Slates Restaurant & Carvery

Francela

➤ 27 Angel Hill, IP33 1UZ, St Edmundsbury, United Kingdom

Steak • Greek • Vegan • Vegetarian

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"Me and two friends visited Francela in Bury St Edmunds for the first time. We pre-booked, were greeted at the door and our table was ready on time. The quality and value of the food, drinks and service was superb, very tasty and fulfilling. Throughout the evening we felt very comfortable and relaxed, enjoyed the light background music, atmosphere and was treated well by the attentive staff. Had a great time and are looking forward to our next visit! Would highly recommend!"

Ca´te Brasserie Bury St Edmunds

➤ 52 Abbeygate StreetSuffolk IP33 1LB, Bury St. Edmunds, United Kingdom

French • British • European • Mediterranean

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"they always have a good time here! excellent eating, service and ambiente, this restaurant does not feel like a chain restaurant. the workers and chefs are really good and easy to care for gluten-free and allergies without problems: my brother is gluten-free, and this is never a problem, thanks for a relaxed and assured culinary experience. absolutely love the chocolate lovers so delicious! thank you. cote, look forward to another delicious meal!"

Giggling Squid Thai Tapas Thai Bury St Edmunds

➤ 21 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP331UN, IP33 1UN, bury-st-edmunds, United Kingdom

Thai • Pizza • Kebab • Mexican

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"we have been there a few times and it is always excellent with very pleasant employees who like to advise them on a teller. I always have the black pop ice cream and the rose yogurt ice cream, as it is my favorite. recommend the giggling squid"

Amigos Mexican Bury St Edmunds

➤ First Floor, 35-36Brentgovel St, Bury St Edmunds, IP331EA, IP33 1EA, bury-st-edmunds, United Kingdom

Pizza • Kebab • Steak • Mexican

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"Was excited to visit for the first time after seeing the award wins for best Mexican in the local news. Looking online the menu looked good so made a booking for 17:30 on a Thursday. On arrival we were seated quickly. The ambiance in the venue is very nice, with real lit candles on each table and twinkly lights up in the beams of the ceiling. I did need to move the candle to the side however as I couldn’t see my partner past it as it was in our eye line. The candle holder is also an old tequila bottle, which is a nice touch but takes a lot of space up on the table. On opening the menu, I noticed it was sticky. Which wasn’t the nicest. As the room is relatively dark I was unable to tell if this was old food or if they’d wiped the menu’s down, but it does make you a little wary. It took a while for the waitress assigned to our section to then come around to take our order. So we ordered drinks and our food at the same time. While waiting for the food to arrive my partner who has type one diabetes was trying to access the internet to look up carb info, unfortunately we noticed that we couldn’t get any signal so asked for the Wi-Fi code. We were brought around the password from the actual Wi-Fi router which contained password but it has been badly scratched so we couldn’t get it to work. Only a small thing to note should you need access to the internet at all during your visit. When the starters arrived I had the taquitos, pork. I have a gluten allergy and stipulated this when ordering but when the starters were brought out there was no indication on the plating that it was gluten free or any second mentioning from the waiting staff. Nether the less, they looked like corn being a yellow colour so proceeded to eat them, and I have to say they were delicious and I would have happily had a new more as a main course. The calamari my partner described as “umm, good, tasty”. Not long after we finished our starters the mains were brought out. I’m my opinion there wasn’t a big enough gap between the starter and the main. As soon as one plate was cleared, the next arrived. My partner ordered the prawn burrito and described it burrito as “Far too big, Far too cheesy, the prawns lacked something. Because it was so cheesy it was quite fatty and greasy and needed something to cut through it all.” He only ate half of it and on clearing the plates away we were offered to take it home but we declined, we made a point on the large portion and the waiter said “yeah, we feed a lot of Americans here”. My dads American and he wouldn’t have eaten the whole burrito. I ordered the chicken and steak fajitas. The steak was cooked nicely but I found it quite tough. The chicken was over cooked and a little dry. However again the portion size was huge and I was unable to eat it all. There was also not enough room on the table for all of the bits, so I had to rest the foiled wraps on my leg. Again I ordered a gluten free option but there was no mention of this when it arrived and this time the wraps were a lighter whiter colour, which caused me concern. In the end I didn’t eat the wraps because they were the same colour as the burrito wrap and as no indication they were gluten free it caused me some anxiety. Getting attention if the waiting staff to double check was difficult so I just left them to the side and ate the meat veg on their own. The couple wraps I did eat I have to say we’re not the nicest. They were quite tough and at the same time tasted undercooked, like there was some raw taste to them. I wouldn’t order it again. Drink wise I ordered the pina colada and again probably wouldn’t order it again. Though there was nothing overly wrong with it, I’ve just had better. Overall, it was just over £60 for two starters, two mains and two alcoholic drinks. I don’t think that’s particularly bad value given the absolute huge portion sizes. It might be worth Amigos offering a small medium large option at different price points so those who don’t want giant burritos fajitas can get the smaller options at a lower value. Amigos might also end up taking more as there was no chance we’d have been able to eat a desert, however if the main had been more appropriately portioned then we likely would have had one. However, in terms of the allergens. It’s great that they offer gluten free alternatives, however please introduce a GF sticker for the plates or get waiting staff to say “Gluten free Fajitas” when serving. It just helps to eliminate any fear that there may have been a mistake in the kitchen and helps diners with allergies to relax and feel more comfortable. As things stand. We wouldn’t return for what we had above. However, there was a good atmosphere in there and I’d possibly return as a place to have a few drinks and share some nachos, just not for a sit down meal."

The Northgate

➤ Northgate Street, St Edmundsbury, United Kingdom

Mexican • British • European • Vegetarian

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"Love Love Love Love The Bar/Pub. the bartenders are great. they have extensive knowledge and a very interesting drink menu that they discuss with them and find out what they want. the breakfast is fantastic, many choices and they have been every time in front of location. we've eaten twice and every time better. the personal is the best part of rhe northgate, young, young and happy to talk to them, discuss bar menus, dinner menus, other options for eating; they are the northgate! our room is very beautiful, there are no plugs in the bathroom for the use of the blower, etc. no mirror in the bedroom for makeup use, they know that women need! we would recommend this place to everyone. love the personal."