Sutherland House
High Street, town centre · Guest House
A 16th-century, wood-panelled restaurant with rooms on the High Street, built around an adults-only seafood and plant-based tasting menu.
About Sutherland House
Sutherland House occupies a striking timber-framed building on Southwold's High Street, its carved plaster ceilings and panelled rooms dating back to the 16th century, when the house is said to have hosted Charles II. Today it operates primarily as a serious, adults-only restaurant, with a small number of individually styled bedrooms upstairs for guests who want to stay the night as well as eat.
The kitchen focuses on seafood and plant-based dishes, sourced as locally as the Suffolk coast allows, served either in the dining rooms or on the outdoor terrace in warmer months. Smart casual dress is expected and dogs are not permitted, in keeping with the restaurant's more formal, romantic character rather than the pub-like atmosphere found elsewhere in town.
Because the restaurant, rather than the rooms, is the main event, opening hours and table times are more restricted than at a conventional hotel, and this is best suited to couples or small groups planning their stay around a proper dinner rather than needing round-the-clock hotel services.
At a glance
- Property type
- Guest House
- Location
- High Street, town centre
- Star rating
- 4 star
- Guest score
- 9.4 / 10 (1,184 reviews)
- Prices from
- £165 per night
- Destination
- Southwold