The Last Anchor in Ipswich

Fantastic place. Accommodated 26 quite happily for a birthday party. Ordered the food in advance, minimal waiting when we all sat. Friendly staff, great setting. Will definitely go back again. Bravo.

!Very bad customer service! We ordered drinks and we were deciding what to eat, we have only took 5 mins, however the waiter kept coming back for 3times even though we told them we were still looking the menu! But they were not busy or closing soon! If you want to have some good cuisine and relax in Ipswich, I don’t recommend this one!

Grilled board to share, apple pie, and tiramisu highly recommended. Thank you, Luke, for great experience.

Had lunch in here today and was one of the best meals I have ever had in the beef shin risotto. My dad had the Hake which was also fantastic. It really is a great location on the waterfront, good value for money and always leave with a full belly. Staff are very friendly and offered great service. Highly recommend :).

Very good breakfast,nice and quiet atmosphere, lovely restaurant...

We specifically booked a table at this restaurant as they were advertising a Christmas Menu throughout December 2024 which included a Christmas Lunch Set Menu of 2 or 3 courses. However when we arrived, we were told that this menu was not being provided today due to the Ipswich Vs Newcastle match. What bearing this has on the menu choice, i just don't know at all. This was very disappointing as we had booked this restaurant based upon the nice Christmas Set Menu yet we could only pick from the standard menu which had no Christmas food on there. I picked the burger which wasn't that nice as it was too big and fell to bits and my girlfriend had a giant sandwich which wasn't really festive at all. Cost £50 for a meal we didn't really want. Really poor situation re the Christmas menu. You should not be advertising this menu if its not being provided throughout December as this is very misleading and had we have known that it wasnt being provided, we would have booked somewhere else. One good point was the service was very good but the venue was let down by the menu choice and the food itself. Also you should put a soft closer on your front door as the constant banging from it is really annoying when you're trying to have a meal.

I have to say the Christmas dinner we had this year was very disappointing after going in 2023 at Christmas which we enjoyed very much . Real shame .

Christmas day dinner Soggy lettuce warm prawns starter Burnt Yorkshire pudding along with blackened carrots very tough roast beef and greasy roast potatoes that tasted of old fat all floating in gravy a dish of soggy veg all piled on top of each other in one bowl small tw0 inch disc of Christmas pudding plonked in the middle of large dinner plate presentation there was nome mismatched crockery all different colours n sizes wine was just dumped on table no coffee or tea offered and no ice for drinks and no background music or any sort of atmosphere value for money NO at approximately £100 per head once they added automatic surcharges in my opinion McDonald's chicken nuggets would have been preferable will I be returning nahhhh

Very busy but it was christmas and lots of parties staff were amazing and very attentive

Dined in four adults and a child. Food selection was promptly served and staff were very obliging. Food was very nice and reasonable prices.

First time visiting The Last Anchor today (For Christmas Dinner!) George (presumably a manager/owner), was very kind and understanding with a last minute cancellation due to illness and all of the staff were incredibly attentive and polite. The food was excellent and we will certainly be returning as a family next year to try out the ‘normal’ menu. Thank you @LastAnchor

Great meal out. Would definitely return

Excellent service and great food. Server went out of her way to accommodate as it was the Christmas menu & we only wanted something light. Had a couple of starters and they were delicious.

I made my lunch reservation about 3weeks in advance. I was told that a Christmas lunch only was available. I was asked for a £20 deposit which I paid.

Warm welcome & Excellent ssrvice. We had breakfast: Qty 5 Enormous delicious pancakes served with scrambed Eggs & 3 rashers of bacon more than enough for 2 people... Restaraunt really clean and well presented...

Great friendly service and fantastic food. Came out on time and served with a smile.

