The Woolpack Fornham St Martin in St Edmundsbury

Good food, friendly smile, great service. Me and my friend are regular visitors 😀

A while since our last visit, great to find the car park relaid and the place spruced up. Fantastic place for fish&chips (they let me substitute fries too), for £11 wasn’t expecting a giant fresh perfectly battered cod - best had in ages. Bumped into some neighbours who’d also made the journey to seek it out. Lovely decor and welcoming landlord and staff! We will be back and not leave it so long!

Ordered meatballs off specials board and given gloop in a dogs bowl. Awful. Food luke warm across the table. Complain? No.were British and was inlaws birthday so would have spoiled the day. Kitchen issues are clearly why no one else eating on a Sunday lunch. Staff tho were lovely.

We were lucky they kept the kitchen open for us for Sunday lunch as we arrived about 2.10 but had called ahead. So accommodating and the food was lovely. Love cauliflower cheese with Sunday dinner, they even do sandwiches on a Sunday which is rare for a pub. Thank you so much.

Food was good and presented well staff were friendly and polite big thumbs-up

This is such a friendly pub with a good atmosphere and truly great service. The food is always cooked to perfection and not overpriced.

This is such a friendly pub with a good atmosphere and truly great service. The food is always cooked to perfection and not overpriced.

Not a great all round experience. Was a Wednesday night so that might have been the issue. Service was nothing extraordinary and the prices seemed high. Certainly higher than the other pubs around. The atmosphere was terrible, felt sad and empty, and not sure it would be different on any other night. So if you want an expensive drink, served without a smile or service, in a soulless pub this is the one for you. On the plus side there was lots of parking.

Not a great all round experience. Was a Wednesday night so that might have been the issue. Service was nothing extraordinary and the prices seemed high. Certainly higher than the other pubs around. The atmosphere was terrible, felt sad and empty, and not sure it would be different on any other night. So if you want an expensive drink, served without a smile or service, in a soulless pub this is the one for you. On the plus side there was lots of parking.

Very tasty food, perfectly cooked! Staff are very friendly and welcoming, prompt service with a smile, all in a nice relaxing pub setting xx well worth a visit, we’ll be back soon

This could be such a great thriving business but with a tired unkept beer garden which has the same junk in it as I saw two years ago, and a last orders for drinks of 21.00, this business just shows either the owners have just given up, or just dont care.

Tasty food, well prepared and for me, gluten free assured. Very friendly too.

Great friendly pub... Perfect for a couple of pints after work 😁👍

Dogs only allowed in the pool room and my dogs can't play pool. No food available so won't be returning.

We were well looked after in a separate room, the waitress was excellent remembering all 14 of our orders . Bar was close by and the atmosphere very friendly

Lovely pub went for some food at 3.30 but don't start till 5 but lovely bar staff nice little friendly place defo trccomend

Quinty little Village local. Superb Service. Brewing Brewery. Clean and amazing vibes

I love the Woolpack. Food defo has an air of the homemade...decent portions and good homely plates of food. But I just love the atmosphere of this place. Propierters are helpful and friendly.. And hey who can knock a place that serves you a custard cream with your cuppa!

Proper country pub with warm ambience and friendly faces behind the bar.

Me and my family had a lovely lunchtime meal for Easter. We had traveled up to visit my Nan and cousin and was not disappointed at all. We stepped foot in there and was greeted by a lovely man, he then went on and explained the Sunday dishes they had on which I was very excited about! Half my family had roasts and half had food off the main menu. The waiter/manager could not do enough for us even allowing me to have some homemade pigs in blankets that weren’t on the menu! Overall this place has such nice food with a lovely atmosphere and the people where so lovely it has made us want to return! Also the food was so well priced we would have happily paid double for what we had! Thankyou again for the lovely meal, you have made this Easter extra special for me and my family!

Popped in for a drink, I would say the pub was a little old charm English pub which you can't find it nowadays.(Dimlights, pool table, wooden chairs+tables with old English styles)The gentleman(landlord,I guess) was very polite and friendly.I'd definitely comeback for more food and drinks.

