British, Modern Restaurants in Bury St Edmunds
1. The One Bull
British, Modern restaurant in Bury St Edmunds
25 Angel Hill - IP33
“Great beer (including from their own craft brewery), an award-winning wine list and refined pub food”: three excuses to visit this gastroboozer from the Gusto Pronto group (even if there were slight quibbles with the rotating cast of chefs this year). In 2022, they opened a wine shop, Vino Gusto, on Hatter Street, offering self-serve wine tasting via an Enomatic machine.
2. 1921 Angel Hill
British, Modern restaurant in Bury St Edmunds
19-21 Angel Hill - IP33
“Interesting food of great quality and at a good price” from chef Zack Deakins is the attraction at this Grade II-listed townhouse on Angel Hill: one of the city’s better established culinary destinations. It “has seemed really busy and vibrant this year, which is great to see and really builds a good ambience”.
3. The Northgate
British, Modern restaurant in Bury St Edmunds
13-15 Northgate Street - IP33
2021 Review: “For that romantic meal close to the town centre within super gardens and with a great terrace”, this elegant restaurant with rooms provides a “gorgeous” setting and “delicious cooking”. At lunch, there’s a cheaper set menu (as well as the option of sandwiches and salads).
4. Pea Porridge
Mediterranean restaurant in Bury St Edmunds
28-29 Cannon St - IP33
“Mediterranean (meets Middle Eastern) fine-dining without the Michelin faffing or prices” awaits at this “quirky” restaurant (est. 2009) from Justin Sharp and FOH wife Jurga. It’s “in a most unlikely location” (a residential square), but there’s no quibbling with Justin’s “unusual” food, and “in a world of commoditised wine lists”, Jurga’s “perfectly curated list is a joy”, with “plenty of interesting wines from small producers, including organic options, natural wines, etc.”.
5. Leaping Hare Vineyard
British, Modern restaurant in Stanton
Wyken Vineyards - IP31
“A beautiful high-ceilinged 400-year-old old barn in the middle of a vineyard” makes an “amazing setting” for the “great food” served at this restaurant, now in its third decade. “Wines made on site and in the local area” are a special feature, and you can “walk through woodland to view the vines” before or after eating. Post-lockdown there’s also the outdoor Moonshine pizza café.
6. Tuddenham Mill
British, Modern restaurant in Tuddenham
High St - IP28
A gloriously situated old watermill set on twelve acres strewn with weeping willows plays host to this venture, juggling a more formal upstairs dining room and casual outdoor hangout Tipi on the Stream, for cocktails and seafood. Chef-owner Lee Bye’s seasonal field-to-fork food is “done to perfection” (with one reporter preferring the à la carte to the tasting menu) and if you want to overnight, the rooms are “fantastic” too.
7. The Packhorse Inn
British, Modern restaurant in Moulton
Bridge St - CB8
“Consistently solid gastropub food” earns ratings to match at this well-presented inn from the East Anglian Chestnut Collection of pubs.
8. Number Ten
British, Modern restaurant in Lavenham
10 Lady St - CO10
2021 Review: A “great place to eat in Lavenham”, this wine bar and restaurant-with-rooms in a beautifully converted fifteenth-century brick-and-timber house rates strongly across the board. Hosts Jo Knight and Rod Benson are locals.
9. Swan Hotel
British, Modern restaurant in Lavenham
High St - CO10
2021 Review: “The most beautiful old Tudor building” in the stage-set town of Lavenham is “just the place for a special-occasion meal” – whether “an indulgent tea served on old-fashioned trays” or “a sumptuous dinner in the elegant Gallery restaurant”.
10. The George
British, Modern restaurant in Cavendish
The Green - CO10
2023 Review: This “delightful old village pub/restaurant” earns consistently strong ratings for its locally sourced and well cooked meals, which appeal to “locals and walkers alike”.
11. The Bildeston Crown
British, Modern restaurant in Bildeston
104 High St - IP7
2023 Review: This half-timbered fifteenth-century former coaching inn is a “reliable venue for good food”, with a menu that ticks boxes all the way from basic cheeseburger or beer-battered hake ’n’ chips to more original offerings such as goat cheese doughnut with beetroot sugar and a flexible selection of dishes available in two sizes – as either starters or mains. Top Tip – “the great lobster Caesar salad”.
12. Lark
British, Modern restaurant in Bury St Edmunds
6a Angel Hill - IP33
This “new, fresh and creative” venue – a former bus shelter with room for 23 diners – from “a young chef with a great pedigree”, James Carn (ex-Pea Porridge) and his wife Sophia, is already making waves with “really personal cooking and personal service”. Two reporters had their best meal of the year here this year, while The Observer’s Jay Rayner in his July 2023 review was also bowled over on an early visit, describing it as “ambitious, clever, relaxed and hugely enjoyable; in one word, it’s special”. It’s named after the river which flows through the town.
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