Shepherd and Dog Inn in Suffolk Coastal

Just had a drink, nice place and friendly staff

Great food fantastic staff good beer

Busy Friday night visit, but great beers and decent pub grub.

Great pub. Food was excellent and the service was good with the pub having a warm friendly atmosphere. Staff were really helpful and accommodating. We were a group of 14 who made impromptu visits to the pub while staying in the area. Service and food excellent. Highly recommend.

Love this place. Well run village pub. Food is great. Service quick and pleasant. Great atmosphere. Welcoming to really broad age group.

Friendly service and great food. Fantastic fish and chips.

Really nice place to eat and drink would recommend.

Absolutely speechless!! Never experienced anything like this in our life before. Walked in at 6.45pm to try to eat at Shepherd and Dog. Very stressed owner called Grant. He said he had no menus to give out. He took our table number and said he would bring them out to us. We waited and we waited and then went to enquire what was happening. Again he said he had no menus to give out even though there were some sitting on the bar. After nearly an hour waiting for a menu we gave up. We went in and explained to the barmaid we were giving up and going. She was apologetic but he wasn't. He just couldn't care less. So unless you have several hours to waste waiting we suggest AVOiD AVOID at all costs. An unforgettable experience of bad service!

Disappointed. Read previous reviews. Food ok at best. It seems strange that they can't serve small plates as starters, all came at once. Portion size reasonable. Just.....not good enough. Won't be back in afraid.

Great pub with great operators. Really enjoyed here.

Great pub, 3 of us had roast pork, which was very chewy, I had the gammon, which was excellent. Friendly staff & would visit again.

Believe food is until 8:30pm had gluten free, dairy free and vegan options available. Ample parking, nice size restaurant. Available for parties. Child friendly including highchairs. Food tastes great, friendly table service. Nothing is too much bother. Traditional pub grub, find n chips and amazing risotto.

Amazing food, had gluten free, dairy free and vegan dish. Would recommend the risotto Ve GF DF, fish n chips GF, bangers n mash and onion rings GF. Please check with staff on your dietary requirements! Friendly staff made sure everything was good and pleasant atmosphere too. Was recommended by locals and definitely worth it. Locally sourced sausages.

Came up over night from Cornwall and arrived late but the kitchen was still open. My with is a veggie and gluten free and the chef made her up a suitable dish on the fly ! My son had fish and chips gluten free and i the bangers and mash. The food was to a very high standard for pub grub and the atmosphere and staff where very friendly. Great little find with great grub ! Bangers/sausages where best !!

Nice little country pub. Great fish and chips....all dogs allowed so perfect for us. All in all worth a visit. Very busy. Friendly staff.

Only pub in Hollesley. Keep going to keep it going

I love this pub!! Such a warm atmosphere, friendly and lovely food too!

Basic pub food in a nice traditional friendly pub.

Visited this pub twice during our recent stay at the local caravan site. Staff and locals are all very friendly. Great selection of wines, beers and spirits. The food is very good. We had the fish platter and pork tagine and then puddings all from the specials board. We thoroughly enjoyed our meal. Will definitely be returning on our next trip.

Good food and great beer. Pool table, darts, board games and Sky TV. What more could you want.

Really nice pub lunch, Shame it's not open more often

The food is good. Thursday night is games night to enjoy company and card / board games for the locals. The interior could use a little updating in some places

Great little local pub with good food selected from either the standard menu or the specials board which changes daily. A wide range of beers are available plus an excellent choice of spirits, including the finest Irish whiskey. Dog friendly as the name suggests with outside seating areas front and back.

Why are there no stars for beers! They had 4 real ales that were bloody marvellous. The service was great. The locals were very good too. We loved the place. Oh I nearly forgot the food was excellent.

Fabulous local pub serving local fare. Service was welcoming and attentive. Good range of beers and dogs are welcomed too. Food was excellent and great value. Everything we like about a pub.

Don't trust the opening hours on Tripadvisor. Not open at 1.15pm on Friday. We seem destined never to eat here as they were shut the last time we tried too

Good Village pub with food. We often use it when visiting Hollesley nature reserve and Shingle Street.

Informed staff I was coeliac & Chef said that they could do Gf sausage, mash & gravy off menu, it was very tasty & as a very reactive coeliac I had no reactions. Felt very welcome & would have no hesitations about visiting & dining again. It’s also very dog friendly & our Border Collie was made very welcome with treats from the dog treat tin on the bar.

Excellent. We (and our dog) were made to feel welcome. Great menu plenty of choice even for veggies. The pub was clean and staff friendly. Highly recommended.

Stopped off for lunch after a bracing walk on the Suffolk coast. Friendly welcome, fair selection of good, honest, pub grub, and clean surroundings. Tasty food, table service, very reasonable prices, and very dog friendly - our greyhound did not want to leave after all the attention and sampling the big box of dog treats on the bar.

My Wife and I had a lovely Wednesday evening meal at this quintessential English pub with excellent food. My Wife ordered Gluten Free Fish and Chips which were fresh piping hot and very tasty, I ordered the Classic Burger with Onion rings. When the Onion rings arrived there was also a portion of Gluten Free Onion Rings, these little touches make all the difference, both meals were excellent, the waiting staff were polite and extremely friendly with nothing too much trouble. If you are in the area this is a must.

