Country Line Buffet Bar in King's Lynn and West Norfolk

An old fashioned, but none the worse for that, station cafe. Beautifully kept with a wide range of snacks

The service is first class and there is always a warm welcome.I make sure I leave time before catching a train so I can have a cup of tea and a snack it is one of the highlights of the journey.Prices are reasonable and there is a good range of drinks, snacks, papers, magazines and breakfasts.

All our trips to London start right here. One of us gets the tickets the other gets the bacon butties and drinks. (£3 - butty, £1.50 -tea). Fabulous. Friendly service and consistent good quality. Great way to start a journey.

Ate breakfast at the cafe here whilst waiting for my train. Great choice and very good value for money.n

Called at this cafe this morning for a cup of tea before catching the train to London. Excellent tea and very friendly service. I left my handbag behind after finishing my tea, without even realising. As I sat on the train waiting for it to depart, the man who had served me boarded the train with my handbag, walking through the train to see who had left it behind. How thoughtful and what great customer service. My day would have been completely ruined otherwise.

Simply the best. I challenge anyone to find a more friendly cafe serving better food anywhere in the UK. Alan and his team are superlative hosts, never short of good humour and always happy to go the extra mile. The homemade food is delicious and varied, yet none of the basic commuter snacks are missing. Personally I find the filter coffee as good as you can get and the bacon rolls are a real treat if you have to get an early train. The only word of warning is don't listen to any of Alan's betting tips unless you have deep pockets...

This is a very old restored part of Kings Lynn Railway Station and is full of character, good to see these old buildings

This is a great cafe for a tea and a sandwich before getting the train. Welcoming staff who are happy to help. Great sausage sandwich. Nice strong tea.

Lovely old but now worn out premises serving coffee and tea like what went for tea and coffee during rationing....its simply awful.

This place should have been carefully renovated years ago, its full of character but frankly its worn out.

My wife pops in to the buffet in the mornings...now simply to buy a paper and a bottle of water and no longer risks buying anything else, I visit after lunch and it is dreadful. A 60s Travelers Fare throwbackService is by a very scruffy, unkempt guy....big sloppy sweater, shirt hanging out, unshaven. Coffee from the pour and serve is undrinkable and left, and a bacon sandwich was filled with bacon cooked off earlier in the morning.The buffet itself is full of character but worn out and really grubby, and quite frankly needs just a tad updating. Staff should be cleaned up and uniformed. There is no excuse for scruffiness or grubby premises.I never thought for one moment that I would pine for a Starbucks or better still a Pret, but almost anything would be better than this.

Stopped in for a quick coffee and snack Traditional old fashion station cafe Nice to see Please not they don't take credit/debit cards

Es un buffet de la estación, vendiendo sándwiches, confitería. bebidas a precios tonto. Lo que en un mundo ideal cada estación debe tener - pero por desgracia este es único en mi experiencia. Café tan bueno como cualquier otro bar café, té tan bueno como cualquier pijo teashop. Una selección enorme de latas (no alcohólicas), y una completa selección de revistas increíblemente. Mejor que Heathrow al respecto. Y el servicio amable y encantador!

La comida caliente está limitado a sandwiches bacon y objetos similares, y hay una selección de sándwiches calientes y aperitivos. Usted puede comprar bebidas enlatadas, ambos refrescos y bebidas alcohólicas, bebidas calientes ir, periódicos, revistas y otras cosas para su viaje. El servicio es agradable y hay una media docena de mesas para comer, pero la mayoría de la gente parecen tomar algo para el tren, ya que están pasando. Probablemente no vale la pena un viaje especial, pero tiene un poco más de carácter de una cadena nacional, tienen un aspecto si estás pasando por

Never an easy choice when your travelling by rail, If you have the time it's well worth sitting down and enjoying a fresh cup of coffee or tea, plus a snack meal, but don't worry if you need to catch your train the take away is just as good, Bacon butty to die for......

Best bacon sandwiches, great place to people watch, we often call in for brunch, it is interesting watching people going for train, a good old fashioned station buffett with all sorts on offer from a paper to a bottle of wine for your journey

Yo he estado comiendo en el buffet de veinticinco años, y honestamente puedo afirmar que es insuperable calidad como el mejor bar de desayuno en Kings Lynn. Abre temprano, para la conveniencia de los viajeros de tren, una corriente constante de clientes habituales pase. Todo el mundo se dio una bienvenida familiar. La decoración es nostálgico, y añade a toda la experiencia. Un sobresaliente.

no matter what time of day the staff are always happy and helpful, best bacon and fried eggs butties!

Always a pleasant greeting even at 6.30 in the morning! The bacon sandwiches are just wonderful and start the train journey off in a very pleasant way!

Este "estación familiar buffet tiene los distintivos de una (casi patrimonio) estación de tren cafetería tradicional, con un simple pero recién variedad de platos de calidad, así como servicio de cosas para picar y golosinas.

This is a delightful station buffet. Obviously a privately owned business as no chain could match this establishment. Good coffee and very pleasant service from the staff. The flooring needs a little attention, otherwise - spot on.

This is an old fashioned Railway buffet in the spirit of Brief Encounter but the service is superb, very quick and Alan always has a smiling face and a cheery word to greet travellers. Would that he also ran a catering service on the trains down to Kings Cross too!

A cooked breakfast, if you have time, or a generously filled bacon sandwich if you are hurrying for a train are the very least you should award yourself having found this friendly little station buffet. Compared to the overpriced, tasteless dross served by unsmiling robots that passes for catering on most of the transport network I can only wonder how this place escaped. I suspect probably that the owner is behind the counter every day, or at least every time I have been there. Long may it stay open and flourish.

It's strange isn't it? - that this place - the most ordinary place in the word - the refreshment room at King's Lynn station, can be so very special. The service is from another century: when I placed a big order of food to the smiling owner, her husband asked which train we were catching so that we could be served in time. The food - which was excellent - was delivered to our tab by an equally smiling and friendly waitress. I love the architecture and style of the place which is quintessentially British and understated and holds no truck with the fashionable or modern. As we were leaving an elderly man with learning difficulties entered. He was obviously well known to the staff. The patience and gentleness with which he was treated confirmed that I was indeed in a very special place. I now visit every time I go down to London and find myself leaving early from home so that I can linger a little longer. It is just the place for a brief encounter...

It's only a station buffet - but one that's very out of the ordinary. King's Lynn is an end-of-the-line station, old-fashioned, friendly, well-maintained, and the Buffet Bar is a terrific place to relax in before or after your journey. It's been in continuous operation as an independently owned and run enterprise for over a century, and the current owners have run it for, I believe, almost a quarter of that time. Its bacon rolls are legendary; coffee is fresh and filter, tea is made in the pot, it's fully licensed, the selection of snacks and drinks is fine, and the choice of newspapers and magazines on sale is huge. But what really sets it apart is the warm, friendly service, a real sense of caring about each and every customer. 10 minutes before each hourly train to Cambridge and London is due to depart, extra staff magically appear to make sure everyone can buy what they need for the journey, without the usual stress. There are plenty of excellent dining options in King's Lynn, but I highly recommend you stop off here for a drink and/or snack if you're travelling by train - it's a million miles from the usual chain outlets you find at most train stations, and all the better for it.