The Cricketers in Ipswich

Stopped with my son (adult) on a Saturday evening for food and pizzas - the pub was busy with no free tables inside but there was a huge outdoor space so we sat outside. Ordering on the app was easy and everything brought in a good time. Food and drink very reasonably priced and the pub had a good atmosphere. Enjoyed.

We lucky enough to eat at some of the best restaurants in England and the world but our weakness is the ham egg and chips at Wetherspoons. It is always a great dish.

We ordered the classic burger and chips and it was absolutely terrible and we would never go back. If you want decent food stay clear of this dump. I can see why JD Wetherspoons is going down the pan the sooner the better if they are all like this.

Wow I asked for scrambled egg and got this after complaining I got another bowl of the same crap. No effect whatsoever in making it what a waste of money

Paid £30 for 2 large breakfasts and 2 drinks. Fully wish I’d have gone to a greasy spoon as the food was appalling. I was served with 1 and a half fried eggs which were burnt, bacon undercooked, toast soggy. The only good thing about this experience was the drink and the service from bar staff and waiters. Chef needs a training course.

Jacket pot was cold reheated jacket vry dry lettuce and cucumber and tomato onion rings dry and burger took ages to come out and was luke warm and they didn't have things we ordered service was slow and noone had smile on face

Large mix grill was not so large but acceptable, beer very good

Typical weatherspoons, large, well looked after building, big walk to the toilets (it wouldnt be a wetherspoons if there wasn't). Can be very busy and sometimes a long wait to be served.

Hair In food Rude waiter They served me an alcoholic drink and then after preceeded to ask me for id, i showed picture id and he said they "couldnt accept" but wouldn't give me a refund?

Quite full, but friendly pub. Four of us ate there. Hot meal,very quickly brought to our table. Nice staff x

We went for breakfast. We had the large English breakfast and it was delicious. Everything you'd want in a classic English breakfast and more. I couldn't eat everything I was full. Plus as many refills of coffee or tea you want.Good value for money definitely

The best fish and chips I have tasted in years.

Popped in for brunch and coffee and I was rather impressed with the building's floors. Standard service from our favourite Brexit landlord with some questionable ideas about treatment of staff and people, but the staff and ambiance makes the pub not the xenophob landlord.

Brilliant choice of drinks, food wasn't brilliant.

Not great service and no atmosphere at all but it is a Wetherspoons so food and drink is cheap. You get what you expect but staff are very disinterested in customer service and more interested in speaking to their staff mates.

I’ve never understood the General I’ll feeling towards Wetherspoons in the uk- I always thought they were a cheap, clean boozer which had good selection of drinks and deals! I’ve not been to one for years so getting a breakfast after missing my train was a bigger mistake than not getting up 5 mins earlier and missing my actual train! The brekky was woeful, the price isn’t even particularly cheap, my local cafe does something on par price wise and they put some effort in. Whole thing just tasted of oil, it looked like a kids plastic dinner toy ro be honest. I feel for the staff there, I just realised it was full of obnoxious drunks who had no regards for queuing- Shame cause the pub was nice, good selection of ales by the looks of things- too early for me though, unlike the rest of the pub. Sorry but it now looks like a hang out for down and outs- I had two cokes and a mouthful of breakfast and left. It’s not the staffs fault, they all looked young and beaten down by the complaints and rude punters, I wasn’t going to add more misery to their day by complaining.

Do not go here for food at all me and my wife ordered 2 meals here and both times the food has come out Lupe warm and then stone cold in under 2 minutes also to add to the rubbish they gave my wife moldy chips and staff look lifeless and clueless will never come here again Wetherspoons your a disgrace

Cheaper pint than my locals, didn't eat but plenty of people ordering as I was at the bar.

Cheap but nice place to get a pint and have a chat with mates

I almost didn't write this review because I'm only 90% that I'm remembering this correctly but I swear the portions in Wetherspoons have gotten smaller. Don't get me wrong the venue itself is fine and the staff were perfectly pleasant but I have memories of the portions being a lot bigger. But then to be fair, the last time I went to a Wetherspoons was a few years ago and I was probably drunk. So if anyone wants to weigh in in this, are the Wetherspoons portions getting smaller, or I have I just reached that point in the aging process where I think everything was better back in my day, even if it wasn't?

