The best restaurants in Suffolk Coastal East of England

Only a 5k walk from the Felixstowe pier, along the seafront to this little gem. On a lovely sunny lunchtime we sat outside & watched the toing & froing of the Deben ferry while sampling the fish and chips. Welcoming, friendly service. Not cheap but delicious & not to be missed if you’re visiting here. Will recommend.

It's a lovely friendly pub and the nearest anyone has ever got to making Sunday roasts like my mum used to make .Congratulations .it will always be my go to pub when i'm in Leiston .

Perfect end to our perfect day out. The Victoria had a really lovely menu with a good variety of food including vegetarian and gluten free. The food was presented really beautifully, there was plenty on the plate and reasonably priced. Staff were really lovely and friendly and the pub was buzzing as the football was on and England won their match! Not bad for a typically English rainy summers day.

Fantastic food and lovely, welcoming service from Izzy, Clare and Abigal. Highly recommended for a visit, coffee, tea, savouries, cakes and bread

Amazing xx lovely staff and atmosphere and full vegan menu which was yummy! Restaurant was clean and beautifully presented. Fairly priced and so close to the beach.

Had a really good 3 x Zorbas Special takeaway from here tonight

NOW MAEVES TEAROOM. went with friends after being recommended. Coffee nice but very small cups and expensive. I ordered toastie with no coleslaw as I don’t eat dressings. Still came with something resembling coleslaw which my husband ate so I was left with just a toastie. No side salad or crisps or anything. Absolute rip off. SO EXPENSIVE Although tasty it wouldn’t have cost more than 50p to make. Friends then ordered cake (choice was poor so we didn’t have anything) and they both said it wasn’t pleasant. One said it was the worst Bakewell cake he’d ever had!!! We won’t be back!!!

As other reviews have testified the surroundings and building are truly inviting therefore I won't add to that. We booked dinner in the 1530 restaurant and to be fair the food was to a good standard when it eventually arrived. The crab tablets were excellent and the mains of duck and trio of lamb were enjoyable. I will say the lamb was pink how I liked it, but with the only downside being the fat was not rendered down enough. The drinks/wine were reasonably priced too. It seems that you have drinks in the bar beforehand and pick up menus when you go through to the restaurant, whereas in a venue such it would be nice to view the menus in the bar and have your orders taken beforehand and be advised when the table is ready. This convention would seem more normal to us. It might avoid what followed. After taking our seats in the restaurant we had to wait 20 minutes for our order to be taken. Consequently it took a good 15-20 minutes for each further course to be delivered after plates were cleared. While I would not attach blame to the mainly two young visible waiting staff, occasionally augmented by another young staff member, because mostly they were trying hard to cover at least 40+ covers of which there was a party of a dozen. Furthermore, they were quite young and appeared to be little more than senior students. It was more about them being provided with sufficient training by the management team to cope and being able to engage better with the diners. Occasionally, there was another lady who helped out with serving, but she just had her head down all the time and didn't engage hardly at all. It was a shame about this as Seckford Hall could be a great place to dine given a few small adjustments.

Had a reservation tonight for my birthday. Got there and restaurant is closed. Booked on the online booking system so it would have been easy to advise me my booking was cancelled. Really bad behaviour. Went up the road to the Grey Mare unannounced and luckily they could fit us in. Said we’d dodged a bullet as this restaurant does this all the time. So beware consumers. You are better off calling in on speck than booking ahead. 🙃

I had high hopes: it was a sunny lunchtime and we were warmly welcomed by friendly staff on arrival. Unfortunately, that was the high point. There were four draft beers on the bar; none were available. We waited over 45 mins for the food. Unlike the descriptions it has not been smoked or barbecued. It was hugely disappointing and came with cheap mass catering sachets of sauce and some bad coleslaw. The waitress dropped two drinks on our table. I would not recommend.

Popped in with some friends after a local run. Pub pretty busy with people . Service quick and ordered our beers . Chap behind bar , assuming it was the landlord said we could sit out the back . We went out and it was too chilly so came back in . We stood near the bar to be rudely told that he didn’t want us standing there and there was seats around the corner and to go there. Whilst it may seem a little thing , whilst pubs are struggling, local support is what you need . However we had a better experience with the other bar staff , polar opposite . Won’t be popping in again.

Constantly surprised at how bad it is. Bar staff 'I been here a week and not shown how to make tea''. Tables not cleared and filthy. Staff disillusioned (and leaving) , members disillusioned (and leaving) The owners should have stuck to running care homes. Back on the market within 5 years ?

Visited recently for fish N chip Friday - two meals for £20. Excellent fish and lovely chips with tartar sauce and peas. Would highly recommend.

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.