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Most Popular European food in Sudbury, Babergh District, England
Reviews on European food in Sudbury, Babergh District, England. Sudbury is a historic market town in Suffolk, one of the largest counties of England in East Anglia. Sudbury itself is worth exploring on foot, a small family friendly town with a shopping area (mostly full of chain shops but with a few great local shops), and a few good bars and restaurants. Fans of art history will be pleased to discover the house of Thomas Gainsborough on the appropriately named Gainsborough Street at the bottom of Market Hill, and book lovers may be amused by the plaque at St Peter's Church which acknowledges the fact that the town was referenced in Dodie Smith's classic 101 Dalmations.
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1. The Secret Garden
Overall Ratings
4 based on 341 reviews
This establishment operates as a Tea room (Monday to Saturday for breakfast, cream tea and lunch) and adjacent Restaurant (Wednesday to Saturday lunch and dinner and Sunday lunch) offering 100% homemade food. Vegetarian and Vegan dishes available and alle
Reviewed By Pubbieguy
Taken here by friends who visit regularly. Wow! what a surprise to find such authentic French cooking literally on our doorstep. Great service and ambience and wonderful value 3 course set lunch. I had chicken livers with mushrooms on toast with a dash of balsamic, the grilled sea bass fillet on wilted spinach with beurre blanc and a stunning raspberry soufflé with a glass of my favourite Muscat de St Jean de Minervois - delicious. Will visit again soon. Thank you!
2. Case Restaurant with Rooms
Overall Ratings
4 based on 189 reviews
Reviewed By db7o
We have recently returned from an overnight stay at the Case Restaurant.It was a last minute booking based on other people's good reviews.We received a very warm welcome as we checked in to the ' Mulberry Room' the accommodation was compact,yet airy & comfortable with good storage space, everything that you might need, even a freshly delivered milk for coffee.The bath had a powerful shower overhead,nice toiletries, large towels, plentiful hot water.Our dinner was delicious, very fresh ingredients, each course prepared to order,cooked perfectly & beautifully presented.We chose the Ham hock terrine & Arancini to start, followed by grilled tuna with gnocchi & a sirloin steak.We both thoroughly enjoyed our dinner, but we're too full to be tempted by a third course. Our coffee was very good,made with a proper coffee machine, not these dreadful little pods that seem increasing popular these days.After a restful night's sleep, our breakfast was very tasty, the freshly squeezed orange juice was exceptionally good.We really enjoyed our short yet relaxing stay at the Case Restaurant with rooms, the owners are genuinely welcoming lovely people,who clearly know exactly how to run a restaurant that serves excellent food with comfortable accommodation & a good atmosphere.I would not hesitate to recommend the Case Restaurant with rooms, having found it, I hope that we will book another stay before too long.Our thanks to all concerned.
3. The Riverside
Overall Ratings
4 based on 60 reviews
Reviewed By Chris T
My family and I went to Riverside to celebrate my motherâs birthday. Despite arriving a least 10 minutes early for our 7:45pm booking, we were told the table wasnât ready but to wait in the bar area. Which is fine, if only for a short wait. 30 minutes later and a round drinks one of the restaurant staff arrives to say âoh is everyone here, your table is waitingâ no apology for the delay or suggestion of âweâre really busy, let me take your drink order and get you some bread or something in the meantimeâ just ushered to the corner of the restaurant and left with the menu. No suggestion if there were specials or any recommendations just left us to wait again. Another 15 minutes or so go by and no service no attentive staff asking for our drink order or to see if we are okay, nothing. Two female members of staff were just standing at the bar area doing nothing, so one of our party went over to ask for drinks. Only to be told that they were âbusyâ. Another 10-15 minutes go by and finally one of the two comes over. We order drinks and some water for the table, none of which she wrote down and leaves with out asking for our food order. 5 minutes later the poor chap from the bar area, who was left to serve by himself has been told to come over with our drinks for some reason. No table water given just explained this what one of the girls told him was ordered. These two were just back at the bar doing nothing. At this point weâd been at the restaurant for an hour and had only just been given our drinks and other tables had already been served despite sitting down after us, we came to the conclusion we would continue to be ignored and decided to finish our drinks and leave. Only then did another member of the front staff come over to say âare you ready to order now?â What a joke, we explained that we had been ignored all night and their poor service had ruined our evening and we wanted to pay for our drink and leave. The front of house manager then became very rude and defensive explaining that they were busy because of the rain (which was bizarre) and that a larger table had taken priority over us, just what you want to hear from service staff. We responded that the rain should have no effect on the staffs ability to serve its customers and that surely you should serve each table in order of booking rather than just ignoring tables. The front of house manager then retorted that she can only apologise so many times, which to my count was only twice, one of which was in this sentence the other was rather aggressive âsorry but we are busy!â. She then told us that she wasnât going to say any more before going into another tirade pretty much turning the fault on us for not being a larger table, the restaurant for having a whole ten tables, the other customers for turning up late and the chef for being under pressure. At no point did she own up to the service staffâs behaviour and lack of interest. At this point I told her that she said she wasnât going to say any more but she kept on going, can we please just have our bill. She then left on a huff, and then another confused waitress came over to ask âdid we ask for our bill?â We paid up and were about to leave when the chef came out to see us, first thing out of his mouth was an apology and to ask what he can do to make use stay. The first time during this visit we were treated with respect and acknowledgement but alas it was too late we had already booked a table down the street. All in all 1 hour and 30 minutes wasted, no food and bad memories of Riverside.On a brighter note, just a short walk away from Riverside is Ballingdon Valley Indian, within two minutes of being in the door we were seated and had drinks and popadoms for the table. I joked if we would have eaten and had the bill in the same time we were waiting at Riverside and to my amusement we did. Excellent food and attentive service at Ballingdon Valley, and we were a late booking and they had more than ten tables! Plus it was still raining... whatever that means?Conclusion - Will not return to Riverside and never even got the try the food!
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4. The Cyclist
We are Sudbury's 'rifugio' for cyclists, walkers, travellers, guests, locals & dogs. Our menu is prepared in house and includes gluten free and vegan options, We serve outstanding coffees, teas, juices, wines, beers - delicious homemade dishes, breads, ca