It's very good for what it is, a city centre Wetherspoons. The pub is big and has a traditional feel, it's not the best inside, but the food was good and at a great price, the staff were nice. Felt completely comfortable, and enjoyed the visit.

Bit of a walk from the station other side of town centre. Building looks to date from 30s, very draughty from old windows , layout not great most of the space taken up by massive bar! Looking a bit uncared for but staff were pleasant enough and the food was hot and well prepared. Overall didn't find it very comfortable and didn't appear to be overly clean in appearance.

Another good value and tasty visit to a Wetherspoons. Korean Chicken, one with chips and one with coconut rice both with soft drink, £17 - bargain!

Typical wetherspoons close to town centre didn't have food but same menu as all wetherspoons all good

Slow service Food order wrong poor quality and Luke warm

Not a bad little pub there's a nice curry as well

First time there , lovely all round.

Not overly busy at 12:15. Efficient Bar and Table staff. I thoroughly enjoyed a steak lunch; the accompanying Theakston's Old Peculier was fantastic.

My mate and I went for the Large full English breakfast this morning and coffee ☕️ the service was very good Friendly staff the Breakfast was superb , comfortable seating speedy service and the refill drinks were a nice touch highly recommended we will definitely return there.

Do not go her for a meal of any type! i went today to meet family for a birthday meal and I only wanted a small brunch basically a small fry up and received on the plate a piece of bacon the size of a 50 pence piece , no lie!!! I woke up on my birthday to the news of a friend passing away and then i get treated to that garbage !!! never again will i buy food there ! The chef can not even cook a piece of 50 pence sized piece of bacon without drying it out !!! Rubbish !

With 5x family lunched at the Cricketers. My fish and chips was huge, scrummy and well served. Others enjoyed their meals apart from the burger which was described as poor. I would elaborate to say my cod was the best quality for many years. Well done Wethies.

Fast paced pub with a lot going for it. Speciality beers are as cheap as chips. Currently £2.36 a Pint. Thoroughly recommended.

Had large breakfast. Not the best I've ever had but certainly not the worst.....and for the price you pay it definitely sets you up for the day

Shocking. Bar staff were very rude.

Nice Pub, decor is a bit dated! Probably the best selection of cask ales I've ever seen!

Great pub! Yummy food, wide selection or drinks, welcoming and friendly staff, good service, clean, vibrant. Value for money 👍🏼

Service was slow - app to order food was glitchy and no discount for nhs workers.....

It was a lovely day service was good meal excellent

Never been so disgusted in all my life. Called in for a quick drink after mising a bus. Asked for a malibu and lemonade with very little ice. after watching the barmaid fill the glass with ice I called her to ask tipp a load of the ice. She then proceeded to fill the glass with lemonade again I shouted whoa. After she put the drinks down on the bar she said now funking go away. Absolutely disgusting .kids have no respect. Spoke to the duty manager. And he said not much he could do about it. And said in her defence that she had had a busy night. Poor girl last time I drink in there.

Typical Wetherspoons. The Tuesday after a Bank Holiday will have some things unavailable.

A good idea , T.M. would be more flexibility in ordering breakfast -i.e. "build-your-own" breakfast from items already on the menu would seem to me to be a good idea (e.g. 2 poached eggs on BUTTERED toast, with added extras like tomatoes, bacon etc) On to the full rant:- As usual, lately, the place was so cold due to the air conditioning that I had to keep my jacket on. Toast was only toasted on one side, looked like it had been toasted one side, waved in the direction of the toaster on the other. For some reason the toast could not be ready-buttered, despite scrambled eggs on toast being supplied with ready-buttered toast! Staff "explanation" was that eggs on toast was not vegan. (Er, neither is the butter supplied with toast and jam/marmalade, so why wasn't I asked if I wanted vegan?) N.B. Tim Martin: Sort out training of ALL shift managers on sensible air control settings. (22C outside, 16C inside is NOT what I consider reasonable.)

