Address: Happisburgh Rd, Happisburgh, Norwich NR12 0PW, United Kingdom
Phone: +441692650004
Rating: 4.3
based on 133 reviews.
Service
Pros:
"Excellent service and excellent beer."
"Within 10 minutes we had been served our requested drinks and quickly then after our food."
"Service excellent."
"Staff were very accommodating and checked on us loads."
"The staff were friendly and helpful."
"Very friendly and attentive staff here."
"Polite and friendly staff."
Cons:
"Oof! We probably spent over an hour waiting, after we got our drinks to order, then to try to order a dessert it took about 40 minutes before I flagged someone down."
"Worst service of my life, if you want to wait 30 minutes for a Covid 19 risk pint, no Urgency and 20 people waiting for a drunk bar man to get prices wrong and ask if people want ice in drinks, while a land lord watches and doesn’t help."
"Really slow service as well - waited 25 mins for 2 teas and 2 coffees."
"Our booking was wrong and apparently lucky to have been written down at all, we overheard the barman making fun of us."
"After nearly 10 minutes my wife went to the bar where the young lad promptly ignored her and walked off."
"What a waste of 25 minutes... No sign of service."
"Real shame. Group of 8 stopped off after a trip to the beach. Found a couple of tables, waited 20 mins to be approached by the nice young chap doing the table service."
Food Quality
Pros:
"Really lovely food."
"Really nice beers and food was lovely and reasonably priced."
"Very nice meal there a proper Norfolk pub with very nice food great place to stop by if your in the area after a coast walk deffently worth checking out."
"Great food, very historic."
"The food was excellent and very filling."
"Really good food, great selection of drinks."
"Food we had was yummy, my Husband had a mega ploughmans and I a sandwich, but the real surprise was the onion rings, freshly cooked, fab!!"
Cons:
"However... My garden shed is cleaner and the quality of the food is somewhat suspect."
"Really disappointing, so close to the sea yet so far from decent food wise."
"This “pub” is one of the most shocking and vulgar atmospheres I’ve had to sit in and eat food.... which was shockingly bad in itself."
"Food was lack lustre, Ploughman’s although basic was very disappointing."
"The food we good wasn't great for the money we paid the bread was very dry."
"Mediocre at best , over priced food , ordered gammon egg and chips , got ham egg and chips."
"BUT FOOD? OMG its inedible... Avoid at all costs."
Atmosphere & Hospitality
Pros:
"Very friendly to dogs, and so a good place to bring friendly dogs."
"A lovely, family-run pub with an exceptionally warm welcome from the Landlord."
"Refreshingly friendly + helpful landlord&lady."
"This is a great village pub with all the quirks of a local in the countryside."
"Made very welcome by locals, pub is also very dog friendly."
"Lovely old pub and great food."
"Fantastic pub. Down to earth, very friendly staff and landlord, great food, good beer, everything you could want from a small village pub."
Cons:
"Not a family friendly place - the owner is absolutely miserable and was quite rude to our children."
"Absolutely disgusting behaviour for customer service. The chavy boy behind the bar was rude."
"If you like being treated in a gruff manner by miserable staff then look no further !"
"Unfriendly staff and owner. We had a really bad experience so please check whats lurking in your food!!!"
"Miserable barman who was sharp and unfriendly."
"Very disappointed! Extremely run down exterior."
"Although the building is old and could be beautiful, it's tired and uncared for interior/exterior, outdated and not wonderfully clean toilet facilities let it down."
Value for Money
Pros:
"Beer was nice friendly people."
"The food was really good very nice good size portions. And very fair price for what we had."
"Good Food at reasonable prices."
"Lovely country pub nice beer and we both had food Lovely thick cut ham and salad with nice fries."
"A little gem well worth a visit the cavery was delicious and good in price."
"Good pub grub we were at a campsite nearby and called in after a long walk."
"Great value Sunday carvery from 14.00 hrs, only25 covers per sitting, so book to avoid disappointment, great food good sized portions and friendly staff."
Cons:
"The portion was very small we only decided to have one drink has one of their regulars language was rather blue shame has we might have come again for a drink."
"Mediocre at best , over priced food , ordered gammon egg and chips , got ham egg and chips."
"Love this pub, food last Sunday wasn't great though... over cooked lamb, over cooked veg and two tiny roast potatoes."
"Had a pretty disgusting burger. I should have complained at the time but we hadn't banked on a burger taking nearly an hour to arrive so we were really pushed for time."
"The only food that was available was beef chilli with rice or nachos or chicken curry with rice or vegetables curry we opted for the beef chilli which I have to say had hardly any spice and the portion was very small."
"Lovely old pub and great food but last visit a couple of weeks ago did note that the price of drinks are quite expensive, £9.40 for 2 pints is a lot of money!"
"Needs a makeover, it was 14.15 on a busy Saturday and the kitchen was closing even though there was several large groups of people turning up for food and where turned away."
Dog-Friendliness
Pros:
"Very friendly to dogs, and so a good place to bring friendly dogs."
"Made very welcome by locals, pub is also very dog friendly."
"Dog friendly pub, beer was nice friendly people we sat outside plenty of seating outside and although dog friendly we had 3 sandy dog from a lovely walk up the beach."
"Dogs always welcome. A jewel in norfolks crown!!"
"This place is definitely an ideal spot for dog walkers as it is completely dog friendly and not just dog tolerant!"
"Very welcoming to dogs and well behaved owners."
"Dog friendly amazing value."
Cons:
"If you have a fear of dogs, maybe not the best place to visit."
Drinks Selection
Pros:
"Really nice beers and food was lovely and reasonably priced."
"Beer was nice friendly people."
"Annual beer festival."
"Great pub, very friendly and helpful staff, great beers and ales and spirit's, nice food and rooms to rent."
"Excellent quality + range of local ales and yummy hot food."
"Good selection of ales and ciders."
"A fine selection of beers, including three ales brewed on-site."
Cons:
"Drinks were in old glasses (marked 2015) so were well past their best."