak and kidney pudding with lashings of gravy!! Good ales too. Great tudor rose ceiling and warming fire

A little gem!!with a 1529 tudor ceiling.

We happened upon this lovely pub on route from a long drive.

Good cod and chips and cottage pie ...homemade with huge portions good food with huge menu to choose from Goood ales too

The Hare and Hounds is a truly fine pub. The food is excellent. The place itself is warm and inviting and the people very welcoming.

As two families on holliday together we called I. For lunch having visited Flatford Mill. We were made VERY welcome, the food was just what we were looking for and the the Woodfordes Wherry was excellent !! We sat in the large lawned garden with the dog ( who also lives it as he was given a treat !!)

Called in here Wednesday lunchtime after speaking to a local in East Bergholt. Lovely pub with a friendly welcome. Beer was very good with a great range of free house beers. I had Steak and Kidney pudding and my wife had lasagne. Both dishes were excellent. Will definitely come back here when in the area.

Two of us had lunch on Friday 4th May. We sat outside in the lovely garden. We both had a simple cheese salad and chips and even asked for a cheeky egg. This was done with no fuss and the food was presented to a high standard and was fresh and tasty.

Great fish and chips..big menu . Big portions..well cooked home food ...a diamond this pub ..very friendly with wRmth from the fire..special tudor rose ceiling 1525

Had a Saturday lunch here in this great pub in East Bergholt. The staff are friendly, the atmosphere of the pub is welcoming and the food is spot on!

The Hare and Hounds is a gem of a pub in Constable Country. My wife and I were exploring the area one rainy Monday evening and were looking for an inexpensive but decent place to eat. We didn't want gastro-pub style gourmet food, rather normal 'pub grub' type stuff. Other pubs we stopped at didn't serve food till later and we were getting increasingly hungry when we saw the brightly illuminated sign for the Hare and Hounds. The first thing we noticed when we entered was how clean and tidy everything was and how this seemed to still be a genuine local pub, not an expensive rural restaurant full of IKEA-style furniture. It also serves food all day long.

If you want jus & fondant potatoes & overpriced lager in a plush setting, stay away. If you want good simple pub grub with good beer & friendly people in an old listed country pub, they do not get a lot better than this.

Extremely rude man. Not welcoming at all.

Not just a pub Great food large menu..well cooked Had steak and Ale pie..recommended. Good ales and friendly service

I enjoyed a lovely pie and mash accompanied by a cider, which was lovely to sip sitting outside in the beer garden.

After visiting Flatford Mill, needed lunch, more than fulfilled expectations, simple friendly staff, good food, good portions, good value

Good food. Huge menu. Good value. Very friendly owners etc.,.what more could you want?...oh yes able to keep an eye on the cricket in the other bar cos can see the large screen in the main bar

Went for lunch. Nice location, inside was a bit shabby, so decided to eat out in the garden. My wife...

We had a lovely meal here to celebrate our Pearl Anniversary and were delighted to be presented with a card and flowers too!The food is great value and well cooked and the staff and locals were all very friendly, so we had a marvellous time and felt very welcome.Good selection of beer that is well kept too!

food is good the beer is good the staff are friendly what more could you want from a local country pub

Popped in for a quick drink and whilst the exterior looks nice inc the gardens we both found the pub a bit unkept, smelling of cooking oil and the stony faced bar maid underwhelming, not smiling once, inattentive and unwelcoming really. No chance we will return or order food and the pub was basically empty anyway so on the whole disappointed i spent my money there.

Well worth a look. Food is basic pub fare but well cooked and presented. Limited indoor seating which is a shame.

Had sea food platter. Wife had steak and kidney pudding ..superb food..nice tudor pubRecommended for good pub food at reasonable prices and huge choice

Had a light lunch here sitting in a lovely garden which was obviously well tended. Very friendly bar staff and very helpful. For lunch I had a baked potatoes with prawn and marie rose sauce and my partner had chicken and chips in a basket both were great and very reasonable as well as the drinks

Great tasty food, couldn't complain about the price either. In a quite village but it has a great vibe. Problem was you were a inconvenience to the waitress's in the restaurant. Seemed more interested in gossiping to each other. Waited nearly 10 minutes to order our drinks and a further 10 minutes for them to arrive!

Great cod and chips home cooked food piping hot..wife had good cottage pie ..big menu and all homemade good ales

went there for a meal with friends. foid was typical pub food. the sears not too comfirtable. the landlady seems very miserable. wont go again. in the summer you can sut outside it has good grounds.

Recommended good hearty home cooked food ..steak and Ale pie very good. wife had sausage in Yorkshire pudding.excellent gravy also.

Met up with a friend for the weekend and decided to eat at the Hare and Hounds which was a 15 minute walk from our site. What a find. We were greeted with a very warm welcome and shown to a free table. There were 5 of us eating 3 adults, a 16 and a 10 year old. The menu was very extensive and plenty of choice for everyone. The food arrived, freshly prepared and piping hot. We enjoyed it so much that we returned the following evening. It is the best pub food I have eaten in a long time. The pub is child and dog friendly. Once the weather warms up the large garden will be a fantastic place to sit, eat and drink. The village itself is very pretty.. I would highly recommend the Hare and Hounds

Just by chance we booked the Hare and Hounds at East Bergholt, we usually go to another nearby pub. The eating area was within one of the bars, so no designated restaurant. What a surprise an extensive menu, including vegetarian options, all 'home cooked' food, we had various starters and main courses which arrived attractively plated, delicious and very generous helpings at a very reasonable cost. The bar staff were knowledgeable and friendly, giving us history of the pub and antiquities within. It has a boules team, boules pitch and large attractive sunny garden which will be a great on sunny afternoons, we will definitely return.

