Review: We gorged ourselves at Tower Street Food Hall in Ipswich and this is what we thought

Ipswich’s newest food attraction has proven popular since it opened last month – and I wanted to see what all the fuss was about.

Tower Street Food Hall opened at the old Yates, in Tower Street, on February 15.

From the moment Sandeep Singh and his team signed the lease on the building, I’d kept up to date on its opening, finally getting a chance to dine there myself on Saturday.

While I had seen the inside before, the moment my family stepped inside they loved what had been done with the place.

Tower Street Food Hall houses six vendors and we ordered one thing from four of them.

This is certainly an environment where coming as a group feels best and I’d recommend sticking all the food in the middle and sharing like we did.

First up was the Baconater from Slap and Pickle, which cost £11.

A decent enough smash burger, with some nice touches, although my dad thought it was a little pricey.

Burgers are difficult to describe, they’re nearly always edible but there’s a low ceiling.

All the flavours were there, pickles were a nice touch and the bacon was lovely and crispy.

If this isn’t to your taste, it also offers hamburgers, cheeseburgers and spicy options with pun-tastic names.

Next we ordered up the Hot Honey loaded fries from The Bucket List, which cost £10.

These quickly became a firm favourite, with the mix of sweet, salty and savoury with honey, bacon, parmesan and aioli ensuring they didn’t last long.

The Bucket List has a constantly shifting menu with weird and wacky combinations of loaded fries.

For those of you who are more vanilla, it also offers plain fries and cheesy chips.

Next was a good, old fashioned chicken biryani, courtesy of Titu’s Kitchen, which hopes to offer authentic south Indian food.

True to form, the rice in this dish was incredible, with most of the flavour of the chicken having seeped into it.

The salsa was a good palate cleanser, although I wasn’t a fan of the deep fried crisp-type side that came with the dish.

This was my personal favourite of the bunch and would heartily recommend it – if you can handle spice.

Other options at Titu’s Kitchen include butter chicken, dosas and a variety of other chicken or vegetarian dishes.

Lastly, we tried a crispy duck sharer from Big Bro Bao, which cost £18.

As you’d expect, the amount of food in this dish was overwhelming at first, with six buns.

In addition to duck it came with a range of vegetables, crispy onions, sweet peanuts, Asian-style coleslaw and some sauces, including sweet soy mayo and a honey-based sauce.

The duck was lovely and crispy and the buns were light and fluffy. However, my dad felt the combination of everything on the platter left them a little dry.

Personally, I didn’t agree with him, but to each their own.

Other options at Big Bro Bao include teriyaki chicken, crispy or charred pork, banh mi, katsu chicken and Asian mushroom.

Overall, the bill came to £54, which for three of us and four meals, felt worth the price.

If none of these options sound appetising to you, there is also Daddy and Daughter’s Pizza and London Calling, which offers British classics, such as pie and mash, sausage and mash, roast chicken, jacket potatoes and sweet treats such as sticky toffee pudding, lava cake and jam sponge.

It’s a shame there is currently no outside seating as on a warm day like Saturday, sitting outside with a cold beer would have made it the perfect experience.

If you find yourself in Ipswich town centre, definitely give this place a look.