Sunday lunch - wow. My husband and I shared the Camembert, with the seeds honey cranberries and bread, it was fantastic. I followed this with the roast beef dinner, the beef was lovely and tender, broccoli red cabbage cauliflower cheese roasted parsnip and carrot accompanied this with sausage wrapped in bacon stuffing ball Yorkshire pudding, absolutely delicious, the only thing that let it down was the roast potatoes which were sadly undercooked. This said quietly I was quite happy because I was very full. My husband had fish and chips which he said was very nice. The servers were lovely, very friendly and very helpful. A super way to spend Sunday lunchtime.

First time in a while here , can’t complain food was good what we had which was the burger with bacon and cheese . Very filling and tasted very good two 6 once burgers in a bun which is very filling indeed, and had a nice time , would fully recommend.

We chose the restaurant for Sunday lunch. The staff were pleasant and efficient and the food was excellent, both in size of portion and general quality.

Great food with best quality ingredients

Honestly - the best fish&chips I ever had! Maybe not so cheap, as I've paid 19 pound for it, but OMG. It was delicious! And staff was very friendly too! Keep going guys! Thanks!

Nice restaurant where the tables aren't to close to each other. Attentative staff on this visit who served well. Food was nice and reasonably priced. The menu could do with more description of what the dishes actually contained. Another criticism of mine, but not for all would be, that the fresh grilled fish of the day wasn't served as a fillet and was whole on the bone. Same as prawns served in their shells. Picking bones out and taking shells off ruins the meal at the table.

A perfect spot to see the harbour. Beautiful food and accomodated my dietary requirements. Thank you so very much. Definitely visit again.

Thank you for making my dad feel so special on his birthday

We took the fish and vegetarian specials and they were delicious and well presented. Service was good and friendly. Will go back! Only downside is restaurant is a bit out of the way down an access road to the port and both well lit after dark with no pavement.

Went with my work family to celebrate my retirement. A party of 22 on a Friday night !! Great service and excellent food. Everyone without exception commented on how they enjoyed their meal . Well done for coping with us .

Delicious breakfast and a lovely spot overlooking the marina.

Had a lovelly meal here a few days ago. Perfect mix of Chicken, Lamb Kofta, salad, corn and a peppercorn sauce. Cooked perfectly and great together. Only one thing I would recommend, make your own Kofta's. Obviously shop bought Koftas, bit of a shame.

Walked in and were told someone would come to us to take our order, 30 mins pass and no one did. Then we moved inside to get their attention and still no one came to us. Meanwhile one of the chefs were helping themselves to a beer at 12:05 midday. We then finally got to order and were told they were out of coke before lunch service even began. Then when we went to order omelettes we were told that they were all out of eggs. The “Fanta” we were sold, which was orange juice and lemonade also costed £7. The staff were unhelpful, inattentive, and had lots missing on the menu. Overall a shocking experience and wouldn’t recommend

Really disappointed with the menu choice. Service poor. Some friends enjoyed their meal but others did not. Staff were not ‘au fait’ with menu.

Only went for drinks which were fine although the bar staff could do with learning how to pour a pint properly lol you get about 10% lost to head/froth which is a big problem in these sorts of places I've found.

Disappointing. Have been several times before but today was definitely below expectation. On arrival we were told there would be a wait for food as you were busy. That’s OK. Our order was taken about 20 minutes after we sat down. What isn’t acceptable is about another 10 minutes after taking the order to come back to the table and say you have run out of muffins and I would get bread instead. Does the Kitchen not know how many orders it can fulfill at the start of service and communicate it to the service staff? When breakfast did arrive my husband’s pancakes were at best warm and had to be sent back. Place needs a manager to focus on detail rather than just rushing about fire fighting as problems occur.

Sunday breakfast: bad service (no coordination between them), food was good in the end, but I had to send my pancakes back since they were lukewarm, as was my bacon. The place was busy, but not full. 10 minutes after taking our order, the main waiter came over and said there were no more muffins and it was bread instead. No options given, no questions asked if we wanted to change our order, just a quick remark in rushing by our table. The whole place clearly is out of their depth. It seems there is no coordination or accountability. They could do with a good manager sorting that place out.

Came here for breakfast as we docked in the marina. It was delicious and plentiful. The coffee was also really good.

