Crown Point Tavern in South Norfolk

Lovely quaint English pub fine beer. Gorgeous food

This feels like what everyone would be doing on a Saturday night if Jane Austen won the war. On the one hand, you feel like you can walk in and scrape the mud off your boots and enjoy a hearty stew with a fitting pint of ale, and then on the other there is a menu with panko duck. They've done marvellous work, whoever decided to turn this into the focal point of the town through such an arcane combination of things, and it's always going to be tricky to find the right balance of those elements but, for now, it's a great little oasis outside if the city and one I'd love to come and have dinner sometime.

Called in today in the off chance of getting a table , a lovely guy at the bar found us a table for 2 , we both had the roast beef and I can honestly say it’s one of the best roast dinners I have ever had out at a pub , beef lovely and rare just like it should be , sweet potato puree was delicious it was just perfect , can’t wait to go back very soon

Oh dear, Blues kitchen what has happened to you ?!? Having been a fan of the Blues kitchen when they started out at the Lord Rosebury, the roast dinners they serve now are unrecognisable from those early days. Having had a bad roast last time out at the Rosebury , I thought I'd give the crown point a go. Roast sirloin- something seriously not right with this, it was tough, sinuous, tatseless and had a sheen to it, the only thing it had going for it was that it wasn't overcooked as it was at the Rosebury. Roast potatoes were really awful, rock hard, no crisp to the skin. Red cabbage, literally just that, no aromatics or seasoning, same goes for the leeks and cabbage. There was such little puree on the plate that I couldn't taste it. The carrot wasn't done how they used to, in stock then finished in the oven with a glaze, just a boiled carrot. The Yorkshire looked impressive, and wasn't bad, but.you could tell it had been frozen. And to finish off the gravey was awful, a stock cube in boiling water would of had more flavour. The pub is lovely, service was quick, although we didnt get asked if the meal was ok at any point. The love and attention to detail isnt there anymore and what made there roasts stand out from the rest has unfortunately been lost. I won't be returning or recommending my guests to go here for a roast in future. Shame

I really love visiting Crown Point Tavern. It’s always a great place to spend an afternoon/evening, and the courtyard garden and conservatory are so nice in the summer. The staff are really friendly and the service is always brilliant. The food is really good value for the quality and portion sizes. I’d definitely recommend a visit!

If I could give more stars I would ✨️. The staff are so welcoming, the style of place is amazing and the food is on another level. Please try the mushrooms they are best thing I have eaten ever

Brilliant Sunday Roast with Blues Kitchen, already booked again for my son's birthday in a few weeks.

Had a fantastic roast here, very large portion sizes (which was great as I am very greedy) and tasted absolutely amazing. Really friendly, helpful staff it was a delight to visit and will definitely be back again. Nice and clean facilities as well!

Visited with a family party of 6. Our booked table wasn’t ready but we were offered another which was fine. Ordered drinks at the bar and took them to our table where we were supplied with menus. Asked if we were ready to order after about 2 to 3 minutes. We explained we would like more time to chat and drink first. This didn’t go down well with the petulant little waiter who warned our table would be required by others in an hour and 3 quarters. After about 10 mins a very nice waitress took our order. The food was quickly served, was excellent and enjoyed by the whole party. Then with a good 30 mins of our “allotted time” left another lady came and warned us our time was running out! We asked for the bill which was presented extremely quickly and we were asked how we would like to pay with hardly time to look at it first!! We paid and left. What a shame what could have been a very pleasant experience was spoilt by 2 people with no sense of customer service. There are lots of other places in Norwich which serve equally good food so I shall not return to Crown Point.

It is one of the best pubs in or around Norwich. Good drink selection with a particular favourite of mine, tiny rebels, easy living, on tap. The staff are very friendly and the food is brilliant. The court yard at the back of the pub is a litte oasis of calm. Make time in your life to go and have a roast here. It is the best roast I've ever had.

Excellent Roast (Beef) , Cauliflower Cheese was banging, Service was great, all the staff were awesome. The dude behind the bar had an awesome tash.

An unexpected delight! The Sunday Roast was unbelievable - all the meats looks fantastic and the roast beef was excellent. Great pint selection, great pricing. Will definitely be back 👏🏻

Beautiful local pub with excellent food, drinks and service.

Amazing roast dinner...one of the best by far! Highly recommended!

