The best restaurants serving British food in Southwold and Reydon Waveney East of England

The best butcher I've been to?quite possibly. Everything is just quality. I love their mighty pork chops sometimes with a bit of kidney. All their bbq fare is spot on, and their seasonal faggots are incredible. The cheese counter is amazing too if you fancy some up market cheese with bread and wine on your hols. Local honey sold too. So more than a butcher! Family are lovely serving and and it's now sons and daughters on the sign 👍

We were in need of a decent meal and the staff here were extremely accommodating even though we hadn't booked, as we were early there was no problem fitting us in. We has starters with some rustic bread ad butter that was superb, I had breaded whitebait and my partner had Carrot & Cumin soup which was very tasty and hearty. The main courses were varied and we selected the Fillet of Sea Bass and the local Pork Belly, served with seasonal veg. and both had delicious sauces, really hard to better. The staff were friendly and attentive throughout the meal. The clever idea of the outside cabins for those guests visiting with dogs has been a success as they are quite cosy at the rer of the restaurant. No doubt we'll be back again when we return to Southwold.

Delicious Suffolk chorizo and local cheese baked potato served with a great cuppa! Our dog was made very welcome and the service was great.

We were in Southwold for the day and wanted a tasty lunch, we had seen the cafe a couple of weeks ago when on holiday and the reviews looked good The cafe certainly didn’t disappoint, we sat at a table under the verandah overlooking the lake with our dog and ordered jacket potatoes with cheese and beans, side salad and coleslaw - it was a beautiful sunny mild day (18C) The potatoes were beautifully cooked with a fluffy hot inside filled with cheese and beans and the salad had a really tasty vinaigrette on it, plus a cappuccino and a tea Happy and helpful staff, serving really good food at a very competitive price made our day and we will return on our next visit to Southwold Thanks to all staff

Came here a few times when on holiday. Had croissants, sausage rolls, sourdough bread, baguettes and cinnamon swirls. All amazing! Always a queue but worth the wait

Simply the best beach cafe with an amazing view of the sea and beach. Excellent at lunch as well as afternoon tea. One word of warning, look out for pesky seagulls.

Excellent breakfast before a round ar next door Southwold Golf Club . All day breakfast very well priced at £8 and it set us up nicely for a battle against the wind.

Since it was launched last year, this has become our lockdown weekly treat. I cannot recommend this highly enough, they are all amazing and I cannot pick a favourite.

Myself and my husband went into the Swan for lunch. The staff were extremely helpful and friendly and so kind to us. We had our 2 week old twins with us and all the staff were so kind to come over and speak to us about them and accommodate us with the pram. We had the most amazing lunch and it was the first time we'd be out with the babies. The food was incredible and we laughed and smiled throughout the whole meal. I want to praise the staff at the Swan for making the experience so calm and wonderful. We can't wait to come back again.

Stayed in Southwold for four days and had lunch time drinks every day Good old fashion pub

Excellent meal today when we visited as a party of 6 for my adult daughter’s birthday lunch . All our dishes were very tasty , beautifully presented ,hot and swiftly arrived together . The service from all the staff was professional and friendly . Thank you for accommodating 2 well behaved dogs and my daughter’s birthday cake ! We would recommend the sail loft and hope to return when in the area .

Sadly very disappointed. Ordered fish and chips. The fish was tasteless, the batter was hard and over-cooked, the chips were soggy and disappointing. Whilst the service was friendly it was inefficient. Disappointing because in the past this restaurant has been very good. Maybe they were having a bad day or maybe the management has changed.

We used to go to this cafe years ago and always enjoyed our experience. Unfortunately today our experience was not a good one. Felt like I spent more time queuing for drinks and then back for food than sitting down and enjoying the experience. The menu seems somewhat downgraded from when we went before (very limited - no JPs or salads etc.). In the counter pastries (sausage rolls and tea cakes) sold out by 11:30. But for us we ordered 2 x bacon, cheese and tomato paninis (£8ea with no salad garnish!). I think the photos show the problems, as one of the guests are in early pregnancy I am really disappointed this grey spoilt meat was served. They didn’t come round and ask how the food was like most restaurants do, so we took the plate up the girl looked confused and took it to the kitchen they offered another one (noting no apologies given) but spoilt meat was enough to put us off and they did complete a refund for the one that was off quickly. Such a shame but to be served off meat is pretty terrible for a well established cafe. Won’t be back, which is such a shame. Note: we are not people to complain so this is a rarity. The shop however is still a lovely visit.

The place is definitely popular as there were two queues from different doors so confusing from the beginning. They must have been closing down as there were different flavours on each side and the servers seemed to be rushing to call last order. The gelato was delicious though, just not sure if it makes up for the wait and price.

£39 for a 3 course Sunday lunch or £36 for 2 courses?! No veggie roast dinner option although I was offered frozen veg sausages or just a load of veg. It was VERY expensive for an average service and an ok meal. The carrots were hard and no green veg but other than that it was ok just VERY expensive for what it was. Also the front.l of the building needs some attention, entering is quite depressing with peeling paint etc Also we ate in the bar and a local came in and was chatting away to the bar man and frequently swearing at high wasn’t pleasant