The best restaurants serving British food in Orford and Tunstall Suffolk Coastal East of England

As always John and his team are impeccable in every way. They achieve a warm memorable dining experience

This was our third trip on the Lady Florence. This time for breakfast. The food is prepared and cooked on board whilst we motor along the river. The dining room is comact - if there are 12 people on board, then it does get a little 'cosy'. However, on this occassion we chartered the boat for just the four of us, so it was very roomy. There is a wood burning stove on board that keeps the dining room very warm. Breakfast was rounded off with homemade apple pie and muffins!

My parents have been here multiple times and recommended it as a great place for my 30th birthday meal! The food is incredible! Firstly, the menu is so varied and I wanted SO many things on there, it was hard to choose. I settled for the starter of Beef Croquettes with Wasabi Mayo and my main was beef rendang with rice. Both were delicious and full of flavour. I also tried the Bang Bang Cauliflower which was SO tasty! The highlight of the meal was the apple crumble though .. beautifully sweet and sugary. It is expensive here but so worth it for the quality! Thank you for making my birthday so special!

We attended for dinner as we are staying close by for a little break away with family. Once seated It took a while for someone to take our order, when ordering the menu options were very limited as they had run out of a lot of things at 7pm on a Thursday evening. We placed our order for starters and main. While waiting for our starters (some of them) which took around an hour to come out we noticed other tables complaining and refusing to pay for their meals as they weren’t getting what they asked for and we’re walking out. An hour passes and we have already asked where our starters are being told they will be coming out soon. 10mins later some bread and oil come out which is missing butter and olives. Also, Fried pickles come out missing dipping sauce. Then we are waiting on two scampi dippers which at this point we are told they don’t have anymore of and are then told we will be having calamari which we say no too. We then wait for a further 10 mins and give up after another table walks out not paying. And we go and speak to the manager and tell him we don’t want our main meals and aren’t eating our starters. Which we are then told he full understands they have a cover Chef in and it’s not working out at all.

We had a lovely impromptu lunch here. The burgers were huge and the chicken pie divine. The pub is lovely inside, quaint and welcoming. Staff were lovely too.

Very disappointed with the sandwiches, bread was very dry and the smoked salmon bagel was frozen! BLT contains cold bacon rashers. All in all - an expensive, disappointing lunch. Will not frequent the cafe again .