Finest of the A12 - Places to Eat
The Wentworth Hotel in Aldeburgh
The Wentworth Hotel stands only a few yards from the beach at Aldeburgh, but has the style and comfort of a country house hotel. Owned and managed by the Pritt family since 1920, there are 35 comfortable and contemporary bedrooms. Spacious lounges with seaviews for the summer and open fires for the winter invite you to relax in comfort.
Mains Restaurant
This new relaxed eaterie just off the A12 in Yoxford offers simple tasty dishes, where the finest and freshest local ingredients are combined to produce flavour sensations. Drop in for coffee and homemade cakes and watch the world go by from their 'Drapers' windows, or chat with the locals over a baked local seabass for a quick lunch.
High Lodge
Are you interested in a clay shooting lesson? Or a round of golf, perhaps? How about an afternoon’s fishing? High Lodge near Darsham is set on grassland overlooking a well-stocked fishing lake and woodland area, and is an ideal location for a day’s leisure and sport.
Beau Thai Restaurant & Katherine Hotel
Set on the seafront overlooking Lowestoft’s South Beach and Kensington Gardens, Beau Thai Restaurant is part of the warm and friendly Hotel Katherine. The restaurant serves fine Thai cuisine which has over the years become a favourite amongst locals. And if you’re vegetarian, you need look no further. Beau Thai has countless mouthwatering vegetarian dishes to choose from.
Beech Tree Café
The Beech Tree Café is a much-loved part of Early Dawn Nurseries and Garden Centre. With its large windows overlooking the nursery, it is a bright and airy place in which to enjoy a fresh home-cooked meal or,simply, a cup of tea. Using locally-sourced produce, the café serves hot and cold food seven days a week all year round, with almost everything cooked onsite, even the cakes!
The Carlton Manor Hotel
A 19th Century manor house set in the depths of beautiful East Suffolk, Carlton Manor Hotel has 14 comfortable bedrooms, a recently refurbished bar and restaurant, and function rooms ideal for weddings.
Earsham Street Café
‘This buzzy little café … has ambience a-plenty and a queue out the door,’ according to the AA Restaurant Guide 2006, which has also recently awarded Earsham Street Café Two AA Rosettes for the quality of its modern brasserie style cooking.
Scores Restaurant
Scores restaurant, located on Lowestoft’s Historic Scores Trail and Triangle Market Place, offers a distinctive European flavour which is bound to delight the palette.
The Swan House in Beccles
For those with a taste for the unusual, Swan House food is genuinely English with strong international ideas and flavours. With influences ranging from the Chelsea Arts Club, London, to the Kampung Café, Bali, this popular eatery is all the more remarkable because it is set in the heart of rural Suffolk.
Kathy's Café
Kathy’s Café is a bustling part of Aldeburgh’s coffee and lunch scene, with cosy outdoor terraces providing shelter in which to sit on sunny days. Inside, the crisp bright decor is always welcoming and forms an ideal backdrop for local artwork. Art displays change on a regular basis and are definitely worth a visit in their own right.