We popped into this lovely pub for an evening meal and a chat with friends, a colleague recommended it to us and we are grateful for it.We recieved a lovely warm welcome by the customers and staff alike, the pub was warm and cosy with an amazing ceiling , we were informed that the pub itself is over 500 years old.The food was delicious and home cooked, , the log burner was alight and it gave a lovely heat without being overpowering . We enjoyed our evening and chatted to the locals in the bar who were very informative and entertaining, We thoroughly enjoyed our evening, we will be back

Don't pass by and think this is just a public..the food is brilliant home cooked good wholesome food. Good ales too and nice log burner belting out warmth...good menu in tudor pub...ceiling with tudor rose design dates to 1529

Cosy village pub. Great food, great beer and live sports. Service is always friendly and welcoming. We shall be back!

Nice friendly pub good beer local customers very chatty and friendly fun to listen to and talk to one of the best pubs in the village

This pub has got it just right, good beer, good pub grub, and a friendly welcome for everyone who goes in.

A very friendly establishment that provides excellent food and drink. The atmosphere was warm and friendly.

Made us feel very welcome,choice of food even on a Sunday was very good, the steak and kidney pudding was excellent, would visit again in a heartbeat.

Fab pub which is very welcoming and great atmosphere!!! The food is lovely and great value. The outdoor space is great for a family visit.

Have been here quite a few times and have always been happy with the food, however on our last visit a few days ago I was amazed when after ordering a prawn jacket potato it came with enough salad to feed a family of 5! A salad garnish is fine but there was so much on the plate that I had to remove some before I could cut into the potato which incidentally came with no butter!! Not impressed.

Came here for a late lunch, sat in the garden on good friday in the sun! Food was lovely and reasonably priced!Staff are very friendlyWill be returning!

Had lunch with a group of about 12 walkers. Great menu choices and good quality food. Excellent choice of proper beer. once again we all really enjoyed lunch and were reluctant to leave to resume our walk. Will certainly eat here again.

The food is very well cooked and the presentation is excellent all the alcoholic drinks are very good

this was my second year of coming to this great pub on my birthday, the pub has it all lovely oldie world feel about it with a warm welcome great menu and a log burner spot on. looking forward to coming back. thank you

Called in here with a group of ramblers for lunch. The staff were very welcoming, there was a great choice of "pub grub" which was all very tasty. The log burner was made the bar very warm and cosy and there was a great choice of beer. We will certainly use this pub again.

We called in here early evening after a shopping trip, tired and cold.What a treat. A lovely pint, friendly landlord and locals. We were hungry but not starving, so ordered just the thing! Sausage sarny for me and a fish finger sarny for hubby. It seemed a bit pricey, until it came up. Salad, tortilla crisps on the side and home made onion rings with the sausage sarny.We sat by the real fire eating and chatting.We will definately go back!

Great atmosphere and choice of beers.Great value food and always friendly polite service, we have visited this pub many times (we live in the village) and have never been dissapointed, especially good for familys in the summer months, lots of outdoor space and grass to relax on,

Have been to this lovely olde worlde pub a couple of times and have not been disappointed. On our latest visit we decided to try one of their basket meals, what terrific value for money! I had scampi and chips (at least 10 pieces) served with a little salad, my other half went for sausage and chips, 2 tasty sausages, chips, homemade onion rings with salad. I really cannot fault the food, service and value, will be back.

This is the second time of eating at this pub. On both occasions the bar staff were friendly and helpful and the meals very good. On the first occasion, my lasagne and garlic bread were excellent. This time, wanting a slightly smaller meal, I went for the fish fingers and chips "basket meal". Plenty of piping hot chips, two very nice - and large - fish fingers and a small salad garnish fitted the bill very nicely. I would not hesitate to return to this pub for a meal when in the area.

We stopped for dinner on Easter Sunday, 6 adults, 3 kids, 2 babies! Our food was delicious, the service was excellent, even gave the kids an Easter Egg and Ice Cream. Very accomodating would recommend to all, an example of how to get a pub right! Good wholesome pub grub, just what you want! Thanks to all involved!

A great pub to go to to get good quality homemade food and have an overall "countyfide" relaxed evening or day. The whole pub is clean and inviting with friendly staff and a top class menu. Prices are good and meals come presented well and not only in excellent quantity but excellent quality also! Would recommend checking this pub out to any type of visitor. Great for families including children and pets are welcome too, groups of friends or just for a quite drink solo after work! A great traditional British pub!

Nice friendIy warm local pub. Not an overly extensive menu, but all the food is cooked fresh. I had a lovely shepherds pie and veg.

That's it, just a great village pub it has good Suffolk / Norfolk real ales and local cider. good range of pub food, some home cooked.Earthy "lounge" bar and separate public bar with TV sports and pool table. great garden and pub games and quizzes.

Good atmosphere, very good beer and large garden. The TV is good for football lads moments, food is OK.

Stopped off here on the way back from visiting Flatford. They serve good pub grub in generous portions. I loved that they serve things in baskets (easy clean plastic baskets) it's been a long time since I had scampi and chips in a basket!Although we didn't use it, they have a large garden. Toilets are clean. I would definitely return and would recommend to friends.