The best restaurants in The Stonhams Mid Suffolk East of England

I’ve been to the Milk Shed twice with a couple of work colleagues, once under the previous owners and more recently under the new management. All three of us ordered the avocado, halloumi and poached eggs on sourdough, which was nicely presented and perfectly cooked. I enjoyed a charcuterie board on a previous visit. Parking is a little tight in the car park, but there’s plenty on the road outside if needed.

Very nice hosts, good service, nice food, live music 🎶

Very interesting collection of stores. Café 24 well worth a visit.

We usually love coming here for breakfast - I ordered poached egg on toast, unfortunately when this came out my eggs were hard boiled - the waitress came and said she would get me some more eggs cooked. This took almost 20 minutes by which time my toast had gone cold. My mum ordered a simple bacon sandwich which came on stale bread and was so burnt she could hardly eat it. Finally got my eggs and they weren't much better! Such a shame as they used to do a lovely breakfast.

Average food. The bacon, Brie and cranberry panini needed more than 2 slices of Brie as was dry. The coleslaw was not homemade as stated on their menu. The kids meal came with hand cooked sharp crisps when ideally should have been puffs or a safer type of crisp. Would not pay £34 again for the food we got. Very disappointing. Very much squashed in like sardines too.

Stuck in an accident on the A12 led us to an impromptu stop at The Highwayman and we were really pleased we did. We received a warm and friendly welcome and an excellent lunch. It’s an interesting building too.

We booked a table for 1pm on Saturday. We were greeted on arrival and shown to a table by the window with a glorious view towards the River Orwell and the bridge. There was a slight pause before our drinks order was taken. We chose as our mains - Double Smash burger and Korean BBQ Rib of Beef. The kitchen was obviously busy, but our food came reasonably quickly - it was nicely presented and we enjoyed it. Desserts followed - Choc Pop Pannacotta and Pistachio Blackberry tart - all nicely served. Both mains and dessert menus have some interesting dishes - not just the “run of the mill” food choices. An enjoyable meal in pleasant surroundings.