Absolutely appalling attitude of the pub owner. To be clear, those employed by him were absolutely fabulous. However, I have never met such a condescending, rude, grandiose complex, insulting and unprofessional pub owner who should most definitely think of a career change - hospitality isn’t for him. The toilets are absolutely foul and have been left to fester, just like his stinking attitude.

Fantastic find. Food is great value and quality. A little dated inside, but the owner is super friendly and certainly made the visit worthwhile.

We all enjoyed four really wonderful traditional Sunday lunches of roast beef........probably the best we have had anywhere.Also nice to see a busy pub and with great service from the landlord and waitress.

Absolutely amazing Sunday roast.. definitely the best we ever eaten out. Service is outstanding and very welcoming . Great atmosphere as well. The host and all the staff are great . Thank you

The most lovely pub, what a find. Everything was perfect, don't miss visiting this place. Found it by chance on the way home from Bury St Edmunds. Lovely friendly greeting. The food was amazing, so much for so little cost. It was really hot, very fresh, and well presented. The man serving, who I'm guessing was the landlord, could not have been more welcoming, made us feel like old friends. I will definitely be visiting again.

Horrible place, rude and miserable barman/landlord who refused me and my friend drink due to not being locals

Very friendly staff, with great food & service.

Absolutely appalling place to eat. Landlord rude and talks to staff like dirt. The place is filthy and dated. Food is poor quality, I dread to think what state the kitchen is in.

Local Beer from tab! Food is good! Owner is nice! Really good place to hangout!

Lamb shanks was gorgeous and fell off the bone. Cauliflower cheese very tasty. Friendly staff.

Great choice for us for a quick meal on our way home. My son loved it. We will come back

Very disappointed that the menu offered was not the same as that offered online. Not a lot of choice. Food was very basic - peas were hard, very small piece of plaice, quiche pastry was too hard. However, landlords are very pleasant.

Great fish and chip lunch with elderly relatives, excellent value for enormous piece of freshly cooked and perfectly battered cod for £12. Nice mix of specials on menu. Great service and lovely atmosphere. Plenty of parking and accessible to the less mobile. Lovely garden with a great kids area and even a pétanque pitch overlooked by an idyllic postcard village church.

Nice place. I didn't eat but could see others food which looked lovely.

Really wonderful food and great service on Wednesday 20 September. Our party of seven were very well looked after. Reasonably priced too.

Nice reception good craic and food is good.

A nice friendly pub, made most welcome by landlord and staff, great food as well, very hospitable all round.

Had a very very nice burger and chunky chips this evening. Very friendly staff. Haven't been for a long time as don't leave close anymore but we were en route to pick up son. Will definitely go back.

Ordered tuna mayo sandwich on granary bread, no chips but salad. Received stale white bread with not much filling and not enough salad to satisfy my budgie. The waitress offered me a box of salad to take away when I told her their sandwich for £7.50 was wholly inadequate. Why not give me salad to start with?

Lovely location convenient for BSE and a very tidy, spacious walled garden. Friendly & attentive staff (very helpful with tea & coffee) plus big screen showing the Wimbledon final. What's not to love? 😎

Well where do I begin, we were in a happy mood as we went out for a meal to celebrate our sons birthday, we also had our dog with us, on approaching the Woolpack after parking we noticed a large garden to the rear with a few picnic tables so thought it ideal to eat outside with our dog, I went inside and asked if we could have our food outdoors as weather was nice, there was a shaking of the head from who I assume was the landlord, on reflection now we should have left there and then to find a welcoming pub elsewhere. Went inside to the so called sports bar, large billiard table in centre, 2 tables at the back with customers drinking & vaping, we sat perched on 3 tiny stools & an even smaller table right by main door. We were given the menu, chose what to have (not much choice), I then decided to take my dog into the garden for a walk, grass very overgrown with dog faeces in it, Woolpack name propped against a wall, should have realised then what this meant. When I got back my husband & son had been moved to another (very sticky) table, a bit larger so all three plates would fit. Our food arrived mine was ok, however, my husbands wasnt very nice at all, he had the all day breakfast which appeared to have been around all day, as was cold, fried eggs were hard. Wish on reflection I’d read the other comments from other unfortunate people.