Great location at the marina, perfect on a sunny summers day. Really impressed with the vegetarian food options - so refreshing to not be limited to pasta or risotto (yawn). Really tasty food, generous portions, great service - thank you!

We had a large table booking on a Monday evening. We sat at 7pm, and didn’t receive our food until 8:45pm. Felt sorry for the new girl who was initially taking our order and delivering our drinks (it was her first night and she was given a table of 10, despite the rest of the restaurant not being busy!) until another woman (assuming the owner) came and finished our service. Everything was extremely slow - from food order being taken, to drinks being delivered. This had been my experience on a previous visit and I thought it was a one off, but judging from this and some previous reviews clearly not. The redeeming factor was that the food was very, very good (except most of us who ordered steaks received them overcooked). However, the service means we won’t return, which is a shame as it has the potential to be one of the best restaurants in Ipswich if they had quicker/more staff.

Had catch of the day,it was amazing

Was my 60th birthday, sislaw and I had the bottomless brunch, bruv just had wine. Really nice selection we plunged for the breakfast brunch which finished at 11.30. Nice staff, kept our wine glasses full. I had veggie egg benedict which was very tasty. We were there for a good few hours, with lovely views and nice staff. Came in for the 3 of us inclusive of drinks £100 which I felt considering the drinks we had, was good value for money. Very enjoyable, I would highly recommend.

Quality food in very nice surroundings, over looking the marina.

Took some people for some lunch. Food was very tasty and well presented. Very reasonably priced and decent drinks. Venue inside was clean and tidy and lovely view of the marina. Fair play to the two lads working today. Busy day but they absolutely ran that place like prime Xavi and Iniesta. I’d go back.

Booked beforehand and arrived at 2pm for our booking. Drinks order taken but as restaurant clearly short staffed the guy who took the order had to serve everyone coming up to the bar whilst trying to get our order together. It was 2.50 pm before our food order was taken - having been advised the delay was due to a large table of 28 pre-orders being dealt with and once this was complete they would advise what food they had left!! Could not understand if the table of 28 pre-ordered why this should be the case. No chicken and only two burger buns left! Which took a fair amount off the already limited menu. We were offered complimentary nibbles and the female staff really were trying to give us the best experience but feel they’ve probably been let down by greedy management. When the food did arrive it was very nice albeit two of our party were quite ill immediately after leaving the restaurant. It’s a shame, used to be somewhere you could rely on for good food and service.

Me and my partner attended this venue for breakfast today …. Upon arrival (10:15am) we were greeted to a beautiful venue but empty with no member of staff near the door so hand to wonder round the corner to find the staff congregating out of sight…. We were the only patrons at the time and took our seats. We were told that the venue had no Sourdough toast and only 1 muffin… considering 90% of the breakfast menu forms these items we were limited to a choice as there was no mention of a reduced price on any of the breakfasts that was meant to have sourdough toast due to lacking this premium ingredient… Coffee was just ok, a little over-extracted and bitter and they have no syrup options other than hazelnut (you would expect at least vanilla or caramel in a breakfast establishment too) We placed our food order of one “Anchor Royale” and one breakfast “flatbread”and waited…. and waited 15 minutes to then be told “sorry, we have no flatbreads is normal bread ok?” … a breakfast flatbread served without a flatbread and with bread instead is common called a fry up breakfast or “full english” …. Our food arrived and eggs were overcooked… and the flatbread miraculously not only appeared (probably found at the back of an organised kitchen freezer) but turned into a naan bread with a distinct indian flavouring with nigella seeds and other indian spices …. This is NOT a flatbread. Eggs on the Anchor Royal were not runny and jammy at best, the tarragon hollandaise was far too vinegary for the dish and needed some form of richness like a runny egg yolk to cut through it … couldn’t send it back due to being told there was only 1 muffin ! Basic communication with the kitchen and FOH is needed here to be given a complete out of stock list before the shift. Also the kitchen should be organised especially when there is no one else in the restaurant as 30 minutes waiting for a breakfast order when you are the only ones in is FAR too long! Kitchen also need to learn how to poach a soft egg… Felt that £30 was overpriced for what we received !

