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First rate little village pub. Get there early to get a seat (or a parking spot for that matter): this place is really drawing them in at the moment. Good selection of cask beers, friendly efficient service. The food looks as though it might be good too.
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Called in on a friday night and the place was packed. Really lively atmosphere, nice mixed crowd, plenty of bar staff and good service. My pint of Adnams tasted a bit sour so I switched to Wherry which was excellent. This is a great little pub - in the middle of nowhere, Hawkedon more a hamlet than a village - but v. atmospheric and well worth a visit.
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Went for sunday lunch and have to say that although its not cheap, its has to be some of the best food I've had in a pub in a long time. The beef was cooked to perfection. The Wherry was on top form, sadly the guest ale, which was tribute today, was finished. But the St Peters fruit beer (grapefruit) was gorgeous. Beautiful Building, friendly staff, friendly regulars. A real hidden gem this....
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Always have a fine Adnams Bitter and Woodfords Wherry on tap and several guest ales the 'Doom Bar' goes very quickly!
Found it best to book ahead for food as some nights can be unexpectedly busy.
Always find a few characters at the bar and the pub seems to cater well for drinkers and foodies alike.
Happy to take the 14 mile round trip 5-6 times a month to visit this place!
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Visited this pub twice recently at lunchtime; closed, both times. Drove on to a very good place in Whepsted a couple of miles away.
I'll give it one more try tomorrow...
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Tried again for lunch on Sept 24. Packed out and not able to serve food other than to those who had reservations. This is becoming a problem for a pub out in the wilds that people drive a distance to seek out.
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Called in twice over the Bank Holiday weekend. On the Friday had a superb beef sandwich at lunchtime - never had better anywhere - and two excellent pints. Then again on the Bank Holiday Monday only to find "oh we aren't doing food today; we do some Bank Holidays but not this one as the chef's gone off". This sort of unreliability really puts off the punters. So our driver, who had ordered his one pint, had to drink up without the benefit of food and join us in going to another pub and keeping sober. Not very professional. A really great pub, but needs to be a bit more appreciative of people who take the trouble to drive out of their way to patronise it.
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Very pretty pub with real ale and good food. The homemade pizzas are superb and the best value of the food. Lovely log fires in winter and dog friendly. Pleasant landlord, but he is not shy on prices!
Overall I would recommend highly.
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Visted the Hawkedon Queens Head for first time recently. A lovely cosy beamed pub with a good selection of beers (Brewer's Gold and Adnams on amongst others) and ciders. We were there for food and had a great roast - a delicious slab of rare roast beef. The pub felt very much like a friendly locals pub - a real community effort. We were made to feel very welcome and struck up conversations left, right and centre. All very impressive considering a lot of people must travel there for the tucker. All boxes ticked for me - as Tommyn says an excellent pub.
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Attractive pub in a nice setting. Would be even more spectacular if they removed the hedge at the back - miles of rolling unspoilt suffolk farm land. The only caveat is that the drinks seem phenomenally expensive.
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Great country pub with great food and good choice of well kept ales and ciders. Beer fest this weekend, if you are in the area make the effort and you won't regret it.
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We've been here a few times now, and the food is always great. Puds were a bit ordinary, but the steaks are fab, and come on a huge plate with all the trimmings.
Pub itself is very nicely fitted out, beers & ciders are well kept and the staff were all friendly and helpful. 8/10.
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Very nice country pub, roaring fire with arm chairs situated around. Good atmosphere very friendly staff. Fourteen of of had a meal here last night, good choice of menu with all tastes catered for. Service was good and friendly. Nice pub with nice well kept beer, we will be returning again shortly.
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Nice Pub. This is how a country pub should be ran. Good food (although it gets more expencive every time i go). The beer is always supurb, good choices and well kept (also real cider and perry). Has extention on side and back for eating. But the main bar is nicest place to sit, its historic and characterfull. It has yearly beer fest wich was good and had interesting music. Over all realy excellent pub. 9/10
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My husband and I went to this pub last night on the recommendation of a friend, and what can I say... Oh. My. God. Amazing food! My husband had the fillet steak which was perfectly cooked, and I had Italian Braised Venison which was just out of this world. I intend writing to them for the recipe it was so good! The dinner was absolutely fabulous. The staff were friendly and couldn't help enough. The setting was beautiful, and we had a wonderful time! Thank you Queen's Head!!
anonymous - 28 May 2006 22:36 |
