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Crown & Castle

Address:Orford, Near Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 2LJ
Tel:01394 450205
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Website: Visit Crown & Castle website
Price: £35.00Wine: £13.95 Champagne: £33.00
Opening Hours:Mon-Sun 12N-2.15pm 6.45-9.30pm (Sat -10pm)

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Ruth & David Watson’s invitingly buzzy restaurant-with-rooms is a place for all seasons: summer drinks on the terrace give way to weekend papers in front of a roaring log fire, & the food keeps pace with a seasonal flexibility. The result could be a lunch of Suffolk-cured ham hock with broad bean & little gem salad & mustard dressing followed by Orford-caught cod with sauteed cauliflower, barberry & saffron ragout or dinner of homegrown pumpkin & sage soup & slow-roast Gloucester Old Spot pork belly with red cabbage, parsnip puree & gravy. Hot Bramley apple crumble with homemade icecream may be straight out of the nursery, but it's balanced by a classy, jewelled sparkling prosecco & blueberry jelly. Add to this a wine list that you can lose yourself in, with some great bargain bin ends to experiment with, & you’ve got what some readers reckon is ‘one of the best places to eat outside London’.

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Gmbklm
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Gmbklm ( 40s, Male, United Kingdom )

In theory only 90mins from London, so very convenient as a weekend destination. We are regular returning guests, over many years. Most recently in Dec 09. Its not perfect, but its always enjoyable and very restful.

In an attractive village in a very quiet coastal estuary setting.

Service is generally very good, with the staff being very helpful and charming.

We have always found the restaurant to be consistently good, and definitely a strong point of the hotel. It is anyway more like a restaurant with rooms, with no segregated lounge for hotel guests.

We like the relatively simple dishes, often using very good quality fresh local produce (had some great fish on our last visit). We’re not so keen on the decor and furnishings of the modernised bar area, which is not particularly “warm” or congenial, and more of a waiting room for the restaurant. The restaurant area decor seems to work much better and is warm and pleasant.

In summary. we’ve always had very enjoyable stays and meals, and we will be back again in 2010.

26 January 2010
Overall:8
Food and Drink:7
Service:8
Atmosphere:8
Value for Money:8
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