Great food, good location, really good staff, service excellent always.

Good food, a bit pricey and very slow service.

Amazing service and fantastic food. Will be returning.

Greasy Spoon with decently priced sizable portions. Be careful when ordering salmon, It's smoked on site, not cold smoked and tastes like poached salmon. Not great communication between kitchen and floor. We went when there were two big parties and we had pre-booked. Despite a few walk ins it was about half full. 50 min from sit down to getting food. Good coffee and cabin style atmosphere. Nice views of the marina.

The portion sizes were massive l, food was very tasty & service was good.

Have a boat at the marina, arrived with a friend for breakfast at 0915. On Sunday morning. Waitress was taking orders from another table, but did not then walk over to say hello and offer a menu. Another waitress did the same. After another 15 minutes of no service, we left and went to Isaacs across the other side of the marina, ordered breakfast very quickly, got a nice breakfast for a lot less, and a laugh and a joke with the staff thrown in for free. Won’t be going there for breakfast again! Overpriced, and ignorant serving staff who have no clue on how to work. Rubbish.

I live next door and every time I have food it smells so good but always under delivers. Top prices for disappointing food. Had trout today and impossible to enjoy due to the number of small bones.

We had to wait so long for the food table booked for 730 food arrived 9

It was a delightful experience spending time with my friends at this establishment, which offers a magnificent view of the marina. The bartending staff demonstrated exceptional friendliness and professionalism throughout our visit.

Expensive drinks along with short measures, food very good.

Very nice breakfast and beautiful waterfront view. Good prices for what you get

a very good restaurant three French people who had a great time it will remain a very good memory of our cruise thank you

Excellent place by the marina. Good food good drinks smooth service value for money. I will recommend it for a small bites and beer

Fantastic meal. Well recommended.

Good service, really friendly. We had lunch, I had the veggie sausage foot long which I really enjoyed. My husband had a steak sandwich, both were challenging to eat as they were massive! Overall we had a good time.

Lovely restaurant with great views and good prices! Reason for 4 stars is service is always quite slow when I’ve been. I’ve been for lunch and breakfast and the food is amazing!

Lovely restaurant with great views and good prices! Reason for 4 stars is service is always quite slow when I’ve been. I’ve been for lunch and breakfast and the food is amazing!

This place is by far on my list of places to eat in this area I’m visiting from the US and have no complaints …. And I always complain

Sunday Roast - If you want a "huge portion" that some people think is great then maybe it's the place for you but not us. There was enough food to feed 4 and there were only 2 of us. It put me off before I'd even started and it was more like an eating challenge than an enjoyable relaxing lunch. I hate wasting food so it was such a shame to see so much go to waste. The beef and gravy it had been sat in was warm at best but the house brick size potatoes were hot but not what I would call roasted. Two massive potatoes which were barely shown the pan. The Veg was lovely but just too much of it to do it justice - why so much!!!??? Quality not quantity is best.. It's a shame because it's a lovely place but the volume of food would put me off going again.

Exceptional place. Good portions. Never disappoints.

Really friendly staff and amazing food. Been twice for Sunday roast and would go every Sunday if I could

We attended a wake at the last Anchor. The staff & food provided were excellent.

Fantastic! First visit, cross I've never been before! Fantastic food, cooked beautifully.

Had an omelette for lunch, didn't sound much, but struggled to eat it all, absolutely delicious. Service a little slow but they were busy. Didn't like having to pay £5.50 for a soda and orange. Parking a bit limited if they are busy.

Delightful lunch here, the toasted sandwiches were delicious!

So good. Great food. Good service and very helpful staff :)

Pub food but to a high standard. Usually the portions are very generous. The staff can be a bit off hand, I think this is mainly due to there not being enough of them. They are not very well supported by the owners. The big downside is the waiting time. This can easily be up to an hour as happened to me the other week. The kitchen is small and there are many tables. If you don’t mind a wait the outcome is usually satisfactory.

