The Shaddingfield Fox in South Norfolk

Called in here on the off chance of getting a light Sunday lunch. Very welcoming staff and a good menu. We had garlic mushrooms, whitebait with 2 side orders of chips but we really could have shared the chips as they were large portions, indeed...

Decided to give the Fox a try as we’d never visited before and had been recommended. We weren’t disappointed. The staff were really friendly, welcoming and efficient. We all found the food tasty and well presented. I highly recommend the Sticky Toffee pudding, it’s amazing!...

We were in a group of friends all had curry that was good the ambience was excellent and staff friendly and efficient.

Booked for Good Friday meal, staff very friendly and food lovely. Being a bank holiday it was very busy but they still had time for a chat.

Don't speed along the A146 and miss ths little gem. This wonderful little pub, with its celebtrated status of being one of the best pubs in Suffolk for real ale, offers great food and beer. The food is home cooked and really fresh, the beer...

Had a lovely evening catching up with friends. Sat by fire nice and cosy. Good customer service, even though very quiet we where not pressured too leave early. Will be back when passing.

My family and I decided to go to The Shaddingfield Fox for dinner after reading good reviews on TA. On arrival we were greeted by the manager and shown to our table in the restaurant. Food was good, drinks were reasonably priced and service was...

Had heard that this was a good place to eat. So a few weeks ago took the day off to celebrate our 3rd year together. Arrived around 1pm on a thursday was greeted by landlord got drinks wad seated in conservatory. good selection on menu...

Wholesome food and very good service. Small things let it down like the chips with the cod were typical french fries which any fast food restaurant serves. My partners salad had some brown leaves. Attention to detail ? Great choice of beers. Very nice pudding...

Called in mid way through a walk, the staff were very welcoming even loaned us a phone changer! Can highly recommend the whitebait and chicken goujons they were tasty and well presented. Real ales were good in fact I wanted to stay all afternoon!!

I was recommended the Fox some months ago, upon arrival I was pleased to note a very wide selection of Ales from the smaller local breweries, this is very unusual in a village pub because there is not the custom locally to warrant this, but...

Had a fabulous meal with my friend Sue. Excellent value great portions. Two large starters 2 delicious curries. A pint a glass of wine and a coke for £30! Couldn't fault at all recommended.

Visited on 2 consecutive nights as a family of 4 as we were staying just down the road for the weekend. Had dinner both evenings and every meal was excellent. Friday night was exceptionally good as it's fish night with fish and chips or scampi...

Lovely lunch, visited many times & never fails to disappoint. Great food, atmosphere & service. The ploughman’s, scampi & chips were lovely. Thanks again.

We had a very good lunch here, with good service. Unfortunately this was spoilt by the number of flies in the conservatory where we were seated. I know this is a country pub, but really there is no excuse for the number of flies, they...

Called in one Sunday at at 1.30 place quiet, great choice of ales & menu opted for 2 x prawn & avocado starters & 2 x roast lamb, both dishes were excellent only little gripe was not much veg for two people but apart from...

Lovely pub lovely atmosphere staff and owner so friendly nothing to much trouble, Meal was fantastic great chef. Brilliant steak night Saturday

We received a warm welcome from the bar staff on our arrival. We decided to sit in a pleasant beer garden with our dog. There was a large selection of beers and I chose Jolly Boys, which was delicious. My wife and I both chose...

A very tasty tea for 2. Nice sunny eve so we had a soft drink in garden. Then inside to find a very cozy looking unique pub/restaurant with character beams. I had the fish and my friend enjoyed her burger. A nice coffee to follow....

Visiting from Leeds and called in today by chance as southwold was too busy and couldn’t find a car park space. Lovely little pub with a great beer garden. Small but great kids menu and food were good portions. Think the girl serving us was...

Not very busy so should have been able to deep fry a bit of cod. Served in dark brown batter, grossly overcooked and dry. Very poor.

Out on our jaunts again, stopped for a lovely reasonably priced meal and drink, Service by the young barmaid was excellent and her manner most friendly. Compliments to chef, we will be back again.

Friendly and cheerful staff. Good food,value for money and lovely ambience. Music nights and events are well attended. Highly recommended.

Called in for lunch with our 16 year old grand-daughter who is very fussy about her food. Surprise she actually chose something and was very pleased as were we with the friendly service and surroundings. The food arrived fairly quickly was hot and very very...

We didn't try the food, but the special themed evenings looked good value. Everything we did try was wonderful. It was great to meet a barmaid who knew about beer and could recommend which ones to try. The one I picked from the 15 or...

