Lamb Inn Reviews Summary

Category: Pub Norwich

Address: Lamb Yard, Orford Pl, Norwich NR1 3RU, United Kingdom

Phone: +441603625365

Rating: 4.1
based on 309 reviews.

Staff and Service

Pros:

  • "Staff are excellently trained and relaxed."
  • "Staff are very friendly and are quick to please."
  • "The staff were very attentive to everyone's needs and went round and made sure everyone was ok."
  • "Friendly staff, they did forget mine but the waitress sorted it out."
  • "Management was really good and executed our problem great and extremely polite."
  • "The staff were helpful and come to the tables, so you don't have to go to the bar to order if you don't want to."
  • "Staff friendly and had a good selection of drinks."

Cons:

  • "Staff slow and incompetent."
  • "Very disappointed with the customer service."
  • "Wine was overpriced."
  • "Seemed quite expensive for a coke and a pint, which cost nearly £9."
  • "The covid restrictions are not handled well here. Staff are grumpy and moody."
  • "UNPROFESSIONAL and DISHONEST staff members!"
  • "Manager never greeted us kindly, instead accused our group of having 'a few drinks drinks already'."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food was good & value for money."
  • "Food is cooked to perfection. Hot,tasty and delicious."
  • "All of us enjoyed our meals Chicken curry, Sausage n Mash, Chicken Pie and Hunters Chicken."
  • "Absolutely beautiful food and friendly and efficient service with genuine smiles and staff who seem to enjoy their work."
  • "The food (veg burger, fried prawns and prawn salad) was all very high quality."
  • "The best vegetarian Sunday Roast I've had for ages. The nut roast was very tasty and the selection of vegetables was lovely."
  • "The food was great!!"

Cons:

  • "The food however, was a massive let down. I've had better burgers in a Spoons for half the price."
  • "The Yorkshires were rock solid, my wellington was burnt."
  • "Food was disgusting I ordered belly pork with bubble and squeak, pork crackling, fried egg."
  • "Food was reheated, meat was very dry, burgers burned."
  • "Sunday roast was really unpleasant. Beef was dry and cut like doorstops, cauliflower cheese was just steamed cauliflower with what seemed like American cheese on top."
  • "The garlic bread was literally toast with garlic butter on it."
  • "The pies ok but have purchased better in a supermarket."

Ambiance and Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "Lovely little hidden treasure! Sat outside in a booth with heater, nicely lit up and lovely atmosphere."
  • "The court yard is nice if you want to sit outside."
  • "Nice to sit outside and share a meal with the family after all this time couped up at home."
  • "The walk from pub to castle also takes you through an area of art galleries and craft shops."
  • "A huge courtyard if you want alfresco."
  • "Lovely place to go for a drink. Outside heaters so can go in most weather."
  • "The atmosphere was really great on a Sunday afternoon."

Cons:

  • "You know when you're sitting outside a pub quietly with a friend at 7pm and you want to enjoy a drink and a chat? Isn't the best thing when there's a terrible DJ playing full volume in the courtyard right next to you?"
  • "Our table was a little wonky and we got watered when the hanging baskets did."
  • "The seats we sat on were ripped and tires."
  • "Popped into the Lamb for a lunchtime drinks and sat outside, what has happened it looked very unkempt and tatty."
  • "People smoke outside and this causes our table with some asthmatics to have less than great time."
  • "Place was cold."
  • "Very off putting, as only one person was smoking in the whole of the courtyard."

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