Amazing roast, never ever fails 😋

There aren’t enough superlatives to describe how great this meal was. We were camping nearby and fancied a pub dinner but we had no idea what a fantastic dinner we were in for. Great veggie/vegan options, everything we ordered was phenomenal. Our dogs were allowed inside which was great, kids felt very welcome. The guys were so lovely and friendly and really made us feel welcome. If we’re back in the area we will definitely be back!

i got here after a 5 mile walk with my brother, arrived at 8 pm on saturday evening, the website said it shut at 11pm then got told by a member of staff they was shut when we arrive because staff wanted to eat and drink? i personally feel this is unacceptable and there fore we had to walk further into norwich for food and drink.

Had been to visit Norwich for the day and knew we’d be calling in here as we wanted to get here having been to the Rosebery earlier this year. As with the Rosebery, the food was good and the staff there were very friendly. It was also a bonus to meet some of the locals and their pups. Really nice place to visit. The roaring fire was a bonus on what was a chilly day. Well be back.

Lovely setting and atmosphere. Friendly staff. Good choice of wines, beers etc, and the Sunday lunch was fantastic . Definitely 5 🌟. Fairly sure I was told dogs are welcomed

Lovely pub in a lovely little village near Norwich city centre. The food there is great now they have Blues Kitchen doing the food there. There is a nice selection of beers, wines and spirits at the bar as well.

My friends had the lamb dish, and I had the vegetarian red Thai curry. I’m very happy to write that the curry was fantastic. When we arrived there a few people eating out in the sunshine at the front of the pub, a few people in the pub, and some in the area out the back under the grapevines just having a glass of wine and chatting… A very relaxing, informal setting with quality food and service.

Great afternoon spent here with family. The staff are brilliant. We arrived 30mins before the end of food service and it was OK. The pork was very nice and the Yorkshire puddings got a big thumbs up from everybody. The staff could not have been more accommodating and really made a difference.

Great pub. Visited here with my family when sightseeing around Norfolk. Staff friendly and polite and food delicious. Dogs welcome too. Recommended.

Had an amazing roast here with Blues Kithchen on a Sunday. Fantastic food, great service and beers on tap, lovely atmosphere too. The vegan roast was incredible, the cauliflower cheese was also brilliant.

Heard and read so many good things about the roast. It was nice but roast potatoes were disappointing.

Best Sunday roast ever! First time & definitely will not be the last. Highly recommend 😀

Always a lovely welcome from very friendly staff. The food has improved massively over the past few years and is now on the must experience list rather than the must avoid list. The weekend roast in particular. Not sure how they achieve what they do in such a tiny kitchen.

What a warm welcome on a chilly Saturday evening. My wife has been raving about the food here for six months. Boy was she right (as usual). A roaring fire, great service from lovely people, great beer and fantastic food. This is something special. Thankfully we were hungry because the portions are generous. Each course was a great surprise. Had a lovely evening and if they weren’t booked up for a month on Sunday lunch I’d be back tomorrow.

Thank you to one and all. Absolutely delicious food from Blue's NR3 - great variety on the menu for all taste buds. I had the crab linguine which was full of flavour. Made to feel welcome due to friendly service. Put this on your to do list. I shall definitely return the next time I visit Norfolk

Came for the Sunday Roast, cant fault the food, it is excellent, big portions and tasted great. Its quite cramped and we ordered drinks on 2 separate occasions which were forgotten about and had to ask again. Food 10/10.

I just had the KFT (Korean fried tofu with peanuts and Asian slaw). Mouthwatering!

Sorry to say was not the best no sweets. available then ordered drink and that wasn't available overall food was ok beef was very tough so unfortunately was not our night I guess. One more thing our table was in a walkway with people asking hk frg through when your eating.so upset as family came from Peterborough for birthday meal .

Going with a 4/5 today. What could have been better. Gravy in the Yorkshire pudding to keep it warm. It went cold quite quickly. Skin on the chicken could have been crispy. And the fat on the pork could've been rendered more. What was good. Everything else. And the extra cauliflower cheese. A very enjoyable roast by NR3 Blues Kitchen and I like the Crown Point Tavern, perhaps better then the Rosebery. Prices are creeping up though . Might have been £13 a few years back. Hey ho. We shall return..

Welcoming staff, log burner and dog friendly. Excellent food (fish and chips). A lovely pub.

