The Crown

“Sixteenth-century village inn and boutique hotel” - AA Inspector
STOKE-BY-NAYLAND, SUFFOLK

Our Inspector's View
Five centuries old and now a classy boutique inn offering monthly-changing modern British menus supplemented by daily fish deliveries. Dinner might start with pigeon breast, roasted cauliflower purée, shallots and crispy prosciutto; continue with pan-roasted salmon, seared scallop, cockle and prawn. For dessert, banana cake is partnered by dulce de leche and coffee ice cream.
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Facilities – at a glance
Private dining
Features
- Seats: 125
- Private dining available
- On-site parking available
- Wheelchair accessible
- Accessible toilets
- Assist dogs welcome
- Lunch served from: 12
- Lunch served until: 2.30
- Dinner served from: 6
- Dinner served until: 9.30
- Wines under £30: 76
- Wines over £30:
- Wines by the glass: 32
- Cuisine style: Modern British
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About The area
Discover Suffolk
Suffolk is Constable country, where the county’s crumbling, time-ravaged coastline spreads itself under wide skies to convey a wonderful sense of remoteness and solitude. Highly evocative and atmospheric, this is where rivers wind lazily to the sea and notorious 18th-century smugglers hid from the excise men. John Constable immortalised these expansive flatlands in his paintings in the 18th century, and his artwork raises the region’s profile to this day.
Walking is one of Suffolk’s most popular recreational activities. It may be flat but the county has much to discover on foot – not least the isolated Heritage Coast, which can be accessed via the Suffolk Coast Path. Southwold, with its distinctive, white-walled lighthouse standing sentinel above the town and its colourful beach huts and attractive pier features on many a promotional brochure. Much of Suffolk’s coastal heathland is protected as a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and shelters several rare creatures including the adder, the heath butterfly and the nightjar. In addition to walking, there is a good choice of cycling routes but for something less demanding, visit some of Suffolk’s charming old towns, with streets of handsome, period buildings and picturesque, timber-framed houses.
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