This is my local when visiting my in-laws & they are passionate about & have a great selection real ales, they also hold great beer festivals through the year. On this occasion we were celebrating the diamond anniversary of my in-laws & they could not...

Deservedly CAMRA pub of the year for the area the Fox offers a superb selection of real ales beautifully kept by Matt and the team. In addition there is a varied menu and our party of 4 had a superb meal earlier this week.

We decided to venture out for Sunday lunch. As we have eaten in the Shaddingfield Fox a few months ago and decided to go again. Its a lovely local pub with plenty of parking. We were greeted with a warm smile on a cold wet...

The meal in this delightful beamed period Suffolk pub was utterly delicious, moorish and incredibly hot straight out of the oven. Starters were freshly cooked prawns in a home made crispy light batter with a plum sauce dip and side salad. For mains we had...

We have visited many times & are in fact moving into the area. This is a delightful pub full of friendly faces, service & food were excellent & never fail to disappoint. Staff are friendly & knowledgeable. We even tried a guest beer whilst we...

Had a very good fish and chip special on a Friday night. Have a very good selection of well kept local beers from lesser known breweries together with a separate gin bar with a selection of 35 gins, including an very nice Norfolk gin, which...

Table for 6 last Friday. As always great food and well served beer. And a little live music also. We love The Fox, go regularly as we always get an excellent welcome there.

We really enjoyed our food, I had the gammon and chips and it was lovely. My husband had hunters chicken and that was also lovely. Home made desserts which change regularly are a nice touch. Unfortunately though we just found the restaurant far too cold....

We have visited many times & are in fact moving into the area. This is a delightful pub full of friendly faces, service & food were excellent & never fail to disappoint. Staff are friendly & knowledgeable. We even tried a guest beer whilst we...

Have eaten here many times over the years but haven’t been for over a year. Came for lunch with my husband & parents on Sunday. Staff were friendly & welcoming, nothing changed there. Three of us had a starter, all happy at the freshness of...

It was simply the best smoked gammon you will ever eat. Service spot on..extremely friendly and the food was brilliant!!! Walked in hungry and walked out stuffed. The idea of spoon for each bill is a great idea. I’ll be back for the gammon if...

I was visiting the area with a friend on a weekend break, and we were looking for a pub serving good food for a Sunday evening meal. We were very glad we found The Shaddingfield Fox. We both opted for roast loin of pork which...

Always been past this pub on the way to other pubs and decided to give it a go. Good food, good beer, friendly staff and a gin bar. The coffee brûlée is amazing. Will definitely be back

We were camping near by decided to pop in on a Friday evening without having booked. We were greeted really warmly and were seated straight away, we apologised for our camping attire as everyone else seemed well dressed the staff assured us not to worry....

My husband, 2 friends and I enjoyed our visit here. The mains we said were nice pub grub and the chocolate brownie pudding was delicious. Quiet but a nice atmosphere and reasonably priced.

Really good old pub offering a good selection of real ales, plus the added bonus of a quirky Gin bar. A nice menu offering a really good selection of choices for each course. The staff are very friendly & the service was excellent. Our food...

Good variety of food and drink. I enjoyed the Hunters chicken,the service was quick with friendly staff. My friends had Gammon Steak and Smoked haddock fishcakes,which they both enjoyed. The pub has a large car park.

The menu here was quite good - we opted for the curry night special two for one which turned out to be a good choice. The service was prompt, efficiently served by one young man who couldn't do enough. Recommend it.

We were passing through Shaddingfield following a morning out and decided to stop for lunch in this very friendly, well run establishment. As soon as we walked through the door we were made to feel very welcome by the barman who made you feel as...

The Fox is a traditional village pub which offers a good selection of Real Ales plus a full bar. The owners and staff are welcoming and happy to oblige whatever your requirements are. They have a good selection of food at lunch times including some...

This establishment won village pub of the year and you can easily see why when you are made to feel welcome as soon as you step foot through the door. We were shown to our table in the restaurant and after ordering we received our...

The Fox is a Free House and so is able to offer beers / ales that are not the norm., and with the owner being very knowledgeable about these is a blessing as we experienced today. So many great beers to choose from . Just...

This is a secret, don't tell anyone but they do two for one on Friday evenings and there is live entertainment. Thursday is Curry night. This establishment has a selection of local beers that will tickle any palate, they have a Gin Bar too, yes...

We chose the rost pork which was tasty but the temperature of the meal was warm and by the time we had eaten it,it was cold did complain to chef who we were told was very sorry after this we were given the cold shoulder...

Great food; great staff and reasonable prices - what's not to like? Fresh local produce brilliantly prepared.