Really good roast beef. Friendly service.

We came here for refreshments after a funeral. Graham made things super easy for us and couldn’t have been more helpful. We had a room to ourselves (around 18 of us) with plenty of food, tea & coffee. We didn’t go out in the garden, but it looked great! There wasn’t a disabled loo, but the loo was ground floor and not up/down any steps. They had a portable ramp so a wheelchair could enter the pub and once in, it was easy to get around. Good selection of beers and drinks and quick friendly service- they made a difficult time as easy as possible for us and I’m really grateful. It seemed a lovely pub.

Recently relocated in the Bury St Edmunds area, what a friendly wholesome pub, great staff, ready with a smile...have a feeling this will become our local...thanks for making us feel welcomed 😀

Great menu, never been let down, top marks to the cellarman

Visited with my partner for dinner. I chose an item from the specials menu and my partner had a burger. Thoroughly enjoyed the food, the service is great and the owner is very chatty and friendly. Shall return again soon.

Having been told this place does lovely Sunday lunches we thought we would give it a go. Was quite busy. Only one girl doing all the work out front of house. The landlord was doing drinks. We were sat waiting a while for our order to be taken. We nearly left aa the place wasn't very clean. Dusty, dirty carpets and a melt fusty. People were eating away so we thought the food must be nice!!. We ordered beef dinner. Not given much at all. We only waited 5 minutes for the food to arrive. We were sat near the kitchen door but we couldn't smell any food cooking. We had not been freshly cooked food but Aldi ready meals!!!. Even the sweets were Aldi. Very run down. Avoid at all cost.

First time ever been to this area. We was looking for a homemade pub grub & that’s what we got when we went in on the Friday. In total there was 4 of us. We ordered… BBQ ribs, coleslaw & fries ( from the special board ) - DELICIOUS! X3 lamb shank, mash & veg - lamb was lovely also the mash, but could have done with a little more veg. Bread & butter pudding - ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (little a bit dry & thin piece) Sticky toffee pudding - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Lotus cheesecake - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Spice apple crumble - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Food was lovely so we came back on Sunday for a Sunday dinner. All four of us had the beef dinner. We did look around as you do, to look what it looked like & it looked nice. We did notice a couple in there have 1 veg plate between them both. The plate included… peas, cheesy cauliflower, cabbage. So with there been 4 of us we presumed we get two. Wrong! We got 1 plate which was very hard to share between 4 so we did order another one, this then left other guests without veg & our second order of veg scares. The beef was lovely! We couldn’t moan to much as £20 for a Sunday dinner & pudding isn’t bad value. But I must say I think most of the food isn’t homemade I.e roasties, Yorkshire puddings & veg. Also there was 1 girl rushed off her feet while landlord was stood behind the bar. I know they do have a sign asking for more staff but the girl was serving, cleaning plates, taking orders. And the pub had more than enough people for 1 person. She really did cope well.

I just wanted to write a review because I used to work at this pub for a couple of months and this is what I have to say about this place. A little background so I applied to work for the boosh bar (the owner of the pub owns the cocktail bar in bury) and whilst I had my interview they asked if I would like to work at the woolpack to get some bar experience. So I said yes and this started the worst experience of my life. First of, the landlord Graham, is the rudest man I have ever met in my entire life, whilst I was working he belittled me in ear shot of guests which max me feel so uncomfortable and frankly like a peasant. When I wasn’t working the landowner would message me on days that I wasn’t working, asking me about my during the morning and evening, trying to discuss topics of conversation which were very inappropriate and not to do with work at all. Such topics as did I have a partner and if we were happy, if my home life was good and wanted to know more than what was exceptable. Whilst still working, I put on a brave face and still went in, but was treated like rubbish the whole shift and could not do anything right in his eyes. The customers who came in were lovely and I enjoyed talking to them when I had time when the landlord wasn’t rushing me around everywhere whilst he stood behind the bar thinking he was the bees knees. I finally left after a couple months of this, I then heard that after I left lots of other people who have worked here have been through the same thing so it wasn’t a one off. Please do not work here if you are looking for a job, there are better places to work and avoid this place at all costs.

