The best restaurants in Stanton St Edmundsbury East of England

What a surprise. In the middle of rolling Suffoilk countryside is the Wyken Estate where the owners have added a pizza cafe to their well established restaurant, vineyard and farming estate. A few weeks ago we visited the cafe and enjoyed very good home made pizzas and salad together with wine from the estate. Afterwards we walked down the meal with a visit to the picturesque garden of Wyken House, an attractive 17th century building with pargetted exterior walls. If you are in the locality its worth a visit. Pizzas are served Wednesday to Sundays 10am to 5pm although times may change in the winter so check.

Stumbled on this by accident, lovely place ,fresh vegetables galore

A lovely quirky cafe in Wallingford, that we found by chance after visiting Benson. Lots of British/ Royal themes and decorations. A cosy independent cafe, very friendly with a good atmosphere. We ate breakfast, from the menu I had a Henry VIII, my wife Princess of Wales. The breakfast [were large], excellent and certainly value for money. The service was spot on, the staff interacted and very pleasant. Definitely worth a visit

For me this meal did not ring right, like a bell with a small crack in it. My mother and I were not wanting typical pub food today but something different, special. Somehow despite local ingredients, the flavours of the central parts of the meal did not really jump off the plate and were sometimes shaded by the other sauces etc. It was expensive for what it was and the food somewhat incongruent for a Wednesday lunch. If brave the restaurant could ditch the pretension associated with Michelin association and go back to basics. Smears of sauces do not justify a two course meal for two: £92 , 40 minutes of dining, where to be honest I have better in a French university restaurant for a fraction of the price, with a better atmosphere. I would have liked to give feed back at the time but it was not sought.