We went as a large group to have brunch on Sunday,the food came out together,all well presented and hot,and tasted amazing 🤩

We loved our valentine's dinner. I have to mention that we didn't had a reservation and still they give us a table which we appreciate plus we had our 18 months baby with us and they been really nice and kind to accept us with a baby when everyone else was there to celebrate valentine's day and not really to hear a baby crying. Luckily our baby behave really well and didn't disturb others customers. I highly recommend this place, nice atmosphere and the food was delicious 😋.

Had an amazing experience the staff were so friendly and welcoming, the food was some of the best I've had in a while! I had the soft shell crab taco, moussaka and the pana cotta. We will definitely be back.

Helpful, cheerful staff , and great food, lovely place to visit, will be going again soon 😋😉👍

Loved the bread and balsamic starter and the deserts were delicious: Rhubarb and vanilla panacotta, chocolate brulé with orange 😋

I have Just had an excellent meal this evening lovely food and staff and chefs very friendly who could ask for more well done 👍

Our visit was my 4th or 5th visit, each visit has been fantastic, great staff, front & back of house, we had booked in for the bottomless prosseco brunch, but we arrived early so ordered cocktails, porn star martini made from scratch & a Bloody Mary, I was very pleasantly surprised when asked how hot I would like it, my reply was hot but not sweaty, the brief was met perfectly resulting in the best Bloody Mary I have ever had. Our friends joined us and the waitress served us two bottles of prosseco in ice buckets, then promptly took our order. They had ran out of the halloumi sticks but replaced them with mozzarella, I ordered the Asian pulled lamb loaded chips and the Padron loaded peppers with cheese and jalapeños, both dishes were Devine I can not wait to visit again and intend to try their breakfast. Thank you to the team at The last anchor, you do an amazing job😀❤️

We have been to the Last Anchor a few times our last being August 2023. Frankly it was not a great experience in terms of speed of service 1 1/2 hours to receive food). Roll on to January 2024 we thought we would give it another try…..We called up the evening before the visit to book a table and we wanted to arrive at 1015 in the morning. We were told by the person on the phone that it would be best to arrive around 9.30 as a group of 12 would be arriving at 10am. We arrived at 0920 and waited to be seated. 2 members of staff were serving guests and by the looks of it only one chef. The restaurant wasn’t busy when we arrived. We sat down and were promptly given menus and ordered our drinks, which came promptly however the server was in a rush to get away from us before we could ask her any questions like can we please order our food. We then proceeded to watch the restaurant fill up with guests. We watched so many people that came in after us order drinks and then food. When we questioned the server he said “well I am here now aren’t I”. We has already waited 40 minutes to be served at this point. We asked very politely how long the food would take and he said a further 20 minutes. By this time the party of 12’s order had been taken. We decided to leave and they did give us the drinks complimentary however our breakfast was spoilt. Thanks Last Anchor.

Good atmosphere but really expensive!

Had a wonderful meal at the Last Anchor on Saturday night. Table of 6 and everyone was very complimentary about the food. Waitress looked after us as well. Thank you all.

Absolutely amazing food, drinks and service

Visited The Last Anchor for a well deserved Xmas staff social. Food was really good however the staff were awful. One particular member of staff was very rude arrogant and definitely in the wrong business. Basically chucked the plate at you. Yes I know you are busy but try your best to make customers feel welcome. Deffinitly wouldn't return back.

Good place, lovely Christmas party held here

What a great Christmas Dinner we had here last night! The venue was busy, with many large group bookings - we were a table of 7, and I'm happy to confirm that everything went very smoothly, the food was hot, tasty and plentiful, and plenty of waiting staff. 👏👏 my only negative was the number of chipped plates and dishes that our food came out on!! Other than that, well done all at The Last Anchor

I hadn't been here for a few years, so wasn't sure what to expect, especially as a Christmas meal. The starters was served in good time and was very tasty (I had prawn cocktail) The main was featherblade beef, with a section of vegetables, plus extra and was absolutely delicious, and cooked to perfection. And dessert was by far the best Christmas pudding I have tasted. The whole party enjoyed everything, and would highly reccomend by the meal we had.

