Places to Eat
There are lots of places to eat in the local area, most using local produce. Below is a list where we’ve visited ourselves and can recommend but if you find any more, please let us know in the guest book.
Bungay – Suffolk Stonehouse
www.suffolkstonehouse.co.uk
18 St Mary’s Street, Bungay, NR35 1AX / 01986 894 553
Open Wednesday to Sunday from 5pm
Delicious pizzas. Will deliver or you can eat in at the restaurant.
Bungay – Earsham Street Café
www.earshamstreetcafe.co.uk
11 Earsham Street, Bungay, NR35 1AE / 01986 893 103
Open Monday to Saturday 10am to 4.30pm
One of our favourite places for lunch. Recommended to book in advance.
Dogs are welcome in the covered outside area (they even have a dog snack menu!)
Bungay – The Old Bank Tearoom
www.theoldbanktearoom.co.uk
8 Market Place, Bungay, NR35 1AR / 01986 894 050
Open Tuesday to Saturday 10am-4pm
Vintage styling in this old bank where the wood panelling remains. Homecooked food with good portions in this quirky venue in the centre of town.
Bungay – The Fleece Inn
www.thefleeceinnbungay.co.uk
St Mary’s Street, Bungay, NR35 1AX / 01986 897 079
Open Monday to Sunday, food served 12-3pm and 6-8pm
A 15th century inn where you can drink or eat, there’s even a log fire in the snug.
Dogs welcomed in the bar, snug and courtyard.
Woodton – Old Hall Farm
www.oldhallfarm.co.uk
Norwich Road, Woodton, NR35 2LP / 01508 333 110
Café is open Monday to Sunday 9am-4.30pm
Café and a farm shop with delicious breakfasts and lunches. This is a calf with cow dairy so you can taste some raw milk and visit the animals whilst you’re there.
Woodton – Roti 2 Indian Restaurant
www.rotiwoodton.co.uk
The Kings Head, Hempnall Road, Woodton, NR35 2LR / 01508 482 529
Open 5pm to 10pm but closed on Tuesday
Nice Indian restaurant situated within the old function room of The Kings Head pub in Woodton. Sit in or order online or by phone for collection.
Brooke – The Kings Head Inn
www.kingsheadbrooke.co.uk
The Kings Head Inn, 6 Norwich Road, Brooke, NR15 1AB
Open Wednesday to Sunday 12pm – 2pm and Wednesday to Saturday 6.30pm – 8.45pm
Recently refurbished and probably classed as a gastropub, the restaurant serves local produce with a changing menu dependant on time of year.
Poringland – Kairali South Indian Takeaway
www.kairali.co.uk
109 The Street, Poringland, NR14 7RP / 01508 218 283
Open Wednesday to Sunday 5pm-10pm
Our preferred choice of a takeaway (it’s takeaway only), award winning Indian food. It’s about a 15 minute drive to collect.
Harleston – JD Young
www.jdyoung.co.uk
2-4 Market Place, Harleston, IP20 9AD / 01379 852 822
Open Monday to Sunday 8am-9pm
A nice restaurant for a traditional restaurant menu and a lovely ambience.
Harleston - Momiji
https://www.momijijapanese.co.uk/
The Cherry Tree, 74 London Road, Harleston, IP20 9BZ / 01379 852 288
Open Wednesday & Thursday 6pm-10pm, Friday & Saturday 5.30pm-11pm
Take away and eat in available at this Japanese restaurant with occasional sushi special events.
If you’re looking for food to bring back to the lodge or to take out on a picnic then we recommend visiting Bungay and going to Earsham Street, here you will find The Front Room which is a beautiful baker and also the Earsham Street Deli which has some ready to eat quiches, scotch eggs etc. Alternatively Old Hall Farm shop has a lot of bits and pieces.
Whilst on your travels you may also wish to pop into Fen Farm Dairy (Flixton Road, Bungay, NR35 1PD) which has an honesty shed that’s open 6am- 8pm; selling bread, meats and treats along with their own milk and their award winning coveted cheese; Baron Bigod.
The nearest supermarket is The Coop in Bungay (Hillside Road, Bungay, NR35 1RX), alternatively there is a Morrisons in Beccles (George Westwood Way, Beccles, NR34 9BP).
The nearest corner shop and Post Office is in Ditchingham – 37 Loddon Road, Ditchingham, NR35 2RA
