The best restaurants serving British food in East of England

Nice pint of Adnams Southwold Bitter. Friendly bar staff.

Great tapas, friendly staff, and the toilets where nice and clean..

Had the Sunday roast today. Portions are just enough, not too much and not too little. Taste is ok. But the service is just poor! Starting off with the drinks, the lady taking our order had to go back to the bar to find out which ciders they have. Two of the drinks were served and we were asked again what else is/are missing. For desserts, she doesn't know which crumble they have or even the ice cream they have. It took more than half an hour for the pudding to arrive just for ice creams, sticky toffee pudding and apple crumble, they must have forgotten as I had to go to the bar to follow up. And when the ice cream came, one got served vanilla ice cream which she sent back when she specifically ordered 2 scoops of chocolate ice cream. For a limited menu, I don't think that's confusing at all nor a reason for poor service. It's such a disappointment really. In response, I did express my concern. I even went to follow up our dessert order. The only response was, "it will be ready in 5 mins. Are you in a hurry?" No apology for the delay.

Stopped here on our way home from holiday. I had beef roast and my husband had lamb. The best roast we’ve had for ages. Lots of beautiful veg cooked to perfection. The Yorkshire pudding was delightful and all tasted homemade. In addition, it came with cauliflower cheese. Loads of meat. My husband then had apple crumble, he loved it. Will definitely return. Staff extremely friendly too

Solid old-school pub! Good selection of beers on tap and alcohol-free options too. Lose a star for not stocking scampi fries.

This place is amazing, food was super

Paying performers would be a nice idea instead of misleading and then ghosting them. They did the work. Pay them. Simple.

It was our first visit to the Willow Tree in a few years. We have always enjoyed the food in the past. We booked a dome for a special family celebration, an early evening dinner booking. We were "greeted" by a wholly disinterested lady (the manager?) and a few young staff who were friendly enough, if a bit chaotic. We were showed to our dome, which was charming and beautiful. One of the servers helped to set up the Bluetooth speaker and then also helped some people who just arrived at another table who kept connecting to ours! It was a shame that the menu on Saturday evening was different from the Autumn menu advertised on the website, with fewer appealing options - no pork belly, no venison, no tarte tatin. The food service was extremely slow, especially considering we were the first diners arriving in the early evening. Nibbles were brought late, after the starters rather than with the drinks. Our starters, when they eventually arrived, were delicious. The scallop dish contained only 2 scallops. The scotch egg was lovely and more generous. The mains were extremely disappointing. The steak (sirloin) was apparently very well cooked, served with fries and an absolutely tiny amount of sauce, no accompanying veg or salad. For £35 this was underwhelming. The herb crusted pork was actually horrible. Two of our party ordered this, and had to scrape off the herb crust - whole cumin seeds and other seared spices inelegantly applied in a thick pungent layer. It was a very, very unpleasant flavour. We wondered whether the chef had actually tasted this creation. The pork loin itself was nothing special, tough and worse than we would cook at home. Three people had burgers, they all said they were just fine. The portions of fries, though tasty, were terribly inconsistent in serving size some people having twice as many as others. Everyone agreed the fries were the best part of the mains! We did raise the concerns about the disappointing mains to the server, who was very apologetic and nice about it and said they would tell chef. Finally, we chose some puddings, and two of the orders came out wrong, the crumbles served with ice cream instead of custard. The crumble looked like it was served in a dog bowl. The sticky toffee pudding was delicious, but very small indeed for £10 per portion. Overall, slow and inconsistent service, very poor & disappointing food, and an expensive evening. Our bill came to over £320 for 6 diners, only two people had alcoholic drinks. We were not offered any deductions for the poor food or slow service. The best part about the evening was the ambience of the twinkling domes and the dramatic willow tree in the garden.

First time here tonight. Not the most friendly atmosphere. Lady who attended to me was so uninterested that she charged me for the wrong food .

Really great place. Staff great & friendly. Cocktails yummy 😋

Food was disappointing staff were helpful

Food was terrible did not have a decent menu since changed from beefeater 3 couples got up and left without ordering after reading the menu, no chicken left so burger, pasta or pizza on the meal deal as we had already paid for it and had travelled 500 miles so just wanted something to eat

Nice restaurant. Staff are very friendly ☺️

Absolutely brilliant cottage pie freshly made,all food looked so good well done that team,cottage pie was 11 euros I think ,lovely freshly cooked

A good place for a family meal. Friendly relaxed atmosphere and great food. Staff are friendly & helpful.