Really good roast dinner, I can usually find fault, but everything was lovely x

Food was okay not to pricey needs to be updated

My daughter and friend popped in to play a game of pool. Asked the proprietor if she could have some change. He responded with are you buying a drink. She said no but would if it was a problem she would asked for some change with said drink. He was very rude and questioned her friends age who was not drinking. Then said to him what are you starring at! No wonder this place is empty. Manners do not cost anything! As a family who live in the village we will not be using the Woolpack again!

The Woolpack has something for everyone and you will always feel like a part of the family when you visit.

Such a miserable landlord he is awful I think he must be the worst I've ever come across, I'm amazed with the good reviews on here, I certainly won't be returning

Excellent food really good and friendly service

A lovely Sunday lunch in a pleasant village pub. The food was good honest fayre and reasonably priced. Service was very good by friendly staff. Booking is essential.

Lovely quiche, dog friendly. Large pot holes in the carpark could do with filling in. But would go there again

Popped in for a coke early on a Saturday lunchtime. All in good order with a smattering of locals. Will be back.

I've had a lunch and a dinner here in the last couple of weeks and both times were fantastic. Great food and the service was excellent, will definitely be going back.

Despite some reservations due to mixed reviews --turned up with no pre booking and enquired about a table for two --which Graham and Claire soon sorted --Food was tasty and excellent value for money ..Both Graham and Claire were very friendly and chatty ..Could not fault our visit or food or hosts --highly recommended.Baz Norfolk .

Enjoyed a meeting at the Woolpack. Very well organised. Good selection of Buffet food. Helpful staff.

Owner very rude to staff, talks about them all behind their back.

Had a lovely lunch here. You should support this pub.

Having sought out this venue as being dog friendly I was very disappointed - after checking first with the lady behind the bar that the place was indeed dog friendly I found a comfortable spot only to be told by another employee that dogs were not allowed in the room. Relocated as requested into a much smaller room dominated by a pool table and had to perch on a stool next to a fruit machine. Friendly customers but didn’t stay long and decided to forego my intended bar meal as it was not possible to comfortably eat in the allocated space. If you are looking for somewhere to take your four legged friend then I suggest you look elsewhere.

Welcoming, cosy pub. delicious home cook food

Friendly staff, happy atmosphere. Nice pub

Food was ok but service was very slow

Lovely pub, great staff, good beer what more do you want

My husband and I called in for lunch on the way to visit family. Lovely pub, a friendly welcome and very helpful. We had a lovely lunch and the prices were really good. Great value for money and my husband said his pint was great too! Can’t wait to visit again and Graham was lovely and we had a good chat.

Great pub, great beer, lovely friendly owner and staff. I will be back.

Dropped in on a wet and miserable Monday evening. On first sight it appeared a bit run down, however, it was clean and tidy. Landlord was very welcoming. My wife and I chose dishes off the "specials" board. The menus were in a tatty condition and menu options are basic. We ordered cottage pie which was homemade and very nice, as good as my own. It came with with veg and gravy. I noticed a ramp by the front door to aid access. Very large car park, with customary pot holes. Not a place for a special night/meal but we'd happily drop in again. Friendly, cosy and nice food. Sadly it's a very hard time for public houses especially "freehouses". (Not confirmed but on reflection I don't recall Greene King being advertised everywhere).

Love this place, always friendly barstaff, good food, proper pub!