Lovely place, friendly staff & quick food service. Menus were clean & not sticky

Wetherspoons at its best Staff make the pub Decorative and welcoming..wish I'd taken pics..all I can say is go there and soak up the brilliantly priced drinks in probably the cleanest and best decorated pub in Ipswich, no place better ..I think...now I'm thinking..yeah get there .. get tips Probably revs later lol

Katie the manager has great customer service skills.

Very tasty food, fast service and most importantly cheap

Felt like I was not wanted appeared only interested in the local clientele, went in to order drinks and food for 5 was ignored when next in line not once but twice first visit to Ipswich town centre and Wetherspoons and will be last would give 0 if I could.

International Laws had been Broken inside & by the Cricketers PH Employees!

Had late breakfast b4 football game. Young lad serving was very pleasant and helpful

Quite a large typical wetherspoons pub, selling all the usual beers & drinks.

Good pub needs a bigger smoking seating area though

Very slow with food orders when done on the app

Food good staff good wetherspoons prices outside garden area excellent had a lovely afternoon there 😊

A good Wetherspoons experience, good prices. Very prompt service when you order via the app.

Pretty typical Spoons. Another historic building rescued turned into the usual dark wood pattern carpet affair. You love or hate spoons. This is one of the better examples as it's big and airy and we've never had any trouble finding space. I would say the following about every whetherspoons pub I've been to... Very Cheap drinks. Cheap food (quality is average and a little hit and miss) but I refer you to the price. Excellent value unlimited self serve hot drinks. Tastes as good as anything you'll find from Costa or Starbucks but obviously much more limited menu. Great for a breakfast!! (If you can ignore the day drinkers!see first point)

Quick food and good quality food, can spend £10 for cheap and cheerful meal, staff polite

Lovely food, reasonably priced, most food including drinks. Friendly staff. Could do with some new furniture and chairs.

Harrison is an outstanding employee. I left my phone with credit cards and money in one of the wc cubicles and he safely returned it. So nearly a disaster averted by Harrison. Thank you

Always good to meet with my ex bouncer mates every couple of months for a pint a bit of dinner and a good yarn

Goo place for a coffee and a bacon sarni.

Good food and beer very good prices as well. Still very nice. Still OK but my breakfast was a bit cold today.

Once you enter, you cannot leave for hours, and the prices are also affordable, I recommend it.

Reasonable prices brilliant place

Didn't order food, so 1 star. Service must have been OK as I didn't hear any complaints by those I accompanied. Atmosphere was good as was with company but there was no music. So you have to make the atmosphere yourself. Also, I don't vape or smoke, but apparently you're not allowed to do this "outside" of the pub... When I mean outside, I mean out under the sky. Which was strange when I witnessed this. Everything else was fine and drinks are becoming a little cheaper as they're competing with The Mannings, currently.

Last time I visited, the ceiling began leaking water at around midnight from beneath the men's toilets. That kind of thing puts you off returning.

Good atmosphere throughout, friendly service, very reasonably priced!!

Really enjoyed a night out here. First time coming and I'll be back again for sure😊 service was lightening fast and the serving staff were excellent👌 The atmosphere was alive 5*

In bad state of decor ,wallpaper coming off near windows ,paint chipped ceiling stained.shame as they spent thousands onbar area

Popped in for lunch and a drink. Easy ordering via the app and quick service. Food good value and a nice outdoor seating area

Great friendly meeting and socialising venue

Value for money breakfast fast service lovely staff

Really friendly,food good,staff very helpful and pleasant

Great location and a nice breakfast there too.

Service ok and atmosphere great. Ordered a steak, was shocking, cooked ok, but the quality of the meat was awful. Most of the steak was fat and gristle . Left most of the dish, was mentioned to staff member who cleaned table but no apology.

As our only Spoons in Ipswich I come here fairly often and the food is always good. Nice and cheap for the portions you get. Don’t expect fine dining as that’s not what spoons is about - but for a quick meal you can’t go wrong!

