The best restaurants serving British food in East of England

We are quite regular visitors to the goat. We have lunch with some friends every six weeks or so. Can't recommend the place highly enough. Ambience, food, staff all excellent. Its what a country club should be. Special thanks to lovely Chantelle for always making us feel so welcome . She's a star.

Made a booking for 6pm on a Wednesday, glad I did. By 7pm the restaurant area was full, not a table to be had. Good selection of beers and spirits. Ordered the 'Buck Burger' came with fries and a side salad and Beer battered fish fingers, chunky 'real' chips, peas and large portions of tartar sauce. Huge meals but eventually had room for dessert. Mango sorbet and a black forest gateau topped with cream and portion of ice cream. Absolutely fantastic meal, very tasty. Highly recommended. Do book otherwise you will be disappointed. Having said that, there is outside seating under a cover, which would be ok if not too chilly.

Had a fantastic 60th birthday celebration Sunday lunch!! 14 of us, lovely service, from booking to finishing. Everyone commented on how beautiful their meal was. Would definitely go again/recommend!! One slight hiccup, one of us ordered lamb but was sent beef twice, chef said it was lamb!! Clearly wasn’t, family member was happy to accept the beef?!?! All the meat lamb, beef, turkey was lovely though All in all, a very enjoyable lunch Thankyou for accommodating us!!

Wow, what happened to this place, I have not been here for some years in fact the restaurant part was open when I did, had Fish & Chips tonight and it was awful. The fish had been in the fat too long and was full of cooking oil and not very flavoursome, I thought the idea of triple cooked chips was to make them nice and crispy, these must have been the worst chips I have ever had, limp, a dull whitish colour and chewy, will certainly not go back. Such a disappointment I guess it has changed owners.

We arrived early and although busy, it was not a problem . Beautiful food and service as always . My mum is a small sat awe and they offered her a small portion which was more than enough. We both had the toast beef and the vegetables were perfect .

My wife and I recently visited “the house” for our anniversary, we were greeted with a warm welcome the building has a great atmosphere and our server (Alex) was polite and attentive. The food was fantastic and not to be missed, my wife and I even swapped starters and mains halfway due to being jealous of each other’s choices and not wanting to miss out. The menu simple and not too overwhelming to navigate. Alex’s service was great! she was friendly and approachable she made a great wine recommendation and didn’t leave us wanting for anything. In myself and my wife’s opinion this restaurant is a true value for money and we will be visiting again.

Crap music, same tone. Boring!!!

Meant to visit long ago to see what it was like, we weren't disappointed. We had booked to go to another Suffolk pub where we were regulars but after reading several recent reviews on Tripadvisor decided against it at the last minute. Needing a dog friendly pub for Sunday lunch to meet friends limits things but we managed to get in at The Dog at the time we wanted. Service was maybe a little on the slow side but as we were catching up with friends that we hadn't seen for a year we didn't really notice. Nice atmosphere in the bar are where we were seated and staff were very helpful as I was the designated driver and needed low alcohol beer, given a reasonable choice by the young man taking the order. The white wine apparently was very good too. We all ended up having Sunday roasts, 2 pork and 2 beef and both were spot on. Decent size portions and not overloaded and piled high on the plate (one of my pet hates) One of us asked for only one potato and more vegetables and that was no bother at all. One potato arrived with a nice portion of green beans. Value wise - no complaints at all. We've had much worse Sunday roasts and paid a lot more for them. A pity it's so far away for us as we would happily be regulars.

Well-restored and maintained historic house dating back to the 1500's, in a few acres of gardens with plenty of country walks from the hotel. Really comfortable and attractive lounge and restaurant with a forest full of exposed beams, good food and local ales. Accomodation was of a high standard, clean and a great shower room. Don't hesitate to book 😊

Really enjoyed our two course Sunday lunch Booked a table for 2.30 and was shown to our table the waitress very polite and friendly good service and good food

we met with friends today, what a find, it was immaculate inside and obviously well cared for... Lovely guy served us and the meals were all perfect, we were 4 and another table, such a shame as the owner goes above and beyond.... Real napkins not bits of tissue. best chips anywhere crispy and fluffy.. a faultless experience... look forward to returning. Thank you J Barleycorn

Cannot thank Simon and his team enough for an 80th birthday party. It was really well organized and the food was brilliant.

Menu looks really good for gluten free until you go to order and ask if they use separate fryers. The answer is no and when challenged that food is no longer gluten free they don’t want to know. When I said they lie on their menu I got a shrug. They have the cheek to charge you £2 extra for gluten free fish and chips which is, again, cross contaminated. My opinion is avoid if you have any allergies as they obviously don’t care.

Been here 2 times since moving in area, food good portion sizes were good and a little cheaper than others in town. But today (18th April) food had a fairly long wait to discover that chip portion sizes have dramatically dropped by at least 25% and saveloy had hard bits in, and seemed to be a bit more expensive than others. Staff behind counter drinking red bull in the preparation area which seems a bit weird considering they got 5* rating.

I stayed here Saturday night, room was ok but mattress was uncomfortable, shower fitting was really stiff and water flow was poor.. had a meal in the restaurant at night- salmon with mash & green beans, salmon overcooked & mash underwhelming! The dining room has no vibe & waiting staff no banter not through lack of trying, maybe some music would help the atmosphere! The saving grace was the breakfast in the morning, very good..hence 2 stars ..