The Restaurant Guide for Wine Lovers
The Black Lion
We assessed The Black Lion in July 2026 and this review is based on the food menu and wine list at the time of the review. As menus and wine lists change, we name styles in order for the information to remain more useful as menus change. If things have slipped you can use the Vinealto Dining app including accessing an up to date reading using 'At the Table' from the wine list in front of you in the restaurant. How we assess
The Black Lion is an ambitious contemporary pub in a handsome Suffolk village, with a wine list well above the usual pub offering. The wine programme has real character (thematic, curious buying with a low-intervention streak, a genuine sparkling offer and a by-the-glass shortlist that answers the hardest plates), held back mainly by the absence of any sweet or fortified wine. It will most reward the everyday drinker who likes a thoughtful list by the glass and does not need a dessert wine to finish.
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