The best restaurants in East of England

On doing our pre-holiday research, we saw that there was a shop and cafe in our village destination. We popped into Ali’s for a bacon bap one morning before our walk, and have to say, it’s a gem of a place. You can buy your groceries here, or find something special in the way of food or drink to take home, pick up a souvenir of your trip, or have something to eat all at the same place. It’s dog friendly, too. Recommended.

We came in on random weekday for lunch and it was amazing! The food was so good. We had sausage, chips and ice cream - it was all flawless. The service was also great! The owners were really welcoming and attentive. I’d recommend this place in a heartbeat! We’ll be back.

I was surprised to discover today that the portion size of Squashed has been very much reduced but is still the same price . My partner had the BLT option which was the same price of £9.50 but was considerably larger ! How is this justifiable especially considering that had meat and Squashed is vegan ?!

I booked a table on Wednesday for the Friday night, when we arrived i told the waitress that I had a table booked, she was not interested and didn’t ask my name. When we sat I noticed that the name on the menus was not ZEYTIN but was CAPPADOCIA I told my son that this is not what I booked two days ago. I am not very adventurous but I did like the menu online. Unfortunately the menu was quite different and I was not happy, most of the meals were a lot more expensive than what was on the ZEYTIN menu. For instance the ‘shush’ ’ was £16.50 but in the ‘different’ restaurant they were £19…….and so I struggled to be able to pay for the meal. I asked if there was now two Turkish restaurants but was told no…..this is the only one, but no apology or explanation for it being a totally different place. £113 later I couldn’t wait to get out of there and certainly will not be going back.

I had a wonderful stay here for 9nights where I had this wonderful couscous salad for dinner with garlic bread . It is so yummy and healthy and filling I loved it

This is a beautiful location with views across the Essex countryside, and the restaurant itself is quaint and well presented. However, waiting 20 minutes to be acknowledged and place a coffee order seemed a little disconcerting, and the tardiness and lack of customer engagement continued, resulting in the food order arriving just within the hour! I appreciate the clearly stated policy of everything being freshly cooked, and therefore a delay is inevitable, but this whole enterprise felt self indulgent and appeared to lack any real customer focus. That said, the food was very good.

I would love to try the food, but the 2-star food hygiene rating is holding me back...

second time we have visited this cafe and yet again a very pleasant experience food was fantastic as was the staff would highly recommend

It's the best jewel in haverhill high street. This restaurant is lovely clean and excellently decorated. The staff were very polite and accommodating, The food was amazing, well presented and the taste was out of this world Will definitely be coming back soon

Amazing American style Brunch. Great food, superbly presented. Pancakes, light and fluffy, scrambled eggs perfectly soft, bacon nice and crisp, it was spot on, and a decent plateful as well. Really couldn’t fault it, and didn’t break the bank either

We ordered take out from here. Arrived a few minutes after told to and we were made to wait for another 25 minutes. The food was good. But we were charged twice for an item and now can’t get through to them on the phone to resolve.

Lovely quiet Saturday walk-in lunch. Sat in the garden. Good food and good value for money. Dog friendly and the staff were excellent.

Estupenda comida. Comida que te hace sentir especial. Puedes disfrutar de un fantástico espectáculo de sabor a toda la comida que no hacen en casa. Presentación hizo mucho más especial. Excelentes vinos para cubrir la mayoría de los palés. Bien merece una visita.

Very disappointed in the batter, had been sitting a while, soft and chewy, not crispy like it should be. Fish was dry. Won't be using this place again.