Anvil Inn Congham Reviews Summary

Accommodation

Pros:

• "The caravan was in pristine state with super comfy double bed, and absolutely everything else you may require."
• "This is a superb caravan which is based in a small field behind the pub itself, very clean with really good space throughout."
• "Very comfortable caravan on small, quiet site at reasonable price."
• "The place is clean and has everything except the washer which is not bad as we only stayed 2 nights."
• "We had a great 3 night stay in our motor-home on the green pitch under the willow tree."
• "Small level, well kept, quiet site bordered by trees, hedges and high fence."
• "Great static caravan, 2nd time we have stayed here."

Cons:

• "The room we were in was rather tired. Needs redecorating and new furniture."
• "Pitches are very close together, really squeezed in."
• "Very over priced. It was like a caravan clubhouse inside."
• "Wifi doesn't work on the pitch behind the static."
• "Although other campers said it lacks grey water disposal."
• "no showers or toilet"
• "Pity there wasn't any showers."

Food

Pros:

• "The staff were polite and helpful and the food was excellent."
• "nice food if you pop in for a meal"
• "Good food large portion friendly staff."
• "Steak was lovely. Cooked really well to order."
• "Excellent food with an excellent choice on the menu"
• "Excellent pub food at sensible prices"
• "food in pub was excellent and a great carvery"

Cons:

• "The chicken was under cooked and had to be sent back for another one."
• "£19 for this steak and £15 for chicken burger is massively over priced."
• "Absolutely disgraceful food portions not enough to feed a child."
• "Twice I had a steak (sirloin) brought to our table and both were full of chewy fat."
• "Food was 'meh' at best."
• "Chilli had pieces of beef and not mince and was tomato in flavour and not chilli."
• "Oh dear, two of us went in for Friday lunch. I had the pie, well the pie arrived and I tried two bites and left it. It didn't smell nice and it tasted as bad."

Service

Pros:

• "The owners could not do enough."
• "Staff really helpful and friendly."
• "The staff are really friendly and accommodating."
• "Fantastic. Excellent customer service."
• "All the staff were friendly and attentive even the new girl (first shift)."
• "The young man who served us was friendly helpful and fantastic with all the customers."
• "The staff are very friendly giving excellent service."

Cons:

• "Visited the pub at 18:30 on a Tuesday and although it wasn't full straight away it became apparent the staff seemed stressed and not able to really cope."
• "After 10 minutes no one appeared to take our order."
• "Booked a meal for two. Meal was of poor quality."
• "Staff were lovely apart from using the hated 'we' instead of 'you'."
• "The only downside as far as I was concerned was the fact they did not allow dogs into the pub."
• "Owner's yapping dogs in a pen."
• "In the neighbouring housing there is an exceptionally noisy group of dogs, which was highly intrusive."

Value

Pros:

• "We prepaid £10 for electricity but ran out on our second evening."
• "2 of these gammon meals £12 at the mo 😋😋"
• "The 2 meals for £12 were excellent."
• "for £12 a night with hook up ..bargain"
• "Enjoyed the whopping sunday carvery, and 2 meals for £12.00 through the week, great value."
• "Good value for money with the prepaid, metered electric hook-up."
• "Good reasonable priced food"

Cons:

• "£19 for this steak and £15 for chicken burger is massively over priced."
• "Oh and the drinks are expensive!"
• "Very over priced. It was like a caravan clubhouse inside."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "live music & great atmosphere"
• "Very peaceful with sounds of nature and horses in the paddocks."
• "The food is 5 star, service is 5 star and the atmosphere was 5 star."
• "The Site was very quiet and well situated in a countryside location."
• "Very peaceful site (apart from the nearby cockerel in the morning)."
• "It was lovely to hear the sound of wildlife and not the bustle of traffic."
• "Lovely Little site, tucked away. Very quiet, we enjoyed sitting outside listening to the birds."

Cons:

• "I find it really off putting being crammed into a tiny bar with people eating pub grub inches away from others who are there to watch the band."
• "Cockerel crowing at 5am and dogs barking but nothing to do or controlled by the owners"
• "Dogs barking late at night. Cockerill waking us up at 5.00 am should have a long neck."
• "Twice I was pushed backwards and nearly sat on somebody's scampi and chips!"

Location

Pros:

• "The location and how friendly the pub staff and host was"
• "Beautiful location, close to where we needed to be."
• "The location was fantastic to go off n do different things, saw 3 different beaches, lots to do only 29mins away."
• "This pub is a lovely little gem hidden away in the back roads of Congham."
• "Out of way setting quiet."

Cons:

• "longish single trace road to and from, 🤞 you don't meet oncoming traffic"
• "The location is maybe tricky to find as it's in a real back country location."