Absolutely epic roast by Blues NR3!!! We had the pork, which was so tasty and just melted in the mouth. It was served with sausage stuffing, roast potatoes, carrot, broccoli, cabbage, braised red cabbage, a lovely fluffy Yorkshire pudding and a delicious red wine gravy. We ordered cauliflower cheese as a side, which was also superb. We had our eyes on dessert too, but we were so stuffed after the roast we had to pass. We'll just make sure we're extra hungry next time so we don't miss out again. All in all, one of the best roasts we've had in ages, I definitely recommend this place. Just make sure you book at least a week in advance...

Rudest people I have ever met. Don’t visit if you value your time. I don’t think I’ve ever been spoken to in a way like this. As an esteemed pub critic, this poor performance has been noted.

I went here for lunch with a friend. The room was FREEZING we sat with coats on despite there being a fire. Fish and chips cooked fine, and hot. No dessert and NO coffee as there was no milk!!!!! Staff need some training.

No steak knives for the last 2 steaks

A really excellent pub with a first class veggie roast. Top drawer.

Good food, place is run down especially the conservatory.

The best pub ever?? Amazing food, standard prices for the area. Really friendly staff and good vibes

Lovely pub with an interesting menu for food. Very popular for Sunday Roast so trying that tomorrow!! Nice beer on tap and very friendly and helpful staff.

Popped in after walking around the nearby lake. Lovely food and welcoming staff, definitely will return.

Best roast in Norwich. Lovely staff!

Lovely cosy pub, tasty food with good sized portions, staff were friendly and professional, great service.

It's ok, friendly staff, it felt a bit run down but worth a try.

Don't go on a Sunday unless eating, else you get turfed out to the car park. Nice porter on sale though.

Fabulous place to go for a Sunday roast dinner.

Unfortunately we had a sticky table, poor service (when I say that I mean the basics were not there) and quantity over quality. Overall very disappointed.

Staying at the Dunston Hall Hotel and tbh the food there is definitely not up to par. Had lunch there and decided to go somewhere else for dinner. So about 6.30pm we googled a couple of places and settled for here as it was close by. I’m so glad we did. We (me, my mum and my 2 kids) sat outside as we had a buggy and also wanted to enjoy the warm night. Staff (2 girls and a guy) were super friendly, the food was very nice, not over priced with good presentation. We were very happy. Thankyou so much. X

Had a lovely family lunch today, lovely friendly service!

Amazing pub !! I didn’t eat but to food looked amazing

Lovely village location with parking at the front. A warm welcome into a relaxed bar with a small conservatory and enclosed courtyard garden at the back. Sitting under the grapevines outside was so relaxing. The food was delicious and reasonably priced and arrived quickly (mid-week lunchtime).

A lovely local pub with great atmosphere

I'll keep this simple. One of the best Sunday roasts I've ever had in Norwich. Absolutely delicious, nicely presented with the bonus of having a mixologist on site making designer cocktails with real class.

Lovely staff, fantastic music and just a lovely environment!

you know when you come across a place and you get a wonderful experience, this is one of them, if your in the area, go, you wont be disappointed, food, beer and service, all excellent and lovely atmosphere. 😊

Came here on a Thursday evening with family to have a meal. Delighted to say the food was excellent, we all opted for the fish and chips option which was amazing! Drinks we had were lovely and cold and super refreshing. Seating out the back was perfectly secluded yet had plenty of sunshine. Service from the team was exceptional too. Thank you all for a wonderful experience. Highly recommended to those looking for tastey good and brilliant service 👏👏

Good choice of food on menu. Excellent fish and chips. Friendly service. Lots of space inside and out.

We walked here, from the Redwell, as part of the City of Ale trail. I just loved the setting and thought the beer was in excellent condition. The barman was a very good advertisement for the establishment: friendly, knowledgeable and attentive.

Beautiful country pub! Wonderful food and beautiful surroundings

First Visit great service great beer a friendly locals

First time of visiting this Tavern. Polite & friendly service. Cask & Draft ales available. Plenty of indoor & outdoor seating Food menu available.

Dog friendly, yes! Good selection of drinks, yes! Good food cooked by Alex, yes! Great friendly clientele, very much yes! Aside from the slightly higgledy piggledy room arrangement (which is part of the buildings charm) this is a really good pub! I genuinely hope it continues to be a success. I also love the fact that it’s possible to do a pub crawl without going any further than Bracondale!

We went to the first anniversary of the current management. It is a great spot to sit outside in good weather in a quiet village locstion. Food was available from a mobile pizza oven, which is usually available at weekends.

