The Crown - Luxury Hotel in Suffolk
The Crown at Stoke by Nayland is a privately owned village inn set in the heart of rural Suffolk, with a reputation for making everyone feel welcome and offering high standards, good service, food, wine and real ale. With a regularly changing menu created from locally sourced produce and a lovingly- chosen wine cellar, our customers return again and again to sample our award-winning hospitality.
A boutique hotel was added in September 2008 as an extension to the inn and features eleven luxury en suite bedrooms stylishly furnished and individually designed.
Independent of the main Inn and with its own exclusive entrance and Reception, the hotel is situated to the rear of the property overlooking open countryside. The emphasis is on comfort and relaxation: on the ground floor the room design is cool and contemporary while the upstairs rooms reflect a country house style with local craftsmanship and Enchanted House bedsteads.
Three rooms have their own terrace and one room has disabled facilities including a level wet room. Set on the edge of Constable Country and the Stour Valley, The Crown is the perfect place to unwind and explore this beautiful part of East Anglia.
Late Deals!
Between January 2nd and March 1st, The Crown in Stoke By Nayland is offering £75 off a 2 night midweek Bed & Breakfast stay. Prices start from just £82.50 per person, based on double occupancy.
The Crown is the perfect antidote to those winter blues – our luxurious accommodation and delicious food in the heart of the Suffolk countryside will lift your spirits!
To book call Reception on 01206 262001 or visit www.fihotels.com
'Sunday Special' Dinner, Bed and Breakfast
Sunday & Bank Holiday Monday Nights Only
1 Night Dinner, Bed & Breakfast from £145.00 per couple.
Pre-payment is required for this special offer.
2011 - 2012 Winter Weekends
Prices are per Room for two people sharing, full English Breakfast every day of your stay and a 2 course dinner, on one of the nights of your choice, from our full a la carte menu – no supplements and no exclusions.
Friday & Saturday or Saturday & Sunday
2 nights Bed & Breakfast with Dinner on one of the nights from £295.00 per room
2011 - 2012 Winter Mid Week Breaks
Prices are per Room for two people sharing, full English Breakfast every day of your stay and a 2 course dinner on one of the nights of your choice, from our full a la carte menu – no supplements and no exclusions.
From Monday to Thursday inclusive
2 nights Bed & Breakfast with Dinner on one of the nights from £240.00 per room
Stoke by Nayland is a picturesque village, designated an area of outstanding natural beauty, above the Stow and Box Valleys on the Suffolk/Essex Border.
The Telegraph
The Crown Inn, Suffolk: Hotel Guru
Fiona Duncan finds old-world character combined with modern brasserie-style dining at the Crown Hotel in Stoke by Nayland.
Back again in Constable country. I recently reviewed Maison Talbooth in Dedham; this time I've travelled farther west along the Stour and up to a high ridge to reach the Crown Hotel at Stoke by Nayland.
Though very different, the two addresses do have something in common: they are both essentially accommodation arms of popular restaurants; and in both I found more character in their parent restaurants than I did in the buildings housing the hotel side.
There's certainly no lack of character in Stoke by Nayland, an expansive, welcoming village that instantly makes me want to live there. Great views, a village hall, two schools, a well-stocked shop and two centuries-old pubs, the Angel and The Crown… what more could one want?
The pubs, needless to say, have altered far more than the centuries-old church (often captured by Constable), which has hardly changed at all. A decade ago, the Angel was highly regarded for its food, but its then owners have moved across the street to breathe 21st-century life into the 15th-century Crown, reopening it as a restaurant with two other partners in 2003.
Like so many of the new breed of modernised country inns, The Crown now blends old-world character with modern, brasserie-style dining.
With its white walls and jumble of tiled roofs, its sun trap of a terrace and neat green picket fence, and its mix of sofas and banquettes, its flagstone floor and kitchen open to view on the inside, it presents the ideal country hostelry for modern urban man. "What was wrong with a simple pub?" says my friend Geoff, a lifelong local. "It makes a great place to take people for lunch," replies Nella, his wife.
Four women, including Nella, dine at The Crown. The atmosphere is buzzy, the service beyond reproach, the wine list excellent value for money. The food, produced by a busy team in the kitchen, nearly lives up to the rest, though results are mixed: Nella's courgette flowers with ricotta are "disappointing" while Clare's artichoke soup is "divine". Main courses are not especially memorable but puddings are finger-licking good.
I take the girls to the strikingly attractive, weatherboarded new building that now houses 11 immaculate bedrooms behind the inn. What we have here is a boutique hotel tacked on to a country pub; by the time we reach the smart reception lobby the convivial atmosphere of The Crown has disappeared. Although the comfort and high standards can't be faulted, including excellent storage and superb bathrooms, we all agree that the bedrooms could do with more personal touches (flowers, ornaments) in order not to break the spell. The concept, though, is one that I'm sure will catch on.
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Prices
Single - from £90
Double/Twin from £120
Suite - from £175
Awards
AA: 3 Star 85%
2 Rosettes For Food
Wine Pub Of The Year