The Dennington Queen - Suffolk Coastal

We were stranded in Norfolk Saturday 20/10/2023 due to bad weather and flooding. The Dennington Queen opened its doors to stranded drivers, had a welcoming fire and fed and watered us all. What amazing people. Would recommend a visit very highly.

The atmosphere was excellent, could not fault that and the food was well cooked and excellent. I really enjoyed that part of the evening. The major issue was with the HOT chilies. I thought the red round object on my dish complete with seeds was slice of cherry tomato until I put it in my mouth and realised my mistake a red hot chilie. I could not breathe. My friends were very concerned about this; strange the service staff were not. I asked what the chillies were and I was told chef says they are red ones. No warnings and no tasting of the chillies in the kitchen!!!

Great welcome,excellent drink,food and staff,shall be back.It was nice to have a great welome with smiles,this is rare.we speak as ex landlords with 30 years under our belts.

Went for lunch with three friends. Staff were fab, atmosphere good and food generally great. Out only ‘gripe’ was the poor selection of veg with the roast. It was as if ‘oh we have to supply veg’ . A few boring carrots, white cabbage and a few beans, not enough for 3 people. Veg are very much part of a roast but these were an afterthought. If not for veg would have given 5 stars.

Although food was good service was very poor... presume it was busy in other half of restaurant as we struggled with service in our half... not what we expected. Special occasion booked months in advance...despite happy birthday wrote on a plate at 9.30 ... too late..... service was poor.