Old pub, could do with a little more investment. I only had a pint, so cannot comment on the food. It’s a decent and relaxing place.

Lovely Roast Dinner and lovely staff 💕

Really friendly and food was excellent. Excellent village pub.

A lovely old pub in a superb village setting. The beer's are well cared for and the wine selection is also very tempting, both are ideally suited to the excellent food which is various and beautifully cooked and presented. A very worthwhile visit.

Every plate was sent back empty. Some quotes from our group: “one of the best Sunday lunches I’ve had in ages…. Worth eating so fast it caused me to choke… Wow wee!…. If I’d know it was going to be this good I’d have got the three meat… The cauliflower cheese was banging… Yums up!… Best hash brown ever!” We will be coming back if we visit Norfolk again.

Arrived for our booking of x 6 Met by a very friendly guy who welcomed us and said get drinks at the bar. It was nice that staff didnt seem put off by our screaming toddler. Our waitress arrived , seeming to have trouble with her outfit , which kept falling off ! Maybe not appropriate. A nice touch would be staff all wear a t-shirt .possibly advertising the place. Anyway down to the food. I honestly feel that other places do a sunday roast better. From the photo you will see that a fat jug of gravy and a monsterous oversized yorkshire take up half the plate Cutting down on key elements of the actual roast. Could be a ploy . There was plenty of meat, less amount of veg , and 3-4 roast potatoes that werent very roasted. Veg isnt very expensive really so more veg would be my point and serve the “ space taking “ gravy on the side. 4 of us had the beef and to be fair there was enough of it, my hubby had the chicken and sister had the vegetarian . Her plate didnt look that full

Nice atmosphere. Friendly good humoured staff.

Lovely meal with work colleague celebrating a 60th birthday.

Love the live jazz on Sunday’s! Great food.

I visited this pub in October and thoroughly enjoyed the fantastic home made fish pie and Portuguese white house wine. Certainly worth a visit

Shuts before 20:00 so don’t arrive hungry. We got to this pub at 19:55, which is of course pushing it. Door was locked, only one room lit. Chef, in whites, just shook his head at us through the window: didn’t even bother to talk to us. Sense, in common with other reviews, you come here on their terms.

This is an excellent little pub. Been many times over the years and it's always been consistent. Friendly staff, very good beer and inexpensive, decent food. Trowse is lucky to have 2 pubs and if I lived there I'd be visiting this place regularly.

I know times are hard with covid etc, but it’s was cold in the pub. Also asked for a doorstep sandwich and got a normal sandwich, then when asked what’s the difference between the two different sandwiches on the menu the lady got rather defensive. Also when going out for lunch it would be nice not to see that they get their stuff from Aldi, at least decant tomato sauce and Mayo into pots. Which got us thinking what else was from Aldi? Not impressed!

Popped in on a spur of the moment as a friend has moved nearby. So glad we did lovely food lovely staff small garden but very well kept will definitely be returning. Had a chat with the landlady who was super friendly. Minor issue with my order which was rectified immediately 100% recommend

This is the 2nd time we have enjoyed a delicious Sunday Lunch in this welcoming,warm and cosy traditional pub. Such good value for a delicious meal, friendly fast service, we will with no doubt be back on many more occasions. Thank you.

We arrived for a drink having walked around the local broad. We arrived at 15:03, & were greeted by a harsh”what do you want?” We replied “ just a drink”, to which the response was “ we close at 4, just checking, no food available” It was an hour before you closed, there was no need to be so rude or Kurt to new customers. There was no warmth or friendliness on arrival, more annoyances. You run a pub, you’re in the hospitality trade, learn some people skills!

A large group of us with children ate lunch at the pub and they were very helpful and accommodating. We pre ordered and it was all very well organised. To top it all, the food was yummy! Thank you!

Popped in on the off chance to see if had any tables available, luckily enough they had 1left. We ordered quick and the food arrived promptly, looking lovely and hot. Wow, tasted amazing, proper home cooked taste😍 and kept hot until the end. Dessert was included in the price and few to choose from, or you could have a coffee instead. So lovely and tasted great.

We went to Crown Point to meet with old friends 6 of us for Sunday lunch. we used to live in the village & often visited the Crown Point but if anything it has got better than ever.Lovely dinner with tasty meat in generous portions, Vegetables cooked to perfection, four different varieties plus Yorkshire pud & roast potatoes. There were individual jugs of gravy for different meats which is quite rare these days. The cost was £11.25 including dessert which was amazing value for a great meal. The staff were aware of allergies in one of our party & brought out lists of ingredients for her to scrutinize.Service was excellent.If we still lived in Trowse we may have had a permanent booking every Sunday.

