The best restaurants in Orford and Tunstall Suffolk Coastal East of England

Dined here with a friend, and the high spot was undoubtedly a) the salt n pepper beef starter and b) The service from Katie and Abbie, two staff who knew the menu and advised wisely on wine choices. Will return, and I urge you to try here- you’ll like it!

A very sweet bakery with wonderful bread/pastries and dishes. The coffee is excellent too. Lovely to sit outside in the village.

Had a lovely afternoon tea, which was beautifully presented. Nice to have the option to have it at lunchtime as ‘lunch’ although we still didn’t manage it all! Took the rest home for later - also lovely to be able to bring our dog too!

Wonderful historic sailing boat with very friendly crew & informative captain giving us interesting facts about the boat & the river as we were sailing but with plenty of silence in between so we could relax & take in the beautiful scenery in peaceful contemplation! The lunch was delicious & good quality with wine & soft drinks . I totally recommend this 3 hour round trip to enjoy the beautiful Suffolk countryside on the river . Big thank you to the crew & I look forward to our next river cruise with you in the future

The perfect unspoiled traditional country pub. Would recommend the music nights and the eclectic local performers, fantastic.

Disappointing, the Saturday lunchtime wall menu showed a choice of Jacket Potatoes but none were available, so we ordered sausage rolls with salad but after waiting towards thirty minutes, a waitress returned our money informing us that they had sold out of them as well. We left.

Over-priced food - an unbelievable £4.75 for a stodgy, tasteless cheese scone with one pat of hard, cold butter. Only managed to eat half of it, really unpleasant, threw the rest away. The cakes were not covered and crawling with flies. Sandwiches even more over-priced at £8.25 for a small cheese sandwich with white bread. This cafe used to be so much better. Will drive past in future and not stop here.

Had a lovely meal to celebrate Hubbys belated birthday.. The restaurant is very basic , but don’t let that put you off , the food is amazing. We had pre booked and good job we did, they were turning people away. We both chose the smoked fish selection , what an excellent choice absolutely delicious. Would definitely recommend

My parents have been here multiple times and recommended it as a great place for my 30th birthday meal! The food is incredible! Firstly, the menu is so varied and I wanted SO many things on there, it was hard to choose. I settled for the starter of Beef Croquettes with Wasabi Mayo and my main was beef rendang with rice. Both were delicious and full of flavour. I also tried the Bang Bang Cauliflower which was SO tasty! The highlight of the meal was the apple crumble though .. beautifully sweet and sugary. It is expensive here but so worth it for the quality! Thank you for making my birthday so special!

Friendly staff, nice ambiance, substandard food: Saturday evening meal in a half-full but attractive Orford pub and all going well until the two plates we ordered were disappointedly basic for the price paid. A bland and poorly conceived vegetation dish, and a very basic fish meal. Neither were terrible but we both felt that they did not deserve the price paid. We expected something fancier and more refined. Not a reason to avoid this place and we aim to return but it is a reason for the manager to review these two menu items. Constructive feedback was given by us so others may enjoy the experience a little more.

What a great pub! There was a range of four real ales, that had clearly been kept well. We had a couple of dishes from the specials board, which changes regularly. The masaaman chicke curry was excellent. There is also wide choice of wines. This is a pub that is dog friendly, is clearly used by the locals and also is very welcoming to visitors.

Very disappointed with the sandwiches, bread was very dry and the smoked salmon bagel was frozen! BLT contains cold bacon rashers. All in all - an expensive, disappointing lunch. Will not frequent the cafe again .

For any music-lovers, and particularly folk music lovers, The Ship is a fascinating destination. With hundreds of years of history of hosting gigs (ongoing!) and open mics, and great photo collection on the walls of gigs gone by, it is well worth a visit. Drinks are reasonably-priced and the staff very friendly. We will be back!

We were upstairs in the "expensive" riverview restaurant for a pre-booked pre-concert dinner. Two courses £35, 3 courses £45. Beautful views across the river and reed-beds at sunset. Arriving at the designated time it took 20 minutes before our order was taken. After the first course we were getting concerned that as the concert began at 7pm, we would run out of time. We didn't, but it was a close thing. We ordered a glass of white wine each, but the wine was only just below room temperature and should have been much colder to be enjoyable. Our starters were just about OK, although my Beef Bresaola was somewhat substandard - the beef was fine but the rest of the stated ingredients were pretty much tasteless. My wife's main was the Confit Duck leg that she has described to me as being unexciting - there was a sauce and supposed to be blackberry jus (or something similar) that she was unable to identify and the potato was just a large shaped chunk of potato, possibly roasted! My main (Confit Pork Belly) was "interesting" - the crackling was rock hard - I couldn't cut it with my knife and when I tried to bite into it, I still couldn't break it, so I abandoned that. When I mentioned this to the server, I was told that it would be reported to the kitchen - maybe it was, but no-one apologised or responded in any way to my complaint. In addition the accompanying "sauce" was like a green porridge in consistency and was barely lukewarm - overall what should have been the most interesting dish proved to be the most disappointing one. Our desserts were reasonably good, but not worth the extra £10 for the 3rd course. So, I would not recommend the restaurant and felt that it was very much over-priced and understaffed, as the service was friendly but incredibly slow. Total cost for the two of us £120, including 12.5% "gratuity". As fairly frequent visitors to the Concert Hall , we will not be returning this restaurant.