Food tasted amazing and the staff was quick with my order but the quantity of the food was terrible, I got 15 chips with my meal 🤣 don't get me wrong I don't always can't my chips but as soon as they gave me the plate I thought surely that's not it and had to count them cause there was hardly any on the plate as you can see in the photo but apart from that the burger was nice, chips could be a bit crisper and service was quick.

Not really changed in the last 30 years but does the job, decent food, great prices, especially the drinks. Wheelchair access and toilets. Choice of indoor or outdoor for food and drinks. Pay parking round the back. Decent atmosphere, staff seem friendly

Ordered steak as it was steak night. Honestly the worst I have ever experienced. Swerve it if I was you. Lost half of the steak due to gristle and fat. When we complained all we got in response was will bo****k the kitchen. Can't believe it doesn't get taken seriously. Toilets were disgusting. All. Of them filled with loo roll and wee on the floor. Don't believe they get checked properly come on spoons. Up your game.

Typical spoons food, cheap, churned out quickly with loads of drink options.

Cheap and reliable. Table service has been fast when using the QR code/Website to order. Food is not going to win any awards, but it's pretty good, and at this price you can't really complain.

EXCELLENT VALUE FOR MONEY. BEER ALWAYS GOOD WITH WIDE RANGE OF ALES AND FOOD STANDARD PUB GRUB WELL PRESENTED

Had a full breakfast with coffee, temp could be hotter but was edible.

Had breakfast and coffee with my mum.

Lovely garden for smokers and non smokers

Bad door staff as per usual Edit: May 2024 still the same

Food was nice but took long for table to get cleared from previous customers though it was a busy evening after football, drinks orders came quickly.

Decent cocktail menu at super reasonable prices. Good for a mid-week cheeky drink session with my son

Would give it a 1* if I could considering I’m “intoxicated” while writing this, I’d been declined into the pub for that reason apparently, by a lady who since 10am had kept walking over to our table proceeding to give us odd looks. By then, we decided to go elsewhere due to this. 5 hours later decided to return back to the venue they refused entry. Even though I had asked for the reason why and did not give a valuable reason we decided to go elsewhere. Given I’m so “intoxicated” it is surprising I can write this review. Would avoid going here if you are visiting Ipswich or going for food which took 2 hours to arrive at the table with the waitress commenting “we didn’t recieve your order” after ordering, on the app.

Staff are lovely! But the clientele are usually the worst sorts of people and the company is owned by a money hungry evil man who cares more about making profit than the lives of his staff. The staff deserve a pay rise and they need a union.

Lovely place, good food served by great staff.

BEN IS THE BEST SERVER I HAVE EVER HAD!!! GOLD STAR STICKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very dissatisfied been to many places to eat in my life and never seen somewhere slow and rude, staff are just playing on phones managers have no interest and when you order your food you wait ages receive it get told you need to order extra gravy which you do and then it still don’t arrive until 15 minutes later for the manager to say I can give you a takeaway box for it, bare in mind I’ve eaten my meal by then very very poor then you have to debate to get a refund awful service. Not too mention you have to clean your own table with baby wipes 🤮

Food was cheap and service was okay but some very noisy foul mouthed customers. They didn't get chucked out.

We had a traditional breakfast for 2 & it was stone cold. The bacon was black, overdone & the eggs were undercooked & snotty. One of the worst wetherspoons breakfast to date

Great value food and breakfast was decent for the money. Atmosphere a bit flat and took a while to get served but wasn't a bad experience all in all.

Staff very polite and helpful. Service very swift. For ok and good value.

What can you say can't go wrong with wetherspoons

Spoons, without a doubt you will know your in spoons 😝. Classic spoons darkwood furniture. Thick colourful carpet. Toilets 🚻 upstairs. Disabled loos on ground floor.

A good weatherspoons, well worth the visit.

What a shame they don't accept resident permit as a id . They didn't lt us in !

We visited the Cricketers twice on our short break in Ipswich the pub is very busy but you still get served very quickly I even ordered a pint on my phone and it arrived within 60 seconds Incredible service.On the Saturday night we also had food when we found a vacant table,we then soon ordered and food arrived within 15 minutes.This pub is very well run and will come back if in the area.