Visited for lunch on a Sunday. The menu is more limited than during the week being restricted to 3 different roast meats (plus a vegetarian option) plus 4 other choices. The portions were generous and well priced with the 2 course carvery meal with dessert costing £11.50. The service was friendly and efficient. A well priced and tasty meal. Well worth a visit.

Now we do frequent this Public House often (it must be said) and if all Pubs were half as good as here there would not be a problem with any !!! The food is always excellent the service is to, God even the beers great - and i dont get paid for this review !!!!!

I tend not to read reviews as we are all different as my dear mum used to say and sort of stumbled upon this whilst writing another review so decided to ignore some of the negative comments and give it a go as I was in the area. I actually thought it was very good. I had a fish finger sandwich and the bread was gorgeous - the menu is not too fussy which is a bonus as it is a bit of a bug bear for me.

We visited for Sunday lunch and we sat outside because the conservatory was too hot. We ordered the Roast dinner ( pork for me and Beef for my other half) and Strawberry cheesecake. We sat close to the kitchen outside and could hear the microwave pinging every few minutes. The roast dinner was really average and did feel like a reheated microwave dinner. The pudding tasted like an aunt bessy and the meat tasted cheap. The strawberry cheesecake was a joke. The base was not hard biscuit. It was a soggy mess and the topping was strawberry jam to make a old dry cheesecake look better. We were really looking forward to this place but let us down and wont be returning sadly. It is quite expensive too £12.95 for main and dessert and don't think you had a choice not to have the two.

I found this place off internet and yes pub is lovely in side. Was quiet when I visited only 4 in bar and us two in restaurant. Food was cooked to a good standard and tasty even if was a little quick, service was good. I feel sorry for the owners who put hard work into this pub to have little custom. All I say is keep up the good work.

9 of us went for Sunday lunch on arrival we were greeted by a polite lady who showed us to our table, we were then served with drinks by two other polite ladies. Once we were seated we were asked for our orders and we didn’t have to wait long although we all had different meals, the meals were lovely and hot and plenty of meat and vegetables we were given 5 different vegetables to choose from and it was all very tasty just like good home cooking. When we finished we had a choice of about 4/5 desserts which we all enjoyed. I would recommend this to everyone £11.95 for a two course meal which was lovely and nothing was too much trouble great service great food and would definitely return.

Visited on a Thursday evening with friends after going to the dry sky slope up the road. Greated by a very friendly lady who seated us, the place was not really busy but there were a few other people in. Main courses were hot and tasty. Managed to squeeze in a dessert as well which was good. The staff seemed to genuinely want to please and it was nice to see. In summary, reasonably priced good food and a warm welcome from the friendly staff.

With six of us we had a casual lunch the day after X-mas. All of us ordered something different. Service friendly and all meals were well appreciated. Nice walk around Whitlingham Lake to digest was also very pleasant.

We have on two separate occasions attempted to book a table for our family here. We were shocked at the rudeness of the staff when informed that they do not accept children. I accept that some places do not like children in their establishment but perhaps it could be told to customers in a polite way. On the first occasion we were told they were too busy with football customers to allow a table booking. Again, it was unnecessarily rude and demonstrated shocking customer service.

Went to this pub after tubing at the local ski slope. What a find staff were friendly and helpful, place was lovely and clean and the we went on to have some wonderful food from burgers, gammon steak with 2 eggs, scampi and also a lovely chicken pepper sauce, then desserts which were amazing and all home made and mine Grandma's recipe bread and butter pudding, which I have to say was the best I have ever tasted, wish this was my local!

I highly recommend at Crown point Tavern very friendly and very nice food all fresh and presented very well . Love specially Sunday lunch you can't beat a Sunday roast . Haven't found a Sunday lunch like that. It the best

Visitamos un sábado por la noche con amigos, que quería reservar una mesa para 7:30 pm, pero se sugirió que sería mejor 7 pm, nada demasiado drástico con eso, pero cuando llegamos sólo había otra mesa ocupada y cuando nos fuimos alrededor de las 9:15 pm todavía no había prisa de última hora como creo que sólo había otra mesa estaba siendo servido, