The best restaurants in East of England

Excellent fish & chips, so nice we had them twice last week when visiting the area. The local chippy’s near our stay in Hemsby Scratby & Newport were all closed, I would definitely come back to Ryan’s Fish & Chips on our next visit. Ring the number to pre order and they’ll be ready when you get there.

This was my first time at this cafe and my bf has been here before with his grandad and this was the great option to pick after a busy day of browsing around the high street. I had the ham omelette with salad and my bf had a burger with chips. It was the first time I had a omelette and it’s was delicious and I was full up afterwards and my bf liked the burger and the chips. The staff were great and the service was brilliant and the chefs deserve a great pat on the back for their hard work. Completely recommend if your in the area after a great day of shopping or browsing Solid 4/4

Having been told by a number of people that this family-run pub and restaurant is well worth a visit, we booked for Sunday lunch. We checked sample menus online, saw a variety of dishes at reasonable prices, and also checked that there is something for vegetarians. We booked in advance (and also mentioned that one of our party was vegetarian). The overall result was a mixture of some excellent cooking, tempered with aspects that could be improved. The menu on this Sunday offered a choice of three each of starters, mains and desserts. Though it says on Facebook that the menu is "on the board" it was actually written only on the back of a piece of paper which the lady serving us read out, though I was able to glance across and see what was on offer, together with the prices. Often in small restaurants such as this with a changing menu this comes to the table on a small blackboard - that would certainly help customers (and the servers). For starters there was a choice of scallops, muntjac carpaccio or prosciutto and pear. Two of us had the prosciutto (£6.50), but as our vegetarian didn't find anything vegetarian, they opted for a bowl of olives and bread that was instead offered (£4.50). The prosciutto also came with a nice moist mozzarella - in Italy you would have been served some bread with it too (how can you otherwise mop up your plate?) but we weren't offered any so we borrowed it from our olive eater. For mains there was a choice of sea bass with ratatouille, sirloin steak or venison. Two of us chose the venison, especially as this comes from a well-regarded local butcher. For our vegetarian, our server did ask the chef, but apparently the only option was the ratatouille that would have accompanied the sea bass. It was too minimal as a main course - and, being a different 'take' on a traditional Provençal ratatouille, was more a stack of the constituent parts, but it looked pretty (£7.50). The venison, however, was beautifully cooked, accompanied by a really tasty, rich jus and fine green beans. Personally for £25.50 I'd have hoped for three slices of loin, rather than the two, but those two were delicious and their cooking couldn't be faulted. The quantity of roast potatoes too (six potatoes between three people) was a bit meagre, but they were well done - crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside. Dessert was down to a choice of two as the crumble had sold out (it looked very good at a neighbouring table). There was fried banana and ice cream (£4.50), or tofu and chickpea chocolate cake (£7.50). This latter sounded intriguing: it was made with an intense, dark cocao, and the binding ingredients gave it a firm, ever so slightly gritty texture, but it really needed something else to tone and contrast it: a dollop of vanilla ice cream or crème fraîche, or just a splash of single cream would have made all the difference - on its own it was a little hard going. The other dessert was less remarkable: two halves of a banana gently caramelised with some vanilla ice cream. The wines were on the expensive side. On the board the 2021 Pinot Noir (it's a very local one, quite interesting, but looking and tasting a little young) was advertised at £8.50 per glass: when the bill came, it was charged at £9.50 per glass. We didn't want to cause a fuss, so paid the extra £2. However, only when getting home did we find that we'd been charged for six glasses of the (rather good) sparkling rosé (£7.50 per glass), when actually we only had four. I have no doubt at all that this was an honest mistake - someone keyed it in twice - and we should have spotted it at the time. So, whilst the main meat dish was really well cooked, other elements didn't altogether meet expectations.

We stopped off here en route to Luton Airport Lovely garden setting with excellent ales. Even though there was partial renovations going on ,the friendly landlord made his signature pizzas for us which were excellent.

Everything on the menu is delicious and delivered hot and fresh. Very accommodating with vegetarian options too. Love it!

This is the second time we have been here and the service is absolutely fantastic. The staff are very welcoming and friendly and the food is delicious. I think this place is worth visiting and we'll worth the money. Thank you to all the staff for your kindness and look forward to seeing you again when we are next down here. :-)

We have always loved the food especially the hot dogs proper ones not tin ones.The staff are always polite and friendly and prices reasonable.

It's a 'special' Greek menu this weekend and my husband and l went last evening (Friday). We both had the Kleftiko' (shoulder of lamb served on the bone), served with potatoes and meditetarrean vegetables. Absolutely, utterly DIVINE! The lamb was so tender and fell off the bone and the potatoes and veg were perfect. Phil is an awesome chef and l highly recommend eating here. Everything is a taste sensation! Well done Mark, Phil and team! ❤😋

Fredericks is located within the Dansk store. Dansk is a middle/upmarket furniture/life style store, and the restaurant is pitched at similar market sectors. Really nice lunch from a high quality menu. We felt they are (very much) on the expensive side, but the food is high quality and the surroundings stylish, with tables well spread out. Friendly/helpful staff. Need bigger car park ! (No automatic service charge, which is good to see).

Had lovely brunch here today with a mate of mine. Service was great, the eggs florentine were beautiful and the coffee was lovely- will definitely return

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Landlord put the football on for us. And the beer was good pulled by somebody that knew what he was doing.

Disappointed with the reduced menu, but the breakfast was good. Excellent customer service. Staff were very attentive.

First visit with our dog for Sunday Lunch. Lovely food, really tasty and dessert were amazing. We sat in the lounge area which is dog friendly, very nice and comfortable. Staff very welcoming. Would highly recommend and can't wait to visit again. Would be great in the summer sitting by the river.

I love this tearooms anyway but haven’t treated myself to lunch here for a while and today I fancied treating myself to lunch so I popped in to get a take away lunch, being a Saturday lunch time I expected it to be busy but this was exceptionally busy and the tearoom was full to the brim inside and outside. As I entered I was greeted by three lovely ladies, who I knew well from my previous visits, albeit rushed off their feet I was still greeted with cheery hellos, smiles and how are you’s, informing me that they would get my order done as soon as possible but that there were some orders ahead of me so there would be a little wait, which I said was fine. I ordered the salmon and cream cheese bagel with came a side salad and dressing, chocolate Guinness cake and a cappuccino. It was a lovely sunny day so I took my cappuccino outside whilst I waited for the food to be prepared. I had only been waiting ten minutes when my order was brought out to me by one of the lovely ladies which was so lovely, as I passed the door I thanked them for the quick service and a goodbye and they returned the same back. The bagel was delicious, I had really fancied it all morning so it went down very well, the salad and dressing really complemented it. The chocolate Guinness cake is a favourite of mine, so moist and delicious - that is my treat for later. And the cappuccino was lovely, just hit the right spot for an afternoon on the laptop. Thank you ladies for exceptional customer service today ! ☺️ I highly recommend Teacups Tearoom if you happen to find yourself in Woolpit - for a drink and cake or treat yourself to lunch - you won’t be disappointed it truly is a beautiful traditional English Tearoom with wonderful friendly staff in the centre of an idyllic English village 🥰