Ipswich Restaurant Guide

Il Punto

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Until comparatively recent times the word gunboat had colonial connotations that are fast fading into the dark shadows of Victorian imperialism. So with re-usage all the rage it may not come as a total surprise to find a superb relic of the maritime past, an imaginative and extremely well-presented floating survival, on the ancient waterfront of the historic port of Ipswich.

• Address: Neptune Quay, Ipswich, IP4 1AX (Map)
• Cuisine(s): French, Mediterranean, Modern European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £19.00, Dinner: £29.00

Restaurant at Hintlesham Hall, The

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Hintlesham Hall, one of England's loveliest hotels offers 21st century facilities in a 16th century Grade 1 listed mansion, nestling in 175 acres of rolling Suffolk countryside. The Hall's restaurant is recognised as one of the top 10% in the country.

• Address: Hintlesham Hall, Hintlesham, nr Ipswich, IP8 3NS (Map)
• Cuisine(s): International, Modern
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £31.00, Dinner: £48.00

Artista Restaurant & Pizzeria

A fairly recent opening in Ipswich, said to be the second oldest settlement in UK, Artista is bringing healthy Italian food to a part of the country which is already pretty well blessed with the English variety, but no matter, in these egalitarian times let's get on and enjoy whatever is on offer.

• Address: 12 Northgate Street, Ipswich, IP1 3DB (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Italian, Pizza & Pasta, Seafood
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £12.00, Dinner: £22.00

ASK - Ipswich

For some time I made the mistake of thinking that no group of restaurants in the region of 200 locations could hope to maintain the quality for which I was looking. Then one day I decided to put my prejudices to the test, walked into Oxford Ask! and discovered that I could not have been more mistaken.

• Address: 23 Grafton Way, Cardinal Park, Ipswich, IP1 1AX (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Pizza & Pasta
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £22.00

Baipo

• Address: 63 Upper Orwell Street, Ipswich, IP4 1HP (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Thai
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £28.00

Bistro on the Quay

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• Address: 3 Wherry Quay, Ipswich, IP4 1AS (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Bistro
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £33.00

Catch 22

A recent addition to bar and eating out scene in Ipswich, Catch 22 is a friendly place with a stylish, elegant restaurant on the first floor, fully non-smoking, with a contemporary English menu, and a more casual bar downstairs.

• Address: 22 Falcon Street, Ipswich, IP1 1SL (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Bistro, English, Mediterranean
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £15.00, Dinner: £28.00

Church’s Bistro Bar

Paradoxical though it may sound, Church's Restaurant and Wine Bar is situated in a quiet, picturesque part of the busy Ipswich town centre. It is ideally positioned for shopping and offers easy access to other attractions including theatres and various places of interest.

• Address: The White House, Hatton Court, Ipswich, IP1 3BW (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Bistro, Modern British, Modern European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £7.95, Dinner: £28.00

Galley Restaurant at Ipswich, The

The Galley is one of those happy, carefree places that gives a whole new definition to the expression 'eating out', and allowing for the dry East Anglian climate you are as likely to end up eating beneath a market umbrella (to shield the sun, of course) as inside the bewitchingly ancient building itself.

• Address: 25 St Nicholas Street, Ipswich, IP1 1TW (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £21.00, Dinner: £41.00

Loch Fyne - Ipswich

The Loch Fyne Restaurant notion was a child of the crisis that struck the food supply industry towards the end of the 1990s, when seafood presented itself as a healthy and readily available alternative to other forms of food that were under pressure at the time.

• Address: The Old Sub Station, 1 Duke Street, Ipswich, IP3 0AE (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Seafood
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £18.00, Dinner: £31.00