We had beers and messy fries here, which were great. Friendly staff, dog friendly. Closed on Monday and Tuesday.

Great local pub. Very handy if staying at Run Cottage Touring just down the road. A good selection of ales of which I sampled several. Probably going to nip over for Sunday Lunch and hope that they have the Arsenal vs Man City game on a bit later. Would certainly recommend a visit if in the area.

Lovely pub with great atmosphere 👌 very friendly Highly recommended

Perfect village pub, very friendly and great service

Stayed in the area and was recommended the Shepherd & Dog for an evening meal. I had already checked out the place earlier in the day with a swift Cider ( this one counts as sustenance as I was walking) and decided to return for my evening meal. The staff were very pleasant and friendly explaining that there was a large party booked in later that evening, so I went straight for the menu to avoid the kitchen crush. The menu offered a good choice and included vegetarian options as well. I chose a classic prawn cocktail to start followed by scampi and chips for my main. All washed down with a pint or two of cider. The food was delicious and the cider hit the spot. A great village pub which appears to cater well for locals and visitors in equal measures , not an easy task. The weather was hot so I chose a table outside next to a gentleman with two beautiful VERY well behaved dogs. ( apart from the Labrador which is obviously a master thief given his superb heist of a bag of salt and vinegar crisps from the bar ) Maybe the gent was a Shepherd ! Very entertaining. I would definitely recommend the Shepherd and Dog Inn at Hollesley.

Lovely little village pub with a great selection of beers and tasty food. Dog friendly

Nice food. Miserable landlady and service.

Lovely pub - good idea for the fenced area for dogs. Enjoyed the food and good service. Very busy so had to wait awhile for food but this was well managed.

What nice place we really enjoy it and would go back i would recommend it

Visited today 19 August for the first time and was delighted with everything the food and service were brilliant with a good choice of drinks, We shall return Well done The bar stool hound

Lovely pub for good and drink if you are staying at the campsite up the road. Just a shame it's hardly ever open can understand that in winter but summer time come on

Great food - very dog friendly pub!

Lovely little local pub. Nice friendly staff Definitely going back.

Brlliant pub.brilliiant food . Very good service.brilliant atmosphere. Very good staff.

Excellent food, very good service, friendly staff and very dog friendly lovely ale's.

Couple of beers in the sun. Didn't eat here but thoroughly enjoyed the beer

Very pleasent pub with lovely staff. Didn't eat there, but the food looked good.

Staying at the local campsite so walked to Shingle Street and back. The pub was the perfect place for a post walk drink and meal. Great dog friendly pub with good food at a good price.

We use this pub whenever we camp local to Hollesley. Had a good meal and good service

Friendly atmosphere, busy little pub.

Great food at a good price and friendly atmosphere will be going back soon

Popped in yesterday for an evening meal, a break in the weather made for a lovely walk from Run Cottage campsite. This pub is great for food and a pint. the staff are lovely, the owner a super nice chap. Don't go past this little English gem in a fantastic and beautiful village without dropping in, you'll not regret it.

Had a drink there as we got lost as road was closed due to a road accident.

Not the most atmospheric of pubs, but the welcome was friendly and the beer fine. I didn't eat but others were happy with the food.

A very warm welcome will await the weary traveller passing through and stopping off at the Shepherd & Dog. A courteous smile and nothing too much trouble - thank you for a lovely meal and complimenting the end to a perfect day roaming the Suffolk coast line at Shingle Street 👏

Good service, plentiful good food, reasonable prices.

The Shepherd and Dog always offers great meals and friendly service, but we owe them special thanks this month for a splendid buffet to celebrate the 92-year life of my beloved mum. Thank you, Team.

Lovely pub with great food! I wish I'd found it yesterday as I'd definitely eat here 2 nights on the trot.

Great little pub to visit after a walk - ample parking and a nice range of local ales. Food is served daily with a solid menu of pub classics and friendly staff. Very dog-friendly, with treats and water available and dogs welcome indoors and out. Worth a visit!

The interior is basic but the beer and food more than made up for it as did the staff.

Lovely friendly pub great service but the food not up to much! Tried for a couple of days and expensive. Don’t mind paying the money for good food but this wasn’t.

Food could have been a bit Walmer.

Decent pub and reasonable food great service

We had a delicious, well presented Sunday roast lunch each today. 😋Excellent service from friendly staff. Highly recommended!

Great little pub good food and beer no problems all week will come again if in area

Lovely pub, food freshly cooked and very tasty. Added bonus it's a dog friendly pub

Six months since we last visited. Sunday lunch was today very good, but the restaurant still seems soulless. Dusty outdated plastic foliage on the wall. It looks like it’s had its day. The restaurant is badly in need of a makeover. Family came in after us and we’re told that several items on menu were off. NOT GOOD ENOUGH. Waitress needed a clean apron.

