Cool little stop with great coffee and great service. I recommend you stop in if in the area. I may…read moretry the food here on my way back from the coast.

Me and my partner managed to discover this gem of a pub by randomly choosing somewhere close on the…read moresat nav whilst we were away for my 30th birthday. The pub is beautiful and cosy, the landlady was kind and cheerful and the food.....oh god, the food! We both had a starter of pigeon, not something you usually see on a pub menu and it was superbly cooked and tasted amazing. For my main I chose the steak burger with chips and onion rings, the burger was big, flavoursome and juicy and the touch I like is that the tomato ketchup on table was all homemade, not from a bottle! We will certainly come back to this awesome place if we are ever near the area again because it was outstanding!!

Delicious food and great service highly recommend this place. My favourite place to go for food…read morelocally. They also have rooms and shepherd huts to stay in. I stayed once a long time ago and rooms were clean and well maintained and breakfast was excellent. I now live 10 minutes away so no need for me to stay over but would definitely recommend to anyone wishing to stay in the area.

What a cheerful little place. Plenty of odd corners, inside and out; friendly staff; the simple…read morebaguette lunch we had was most acceptable. Open all day for food, which makes it very useful if we need somewhere to go and stay for ages!

We had a lovely evening here to celebrate 3 birthdays! The food and service were perfect. We…read moreall had a fabulous evening and even the fussiest of eaters enjoyed the food. The two staters that were favourites were the scallops with pork belly and the Cromer crab cake with tuna carpaccio! The beef fillet and the lamb were booth also popular. And don't forget a side of fries with Comte!

Laxfield is a quiet village and the King's head is the best thing going. Good food, good laughs and…read morelots of choices of beer on tap. They also offer lodging.

A warm and welcoming, family friendly pub. Serving good food at reasonable prices. Closed mondays…read moreexcept bank holidays. Special offers available every thursday ( 2 for £12 ) on selected meals.

I last went to the Trowel & Hammer just before Christmas and was very impressed with the quality of…read morethe food and how traditional this pub seemed. The menu is very good with lots to choose from from butterfly chicken breasts to steak and chips. The food is always cooked well and is obviously freshly cooked when you order as it's piping hot and very well presented. They serve a range of real ales as well as the more usual lagers and other drinks choices. It has a lovely atmosphere inside and because children are welcome it's a great place to bring the family, there is a fairly large open fire so do take care to watch the children when you visit but otherwise this is a really nice place to have a drink and something to eat. The decor inside is lovely and puts me in mind of an older pub, which considering this is a 15th century building isn't hard to imagine. I felt really at home when I visited and thought the staff were absolutely lovely, it was quite quiet when I visited and the lady behind the bar was chatty and told me some interesting facts about the area and seemed to know exactly what was what around Stowmarket.

We stopped at this pub last year (July 2010), charmed by its pretty location. We found the inside…read moreto be a disappointment. It wasn't particularly clean, the landlady was more interested in tapping on her laptop and was morose to say the least. The beer was awful, the menu uninspiring and overall it was a miserable experience. But..we heard it had been recently taken over and lots of work had been done to the kitchen, so we decided to give it another chance. We were so glad we did! Despite being very busy, we were greeted warmly and with a smiles. The food was excellent, freshly made & cooked on the premises and at a very reasonable price. The beer is superbly kept and the overall atmosphere is friendly and relaxed. We will definately be going again, and have no hesitation in recommending this. Its a beautiful pub, and with the new owners, will soon become the place to go. Superb!!

The food is amazing and the staff are always helpful and go above and beyond. I highly recommend…read moretheir Sunday roast especially with the unlimited potatoes and gravy! I love coming here the pub itself is so lovely too with such a welcoming atmosphere. My family and I often come at least once or twice a month.

This is my favourite spot! Food is amazing and the staff treats you like family! I've never had a…read morebad meal even when it's been 11 of us!

If you're looking for a good pub, it doesn't get much better than this…read more Lovingly called simply "The Axe" by locals, this pub is in a different league to most other rural pubs. I'll explain why and try to be concise. The cuisine is exceptional. There's a good selection of quality drinks. The service is excellent. The atmosphere is always friendly and welcoming -- the sort of place where complete strangers tend to strike-up conversation. The location is perfect, overlooking the Village Green, with a big beer garden behind, and a vast playing field behind that. It's a lovely village, nestled in the gently-undulating farming landscape of rural north-east Herts -- no wonder Braughing was recently awarded the prestigious "Village of the Year" accolade. The pub's menu always includes the best of local produce, from locally-reared beef to local pork sausages, alongside popular country pub dishes. (Braughing village is famous for, among other things, the delicious local sausages, and this is a good place to sample them.) Did I mention the pies? A different pie every day it seems, and you won't find better pies than these. I don't make a statement like that lightly.