We went to this restaurant and pub for a group meal. The food was delicious, excellent quality and quantity well prepared. Staff were friendly and efficient we all felt very welcome. A superb range of real ales made this an excellent evening. Thank you and...

A friend and I decided that we would have a light lunch and found this lovely gem of a pub on our route. We both had a toasted sandwich and a bowl of chips each and a drink of the local ale. The place is...

My sister and I decided to treat ourselves. Thinking of where to eat we plumped on the Shaddingfield Fox. I have passed often and have been tempted to go in for a drink. This establishment never disappointed us. The welcome was warm, the food was...

Where else can you have a wedding reception that does not break the bank,but makes you feel as if you have done.From the pre wedding planning to the last dance,Matt, Jemma and the staff showed that the fox can certainly be among the best when...

We drive 150 miles to dine here and are never disappointed. Good food, excellent service, very friendly staff. They even set another place for us after MY mistake of telling them there would be 4 of us but 5 turned up. Very accommodating, not many...

We visited for dinner on a Friday night, the pub was busy and there was live music starting after a while but it wasn't too loud to interfere with our meal which was good. The food was good, although the portion of steak and chips...

Nice pub with friendly staff and good service. Food mostly home cooked and fresh unlike so many other pubs that serve reheated or frozen food. My husband has fish and chips and my son and I had the chicken curry and rice. We also had...

We had a most enjoyable lunch for ten of us at the Shaddingfield Fox on Saturday prior to going to The Southwold Summer Theatre. We booked for a late lunch at 2:15 which, although close to kitchen closing time, was handled with no issues. We...

We had been out picking blackberries in the area and decided to call in for a evening drink , four of us and a Great Dane and also a terrier , expecting to have to sit out in the garden ! not so , we...

We booked a rather large table last minute . About 17 of us . The guy on the phone was really polite and helpful . We mostly had Sunday lunches. Some had grills etc..Everyone was pleased with their food and we had a lovely experience...

Just had Sunday lunch at this pub, greeted by a friendly young man, I asked if there was a table for two and said I had not booked.Was asked if a table in the conservatory would be ok, I said that would be fine.Asked what...

I have often passed this pub promising myself I will go and eat there. Saturday I had my chance; trying to find something nicer than a pub chain food. We were greeted with a warm welcome and general chitter chatter. Outside there is a lovely...

£15.95 for an aged fish, 6 new potatoes and beans from Kenya. Shame no locally sourced provenance. Roast Beef good but tired roast potatoes and, again, no fesh local vegetables - all rather sad.

Stopped off here for a pint on way to Tesco at Beccles, whilst on holiday. Too early too eat but was impressed with menu and wide (and very good !!) choice of beers, and made mental note to return for dinner, which we did, bringing...

This is our fourth visit to this lovely country pub. We were warmly welcomed by Jemma and Matt and looked after by the lovely Charlotte. The food is all home made and excellent quality without breaking the bank. We have enjoyed the full Sunday roast...

had sunday lunch here today. Booked last minute Food was great had roast beef. The staff very polite and attentive especially the 2 young waitress's There was a beer festival on but this did not detract from the service inside. Would recommend to all ages.

Lunch on Friday 03 June was great. My wife's steak looked and tasted superb while my poacher's chicken was the best I've had. Plates were hot, presentation of food very good, staff very friendly and super efficient. Great selection of both localk and national beers.

party of six to the shadingfield fox on tuesday 31 05/2016 nice meal good drink all food was hot when brought to the table came to check everything was ok ask if we wanted water jug for table (like this as most places you have...

Stopped for Sunday lunch, we hadn't booked but they found us a table straight away - very friendly, helpful staff! My husband and I had 3 courses (roast dinner for mains) and my 5 year old had a child's roast and ice cream - we...

The staff are very friendly and make you feel welcome. For me the best thing about the pub is the beer, they keep a good selection of beers which means they always have something for my rather fussy tastes and the beer is kept well....

Great village pub and restaurant, very well kept ales/beers from a range of breweries, and managed with great enthusiasm from the landlord. Food is very good value for money and consistent. Friendly owners and staff who host a great range of events to include different...

Really like this pub and have eaten here many times, BUT Friday nights they have live music, sometimes it's nice But more often it's very loud and it's a small pub, don't really think a rock band is a good idea, had to leave just...

Visited on recommendation for the friday evening fish & chip deal. Good chips and freshly fried fish at a very reasonable price. Friendly, attentive and helpful staff and an excellent range of well kept beers. Will definitely go again.