Not a lot of choice, every dish needed chips, which they had run out of!!

Turned up and was told busy so had to wait which was far enough then when they turned up with our drinks was told most of the food was off the menu but was already given our drinks so couldn't just leave This was at 1 in the afternoon

Absolutely loved the place. Many options for breakfast. More and less healthy. More and less calories.

Lovely views of the harbour. Not much chioce of ale. Green King IPA - but not "On"on this day. Nice staff. Like a chat and a laugh. Atmosphere is o.k.

Attended a 70th birthday party on Wednesday 8th October 2023 it was amazing.

Great food, large portions, good value. However, whilst it advertises as wheelchair accessible it is not straightforward! The ramp onto the decking has approx 1inch lip, the decking is full of chairs & tables so difficult to manouver around. There are 2 double doors to get in, both of which have significant lips sending the electric wheelchair off at alarming angle or needing a manual chair to be tipped to get over it. It is worse coming out as the lip is deeper, approx 2.5inches. The restaurant is on 2 levels with a step in between so limiting table options for wheelchair users

Had a Sunday roast, great food and staff were excellent

Very unwelcoming venue. We are a group of dog walking friends who booked for lunch having checked that the restaurant is dog friendly. We were assured that there is a covered area for dogs and looking on the website this shows a lovely covered structure attached to the main restaurant. On arrival on a very wet day we walked in to have a member of staff shout across the restaurant that dogs weren’t allowed and the only area available was an outside seating area which was only protected by flimsy canvas sheeting which was not usable in wet weather. When we explained that we had phoned and been assured the restaurant was dog friendly we were simply dismissed and had to leave. We later phoned to discuss with the restaurant manager to be told the inaccurate picture on the website was only there to make the restaurant look good and was over a year out of date! They took no responsibility for the misinformation we were given when we booked or for the rude manner in which we were treated. Would not recommend, especially if you have a dog. We went to the Woolpack instead where we and our dog were well treated and the food was good.

Didn’t receive any menus for half an hour, being told they had run out. I should just point out the restaurant was not full, 5 tables including ours. When we did finally order it took another hour to get our food. We did not get everything we ordered being told they had run out of that option but we were not given the opportunity to change our order prior to service. We tried to complain that one meal wasn’t cooked but just got told sorry about that and walked away. They good and the service for our experience of this restaurant was absolutely appalling and so will not be returning or recommending

We booked for a meal following graduation , very accommodating and attentive staff. Very good selection on the menu, including a delicious Sunday roast. The food was very reasonably priced, well presented and tasty. Good selections of drinks and the restaurant is nicely situated, we would definitely revisit and recommend

Been here on a quite a few occasions, always have had lovely meals and friendly service. We tend to take advantage of bottomless brunch (who doesn’t like a bottle or 3 of Prosecco) :-) Part 2: attended another brunch in October, again great food, roast Hake lovely Credibly recommended by us.

Great spot in the Ipswich Waterfront!

Great place for a lunch on a sunny day

We were looking for a table for 7 people, rather last minute on a Friday evening. The Last Anchor was able to accommodate us which we were very grateful for, and we were not at all disappointed. The quality of the food was really excellent, portions were generous , presentation was immaculate and the service was friendly and efficient. The menu included a 'chefs meat dish of the day' and a 'chefs vegetarian dish of the day' - we chose the meat dish which was Pork Belly - delicious !

has ab excellent birthday breakfast with mum and son food was excellent quality and large portions

I cannot fault this place whatsoever. The food was of the highest standard. Good portion sizes and for the quality, the price was very much well worth it. I cannot complain at the speed of service as its clear they need more staff. If there was more staff it'd be simply faultless.