The Racehorse Inn in Waveney

We came here for our parish party - amazing food & staff, great atmosphere - we will be back!

Excellent place,great range of very well kept beers,excellent food,very nice staff

What a fantastic community pub. Enjoyed a fantastic lunch in a proper pub. Selection of great local ales and wines, competitively priced and well chosen. Being a community venture is a real bonus and the volunteers were clearly invested (in every sense) in presenting themselves in a positive way. Best of luck and thank you for providing an excellent venue for our lunch

Lovely community pub, friendly service with a warm welcome.

We are on holiday in Westhall and saw The Racehorse Inn, which is owned and run by the community. We were advised to book a table which we did. We arrived before our time to have a drink or two before we dined. It was a beautiful summer evening so we sat outside. We had a pint and a large glass of wine which cost just over £11. We went inside to a warm welcome where we were taken to our table. What I especially liked was even though it was a big area inside it wasn’t crammed with tables . We had sea bass fillet and a steak. Both delicious! For pudding we had lemon cheese cake and lemon meringue roulade both served with ice cream . Our waitress was a lovely. I can highly recommend the racehorse inn.

Very nice real ales and friendly staff.

This is a delightful country out where a warm welcome is always guaranteed. They have a good selection of local ales and ciders and their food is great too. Off the beaten track but we'll worth a visit. Highly recommend this pub.

Top community run pub good range of beers, good food friendly staff very welcoming

Smashing pub well worth a visit.

What a find! Proper pub run by local people. Good food at decent prices, no pretentious overpriced art on a plate. Very friendly staff & locals too. Well recommended!

Absolutely fantastic afternoon. Great food; great beer; great service.

Great lunchtime menu with vegetarian options and reasonable prices for locally sourced ingredients , we both thoroughly enjoyed our meal. Also staff and locals very welcoming.

1st cycle ride with friends to westhall racehorse what a lovely warm welcome from Annie food was spot on service excellent beer and cider were lovely and deserts were gorgeous the rum and raisin cheesecake was the best. We will definitely be back

Fantastic pub, brilliant food and great dessert!

Beautiful community run pub. Really friendly staff and locals and a very welcoming atmosphere. Will definitely be coming again!

Lovely community pub made us feel very welcome , food Lovely will definitely return when back in the area

Gorgeous little pub, fantastic food and a really lovely atmosphere with friendly staff and regulars. Dog friendly too. Highly recommended!

A great community pub good choice of beers cider and food

Absolutely brilliant country pub. Very friendly

We had a pre birthday family roast lunch at the Racehorse today, the food was cooked exactly to all individual choices, everyone friendly and the atmosphere very homely, our guests were very happy!

Popped in for Sunday lunch, and everyone was so polite and friendly. Lamb shank and roast beef were amazing. Apple crumble and custard was the 'icing on the cake'! Would definitely return if we're ever back in the area.

What a gem to have on the doorstep of Sunnyside Campsite. Brilliantly kept beer and cider with really tasty home cooked food, run by volunteers. Cheers.

A charming community run pub, run by friendly staff, with an excellent and challenging quiz every third Thursday of the month!

Great community run pub. Friendly welcome, relaxed vibe, good food, reasonably priced. Everything a good pub should be. Wishing it every success.

Community owned pub with excellent beer selection. All volunteers who are so polite with their service. Please visit and support

We next door at village hall but im sure the pub is well run . And they looking after my share lol

It is a very friendly place and what else helps it's dog friendly.

Excellent traditional country pub. Genuinely locally sourced & home cooked food.

Community-run pub with some interesting cask ales.

A great community pub we visited during our stay at the local campsite. Staff and locals inside were very chatty and friendly. Dog friendly too which is a bonus.

A community run pub, super place for beer, wine and food, lots of outdoor space.

Wonderful Sunday lunch in a very welcoming setting.

Great real ale pub . Lots of beer choice, community run and good pub grub

Warm and friendly welcome from the locals. Good beer, cider and food (we ate there twice and thoroughly enjoyed it both times).

