Good food is at the heart of the Crown and Castle. Part of the reason is that co-proprietor and executive chef, Ruth Watson, is also an erstwhile food writer (two Glenfiddich awards) and the author of The Really Helpful Cookbook, Fat Girl Slim and Something for the Weekend. She's also greedy and likes eating a lot (and, yes, that's deliberately ambiguous.)

Our restaurant, the Trinity, has a relaxed but lively ambience. Most importantly, it neither looks nor feels like a typical hotel restaurant. With 2 AA rosettes and good write-ups in all the major guides, guests often cite the food as a major reason for staying with us. Our wine list has also won many plaudits in the guides, not least for the reasonable pricing structure.

Lunch is served from 12.15 to 2.00pm (last orders); dinner is served from 6.45 to 9.00pm (last orders). Please note that last orders is a little later in summer or when we are very busy, and that we can serve dinner earlier for concert-goers as long as prior arrangements are made.

A great deal of time is devoted to sourcing wonderful local produce (not a fad nor a jump on the band wagon), and creating menus which offer robustly flavoured but elegantly presented food. Suffolk is blossoming with more and more artisanal food producers, markets, food fairs and shops. The Alde Valley festival runs from 21st April to 20th May and the Aldeburgh Food Festival is on over the last weekend in September, but there are numerous places to eat good food and shop for good food throughout the year. Below are links to some of our favourite producers and slow-food fanatics. 

www.suttonhoochicken.co.uk    for the best free-range chicken
www.butleyorfordoysterage.co.uk   for fantastic smoked salmon and smoked fish in general
www.pumpstreetbakery.squarespace.com   for brilliant artisan bread, especially sourdough of different types
www.stokessauces.co.uk   for tomato ketchup and other sauces that are made properly
www.high-house.co.uk   for the best apple juice and, in season, apples, soft fruits, asparagus etc.
www.foodsafari.co.uk   join Suffolk food producers for a day to see what they do
www.aldevalleyspringfestival.co.uk  a celebration of Suffolk's finest food, art and gardens

 DOGS: we welcome a limited number of well-behaved dogs in the hotel, bar and restaurant so please be aware of this should you not like them.

CHILDREN: we welcome children of any age in the restaurant at lunchtime and those over 8 years old in the hotel and at dinner time so please be aware of this should you not like them.