Duke's Head, The
Slugs Lane, Somerleyton, Lowestoft, NR32 5QR
It's not every day that you find a jolly boozer on m'Lord's estate, indeed where I live we don't even have one, jolly or otherwise, but at Somerleyton The Duke's Head has close connections with the big house - if you see what I mean, and provides a refuge for locals and visitors alike. In March 2004 Hugh Crossley and Head Chef Ryan Bolt took over the pub and commenced its transformation. Behind the bar is Maggie Rudd, a lady who is alleged to take no prisoners, and as a result runs a happy and family-friendly house. The menu owes nothing to any celebrity chef and everything to Suffolk, which has an abundance of good things supplied from or near the Estate. A look at the menu reveals some of them, Starters, from a list of five, could include classic prawn cocktail, or chicken liver parfait and red onion marmalade.It's not every day that you find a jolly boozer on m'Lord's estate, indeed where I live we don't even have one, jolly or otherwise, but at Somerleyton The Duke's Head has close connections with the big house - if you see what I mean, and provides a refuge for locals and visitors alike. In March 2004 Hugh Crossley and Head Chef Ryan Bolt took over the pub and commenced its transformation.
Behind the bar is Maggie Rudd, a lady who is alleged to take no prisoners, and as a result runs a happy and family-friendly house.
The menu owes nothing to any celebrity chef and everything to Suffolk, which has an abundance of good things supplied from or near the Estate. A look at the menu reveals some of them, Starters, from a list of five, could include classic prawn cocktail, or chicken liver parfait and red onion marmalade. Main courses list Suffolk sausage and mash, braised with red cabbage and onion gravy, a delightful slow cooked pork belly, or plaice mornay with cauliflower broccoli and new potatoes.
The Duke comes cantering into the scene with his own bread and butter pudding - and custard, suggesting he might have been educated at a public school, or perhaps you prefer the classic gingercake with toffee sauce.
Should you prefer something other than lunch during the day, Maggie and Ryan can produce something from the bar menu, almost as long as the a la carte, at the drop of a cleaver, with toasted baguettes, and the nobility having a last appearance with the Duke's Burger, and certainly not to forget the beer battered cod, with chips and mushy peas (wrapped if required).
This is a thoroughly lively and attractive place - to say it deserves to succeed is a slight, because it so obviously is doing.
Gastropub
: 11:00 - 23:00
: 12:00 - 22:00
Reservations: 01502 730281
Slugs Lane, Somerleyton, Lowestoft, NR32 5QR [Map]
£18.00 £24.00
(Avg Price is the average cost per person for two courses, coffee, half a bottle of house wine and tip/service)
REVIEWS OF Duke's Head, The
Jo (5 September 2011)
My family and i enjoyed a fantastic Sunday lunch at the Dukes Head, tha roast beef was lovely. Well worth a visit
Matt (10 May 2010)
Superb classic cuisine, served with a modern twist. I have just eaten rolled pork belly, which was deliciously slow cooked and had a delightful slightly salty crackling and perfectly complimented by a mustard mash. My wife had duck and asparagus salad with a side of the Glaswegian classic ‘cheesy chips’, which albeit was as common as muck, were not in the slightest bit miss-placed with the superbly balanced salad. Ace!
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Children welcome
Air condition
Reservations
Groups allowed
Outside seating
Cover charge
£12.50
£12.50
Not included
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