Enjoyable evening and good food. Will definitely be returning again and can't wait to try their Sunday roast.

A good menu. We ordered sandwiches and cheesy chips which were delicious. A cosy traditional village pub with a modern conservatory for light airy feel. Live music some nights. Very friendly landlords and staff.

Traditional pub with dining conservatory. We visited on a Saturday lunchtime and found 8 real ales being served, the two tried were well kept. Food was unfussy, good value and tasty - beef stew was particularly good. Friendly service too.

Found this restaurant again after several years of going further afield. What a homegrown beauty on my doorstep. Family of nine with drinks cost a lot less than I expected and the fare was exquisite. Warm atmosphere with attentive, yet unobtrusive, staff

Visited the shadingfield fox a few times and it never disappoints. Always nice meals on the specials board and friendly service too!

Went for lunch with all the family. Mains and dessert. Most of the family were happy with their pub grub, scampi done well, hunters chicken etc. However some of us decided to pay that little bit extra for venison. Which was disappointing. Advertised as served...

Lovely Sunday lunch in a very pleasant setting. Roasts all round and no complaints - just clean plates. We will certainly be calling in again.

We stumbled on this pub on a visit to Suffolk at the New Year, There were six of us and a dog and we couldn't have been made more welcome! The landlord was very knowledgeable about all his excellently kept beers and took time to...

Shadingfield Fox was a typical "local" which has now turn into a veryg ood place for that special meal out, or celebration. The Landlord is very welcoming and the food is of a very good standard. We have been several times and never disappointed.

Visiting friends in Beccles for a couple of days and they had booked a meal for Thursday night although they had never eaten there. Always a risk, but they had heard good reviews. No worries. First impressions count and this has the lot. We ate...

A lovely pub with a good and varied selection of real ales - all very well kept. Service is great and the owners and staff are very friendly with a sense of humour. Very good atmosphere and delicious food and a lovely fire in the...

We went to this pub by default due to not being able to get into anywhere else. We were so pleased with what we found. We all had Sunday lunch and it was simply fantastic. If we had to have any complaint it was that...

We were made to feel very welcome by the landlord and staff. With 6 adults and 4 children we were taken to our table by a friendly waitress. Food was fantastic, everyone commented on how Lovely their food was. We all had starters, roast lunches...

Unlike other reviews ,we had a very unsatisfactory evening meal at the Fox,we were greeted by a sad young waitress who took our orders,my whitebait was fine but my wife's breaded mushrooms were the worst we have ever had,the outside was hard as rock and...

We met our sister in law and a nephew with his wife here. We enjoyed a good evening meal together. We recommend this restaurant.

been for a few music nights here, they get some good bands, atmosphere lively, food is good too, the landlord is proud of his pub, highly so

We have been coming here regularly for about 2 years now. The staff are very friendly and the Landlord / landlady always stop for a chat. They sell a good range of real ales and do a delicious veggie curry.

I’m giving a mention to the Fox mainly for sentimental reasons – my great great uncle was the landlord from 1860 until 1884, so it was a must- visit while on a trip back to the UK. We didn’t have time for more than a...

You can feel the welcome as you through the door and there are always a very good selection of real ales to choose from. By far my favourite pub in the area.

Visited for lunch today. The food was gorgeous and the staff were very friendly. Not been before but will go back.

Now I am very picky and very honest. I am local and this is a lovely traditional pub. The Landlady and Landlord contribute to the local community and have done more than their bit for good causes. They hold various events all year round which...

Good selection of beers. Music and barbecue in the garden every summer Sunday afternoon. Friendly staff. Nice and tidy inside, low beams and good atmosphere.

We visited this pub whilst on holiday in the area. My husband and I asked for the lamb shoulder. The food appeared to be pre packaged and was very dull. We politely complained about the meal but received no apology or offer to change meal....

Called in for a quick lunch. The toasted sandwiches, Bacon & Brie were very good as was the real ale. Chips ordered separately were not very good, looked as if they had been precooked & then warmed up. But we will return for an evening...

My wife and I visited this charming pub 3 times in a fortnight. All the meals were excellent, a special mention to the Fox Burger made with the tastiest meat and great chips. The Sirloin Steaks are also excellent. The deserts here are absolutely fabulous...

First time we have eaten here, normally just pop in for a drink. The food was very good, Friday nights have live music on so nice to have a meal with friends and music in the back ground, made a nice evening. Food choice good...

We have visited the Fox on a couple of previous occasions and always stayed longer than we expected due to the warm welcome and great ambience. On this occasion we dropped in 'for one drink' to be met with the usual friendly greetings and the...