Suffolk Restaurants

Leaping Hare Vineyard Restaurant, The

Described as 'one of the pleasantest places to dine in the English countryside' the restaurant is located in a substantial barn on the Wyken Hall Estate. The menu is geared to what is available from the surrounding countryside, be it woods, pasture or garden.

• Address: Wyken Hall, Stanton, nr Bury St Edmunds, IP31 2DW (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £26.00, Dinner: £39.00

Lighthouse Restaurant, The

Now six years (2004) into providing for the music-lovers of Aldeburgh (and others) the Lighthouse goes from strength to strength. Un-fussed, informal in tone and popular to the point of saturation, you need to be quick.

• Address: 77 High Street, Aldeburgh, IP15 5AU (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £35.00

Loch Fyne - Ipswich

Whilst the 49 Loch Fyne restaurants have a shared background there is a welcome degree of individuality encouraged throughout the group, which makes for customer interest. If you like wholesome, fresh and reliable seafood caught and reared under carefully controlled conditions, well presented in unfussy surroundings, and you enjoy being well looked after by pleasant staff, Loch Fyne is for you.

• Address: 1 Duke Street, Ipswich, IP3 0AE (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Grill, Seafood
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £18.00, Dinner: £25.00

Maison Bleue

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Every so often you will read of the delights of small market town living, in such places say, as Bury St Edmunds where the pace drops a significant number of notches from, for example, the delights of Notting Hill.

• Address: 30-31 Churchgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1RG (Map)
• Cuisine(s): French, Modern European, Seafood
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £38.00

Mariners at 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, Modern European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £19.00, Dinner: £34.00

Mark's Fish Shop

• Address: 32 High Street, Southwold, IP18 6AE (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Fish & Chip
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £11.00

Nando's - Ipswich

With quality food, friendly staff, quick service and excellent value for money, Nando's is a great place to eat. Don't expect identikit, pre-fab restaurant interiors which are usually a staple of the larger chains; each restaurant is tailored to its local surroundings and customers, offering up a unique restaurant experience to go with the equally unique taste of legendary, Portuguese, Peri-Peri chicken.

• Address: Cardinal Park, 19 Grafton Way, Ipswich, IP1 1AX (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Portuguese, Casual
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £11.00, Dinner: £16.00

Old Counting House, The

Suffolk is crammed full of quaint old houses in a wide variety of settings, from deepest rural to tight urban, that say a lot about this quiet county, rich in charm. They do not come much more attractive than The Old Counting House in Haughley, just outside Stowmarket, and a real haven for those who like their wining and dining to be done amongst 14th century antiquity.

• Address: 6 Old Street, Haughley, nr Stowmarket, IP14 3NR (Map)
• Cuisine(s): English, International, Fusion
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £29.00

Old Orleans - Ipswich

New Orleans, ravaged in 2005 by hurricane Katrina, is now full of beans with plenty of food, jazz and Mardi Gras celebrations happening there. Taking a cue from the city's genuine sense of joie de vivre, Old Orleans celebrates the enthusiasm and authentic tastes of the deep south.

• Address: Unit C, 27 Grafton Way, Cardnal Park, Ipswich, IP1 1AX (Map)
• Cuisine(s): American, Cajun, Family
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £8.00, Dinner: £20.00

Olive Tree, The

Sympathetically renovated 18th century rural pub, this airy, light restaurant captures the essence of Southern Italy with warm, efficient service in surroundings that combine contemporary style with original features.

• Address: 28 Yarmouth Road, Ellingham, Bungay, NR35 2PN (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Italian, Seafood
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £28.00