Good food at a reasonable price, main menu doesn't have much in the way of selection as all the meals are similar but the specials make up for this, good selection of beers and very friendly staff

Only had BBQ food available. Well it was the bank holiday.

Nice enough. Meat was missing from our ploughman's and no explanation. Drinks were flat bit of a gas problem. Pleasant staff.

Had a nice meal of Scampi, chips and salad. Not sure there is enough choice on the menu though.

We came in on a HOT Sunday with friends. Started off by ordering drinks. We ordered a Coke and Malibu & coke and the coke was from a half empty bottle that wasn’t stored in the fridge so had to have a warm drink on a 30’C day. The fish and chips was absolutely drenching in oil and the onion rings were covered in it too leaving a pool of oil in the dish. We were the only customers for food in so no excuse for it being busy or to have warm drinks. Wouldn’t recommend.

Been here a couple of times now. Food is great, and staff very friendly.

Beer and food, very good. New owners doing the right things. Success deserved.

Small menu but food was good... beer and drinks OK... not the cheapest not the most expensive either.. waitresses were pleasant

We only popped in for a pint . Will pop by again another day

Nice food friendly staff reasonable prices :) 5 stars will be back soon

We wanted some lunch after doing a long walk and found the Dog & Shepherd on Google, so off we drove there, when we got there it looked like it needed a good cleaning form the outside, but we were very pleasantly surprised. We ordered some snacks and they were absolutely delicious, I am a bog onion ring fan, and get tired of ordering them only to be given ones that are clearly from a packet, not at Dog & Shepherd, they were home made and amazingly tasty, in fact all the food was. The staff were very polite and gave excellent service, very friendly too. It was a lovely lunch and we will go back, recommend highly.

We went for dinner as we were camping in the village. It was Bike Night and it made a good atmosphere.

Very disappointed stopped food at 7 30 that's not good for visitors to the area when they want a evening meal

A nice local with good pub food and very pleasant, hardworking staff.

A it expensive but worth a visit

Nice pub good service good food

Not the worst, friendly staff, food was a plain and overpriced.

Nice friendly pub not far from Shingle Street. Has quite a few tables outside.

Great pub I spent a week here in 2015 very dog friendly. Will be back next year campsite half a mile away .

very friendly service, chips were lovely 😍

Excellent service and the food was fantastic

We had lunch here on 6th May 2022 , the service was very good and the food was very hot and tasted really good my husband had the steak and I had the vegetable tart , highly recommend

My husband and I visited for the first time on a Saturday afternoon. We were greeted with polite and friendly service. The options on the menu were varied and well priced. The food we had was so good, everything was freshly prepared and cooked from scratch and so tasty! The atmosphere in the pub was on point and we will definitely visit again when we are in the area :)

We stayed at a local caravan park and ate 2 dinners and one lunch at the pub, each time accompanied by our dogs. The weather was good enough to sit outside. We don’t eat meat (only fish) and there were several things to choose from. The staff in the pub were really nice and welcoming. The Local beer was great and the wine was very good too.

We stayed at a local caravan site and ate 2 dinners and 1 lunch at the pub, each time accompanied by our dogs. The weather was good enough to sit outside on every visit. We don’t eat meat (only fish) but there was still enough variety on the menu for us to choose something different. The staff in the pub were delightful, particularly the young lady, Jodie, who served us at every meal, she was very helpful and charming. The food was lovely and the local beer and choice of wine was great. We hope to return.

We stumbled across this place by chance and we are so glad we did. The service was timely and polite, the cask ale lovely and the food was outstanding, I would even go as far as to say it was amongst the best we have had. Compliments to the chef.

We often over the years have had many meals here as we stay at the nearby site. We went for Sunday lunch on our arrival of a ten day stay. My char grilled chicken was lovely, but husband had the roast beef. He couldn’t cut the beef as it was so tough, and the Yorkshire was uneatable the beef was a cheap cut! dining area has no atmosphere, and I think I mentioned on my last visit they need to get rid of the dusty plants and spruce the room up. It wouldn’t take much. There was as I presume the manager who just kept walking about doing absolutely nothing. It was a little off putting as the server was kept very very busy as was the barman. He didn’t speak to any one, a nice welcome means a lot! It is a shame as we eat out the entire stay and would have gone back but not until there is an improvement.

Very welcoming pub and dog friendly good food and good selection of drinks

They hosted my father's wake and did a very good job. All the staff new my dad and they made every effort to make what was a sad occasion, a very pleasant one. Thank you!

I had a ham sandwich the ham was very good nice atmospherex

Lovely friendly staff, dog friendly, great food!

We were staying at the nearby Run Cottage Touring Park and went in for dinner with our 2 large Labradors. It was a busy Friday night but we got a table in the corner which was great to keep the woofers from being too over friendly with the other customers. The staff were fabulously attentive - table service for drinks and food. The food was good quality and generous portions at a reasonable price. Fresh fish and chips with home-made tartare sauce followed by a fantastically gooey chocolate muffin with ice cream middle. So good we came back for a coffee and snack lunch on Saturday. Sausage & onion sandwich and deep-fried chilli cheese with salsa. Good food, excellent friendly service and treats for the dogs - we will definitely return.