Welcome back to our latest pub of the week feature - where we give a boozer in and around the town its chance in the spotlight.
This week, I thought I would take a trip for to The Raven in Ravenswood, Ipswich, for a spot of lunch - or all-day breakfast rather.
I had not been to this pub for a number of years, with my previous experience not being the greatest, but that was wildly different compared to my visit this time round.
The minute I stepped through the front door, the landlord Graham Hendry, who has owned the pub since July 2023, welcomed me right away.
This was such a lovely welcome from him, and then I got talking to the bar staff, who were just as lovely and were attentive to customers and Christy Hendry, who was busy in the kitchen cooking everyone's food.
Given this was a Tuesday lunchtime, I wasn't expecting it to be too busy, but I was pleasantly surprised at the fact that there were quite a few tables full with people having a bite of lunch.
Given it was midday on a workday, I decided against a pint, and had a Pepsi Max instead which was as you'd expect, and I had one of their classic breakfasts.
This was incredibly good value, with the breakfast costing just £6.95, with a large breakfast costing less than a tenner, which is rare to get anywhere these days.
Compared to last time I went, the menu choices were vast. They have weekday deals on food, a new food menu full of pub classics, a children's menu, their very own pizza oven for freshly made pizzas, Sunday roasts, and a breakfast menu which can be ordered all day.
The breakfast was really good, it even held its heat for a few minutes while I continued to chat to the staff.
The sausages were tasty and seasoned well, the bacon was cooked perfectly, so I didn't have to cut off the fat and put to one side because it was flimsy, and, as someone who doesn't like butter, it was good that they gave you mini butter packets on the side to add to the toast if you want it, rather than just piling it on thinking everyone loves it.
Before I had some food, Mr Hendry and I spoke about the pub, and what it does for the community.
Mr Hendry said: "There are three pubs in the area and a couple of restaurants across the road.
"We are somewhere in the middle of them. We welcome all ages and all types of people to the pub.
"We get really busy at night with locals coming in, our food has really picked up.
"The way I look at it is I'm a custodian of someone else's pub. This pub belongs to the people of Ravenswood, I'm just here to do what they want and make sure they have a good time."
The pub hosts regular events, with a quiz night every Wednesday, karaoke every Friday, and potentially more groups setting up in the future.
The pub is a lot bigger inside than it looks from the outside as well, there are a number of seating areas, TVs, an area for darts and pool and a function room area near the pizza oven.
Rather intriguingly, there is also a cardboard cut-out of Rick Astley, which gets a lot of attention from people taking pictures with it and was won by the owners at a Bingo event.
The pub is also dog-friendly and has a small car park towards the back, with a nice outside seating area.
I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to The Raven, and I will definitely be returning to sample more of their menu, and who knows, maybe even try their new Big Triple Burger challenge.
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