Edwards - Waveney

Popped in for coffee saw the quality of the food and ordered three lunches glad we did food was great and so were the staff.

You could very easily walk past Edwards cafe but give it a try. Very good value for money and well home cooked food. Small and cosy, need to book at busy times. An efficient manager who runs a tight ship. I dont think she would hesitate to sort out any customers who were late. We got told off for being early! Really nice sunday lunch but only 3 choices. Well worth a visit, but be on time!

Carry on like this and we’ll soon be regulars! Maybe not. I think that Edwards is a daily destination for some local folk, due to a combination of: good, tasty, plentiful food; great prices; a welcoming, friendly atmosphere. This time, I had roast beef whilst my wife had chicken. Both “Normal” size, which is extra large by most people’s standards. As last time, all was perfectly cooked and accompanied by carrots, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower cheese, green beans, roast potatoes, mashed potatoes, a huge Yorkshire and a large personal jug of gravy! Oh and huge portions of beef and chicken. I had peach crumble and custard for pud. My wife had lemon meringue pie with cream. One pot of tea. Total? Just under £27. The food here is great, but the banter better still. Make sure you book well in advance. They only serve roast dinners on a Sunday and most tables are booked by the same regulars every week. I just wish we lived in Halesworth permanently as we’d definitely put ourselves down for a weekly booking. Give it a try. You’ll need a long Sunday afternoon walk afterwards to walk your excellent lunch off!

We’d read about Edwards on TripAdvisor and booked for Sunday lunch. Now be warned. If you don’t book, you won’t eat! On the menu is....well Sunday lunch, a roast dinner with chicken, beef or lamb....nothing else. But my, do they do it well! With your choice of meat, you get: carrots, green beans, cabbage, roast potatoes, mashed potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower cheese, Yorkshire pudding and a jug of gravy (with free refills). That’s 7 veg, plus the pud and gravy! Now NORMALLY, you get a choice of a upgrading in a carvery to extra large. Here, you get a choice of NORMAL or SMALL. To explain, small is really large, and normal is really another word for HUGE! But ALL the bills are small. Small is £6.95 and normal is £8.75. I hope that’s clear! Whatever, we had 2 HUGE roast dinners with drinks for under £20. Is that normal for Suffolk? Who knows? All we know is that it’s a quirky tardis of a place. The frontage is about 8ft wide but when you’re inside, it goes back a long way. There are maybe 12 tables for 4. And they’re booked solid every Sunday. So....book well ahead to avoid disappointment. This place is ultra popular with local people. And justifiably so. Good, plentiful, tasty, well-cooked food. Good honest food with no frills. We both had the lamb which was superb. Loads of tender slices of meat. Don’t think normal. Don’t think big. Think HUGE....and then some! Now this is no posh restaurant with crisp linen tablecloths and poncy waiters. It’s sort of a cafe...PLUS. You can have a glass or a bottle of wine, or a beer. So...a small place with big portions of normal food?!?! Try it. Amazing sums it up. And great fun if you get chatting to Karen. You will definitely not be disappointed.....unless you forget to book well ahead that is.

I'm a glutton for punishment (or maybe just a glutton). Sunday roast at Edwards .... chicken, roast and mashed potatoes, fine beans, carrots, AND CAULIFLOWER CHEESE!!! Excellently prepared utilising Kevin's skills and presented accompanied by Karen's acerbic wit. Altogether an exhilarating experience best repeated. I didn't have room for dessert (although the leftovers were taken home for the dogs they love it too), but she who must be obeyed had a takeaway rhubarb crumble and custard; too weighty to eat in one sitting, she ate it in two half an hour apart. Yum.