Westerfield's At The Orwell

Visited recently for fish N chip Friday two meals for £20. Excellent fish and lovely chips with tartar sauce and peas. Would highly recommend.

service very slow, when order eventually taken it's not quiet what was ordered. Breakfast buffet not very good, have to order eggs so while at buffet they are placed on your table by the time you get bsck they sre cold

Avoid at all costs!!Lovely restaurant .... disgusting food and inattentive service.Such a shame that a nice place is ruined by a chef who shouldn't"t be let loose on a ready meal and staff who really should be restricted to cleaning up .... their concept of service is non existent! Ver carta

Had a meal here with my wife, my mother and her partner whilst staying at the Hotel. The restaurant was very neat and clean and had a pianist adding to the pleasant atmosphere. The food was excellent they also had a very cheap fish and chips option, which brought in many extra clients. We all went for the main menu and were all happy with our meals. We also ate breakfast here, which was good too. Would recommend this to anyone staying in the area.

We went for Sunday lunch today, whilst the roast beef meal was delicious the pork cutlet ordered by one of our party was tough and inedible. The deserts were very disappointing. But the service, well what can I say, what service! Very slow and unresponsive to comments/complaints. As local residents two of our party have frequented the Orwell many times in the past and always thought well of it, so what has happened ? Sadly unlikely to return until we hear some good reports.

With a piano playing in the background and the old fashioned dining room I thought we were in for a treat until I looked at the menu. The only two items I fancied on the main course had a large supplement, £5 for the roast beef and £3 for the sea bass. Why have a set menu then put an extortionate supplement on the best dishes and only one choice of roast on a Sunday. Just make it a la carte! The beef was very nice but a measly amount of vegetables were served with it. The other meals were similar. Very disappointed. Ver carta

We gave the Orwell another chance but the food is nothing special. Service friendly and quick just a little polish round the edges for some staff. Veggie options for Sunday lunch were not that appetising and I had a plate of root vegetables with kale and gravy. Nothing more than I asked for. My friends had the Sunday roast with mixed opinions. There was a pianist tinkling away and there is a whiff of tired gentrification about the place. Sadly I will not return there are plenty of nearby restaurants with much tastier choices including veggies on their own.

The result YES it was. We had to delay our Sunday Lunch until 13.45hrs as they were full for the 13.00hrs slot. By then our appetite had grown and we both ordered the roast beef, Yorkshire Pudding, Roast Potatoes and mixed vegetables. Delicious. The Desert Menu was too tempting so we indulged ourselves with a Warm Bakewell Tart and a big mound of Clotted Cream and the other choice was Sticky Toffee Pudding. Both yummy. Service friendly but efficient and price slightly on the high side but worth it. Thanks to the boys and girls at Westerfield's for another excellent experience.

Saturday evening: the lovely restaurant looks much like it did 30 years ago. The menu is unchanged. My whole plaice was the only juvenile in the room. It was miniscule, covered in an ancient sauce, a few potatoes and a julienne of over cooked vegetables. No seasonal dishes, the menu could have been from anywhere, and offers no excitement. We sit in a grand room, with a man struggling with an automatic piano (far too loud), looking at a menu that offers a hamburger and chips, with supplements added to many items and extra £11 for roast lamb, on top of an already inflated price. The public rooms have old, dirty furniture,. The leather chair beside the bar was missing an arm. Allegedly this hot... Ver carta