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The Northgate

UK England East Anglia Suffolk Bury St. Edmunds

A comfortable and fashionable 'restaurant with rooms' in the heart of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk's most happening and foodie town.

Bury St Edmunds is one of our favourite English towns, so we were delighted to discover The Northgate – a relatively new 'restaurant with rooms' situated in an elegant Victorian townhouse, which has taken a rightful place at the top table in what is undeniably one of East Anglia's best towns for food and restaurants. Plus it has rooms so you can make a weekend of it.

The East Anglia hotel and restaurant group Chestnut Inns took over the Northgate 3 years ago, and has turned what was a perfectly nice but quite traditional guesthouse into one of the region's most self-consciously fashionable hotels and places to eat. There's a young, casually dressed staff and a metropolitan air abounds, deliberately bringing a touch of hipsterish glamour to Bury St Edmunds, both in the cool confines of the restaurant and retro-furnished cocktail bar and also in the nine boutiquey rooms upstairs. Each of these is of individually furnished in a classic modern style, and equipped with king-size double beds, good wifi, flatscreen Freeview TVs and lavishly appointed en-suite bathrooms, some of which feature bath/showers and others separate walk-in showers. The rooms are perfectly pitched between luxury and comfort, tradition and modernity, and as such make a great place to stagger up to after dinner and maybe a cocktail or two.

One of the Northgate's nicest guest rooms is a suite, so perfect for a family, though it has to be said that's not the Northgate's target market – as evidenced by the recently refurbished bar, which serves a fabulous array of cocktails (including a mean signature rhubarb cosmopolitan) and the slick and very comfortable restaurant, which serves an admirably short menu that focuses as much as possible on local produce: Blythburgh pork from the Suffolk Coast, salt marsh lamb from the Essex's Colne Valley, crab from Cromer and fish from nearby Lowestoft. The cooking is excellent and the presentation thoroughly up-to-date, and it's not hard to imagine yourself eating here regularly if only you lived in Bury, maybe occasionally at the restaurant's popular 'chef's table'. As it is, you'll have to make do with a very comfortable room and the feeling that Bury might be a place to consider if you're ever consider moving out of town. Just leave yourself some time to browse those estate agents...

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Facilities

Welcome to our striking Victorian townhouse transformed into a fun and vibrant restaurant and cocktail bar with bedrooms in the heart of Bury St Edmunds.

We are just a few moments’ walk from the iconic Abbey Gardens and offer our guests a fabulously eclectic setting to discover our locally sourced, seasonally inspired food and drink.

Suitable For

The Northgate is perfect for a corporate stay or a special weekend away. We only allow pets outdoors.

Nearby

The Abbey Gardens

The Greene King Brewery

St Edmundsbury Cathedral

Theatre Royal

The Apex

Food & Drink

The Northgate restaurant

Open

Open all year.

Pricing

Rooms with breakfast from £165 a night

The Owner Says

An oasis of calm; our bedrooms are a home-from-home with an emphasis on luxury, comfort, and tranquillity. All the while celebrating the original period features of our beautiful building from the original fireplaces to the sash windows.

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Rooms

Nine guest rooms, including one suite.

Location

Contact Website 01284 339 604 The Northgate, Northgate Street, Bury Saint Edmunds Suffolk IP33 1HP

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Getting There

FIND US

BY CAR

Exit the A14 from junction 43. Take the A1101 towards town centre and take the first exit at the roundabout into Northgate street. The Northgate is 2/3 of the way along the street on the right hand side.

PARKING

We have parking available for resident guests,

free of charge at the front of our building and a small car park behind.

BY TRAIN

The nearest railway station is Bury St Edmunds which is located on the Cambridge to Ipswich branch line. The station is 1 mile from the Northgate.