Address: Woodbastwick Rd, Norwich, NR13 6HQ, United Kingdom
Phone: +441603720003
Rating: 4.3
based on 314 reviews.
Food Quality
Pros:
"The food was affordable and tasty."
"Huge portions of excellent game pie, suet steak and kidney pie with full flavoured veg."
"Food was amazing - really tasty and huge portions."
"The food is really nice. We had 'Nog and Yorkie', a small paddling pool size Yorkshire pudding full of a beef stewed in a wonderful gravy made with one of their drinks plus mash potatoes and veg. Mouthwatering!!"
"The Steak and Kidney suet puddings and Ale & Yorkie were delicious!! One of the nicest pub meals I've had."
"Food was outstanding, so tasty, fresh & good size portions nicely presented."
"Absolutely superb lunch, with no skimping on the portion sizes!"
Cons:
"The Crayfish and Prawn salad looked lovely but the much feted sauce was thin and pretty tasteless."
"Cheap ingredients in both our meals - gravy made from granules?! Yuk."
"Very disappointing the food was average at best."
"These burgers tasted nothing special. No different to your typical supermarket burgers-- not even the 'specially selected' ones."
"The Haddock was tasteless! Chips were very firm!"
"The steak was nice, slightly over priced, but the chips terrible."
"Food terrible. Meat pie with three pieces of meat in for £14.50."
Service
Pros:
"The staff are fantastic, attentive, friendly!"
"Staff were really pleasant food was well presented and cooked, we were made to feel very welcome would definitely use again."
"Excellent service."
"Staff very helpful and friendly - lovely atmosphere and Christmas decorations."
"The staff are very attentive, friendly and polite."
"Attentive service and lovely food served quickly."
"Service was great as was the choice of refreshments."
Cons:
"No-one came to ask if the meal was ok or came after we had finished."
"Unfortunately though the service was incredibly slow even while it wasn't busy, felt like the staff were forgetting about us."
"They didn't even bother to ask if everything was ok so no tip for them."
"Unfortunately the toilets were disgusting - mouldy walls, broken locks and they don't look like they've been cleaned for a long time."
"The waitress never checked back during our meal despite us occupying the only table inside."
"We waited over 40 minutes for food to arrive, then when it did arrive the food was cold, vegetables were hard and undercooked and tiny portions compared to other visits here."
"The service behind the bar was something to be desired too, wasn't professional, wasn't homely or welcoming."
Ambiance & Location
Pros:
"Very cosy on a cold winter afternoon."
"The building was pleasing both inside and out."
"Huge garden out the front with picnic benches in the sun."
"The beer garden was a lovely place to site and enjoy the beautiful weather and the great beer and cider."
"Pleasant grassed area at the front with trees and a pond and tables, surrounded by fields, and facing west for lovely skies when the sun goes down."
"Lovely location, picturesque garden with it's own brewery!"
"Lovely pretty pub next to the Woodforde's brewery."
Cons:
"Rubbish this is NOT a gastropub... lack of menu choices, high prices for food and drink and little of it poor service and no atmosphere."
"The menu isn't as interesting as it used to be."
"Unfortunately although the staff were very friendly the service was a bit slow."
"We would have sat outside but the covered seating area with heaters had been removed which is a shame as it gives you another option on cooler evenings."
"You cant really blame the pub for not having atmosphere on a cold and wet November night but we were the only people in a large restaurant."
"This pub was so individual, but all it has now is extremely good beers."
"The couple of young service members we spoke too were lovely, however the atmosphere felt quite awkward."
Value for Money
Pros:
"The food was affordable and tasty."
"Great prices though and good quantity and decent quality food."
"It was definitely very good value for money, would certainly go back to this place again."
Cons:
"£13.95 for a pie and chips meal."
"Gherkin and burger sauce missed from our burgers which was disappointing."
"IMHO, there other places, which offer much better value for money."
"For example we paid £6.50 for 3 slices of cold bread with some oil and tasteless hummus!"
"Our bill was higher than expected because we we're charged £6.50 for each glass of wine so watch out for that."
"At these food prices I do expect better as it is not cheap."
"The main courses were all very bland and overpriced for what we paid."