RestaurantsSuffieldNR11

survey result

Summary

£50
   ££
3
Good
3
Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

Relaunched in 2021, this “genuine gastropub” opposite Gunton station is the second local boozer to be reimagined by London art dealer Ivor Braka, after its sister the Gunton Arms, a mile up the road. It “specialises in tapas” (of “excellent variety and quality”) and do “try the upstairs saloon which serves amazing cocktails in a setting that resembles a madame’s boudoir!” (The rest of the building isn’t far behind, with a whole page of the website dedicated to the hip artists on its walls, not least Michael Landy and Diane Arbus, who are both situated in the bogs, so to speak.)

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Station Road, Thorpe Market, Suffield, NR11 8UE

What the Newspaper Critics are saying

Unrepentant townie Jay Rayner found himself thoroughly at home in “an outpost of urban sensibility… cos-playing as an English country pub” – the second restaurant in the area from London-based art dealer Ivor Braka, who also owns the nearby Gunton Arms

North Italian chef Alberto Mesini cooks a Spanish-inspired menu that’s “full of sunshine, soft winds and tidy ideas… So just your basic early evening in Granada, even on a grey winter’s day in Norfolk”.

If not quite Gallic bistro cooking, it’s still “solid and satisfying, rather than the stuff of thrills and gasps” – as exemplified by a venison tagine or a venison and pancetta ragù served with tagliatelle, which “source their star ingredient from the deer park surrounding the Gunton Arms, where you can first admire the wildlife and then later eat it”

Jay Rayner - 2024-03-03

Prices

Tapas / Dim Sum

Main Pudding
£8.00 £7.00
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £27.00
Filter Coffee £0.00
Extras  
Service 12.50%
Station Road, Thorpe Market, Suffield, NR11 8UE
Opening hours
Monday12 pm‑3 pm, 5 pm‑9 pm
Tuesday12 pm‑3 pm, 5 pm‑9 pm
Wednesday12 pm‑3 pm, 5 pm‑9 pm
Thursday12 pm‑3 pm, 5 pm‑9 pm
Friday12 pm‑3 pm, 5 pm‑9 pm
Saturday12 pm‑3 pm, 5 pm‑9 pm
Sunday12 pm‑9 pm

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