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Dog & Partridge, Bury St. Edmunds

29 Crown Street
Bury St. Edmunds
IP33 1QU

Phone: 01284764792

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Greene King

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Bury St. Edmunds Central

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Strongers . left this review about Dog & Partridge

I recently spent a night using the accommodation at the Grade II listed Dog & Partridge, so I parked in the small car park at the rear, reserved for hotel guests only, before entering the split-level back garden. To the left are lines of covered tables and to the raised right are some tables and chairs and the entrance to the hotel. After checking in I wandered up the road to the Rose & Crown before coming back to the pub, this time entering through the main entrance that opens into a bare boarded bar where seating across the front windows is faced by a front facing serving counter that supports three hand pumps and a premium keg range. A second counter on the L-shaped bar supports three more hand pumps while facing standing room to the right before an old and large exposed brick chimney breast with fireplaces that face the counter to the left and a sunken parquet floored seating area to the front. Behind the chimney, in the right rear corner, is raised seating where breakfast was served the following morning. More raised seating is found across the rear where the back garden can be accessed. This is probably the closest pub to the brewery with it being just over the road, you can certainly smell it, so I was surprised to find only four GK options across the six hand pumps, those being IPA, Abbot, Spring Break and Dog & Partridge Ale. I’m not a big fan of the IPA, but I thought it must be as good as it going to get in here so went for a pint, meh. The service was very friendly and the £10 breakfast was good value for money, but I don’t think I’ll be returning now that I’ve visited.

On 28^th April 2026 - rating: 6
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Blackthorn _ left this review about Dog & Partridge

A large pub adjacent to the Greene King Brewery, I assume this pretty much serves as the brewery tap with the other nearby pub that carries that official designation seeming to be closed whenever we went past.

It’s quite large inside, being divided in to a number of different areas and seems to have something of a chain like feel to it. Much of the décor is contemporary with Farrow & Ball brown paintwork and a sanded wooden floor, but then there are also some areas of exposed brickwork, for example. A large brick fireplace was opposite the bar counter, although this did not look as though it were used. A snug at the front of the pub had much wood panelling on the walls, making it somewhat reminiscent of a hotel drawing room. A number of old black and white photos of the brewery were on the walls. Service seemed a bit hit and miss with some staff serving hot drinks and others seeming to scurry about without actually achieving anything.

The menu looked to be a mass produced laminated affair and consisted of a number of sections such as burgers, grills, steaks, chicken, pub classics, etc., with the latter including options such as sausage and mash, hunter’s chicken, scampi & chips, lasagne, beef & ale pie, chicken tikka masala, etc. Most of the main courses were priced somewhere around £9, although many were also available as part of a “2 for £10” deal. A plate of flapjacks was on the bar counter.

Beers on tap were all from Greene King as might be expected with their IPA, London Glory and Old Speckled Hen, whilst a fourth pump for St Edmunds appeared to have run out. Another bank of four pumps around the corner were, I assumed, duplicates, but I did not inspect them so there may have been a further selection available. Ciders meanwhile were Aspall’s Suffolk and Rekorderlig Raspberry.

On 6^th July 2016 - rating: 6
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paulof horsham left this review about Dog & Partridge

The Dog & Partridge is surrounded by the Greene King Brewery just as the aroma of malting barley envelopes the pub inside. It's a pub that's very much at the heart of the Greene King operation and attracts staff from the brewery at lunchtimes. So you'd expect this to be a celebration of the brewers' art, I think? Sadly, it's the marketing department and the chief accountant who have the upper hand - this is an example of the Flame Grill formula. Heck, on my visit, they couldn't even rustle up an IPA: the clip was turned! That's right, despite the brewery being located on the other side of the wall, Greene King's flagship ale was off. Instead, I had a pint of the pub special 'Dog & Partridge Best' which was not a great pint. Cheap, though: £2.99 got me 9/10 of a pint.

So: what else might you expect? I entered from Crown Street and was confronted with a bar offering 3-4 handpumps (one turned - see above), the tall font for St. Edmunds Ale, as well as some standard draft offerings. There seemed to be no indication that the bar extended around the corner, where 4 more ales from the GK stable could be had (or maybe I failed to spot the clues?).

There are several rooms inside, all well-looked after. There's also a pleasant beer garden leading through to the quiet Bridewell Lane.

Unfortunately, though, the whole place just felt soullessly corporate. The pub seemed to be aiming more at the brewery's middle management and their golfing colleagues than the beer tourist hoping to tap into Greene King at the source.

On 2^nd June 2014 - rating: 5
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