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Now the Duke of York, following a minor refurbishment.
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Went to the seal at woodbridge yesterday 8/5/2010 had a very poor meal to start off with ordered the lemonsole that had sold out they offered me the halibut then came back 5mins later and said that was sold out bearing in mind that it was only 5.30pm on a saturday nite then i ordered the chicken that finally arrived started to eat it then realised it was raw in the middle the chips were cold very very poor indeed,this wasnt our 1st bad experience at the seal but it will be the lastone
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god food at a reasonable price by suffolk prices. beer prices are very good the pint of adams bitter was great and the beef and guiness pie was very good and plenty of it with mashed and veg made agood meal would go again
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Not all Vintage Inns are named after animals, in fact the guy that used to be in charge of VI sailed his yacht out of Woodbridge and when up there for a site visit, went sailing and saw a seal. Hence the name. Lots are named after animals but not all.
Crooked Chimney
Danson Stables
Kings Head
Robin Hood
The Crown
etc
anonymous - 23 Dec 2006 16:05 |
The sad name 'The Seal' is because all Vintage Inns have to be named after an animal and in addition all have a silly (intended to be comic but they always fail in that) inn sign with a cartoon creature on.
(The Duke of York closed in the 19th C)
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The name "The seal" is after the (very!) occasional seal found in the River Deben. Can't remember the Duke of York pub, the site was a Ford garage for decades.
anonymous - 26 Oct 2006 08:57 |
I'd echo the comments from Biggle, BUT the food is reasonable in terms of quality and price - we had a table of 12 with no muck-ups. The pub is part of the Vintage Inn chain. There's loads of tables, and yes while they don't actually say it, they seem to prefer people sitting down! It's non-smoking throughout, piped music was irritating. Staff were pleasant enough, service was OK.
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Masquerades as an ancient pub but is really just a modern restaurant.
Great building, looks as though it must date back centuries. But was actually built in 1999.
Two handpulled ales, but beer drinkers are not encouraged. Eating and sitting at tables is what's encouraged.
Drinking while standing at the bar is actively discouraged.
Shame about the stupid name, when it's actually built on the site of a previous pub called the Duke of York.
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