The best restaurants serving Default food in Grundisburgh Suffolk Coastal East of England

We stopped by The Dog just before they finished serving food, and they couldn’t have been more accommodating! I ordered chips and a side of veg, and they actually asked me what vegetables I’d like – a first for me! The food was perfectly cooked, with generous portions. The fish meal was spot on as well. The service was outstanding; the two bar staff who served us were incredibly welcoming and attentive. Highly recommend!

As other reviews have testified the surroundings and building are truly inviting therefore I won't add to that. We booked dinner in the 1530 restaurant and to be fair the food was to a good standard when it eventually arrived. The crab tablets were excellent and the mains of duck and trio of lamb were enjoyable. I will say the lamb was pink how I liked it, but with the only downside being the fat was not rendered down enough. The drinks/wine were reasonably priced too. It seems that you have drinks in the bar beforehand and pick up menus when you go through to the restaurant, whereas in a venue such it would be nice to view the menus in the bar and have your orders taken beforehand and be advised when the table is ready. This convention would seem more normal to us. It might avoid what followed. After taking our seats in the restaurant we had to wait 20 minutes for our order to be taken. Consequently it took a good 15-20 minutes for each further course to be delivered after plates were cleared. While I would not attach blame to the mainly two young visible waiting staff, occasionally augmented by another young staff member, because mostly they were trying hard to cover at least 40+ covers of which there was a party of a dozen. Furthermore, they were quite young and appeared to be little more than senior students. It was more about them being provided with sufficient training by the management team to cope and being able to engage better with the diners. Occasionally, there was another lady who helped out with serving, but she just had her head down all the time and didn't engage hardly at all. It was a shame about this as Seckford Hall could be a great place to dine given a few small adjustments.

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.