Best restaurants in Bury St Edmunds

Settled within the historic town centre, 1921 is a restaurant known for relaxed fine dining and local ingredients. Just don’t be fooled by the Tudor facade, this is a modern restaurant through and through.

Within a converted 400-year-old barn, The Leaping Hare serves a menu of traditional and contemporary European fare composed of ingredients from their own Wyken Estate. You’re also welcome to take a post-supper walk through the vineyard.

Complete with all the passion you’d expect from an award-winning French restaurant, Maison Bleue boasts a menu of continental classics enriched with modern flair. Expect precise cooking, rich flavours, and some superb fish dishes.

Conceived by Bury St Edmunds local, chef James Carn, Lark is a restaurant known for its casual but polished atmosphere and clever modern European cookery. Expect hyper-seasonal small plates intended for sharing and satisfying flavours.

Serving an ever-changing menu of Moorish-inspired charcoal-grilled dishes, Pea Porridge is a Michelin-starred restaurant practising nose-to-tail techniques without the fuss and frills of traditional upmarket fine dining. Think produce-driven plates, confident flavours, and flawless execution.

Located in the town centre and known for Parisian flavour and authentic French flair, Cote Brasserie is a favourite haunt for guests looking for relaxed quality dining, impromptu post-shopping lunches and reliably affordable romantic dinners.

Located in the City Centre, Giggling Squid offers all you could need from a Thai restaurant. A complex and satisfying collection of small plates, complex curries, satisfying noodles, and a pre-theatre menu to boot.

Just a short distance into the countryside through the doors of a thousand-year-old mill, you’ll find Tuddenham Mill: a restaurant hotel specialising in field-to-fork dishes and imaginative but relaxed Anglo-European dining.