The Old Cannon Brewery

Welcome to The Old Cannon Brewery, Bar, Brasserie and Bed & Breakfast in the heart of Bury St Edmunds.
We are proud to be a privately owned, genuinely independent free house in Bury and certainly the only brew pub in Suffolk where you can actually see beer in the making on a regular basis. Beers are made on the premises using East Anglian grown and malted barley, choice hops and the special house yeast.

Former runners-up in the Suffolk Food & Drink Awards for Best Food Pub, our Brewery Kitchen serves fresh and seasonal produce purchased from known local producers - our style is British traditional/regional with a twist

Restaurant
Our kitchen has a great reputation for serving the 'bounty of the county' all of which has been freshly prepared by our highly experienced chef Adrian Newcombe. Our brasserie menu, Cannon Fodder, changes with the seasons and has starters and main dishes for all tastes and appetites. There are at least three daily changing specials. For those with a smaller appetite, many of the most popular main courses are offered as a light main too. There's always a choice for vegetarians and, as all the food is prepared from scratch, we can usually adapt dishes for special dietary requirements too.

And, if you are still ready for more, our home made puddings and British cheeseboard are definitely worth saving space for. If puddings are not your thing, then our fabulous range of locally produced Ices are a must. Just up the road at The Manor Farm Creamery in Thurston we source a fantastic range of Ices from Criterion Ices. And then there's the deliciously flavoursome Alder Tree fruit cream ices – all hand made on a local fruit farm in Needham Market.

For busy business types looking for a quick option at lunchtimes, we offer bar snacks including baguettes with mouth watering fillings or a cheese ploughman's alongside the full menu.

Our favourite dishes tend to be made with our own ales: locally reared Red Poll cattle from the Lavenham Heritage Herd are fed on our brewery's 'spent grains', beef and ale pie or beer battered fish are other examples and we're 'big on bangers'; our famous Gunner's Daughter sausages always feature on the menu, sometimes alongside Beef & Best Bitter bangers or Black Pig ale, wild boar and apple sausages in the Autumn and Winter.

Finally, we have an incredibly popular Asian 'twist': on the first Tuesday of each month we host a Thai Banquet (see our website above for a sample menu). This three course set meal is authentically cooked to perfection by our assistant chef Som, herself from Thailand. Her dishes often crop up on the daily specials board too: sour hot Thai beef salad, venison satay and thom yum soup are particular favourites. Booking is essential!

For bookings please click through to our website to use the 'book a table' link, or call us now.

Bar opening:
Mondays to Saturday 12 noon to 11pm
Sundays 12 noon to 10.30pm

Food service at lunch:
Monday 12 noon to 2pm – bar snacks only
Tuesday to Friday 12 noon to 2pm - full Cannon Fodder menu and bar snacks
Saturday 12 noon to 3pm – full Cannon Fodder menu and bar snacks
Sunday 12 noon to 3pm – full Cannon Fodder menu and traditional roast

Food service at dinner:
Monday to Saturday 6pm to 9.30pm – full Cannon Fodder menu

The 'eat' page on our website has more information and sample menus so click through now to tempt your tastebuds!

Accommodation
What can you give the man in your life who has everything? An overnight stay in a brewery perhaps!

The Brewery Rooms offer our bed & breakfast guests comfort and style in a warm, friendly and relaxed environment, rounded off with a delicious Suffolk breakfast...

The Brewery Rooms are situated in the old brewhouse which was sensitively converted to provided comfortable accommodation. There are six double rooms and one twin all offering guests large en-suite shower rooms. Each room has wireless internet link, digital television and tea or coffee making facilities. We are able to offer overnight guests secure, off-street parking in the Brewery Yard. We pride ourselves on sourcing our delicious fresh breakfast produce from within Suffolk.

We're situated in a quiet residential area of Bury, just a short walk from the centre, and as convenient as any hotel in Bury St Edmunds with our guests able to make use of the Brewery Bar and Brasserie just across the yard.

Bury St Edmunds, with its surrounding countryside and villages, is a lovely place to visit at any time of the year. The recently restored Regency Theatre Royal, old Abbey Gardens and the new Millennium Tower on Bury's beautiful Cathedral are some of the many highlights in this delightful and historic market town, plus we're a stone's throw from the lovely boutiques in St John's Street and the new shops in the town's old cattle market. For more information about Bury and to see what's on please find links below.

For prices, availability and online booking see the 'stay' page on our website.

You can also take a look at our virtual tour on our website (just click on the Visit Website link above) to see round our beautiful bar and brasserie - don't forget to 'look' up when you are in the bar!

We look forward to seeing you at The Old Cannon Brewery soon for a home produced beer, a delicious meal and a relaxing break.