The best restaurants in Lavenham Babergh East of England

Really nice gluten free ciabatta with all the trimmings. Also GF scone and chocolate cake available. Lovely setting. Clean and tidy.

Amazing ice cream! A big bonus for us was that it was suitable for our nut-allergic son, who almost never gets this sort of ice cream treat. The lady was very knowledgeable about her ingredients as it’s homemade, and made sure she got a fresh scoop for him too. He declared it the best ice cream ever! The coffee was also delicious, piping hot & served in beautiful eco-friendly cups with different designs. Highly recommend and not just for the summer, the hot chocolate looked amazing too and there was a lovely selection of gifts in the shop.

We had a really lovely couple of hours on 14th February having a splendid afternoon tea that I had won in the local village church raffle at Christmas. Everything was wonderful with the sandwiches, sausage rolls, cakes, scones, macaroons, heart shaped sweeties, coffee and tea. Gluten free bread and scones and cakes were all very tasty and I particularly loved the gluten free sandwiches that were generously filled. It was all so perfect and the staff were attentive and friendly, making us feel very welcome. What a very enjoyable and much appreciated afternoon tea.. thank you very much to all the team and for the lovely treat! We will be back very soon!

A delicious meal served by charming staff in a beautiful period building.

A step back in time to a snug comfortable hotel Not flashy, but a relaxing atmosphere, with attentative staff and all round good facilities.

Had lunch with a friend having been recommended to this restaurant- lovely friendly staff and quaint old building and very nice lunch

Nice peaceful place to have a coffee or milkshake and a toastie and read the paper - nice books to browse or buy whilst you are waiting

Great food, had the roast, beef was just about perfect! Very good service and sensibly priced, would definitely return.

The swan is a lovely hotel and the gallery restaurant is very elegant. However the afternoon tea was disappointing. This was the special easter version of afternoon tea and the chief was being a little ambitious with the flavours of some of the food, particularly the hot cross scone, would have preferred a plain scone. Had your scone previously and the normal ones are lovely and light. These were heavy and spicey. The cheese cake in the glass was not enjoyed by anyone. Overall service etc was excellant, just didn't enjoy the food

Would have been ok,but no ordinary food on a Sunday. Only wanted a toastie

Went here for my birthday. We have been here several times in the past. Always good food, pleasant staff, good service. Always best to phone in advance to book a table. Roadside parking, this is a village location.

Reasonable portions of thoughtfully prepared tapas. Certainly be back to sample more of the menu. Good wine selection. Table service was noticeably slow and felt thin on the ground, however, I was warned fairly of wait times upon arrival by the staff.

Attempted to have an early drink, followed by lunch. Their website says open from 10am Saturday. Same start time on board outside pub. We arrived at 11.40....closed. No sign of opening. Phoned number on the board outside...unobtainable. Found phone number on their website, no answer. 11.50 gave up and walked down the hill into town and had an excellent lunch.

I made this reservation weeks ago for a special occasion. I had seen the restaurant before and it looked very nice, unfortunately it wasn’t very good. The good- The restaurant is nicely presented in the centre of Lavenham. The tables are nicely laid but the good feedback ends there. The bad- We had a 830 booking, by 9pm the staff were tidying around us and making a ridiculous amount of noise drying cutlery. The ugly- I order the Lamb Shank which is one of my favourite dishes. I cut in to it, it was tough and then I put it in my mouth and had an awful shock. It was cold, it had not been defrosted and cooked properly. The icing on the cake was when they tried to charge me for the alternative dish. The cheek of it, probably the worst food & service I’ve ever had in an Indian restaurant. From speaking to some locals in the pub later I learnt that the general feedback is it is very inconsistent and often lets people down.

Arrived to find they were closed!! No sign on the door and nothing on the website. We booked back in January for my husband's birthday. Really disappointing.