Great pub, dog friendly, pool table and a garden

Graham runs a lovely pub, always very welcoming. On Sundays you do have to be a little patient as they like to do it right so it can take a little longer to serve you but the wait is always worth it. The Lamb Hock was just wonderful this time.

Friendly staff, lovely food, very good value.

Rung up for lunch on Sunday after approaching the and pub and staff was told no one took any calls. Unfortunately for them phone logs don't delete. Vert disappointed with the staff.

Nice pub lovely lunch very reasonably priced. The young lady behind the bar was very pleasant and helpful

Lovely lunch, pleasant atmosphere and friendly staff. Always made welcome.

Enjoying a pint at the woolpack friendly place snd staff

We visit here quite often as it used to be very smart and friendly. Called with friends the other day at lunchtime, and the beer was not as well kept as it used to be. Service was good by the barmaid, if the owner would...

Straightforward pub lunch. Great value and plenty of choice What was even better was that someone else paid for it.

This pub has deteriorated beyond recognition. Very shabby, garden and garden furniture neglected. Food awful. Used to be so good.

Fantastic Abbot ....and there's lager too! Large beer garden to the rear with impressive view of the church. Very comfortable garden rooms for cooler evenings. Good service. Lovely food too.

We thought we’d pop in for a lunch and a drink as last time we were here was October so thought we’d see what it was like in the summer. Ordered a drink whilst we looked at the menu, all decided we’d have a sandwich...

Great location good food and real ales

Sorry but based on our experience this evening, the outdoor sign stating “chefs needed” could not be more apt. The “special lamb shank” was quite possibly microwaved out of a bag in a jus more like molasses. Chips were ok and the late arriving veg was equally poor, and quite possibly also microwaved from a bag. To add to the experience our French Bulldog (who was on a lead) was attacked not once but twice by one of the locals dogs whose owner found it highly amusing. Would I go back - never …..

Very friendly pub, staff very welcoming, excellent food

We hebben aan het einde van de middag heerlijk in de tuin gezeten en gegeten. We werden vriendelijk verwelkomd. De kaart is niet uitgebreid, maar voldoende keuze.

We just stopped off here for a pint and a sandwich on a walk through Fornham St Martin. The thing is, as simple is it was, there was absolutely nothing I could fault with either the food or the beer. The Greene King IPA was...

Quality Pub .. Pub situated in a Brilliant place ... Will always go back . ..

Lovely traditional pub. Menu looked a bit limited, but the food was simple and delicious. Sausages and mash were a particular hit. Have only given 4/5 for menu choice. No pudding options for vegan/dairy intolerance.

Nice pub, good amount of parking. We had the Sunday Lamb which was lovely with generous portions. The bread and butter pudding for desert was also great.

Came here for dinner and the food went down a great. I had the chicken burger which was great. As were the fries and coleslaw that came with it on the side. Service also very friendly

Lovely, unpretentious, family run pub Food was good, nice beer garden and friendly publicans

This is a lovely family run pub offering great food in a nice cosy atmosphere. Good selection of beers, wines and spirits and the food is exceptionally good. Definitely worth a visit but I advise to book beforehand as very popular

Had a pleasant meal here while staying locally and looking for somewhere to eat a reasonably priced early evening meal. The food was plentiful and tasty, service good and staff friendly. The pub's rear garden is quite spacious with tables to seat a fair number of customers, although it could probably do with a makeover. The pub appears to be popular with locals and this gave it a lively atmosphere. If you need to take your car there is plenty of room in the car park and if using public transport there is a bus stop right outside.

My family and I had a short break and used the woolpack for our main meals. Graham and staff were so lovely and welcoming. The food was totally delicious. Would highly recommend and would definitely go there again if I'm in that area.

Family owned and great food. I think they are under new management, but the food and service was great. Ordered the fish and chips and lamb shank. Everything was delicious.

Great pub, lovely service from welcoming staff, large garden to so lots of space for little ones to run around in, the new beach style huts are a great addition to 👌