The Dove Street Inn

Brilliant pub with a good selection of ales to choose from. The Dove Street Inn was quite spacious, with a few different rooms away from the main bar area. The pub itself was very clean and served food. Although saying that the occasion I was there with a couple of mates they had stopped serving. This wasn't an issue though as the landlord was very accommodating in letting us order and eat a takeaway inside the pub.

A proper pub. Went to Ipswich to watch football and drink some real ale. They brew their own beer and also have a great selection of other real ales. The staff and locals are very friendly. Highly recommended for a visit.

A great pub, fantastic staff and a welcoming atmosphere. I go for the monthly storytelling club and look forward to a good pint, good food and great venue.

Very friendly, good atmosphere, good beer.
Good old fashioned Town pub we tried before going to the Regent Theatre.
We'll return

Following Blackburn Rovers gets me around the country a fair bit, and what is a football match without a decent pub? Pointless!! Ipswich has always been a bit hit and miss (in over forty years) BUT..... No longer! To my eternal shame, I've never been there before. Fantastic would be a sleight. The beer, the the staff, the interior and all round "good egg-ness" is something to behold. Every town (hopefully) has one. Just got to track them down. Well! I've tracked it down. Feel free to follow. Fantastic establishment and long may it thrive

Great beer quality and choice. Friendly owner/managers and staff with a wealth of knowledge about the products they were selling.

Fantastic boozer with friendly bar staff. Excellent selection of well kept beers and bar food/snacks.

Always a nice proper older style feel but in a good way pub. The vegan friendly ale is icing on this lovely welcoming cake

Great pub with a wide selection of decent beers, for all tastes. Much larger inside than you'd think. Lots of nice quiet areas too, and loads of great games. One of the best in Ipswich.

Really enjoyable pub, the sort of place where the landlady will come and say hi and get to know patrons. Great range of bevarages, craft options, local options, options from all over the world. Love the atmosphere, probably my favourite pub at the moment!

Very friendly pub, good service.

Always friendly, helpful and welcoming pub, and always with a great selection of ales and other drinks, well-kept. Good, straightforward food usually available if you feel hungry. Beer festivals popular.

A fantastic pub!
Brilliant staff!
Excellent beer1

Great pub, good beers

Without a doubt, not just the best pub in Ipswich but the best pub I have been in, and I have been in a few over the years. The reason is, the Dove Inn is unique in many ways. So, what makes is so different. I love the atmosphere most of all, it really is a traditional pub, if you are a real ale person then this is where you need to drink, a wide range of traditional ales that are well cared for. They even have their own brewery. Sadly, I am more of a Moretti lager man myself but do occasionally try the ales.
The staff are very polite, well trained, and new customers are treated the same as years old regulars. There is a large outside covered area, where my wife and I held our wedding reception on the 26 August this year. We had over sixty guests. We discussed our reception with Karen the co-owner, she is a professional caterer, we did not need to go into fine details of what sort of buffet we required because she knows what she is doing, so we left it to her. Everyone of our guest commented, not just on the quality and quantity of the buffet food, but the constant topping up, so nothing sat there for long, and the hot items served where hot when they were eaten. Tink our waitress was a knockout with our guests because of her natural friendly approach to everyone and everything. Service with a big natural smile. Ady co-owner was constantly seen checking that everything was going to plan. As this was the third catered for event at the Dove Inn over the past five years, we were already confident that our special day would be special, and it was. As requested, Tink relentlessly also topped up our guest’s glasses with prosecco, red and white wines which we paid for, however many of our guests preferred to pay for the real ales at the bar. Everyone with out a doubt loved the Dove Inn.
If you have never been in the Dove Inn before, take my advice, give it a try, you will not regret it. They do provide a food menu, which is not too extensive, because of the challenges over the past two years and let’s face it things are not completely back to normal. We go there for lunch sometimes and the food is good and certainly not expensive.

Great atmosphere, very friendly and welcoming staff. Lots of seating for footie games, and events out back. Perfect place to have a chilled out time. Even has its own beer brewed on site 🍻

I'm in there now. So as I'm currently experiencing my review ,I can't really comment.

The warmest welcome always from all the staff. Their Balti Shepherds Pie is to die for!

Today the dove hosted my daughters wedding. It was perfect, fantastic barbecue and what a range of craft beers. Nothing was to much trouble for the staff. Thank you so much.
Highly recommend the dove.

Just so homely. No music, no flashing lights. Just people and chat. Brilliant ❤ 👏