The Forge Kitchen - Ipswich

Had dinner and cocktails here in early December food was good, service was good, liked the cyberpunk stylings and cool venue as a whole.

Visited with friends for a Xmas meal . Had booking for 430 but when we walked in there was only like 2 other tables in the place so but weird we couldn’t get another time. So got seated straight away and ordered drinks that came out quick so did the starters as we had to pre book our meal, so we asked we not in a rush so hold fire mains . Must been the worse thing to do as didn’t get anymore drinks so I got up and asked the not so busy staff can we have another drink which they apologised and got us a drink very quick so when we said we ready for mains and this was lovely top marks to the chef thankyou but at no point did anyone ask is if food was ok or wanted anymore drinks So when dessert came I said to the waitress you are definitely missing out on making in this place as the bar service lets it down to which she asked if we want another drink but was to late now ready to leave Food was a1 but table service shocking when it’s so quiet

Starters Brie bites, squid and sausage/chorizo were all fantastic We then had the Cattleman to share. It was magnificent and so well flavoured/smoked Noah and the garlic bread and mac cheese, he also tried the ALL the beef from our tray. He loved and he’s 5. Service was great, staff had personality and actually talked to you. Didn’t disappoint

Visited with my son for lunch on the 7th December 2023. Venue was cold so kept my coat on. Ordered the £35.00 Sirloin on the bone came with one Mushroom dry and soggy, half a tomato and some treble cooked chips. While the steak was cooked to my liking medium rare. Quite fatty, l had to ask for salt and pepper, l was asked did l want any mustards l requested Dijon they never had any l then asked for French they never had any just english. My son had a couple of starters which were passable. Sadly my first and last visit not worth the £70 bill l paid.

Fantastic service and a really great menu of food and drink. We were recommended the venue for its smoked olives only to find that they haven’t smoked their own olives for a number of years. So we went for their spicy chilli chicken dirty chips instead and wow, best chips ever! We also had a number of cocktails as it was happy hour all home made and super tasty. And to top it all, we were served by a great waiter bar tender called Daniel Webb who was both funny and informative in equal measure as well as very attentive. All in all, a really lovely surprise thank you, we will be back!