The very best of Suffolk Food and Drink

We are so fortunate to have a veritable smorgasbord of Suffolk Food and Drink producers and suppliers right on our doorstep and we’ve pulled many of them all together on a handy map for you, alongside other useful businesses for our guests.

There is so much to cover when it comes to great Suffolk Food and Drink that we can only scratch the surface here. We have written extensively about some of these guys, as well as many more so please explore our Blog Posts but always feel free to pick up the phone. I don’t bite!

When it comes to the frequently asked questions from our guests, they are usually about where the best places are around us for Suffolk Food and Drink. People are so keen to explore true tastes of our county and we are blessed with so many fabulous pubs and restaurants serving local goodies and cooking with local produce, as well as a good number of fabulous wares, produced right here in Suffolk.

We’ve covered many of our favourite pubs, restaurants, coffee shops, delis and food producers so please have a good look around the map and you’ll get a feel for roughly where they all are in relation to Woodfarm Barns.

So a guide to our little map, which does include general places to go and some other general ‘business partners’, but they all have easy access to great Suffolk Food and Drink, which is after all what this Blog Post is all about;

1 Wyken Hall; Vineyard, restaurant and great gift shop

2 The Stowupland Crown; Fabulous dog-friendly pub near Woodfarm Barns

3 The Highwayman; Friendly, welcoming pub near us, serving proper, home-cooked Suffolk Food and Drink

4 The Four Horseshoes; See description for No.3!

5 Thornham Walks; a well-maintained forest walk, with a tea shop at one end and a restaurant at the other!

6 Thornham Coach House; The restaurant I mentioned in No.5. Great, home-cooked food

7 Deli at the Chill Farm; Great deli, coffee shop and cafe, supplying many of our Hampers

8 Mill Green Farm; Supplier of our amazing free-range eggs for your breakfast basket

9 Palfrey & Hall; The guys who supply the wonderful bacon for your breakfast basket

10 Lucy Jane Flowers; Our friendly florist. But she does also make fab coffee!

11 Fruits of Suffolk; the lovely ladies who make the jam and marmalade for your breakfast basket

12 The Beauty Barn; no food or drink but Debbie and her team make you look and feel great!

13 The Earsham Street Deli; award-winning deli, serving the very best Suffolk Food and drink

14 All Manor of Events; our friendly local wedding venue

15 Suffolk Food Hall; THE place to buy all your Suffolk Food and Drink. They have tons of it!

16 Jimmy’s Farm; as seen on TV. Great place for eating and drinking, as well as taking home

17 The Walnut Tree; Amazing Vegetarian Pub Restaurant. Opened in 2017 by the previous owners of the renowned Veggie Red Lion

18 The Bildeston Crown; fine dining Suffolk style. Superb food. Pricey but worth it

19 Baylham rare Breeds; not for eating, just looking at and feeding!

20 Needham Lake; picturesque lake four miles from Woodfarm. There is an ice cream van so kinda foodie?

21 The Kings Head; excellent dog-friendly pub with an old tap room full of local brews!

22 The Dennington Queen; another great Suffolk pub, serving great Suffolk food and drink

23 Alder Carr Farm; local farm shop, crammed with Suffolk produce, with the added bonus of the Barn Cafe, serving homemade cakes

24 Mr Allards; another excellent farm shop nearby, again with lots of awesome Suffolk treats!

If that has got your taste buds going then have a look at our calendar and see when you can get yourselves here for a treat……