East Anglia Restaurant Guide

This seventeenth-century village pub is tucked away near Buxhall's 'no sails' windmill. Inside, the Crown manages to combines the virtues of a thriving traditional hostelry (open fires, hop-garlanded beams) with the style of an upmarket gastro pub.

Mill Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk

The Crown at Stoke by Nayland dates from the mid-sixteenth century and is a solid-looking, white-painted pub which now promises a great deal, with sofas and armchairs adding a touch of comfort to the spick-and-span, low-ceilinged interior.

Park Street, Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk

Swynford Hotel is set in over 5 acres of beautiful grounds in an open park land setting. The Hotel's meandering entrance way is flanked by specimen trees framing the approach to the hotel revealing the historic gabled house main building.

London Road, Newmarket, Suffolk

Roger Hickman used to be the Head Chef of this Norwich restaurant when it was called Adlard's in a previous life and very well known it was too for its fine dining.

79 Upper Giles Street, Norwich, Norfolk

An enviable position right by the banks of the Cam makes the Doubletree by Hilton Cambridge hotel a popular venue for special occasions, weddings, conferences and family get-togethers.

Doubletree by Hilton Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Still going strong after 15 years, the Lighthouse is a real boon to Aldeburgh locals, culture vultures and holidaymakers alike.

77 High Street, Aldeburgh, Suffolk

A bold, yellow-painted brick exterior marks out Scutchers, a lively country restaurant in one of Suffolk's most historic and most visited towns.

Westgate Street, Long Melford, Suffolk

Mother and son Elizabeth and Edward Nicholls have made a name for themselves in the charming old country pub a few miles off the A505 near Royston.

Chishill Road, Heydon, Cambridgeshire

There's a lively Mediterranean buzz about this colourful town-centre restaurant, especially when crowds spill out onto the flower-filled terrace and listen to the occasional session of summertime jazz.

48 St John's Street, Colchester, Essex

The big, white, timber-framed building looks just like a traditional market town inn, which is exactly what The Starr at Dunmow used to be.

Market Place, Great Dunmow, Essex