The best restaurants serving British food in Mid Suffolk East of England

I stayed here for two nights this week and found it to be excellent. I stayed in one of there spacious lodges and nice shower room and the breakfast and evening meals I had was excellent the service was good as well.

Great pub, great atmosphere, local treasure, no cooked food, very well kept beers, free house, owner managed, real fire, traditional village pub.

We have eaten here a number of times over the past years. All four of us felt the food quality has deteriorated. My first course of pork belly was overcooked and far too salty. I could not finish it. My main course of Tandoori Chicken on flat bread was nothing like I expected - tough chicken - over seasoned/salty yet not tasting of curry- the flat bread difficult to cut snd with no flavour. My wife’s chicken wings tasted weird and neither of us finished our meals. The waitress took our opinions to the kitchen and was helpful. The response was that the food was fresh - that wasn’t the problem. Four of us had eight seven dishes between us none of them of restaurant quality

Generally the worst food ever experienced in a spoons. Gourmet Burger, wife said would rather have McDonald's. Steak, rare as wanted, full of fat and like rubber. Chicken Strips .. boy said McDonald's or Dominos better.

The toilets here are still absolutely filthy. There appears to be weeks of built up grime and stains on all of the toilets/seats that hasn't just appeared over the last couple of days or so. Deep clean is very much needed.

We ate two nights in the restaurant. The menu may be a little limited and the nights specials did not change but the food was very good quality. It was tasty, well cooked and hot. The eventual bill was a pleasant surprise being quite economical for what we had. A major advantage of this restaurant is the staff. All we friendly and attentive and obliging to our needs. Thoroughly recommend it.

While I sat on my comfy seat in the 1936 cafe bar drinking an exquisite hot chocolate , I admired the splendid views Stowmarket.