Pubs in Ipswich

Raven

24 Hening Av, Ipswich IP3 9QJ

The Raven was newly-built in 2007 to serve the Ravenswood estate, which is on the site of the former Ipswich airfield. The comfortable bar offers various seating areas around a central servery. The beer offering features a regularly-changing range of ales from the various Marston's Group breweries (such as Marston's itself, Wychwood, Jennings, Banks's, etc). Staff are happy to remove the sparkler if you prefer a pint that isn't over-fizzy. The pub now also incorporates a "Generous George" themed restaurant.

Curve Bar

58 Princes St, Ipswich IP1 1RJ

A wine bar and dance club located close to the Willis Faber building. The building used to be an Army Recruitment Centre.

St Johns Conservative & Constitutional Club

54 Kirby Street, Ipswich IP4 4PT

Waterfront

15 Regatta Quay, Ipswich IP4 1FH

The waterfront is a bistro bar set within a historic building and located in the middle of the current regeneration of the old historic wet dock.

Locomotive Social Club (Ipswich)

Rectory Road, Ipswich IP2 8EG

The "Loco Club" is a CIU affiliated social club

Cult Café Bar

Orwell Quay, Ipswich IP1 3BY

Cult Café Bar is essentially a students' bar, but is also open to the general public. It's a modern, glass-fronted bar that offers some keg ales and has excellent views of the historic Wet Dock. It has an eclectic selection of furniture and maintains close links with the University that surrounds the location. There's an outdoor seating area.

Arcade Street Tavern

Arcade Street, Ipswich IP1 1EX

A stylish and quirky multi-roomed café bar, with a traditional wooden interior, close to the Corn Exchange. There's an emphasis on craft beers, plus two hand-pumps with ever changing Real Ales and a selection of about 130 imported bottled beers. No house food but the bar hosts "street food Fridays" in conjunction with various other local traders - see the website for details. There are sizeable outside heated seating areas and 2 function rooms upstairs - one often used for cutting edge product launches. Over 35 gins and artisan coffee are also available. There are themed evenings such as vinyl and DJ nights - plus some electro/swing sessions. The closing times may be earlier or later depending on the number of customers.

Norbridge Social Club

Norwich Rd, Ipswich IP1 4HA

A private members club that caters for over 350 members and offers a varied range of social and sporting benefits to its members and is also available for hire to non-members as a venue for small to medium-sized functions.

Riverside Terrace

Ranelagh Rd, Ipswich IP2 0AD

This is a bar and restaurant, attached to the 21st-century Pentahotel (previously called Encore hotel).

Hopsters

16 St Nicholas Street, Ipswich IP1 1TJ

Predominantly an off-license, selling a wide range of craft beers in bottles and cans. It's also possible to drink on the premises, though space is limited. There are also branches at Moulsham Street in Chelmsford and Beach Street in Felixstowe.