Love this pub, lovely meal and friendly staff. Dog friendly, too. A year on and still love this pub. Brought some friends here, and they love it too. Great to see community spirit all pulling together to make this such a fantastic community pup. 👏

Lovely community run pub. Very friendly and welcoming with a superb range of beers and ciders, many of which are brewed locally. Good range of food, and although I didn't sample any of the cuisine, I overheard a few different people commenting on how nice everything was. Flying stop this time, but hope to return soon.

Found this place by chance. Just had the most amazing herb crusted cod. The roast dinners looked tasty too

Friendly, good service, good beer selection

What a lovely Friday evening we enjoyed at The Racehorse pub. Excellent food and a warm, casual atmosphere. There was even live music. I suggest you make a visit.

Great little place. A communit pub owned and run by the community. Excelent selection of beers available. They serve one dish + specials per night so curry night, steak night etc. We went on Fish n Chip night and the food was excellent! Choice of Cod or Haddock and Chips, Scampi and Chips, Battered Halloumi and Chips or Trout with baby potatoes and veg. Service was excellent and the prices very reasonable.

After a visit Covehithe beach on a sunny breezy day,we didn't fancy any of the Southwold pubs, so we headed to the Race Horse. Great beer, friendly staff, very dog friendly and lovely food too! Just wished this was my local. If you are visiting this year make sure you make a donation to the solar panels appeal for the pub.

Very welcoming Pub with good food (tastes homemade) and a great selection of ales!

Excellent Sunday lunch. Good size portions served, very good value. Will definitely be booking again.

Check it's open first before going.

Fabulous pub..lovely friendly people good choice ales..warm &welcoming

Nice place to have a quiet pint

Cracking little pub, run and managed by the community - who are warm, welcoming and keen to make your visit a thoroughly pleasurable experience. We were a little concerned that our greeting might be a little 'Slaughtered Lamb' but could not have been further from the truth. From the moment we walked in, we didn't feel like we were visitors to the area - a real sense of community that extends beyond those that live locally. Great beer and great food (we had pizzas, salad and coleslaw - all of which was really, really good), plus great conversation from those behind, and in front of the bar. Well done to all of you - long may the success continue. We hope to visit again.

Fantastic community run pub with a great atmosphere and friendly staff!!

Friendly folk. Lovely pizza and chips on a Wednesday.

Check the opening times like many of the pubs around this part of Suffolk they may not be open all the time like town centre pubs. Great food welcoming staff.

This is how a pub should be great atmosphere friendly staff and customers good beer selections what’s not to like 👍

We visited on a Wednesday evening, when pizza is the order of the day! Thoroughly enjoyable and tasty pizzas. All the staff were very friendly and chatty.

Curry night Friday. Lovely Madras.

A very broad range of interesting local beers, served with a welcoming smile. Great to see a community pub – please support where possible.

Superb service and extremely friendly staff

Very good nice food nice people and a nice place to go with your family would i go back yes

Great friendly pub run for the community

Lovely feel to this place, happy locals. Ought to be, it's community owned and run. The food is good, and a surprisingly fine selection of local ales and cider. Worth a visit if you're over this way.

Recently taken over as a community run enterprise. Good range of beers, plenty of parking and outdoor seating.

An absolute gem of a pub. Cannot recommend more highly. Fantastic food and so so friendly. Cant wait to come back. P.s. thank you to the lovely couple offering a lift....so very kind x

Perfect little country pub. And voluntary run to by some fantastic locals.

Brilliant what a fantastic achievement by all involved, truly a community that have pulled together to keep their pub open and meeting place for all (which is sadly not the case in many villages) heart of the community may you continue to beat ♥️👍😁 would highly recommend extremely friendly, welcoming and fun. Helen and Richard Smith x

Great food and lovely staff. Well worth a visit

Flippin marvellous Community pub. Good beer, good food, and great volunteers running it.

Had my husbands 30th birthday party there. Couldn't fault them. Delicious food, friendly staff, welcoming atmosphere. Good time had by all. Highly reccomened.

