The best restaurants in East of England

28/06/2020: The food is excellent, absolutely love this place. They need to open a restaurant. (Any chance we can have the option of a larger portion of rice on the menu?)

05/09/2020: Traveled 120 mile round trip for celebration lunch as it read so well. but average and expensive food left us disappointed.Nice dining room if we had been in it, but offered a cramped table behind the bar. More convenient for staff I think.He did knock off the cost of the very strange and inedible tiramisu, but £5.20 for a bottle of non alcoholic beer, might put the essential driver off. And £25 for some Hake & Mussels with no veg?PS I rarely write revues but felt there needed a bit of balance.

31/08/2020: We were lucky enough to get in at the last minute after a cancellation, and we had a wonderful stay at the Auberge in Yaxley, near Eye in Suffolk. We arrived early and used as a base for a 50 mile bike ride before returning to beautifully appointed rooms with excellent modern bathrooms, and the most comfortable bed....just what we needed.Dinner in the atmospheric dining room with John senior as the head of house, full of charisma and his son, also John, a wonderfully attentive host and server.The package we had was dinner bed & breakfast and it was marvellous. Between the 5 of us we experienced most of the choices available and they were all excellent, without exception.Breakfast was also a really enjoyable experience in which we selected what we wanted the night before and hey presto it was there for us when we arrived, all freshly cooked and piping hot!Top tip - don’t miss out on John’s porridge it set us up for another day of cycling in the blustery Suffolk conditions...We will certainly return.

04/08/2020: Visited Kofra for the first time yesterday and I've been 3 times already! This place is great. Super friendly staff, amazing coffee and cool looking shop.Also visited the one on Upper St Giles Street and I just love the branding and concept of the business, it's not just 'another' coffee shop. This one is truly different and I'll 100% be back again!

14/07/2020: so much better than Denmark Cafe - Norwich 162 Sprowston Road Norwich NR3 4JA denmark cafe has rats do not go the food here is so much better the staff more friendly

27/08/2020: Superb meal - the stater was a great twist on an old favourite of prawn cocktail. The main was incredible and the staff were friendly and helpful. I had the best dessert ever! I couldn’t fault it a thing about the meal or the ambiance. The price was good and I came away so excited about going back again.

06/08/2020: First time after lockdown eating inside four chicken liver four pork two cheesecake and two pavlova all delicious the food is to die for The service was great as usual It was nice to be waited on and not have to wash up thank you all so much see you soon xxx

15/08/2020: My friends and I went cycling on a soggy morning & found ourselves meeting the best coffee shop hosts around Cambridge. We were wet from our ride because of the rain and were also given cotton towels. Loved the coffee and carrot cake! Delicious & excellent hosts! Must visit if around Cambridge!

12/08/2020: Lovely to visit Teacake again. They have a fantastic selection of tasty cakes which never disappoint.

30/08/2020: We visited as a party of 6 adults and 1 child, and we all left with full tummies. The food was delicious and great portion size. The staff are lovely and friendly. There are hand sanitiser stations all around, and the divides fit perfectly with the layout of the restaurant. Excellent value for money and the cocktails are very generous. Overall a lovely meal and great atmosphere

12/08/2020: Due to the world being shut down my partner and I ended up cancelling our wedding. On the "wedding day" we decided to lift our spirits we would go for a lovely day out. after visiting an assortment of pubs and zoos, we ended up at Smokey Joes. The food was lovely and the staff where very informative and attentive, excellent social distancing and safe implementation of facilities. The toilet has a light that shows you if its vacant or not (i know the owner was very proud of this feature! and should be!) In any case we originally booked for 7pm but had grumbly tummies so moved the reservation to around 5pm. After leaving we received a text from one of the owners, asking where we were. I said we ate and left and had a lovely evening thank you... They then said "but your balloons!" little did we know after finding out about our cancelled wedding they went the extra mile and bought us balloons to celebrate! what's more... the next morning they literally went the extra two miles and delivered them to our door! These people are in it for the PEOPLE. 100% recommend, brilliant staff. Brilliant food. and out of this world service. Thank you team! You made our day. <3

09/07/2020: Beautiful pub and fantastic service! Food was delicious and proper home cooked meals. A lovely warm welcome and great value for money along with being able to take our dogs in was a bonus. Highly recommended and thank you for having us.

02/05/2020: Even though we are forced to socially isolate this fantastic village pub has managed to offer a stunning takeaway menu. We ordered a steak and stilton pie each and we got the lot, pie, chips, two lovely veg and gravey, all freshly cooked piping hot and every morsel was delicious. If you enjoy good home cooked food to take home you whon't be dissapointed. You can order in advance and pick up between 6.30 and 9.00pm. Go and enjoy a wonderful meal.

31/08/2020: Popped in for coffees & seemed very nice with attentive service. Coffee was nice & it seemed popular. Covid compliant & had a good varied menu.

23/08/2020: I visited the bay tree with my family for breakfast and I must say how compelled I felt to write a review to say just how lovely the food was. Not only was it great value as they ensured that generous amounts of ingredients were used, it was also well presented with friendly service. I’m dairy and wheat intolerant which was absolutely no problem and it honestly was absolutely delicious. I left very happy and will most certainly be visiting again.

16/08/2020: Met up with friends to watch rugby. What a friendly welcome and great service all afternoon. The atmosphere was very relaxed whilst still observing the rules we all need to follow. The pizza was excellent. Will definitely be back again soon

21/08/2020: Had a lunch here with my husband and daughter. Food was all really good, we had a couple of lunch bento boxes which were good value and the food tasted great. Portion of noodle soup was really good size and the noodles tasted freshly made. Even the little starter soup was really full of flavour. Staff were friendly, attentive and efficient. Covid adaptations were handled well and easy to follow.A little expensive but the quality definitely made it worth spending a little extra.

21/08/2020: Excellent Green and Red curries and beautiful rice. Satays exquisite and Chilli Bomb Bombs were a delight! There's a common misconception that the best food is in sit-down establishments - Take Thai is an exception to this and is to be highly recommended.

26/07/2020: Simply the best Thai around , fresh local sourced meat n veg, so tasty nothing else comes close in my opinion ..great staff too , brilliantly ran 👍