Aurora

Fine dining and home to an array of luxury Gins overlooking the views of Neptune Marina, this family run restaurant is stylish with it’s sail-like canopy atop the roof. Aurora offers modern British cuisine in an intimate atmosphere. With glass stretching round on three sides, it’s the view that speaks volumes here and attention has been paid not to décor but to creating mood and tone, which makes for a relaxed setting.

The bar has plenty of seating for pre and post dinner chatting or an evening glass of wine. The main restaurant area is upstairs, with the kitchen pass visible, bringing instant buzz to the room. A fabulous setting in a location that’s easy to get to and park at. Well worth a visit if you want to splash out and treat the one you love to good food and striking views.

Trongs

Family run Asian restaurant located in the heart of Ipswich delivers exquisite and authentic Asian flavours paired with great service and years of experience from the Vietnamese owners. Trongs enticing cuisine of the Orient is well made and mouthwatering with a pleasant dining atmosphere and excellent service. It’s not the cheapest but the quality speaks for itself! This eatery has a good reputation from service to portion size and the quality of food, with a large selection of dishes on offer.

Cosy Club

From breakfast to light salads and comfort foods, this eccentric restaurant and bar situated in the Buttermarket Shopping centre in Ipswich town, features relaxed dining and drinking in a very special setting. The restaurant’s menu features both Mediterranean and local fare and offers a vegan and/or gluten free option. Bruch is a naturally social meal and a great way to make your dining experience distinct. So why not try the Cosy’Club Brunch menu which is served until 5pm and for customers who have food allergies, Cosy Club offer a good Allergen Matrix guide.

The Forge Kitchen

For something a little different,why not indulge in this No frills simple plates food cooked over smoke and fire Smokehouse and bar with unique gin cocktails. You the customer chooses exactly what goes on your plate. The Forge Kitchen have a fantastic reputation for their delicious freshly grilled food! There is a selection of menus to choose from; Main menu, Breakfast Menu, Drinks, Flatbread and Puddings – you really will be spoilt for choice with the selection of mouth watering dishes at The Forge Kitchen. At the bar, a selection of seasonal and smoked cocktails, craft beers and hand-picked wines.

Jimmy”s Farm – The Restaurant

This once-derelict 100-acre farm has been transformed by Jimmy Doherty into a destination for foodies and families alike. The television presenter first appeared on our screens in the programme Jimmy’s Farm in Suffolk and is one of the UK’s best known farms made famous by the BBC series, which has successfully diversified to become a top tourist attraction for the region.

This rare breed’s farm is home to ponies, donkey’s, chickens and much more and visitors can feed the animals using the bags of food available.

If you feel like dining in, Jimmy’s Farm Restaurant serves fresh farm produce in dishes such as Saddleback pork belly, free-range bronze turkey and ham pie and rare roast steak and pickled vegetables – you can even savour the rustic flavours alfresco in Jimmy’s Field Kitchen at the weekend if the weather’s fine.

The on-site shop stocks a wide variety of the farm’s produce such as condiments – including ketchup and apple sauce – and, of course, top-quality home-grown meat. Head to the dedicated butcher’s counter and treat yourself to the famous bangers such as the Ipswich Super Blue Pork or the Pork Apple & Suffolk Cider varieties or a barbecue pack, which contains chicken kebabs, a range of sausages, peppered pork steak, beef burgers and ribs – everything you need for the perfect summer cook-out.

George at Hintlesham

Traditional Pub and modern restaurant only 5 miles from Ipswich town centre. The food is good standard pub grub, reasonably priced – a good place to eat rather than dine. If you wish to spend an evening enjoying homemade cuisine, don’t miss out on George Hintlesham where the prime concerned is with preparing wholesome honest food. If you are a routine type of person and prefer dishes you already know, you can bet that the quality of their set menu will always be on par. The menu is a decent size and small plates are also available which means that there is something for everyone.

Dedham Vale Vineyard

The vineyard has been producing outstanding wine from its 40-acre estate for over 25 years. Lying on the edge of the Dedham Vale AONB and the Stour Valley at Boxted, on the Suffolk/Essex border, the vineyard grows and produces six styles of award-winning English wine and Carter’s Cider. The vineyard is open to explore all-year-round with free entry to the vineyard with self-guided tours. For those keen to develop their knowledge, guided tours are available between March and November, with Grand Tours costing from £25pp which includes a delicious lunch in the Tasting Barn.

Wyken Vineyards

For a shopping, eating and wine experience rolled into one, Wyken Vineyard is hard to beat. It’s welcoming and stylish homeware shop has carefully selected crafts, clothes, books and household goods. It’s renowned restaurant, The Leaping Hare, is effortlessly stylish, as is its food, and as you would expect offers a great selection of wine, straight from the vineyard. Their sparkling wine Moonshine won ‘The East Anglian Wine of the Year’ in 2017!