Nice pub very friendly , nice food and nice craft beer

This is a community pub run by volunteers and very friendly indeed. The menus are limited in consequence and sometimes there is a wait for service. However, if you care about anything decent in this world and wish to support a fine endeavour take your family and enjoy a unique experience. Well done the Racehorse team.

Great atmosphere, food and drink at good prices.

A real community oasis. There's a good select of decent local ale in tap and the staff are really attentive and very friendly. A rarity for me from a big city, where staff can be impassionate. There's a really friendly vibe. Food is available, but not necessarily in demand, so please check before heading out to avoid disappointment, as the pub brings in outside cooks on demand and does a food run to the local fish and chippy, as examples. I like this entrepreneurial spirit, where innovation can lead to great enterprise between one business and another. What a lovely visit 😊

Love it! Community pub for the community. Loads of events held and a real warm welcome. The way all pub should be!

Fine selection of beers. Really nice lunch time snacks.

Great place to stop for a good pint.

A wonderfully friendly village owned pub where the local volunteers offer brilliant service and excellent real ales

Great community run pub had a great time and live music too!

Great local pub. Really friendly team. A must visit.

Very impressed with this community pub, food and service was excellent

Great community owned pub serving local ales and all the various other drinks. Very small menu as they are still getting started.

Great community-run pub. Great beer and atmosphere.

Excellent community pub with very good prices for food and drink. Long may it continue.

Brilliant food, service and atmosphere

Pub shut due to covid lockdown. Had a coffee and sandwich on the picnic table outside. Looking forward to reopening!

Great welcome, good food and beer. All power to their elbow, welcoming cyclists is a good business strategy!

Amazing food and great service, also lovely staff.

Super pub, great ale selection and lovely friendly community run pub. Thank you for a super hour or so.....

Friendly atmosphere in this community run pub We went on pizza night and the wood fired pizza was fantastic

Lovely community run pub. Great beer selection and home cooked food

A very special welcoming community run pub that is also the local shop. We couldn't have been looked after any better, especially when our groceries were delivered to Ivy Grange Farm camp site.

Really nice food great atmosphere really doing well since reopening

Great community pub all welcome and the more the merrier let's keep these little Hiden gems open. 👍

Pub now open again Thurs-Sunday, very friendly atmosphere and bar staff.

This pub hads closed. I was camping next door

Best Sunday roast I have had in a pub - lots of meat and potatoes, great selection of vegetables and plenty of gravy. Great value! The staff were very friendly and welcoming. Only disappointment was that we walked half an hour from our holiday accommodation...

Came here after staying near by. Pretty standard for a pub in every sense of the phrase. Very much seemed like it was full of locals and the food was a little over priced. However the standard of the food was quite good and we...

This pub was on our cycle route in early January and we arrived just after noon. We were the only customers. This might be because various local publications claim the pub is closed lunchtimes from October to March. We were warmly welcomed by the landlord...

Out of the way pub and not particularly comfortable in a dated way but very talented chef here. Went for Sunday lunch which was top drawer!

How lovely that with Autumn coming on we have the Tapas tradition back at The Racehorse. If anything, this was even better than last year's - one stand-out dish being the Crazy Dolphin (actually pork medaillons in a very very good sauce). Delicious! But in...

It's the monthly quiz at The Racehorse - what a great night! This has got to be the best organised quiz around. The great surprise - fantastic food at half time. Just when you're expecting the same old sandwiches, out comes a hot buffet, clearly...

A traditional village pub with a lovely rear paved area overlooking a large green space which offers a varied menu. On the last 2 visits, the latest to-day, one of the three real ales on offer was very poor but an alternative was offered. Service...

Visited on a busy bank holiday so had a bit of a wait but I expect that on weekends and especially bank holidays! The staff were all lovely and the food was amazing, I highly recommend the steak and the banoffee pie! Will see you...

We had some great food here and were welcomed by all the locals. If you like a cosy country pub look no further, if you want a posh nosh and snooty ambience this is not for you.