Ipswich Star Pub of the Week is Thrasher in Ravenswood

This week, I went to the Thrasher in the Ravenswood area of Ipswich for a bite to eat and catch up with friends on a Thursday evening.

The pub boasts a large car park, which is very welcome and has recently introduced parking measures, so make sure you enter your car registration details upon entering.

There are plenty of signs everywhere in the pub to let people know that they need to enter their car to get free parking on site.

Thrasher in Ravenswood (Image: Tom Cann)

Thrasher in Ravenswood (Image: Tom Cann)

Being a Thursday evening, the pub wasn't absolutely packed (which I know it can be) but instead there was a lovely, family feel to it with people just enjoying some food or a drink.

The layout of the pub is something I am a big fan of, and seems to be a regular feature at many Greene King pubs around the country, a separate bar and restaurant area.

I think it looks a lot tidier than everything just all being in one. The bar area has it's own area to get drinks from and features a pool table, TV's and fruit machines.

The restaurant area is a lot more open, with lots of tables and chairs to cater for the number of people that I know frequent the restaurant.

Ipswich Star reporter Tom Cann (Image: Tom Cann)

Thrasher in Ravenswood (Image: Tom Cann)

There are also claw machines and some things for children to do while they wait for food, as well as a desert counter at the front but this was closed the evening I went.

There are a good selection of drinks on offer, a decent range of beers, most of which you'd expect to find in a Greene King pub.

There was the normal favourites on offer including Madri., Peroni, Guinness and San Miguel.

The service was brilliant and the food and drinks came really quickly from time of ordering through the app.

The Chicken New Yorker (Image: Tom Cann)

Thrasher in Ravenswood (Image: Tom Cann)

I had the Chicken New Yorker which is just Hunters Chicken, and it was really good with lots of flavour and cooked perfectly.

The pub itself is definitely one of the more modern ones in Ipswich. Historically, there isn't too much written about the pub, unlike many others we have visited for this weekly feature.

According to CAMRA, they state that the Ipswich licensing record shows a licence being issued to developers for a pub at the corner of Nacton Road and Ransomes Way on Ferbuary 7, 1977.

Unless there was another pub there, it must have been the Thrasher.

The pub is open from 8am to 11pm everyday, with food served until 10pm each day and regular deals running on a daily basis.

Thrasher in Ravenswood (Image: Tom Cann)

Thrasher in Ravenswood (Image: Tom Cann)