The Arboretum, Ipswich - pub details
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Address: 43 High Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 3QL [map] [gmap]
Tel: 08721 077 077 (ref 9423)
Ipswich (0.9 miles), Westerfield (1.6 miles), Derby Road - Ipswich (1.7 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
- Outside seating, Wireless internet access
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> Current user rating: 8.3/10 (rated by 10 users)
> Local guide: Suffolk pub guide
other pubs nearby:
Greyhound, Ipswich (0.1 miles), Cricketers, Ipswich (0.2 miles), Victoria, Ipswich (0.2 miles), Lloyds Tavern, Ipswich (0.2 miles), Brewers Arms, Ipswich (0.2 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Arboretum, Ipswich
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| We love this pub. The bar staff are very friendly, the food is excellent and the beers, wine, cider and real ale is very good - especially the Peroni and Calvors. Five pints on a Sunday afternoon is highly recommended and it's a safe roll down the hill to the town centre. fartypants - 1 Nov 2009 11:31 |
| I went in on Sunday with the GF and found the food to be fantastic. Restaurant quality and then some. Hearty portions of local and well cooked fresh fodder with everything made in house. The price reflects this though I guess this depends on the context as it’s not Wetherspoons and you get what you pay for. My repast on Sunday was immense and cooked to perfection. We went again on the Monday for a snack and Even a simple cheese and chutney sandwich is poetry. Home baked crusty bread, sweet chutney made on the premises and really high quality cheese. I would have welcomed a big plate of proper chunky chips with this but they don’t do them at lunch time for some strange reason. Don’t get me wrong, this is a welcoming place with friendly staff, the manager is an ausy but I can forgive him this as his cask ale policy is top notch in all ways. 3 local micro brews plus a national depending on his mood and good prices means that this place should be counted on any good Ipswich crawl along with the Woolpack, Spread Eagle, Dove and fat Cat. Do give it a try and support this independentfree house. Oh, the guide-dogs were provided for also with no questions asked and water was offered as soon as we had ourdrinks. Perfect. They lose a mark because of a lack of chips at lunch time. mproberts - 24 Sep 2009 08:07 |
| I paid another visit this week to The Arboretum. I must say the windows and door that have the frosted stained glass may affect people entering. I visit many pubs and do like to be able to see in before I enter a pub. There is now a fourth hand pump which has a revolving guest ale. The guest is currently St Peters Organic as well as the usual three Adnams Bitter, Woodfordes Wherry and Earl Soham Victoria. The beer prices seem to have increased since last time at £3.00 for the St Peters Organic. I noticed the Aspalls Suffolk Cider pump is now present as well as Calvors Suffolk Lager. It is good to see the pub supporting local products across the bar. The blackboard to the left of the bar shows the lunch and evening menus. The pub provides a number of daily newspapers for customers to read. I hope local people are using the pub as the owners are trying hard. Love_good_ale - 5 Apr 2009 01:30 |
| Spent a Friday night here with friends and was very impressed. It has closed and re-opened in November-December 2008 which leaves some of the reveiws and the photos a bit out of date. There were three local ales on: Adnams Bitter, Woodfordes Wherry and Earl Soham Victoria. All were in fine form. Not the biggest of pubs and about half of it is given over to diners. We ate and were very impressed by the food - it was restaurant quality rather than pub quality. Pleasant atmosphere, attentive staff, good food and good ale. Rod_Hariga - 11 Jan 2009 10:22 |
| I was told by some mates that the pub was open again last Friday so I thought I would take a look. They also love good ale so I heard they have some. I noticed the signs on the end nearest town letting potential customers know they are now open. I also noticed the new windows which seemed personalised and stained with a pattern. The windows and door seemed frosted glass as well so I could not peer in before entering. Three hand pumped ales are available Woodfordes Wherry, Earl Soham Victoria and Adnams Bitter. The staff are friendly and I was served immediately and it was served in a handled beer glass. I use them occasionally and was happy to receive it in one, much better than getting it in a Guinness, John Smiths or Magners glass. The real ale's are a reasonable £2.60 and I also noticed some of the other drinks were competitively priced. The pub is a free house which is why they have some room to manoeuvre on prices. I enquired how long had they been opened and was handed last nights Evening Star which had an article about the pub inside. I was told that they may have personalised ale soon but they would not reveal who may be brewing it. It was also mentioned that they will also soon have Aspalls Suffolk Cider. The pub seems to specialise in food and it does have a bit of a restaurant flavour about the place. To the left of the bar on blackboards are all the available food selections. The menu was pretty varied and not to badly priced. I understand the upstairs living accommodation has been taken out and there will soon be a further thirty seat restaurant up there. It was mentioned that they hope to turn food orders around in 15 minutes so workers who only have an hour don't have a problem. I must say that I hope that the pub does not become totally restaurant influenced and that drinkers will be allowed also to use the seating. In order for this to succeed I think it needs to have a balance between the eating and drinking customers. Love_good_ale - 10 Dec 2008 22:36 |
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