A Slice Of The Broads

Bure River Cottage

➤ 27 Lower Street, North Norfolk, United Kingdom

Carta • Wine • Cheese • Seafood • Chocolate

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"Absolutely delicious meal. The baked coconut and chilli Cromer crab starter was soooo good! Definitely recommend that one! Main meals were excellent and the vegetable sides accompanying were really really lovely too! We ate here for our tenth-anniversary meal with our two small children while camping locally for the weekend. There is no children's menu, but they can do fish goujons with chips, or various other options adapted from the adults' menu. The quality of the kids meals was great, although my two are going through a fussy stage so didn't eat much unfortunately. There was no good reason for this though, because my husband and I tried their meals and it was very good. We'd definitely return next time we're in the area!"

Liberty

➤ Norwich Road, NR12 8RX, Broadland, United Kingdom

Carta • Cafés • Steak • British • American

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"We're new to the area on holiday. We found the restaurant on line before we came to Norfolk and decided to book Sunday lunch there before a trip on the broads. We had the roasts, lamb and beef. Both were equally good. Roast potatoes and Yorkshire delicious and veg exactly at the point where they're cooked properly and not hard to cut. The servers were friendly, helpful and extremely efficient. Dessert was equally good. We are planning to return in the week. (Our only suggestion would be to deep clean the tables as they were a bit sticky)."

Garden Kitchen

➤ Hoveton Hall Estate, NR12 8RJ, North Norfolk, United Kingdom

Carta • Cafés • Vegan • Coffee • British

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"Booking was no trouble and parking was easy and well signed. Entrance fee was as expected. On arrival at the cafe we had to queue next to a sign that said the cafe was closed for a private party. It wasn't but it was facing the queue so appeared to be relevant although out of date. When we were seated it became obvious that we would have to queue again to order food, in the billowing and potent stench of the meaty barbecue for a good 15 minutes. As vegetarians this was not ideal but my mother, who is not vegetarian also found it almost unbearable too. When we reached the front of the queue the order was taken and then there was an odd arrangement where we had to wait to the side of the queue for drinks and then take a buzzer for the food. This strategy resulted in a long wait to order and an unfortunate safety issue for staff coming in and out of the kitchen who had to navigate the edge of a granite table, a queue of people and carry piles of plates. There was potential for something serious to go wrong at some stage but not our concern of course. There followed a lengthy wait for food. From being seated to the buzzer going off was an hour and we were not told of a delay on food on ordering. When the meals arrived, they were average with the flatbread being reheated from an earlier point in the day, very chewy and hard. We ordered 2 meals the same which arrived with quite different ingredients. The children's activity packs included with entry were brilliant to be honest and it was these that saved the day after such a long wait for food. The 2 tables next to us needed clearing and were not tended to until near the end of our meal. It was busy but not full to capacity at the time. I would recommend visiting hoveton hall, but it would be tricky to recommend the cafe unless the ordering and preparation system was reviewed. Will visit next year to see if anything has changed."

The Old Mill Restaurant And Cafe Bar

➤ Norwich Road. Hoveton, North Norfolk, United Kingdom

Carta • Cafés • Vegan • Coffee • British

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"Great experience here! Arrived with a group of 7 with no issues on Monday. Super friendly owner and staff members with a very positive atmosphere and comfortable clean restaurant. Food was brilliant with fantastic service. COVID-19 safety precautions were very clear and well laid out. Highly recommend if you’re in the area :"

The Ferry Inn Horning Family Diner

➤ Ferry Road, North Norfolk, United Kingdom

Carta • Pub • Steak • British • Vegetarian

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"We had hired a boat on the Broads for a few days and having passed it earlier in the day, we had decided to moor up at The Ferry Inn for the night and have a meal. The mooring fee is £20 for the night but if you are having a meal, this is then discounted off the price of your food so is essentially free. The staff were friendly and helpful and quick to point out the discount paying for the mooring gave to the food. They have a good selection of drinks to suit every palette. I went for the dark fruit cider (I can't remember if it was blackberry or blackcurrant) and her indoors went for rhubarb and ginger gin and tonic. I went for the mixed grill and my other half went for the Lasagne. We didn't have long to wait for the food to arrive. They were decent sized portions, well presented and extremely tasty. Rather than simply tell you how we would happily go again, we were so impressed that we actually went back the following night. One final plus is the friendly local wildlife. First you have the sound of the Bitterns booming away, then you have the friendly Swan that joins you for breakfast. The icing on the cake is the heron that struts up and down outside the pub and even enjoys hopping onto the odd boat or two for selfies."