The best restaurants in Southwold and Reydon Waveney East of England

We were in Southwold for the day and wanted a tasty lunch, we had seen the cafe a couple of weeks ago when on holiday and the reviews looked good The cafe certainly didn’t disappoint, we sat at a table under the verandah overlooking the lake with our dog and ordered jacket potatoes with cheese and beans, side salad and coleslaw - it was a beautiful sunny mild day (18C) The potatoes were beautifully cooked with a fluffy hot inside filled with cheese and beans and the salad had a really tasty vinaigrette on it, plus a cappuccino and a tea Happy and helpful staff, serving really good food at a very competitive price made our day and we will return on our next visit to Southwold Thanks to all staff

Came here a few times when on holiday. Had croissants, sausage rolls, sourdough bread, baguettes and cinnamon swirls. All amazing! Always a queue but worth the wait

Great value, location and quality cafe. Right on the beach with an outdoor seating area and friendly staff. They even offer puppachino drinks for dogs!

Simply the best beach cafe with an amazing view of the sea and beach. Excellent at lunch as well as afternoon tea. One word of warning, look out for pesky seagulls.

Wonderful lunch Attentive service Knowledgeable staff and incredible food. Will definitely check recommend and return on our next visit to southwold.

Wow just like to say a big thank you to you all very friendly food is amazing I come once a week from Lowestoft very grateful for your kindnesses

The staff here were really friendly. We went in for some ice cream and we got substantial portion sizes which was appreciated. I had a salted caramel. It was alright but certainly not the best salted caramel ice cream i’ve had as it wasn’t that flavoursome. But the other flavours looked really nice and might be better than the caramel so I’d say defo worth a visit

Excellent venue. Driven past many times but so pleased we stopped this time. Staff were very friendly even though busy. Good choice of drinks and cakes. (Though limited on the vegan option) Dog friendly plus baby change. Would have gone for a walk but Storm Bert put a stop to that! Will visit again. Recommended.

Excellent breakfast before a round ar next door Southwold Golf Club . All day breakfast very well priced at £8 and it set us up nicely for a battle against the wind.

Decent drinks but no gluten free options when looking for a cake. Giving one loyalty stamp when buying 4 drinks does not generate any loyalty. I suspect we won't be back as there are plenty of other options in Southwold - in fact after we left here we walked around Southwold and then ended up at Jakery Bakery where we all had drinks and they had numerous Gluten Free options

We would have liked to have had lunch here but they were, unsurprisingly, full. But, still a godsend of a find for me as I am gluten intolerant. It was SOOOO good to get a gf, vegan sausage roll as I never see such things anywhere. I wish that more bakeries like this would open up everywhere, and maybe they will. Thanks so much!

Since it was launched last year, this has become our lockdown weekly treat. I cannot recommend this highly enough, they are all amazing and I cannot pick a favourite.

I love this place so much I come once a week.....I look after vulnerable adults they look after us like family just to say thank you very much for your kindnesses food is amazing 5 ⭐ thanks again

Food and services are.very good ，definitely come back soon

Myself and my husband went into the Swan for lunch. The staff were extremely helpful and friendly and so kind to us. We had our 2 week old twins with us and all the staff were so kind to come over and speak to us about them and accommodate us with the pram. We had the most amazing lunch and it was the first time we'd be out with the babies. The food was incredible and we laughed and smiled throughout the whole meal. I want to praise the staff at the Swan for making the experience so calm and wonderful. We can't wait to come back again.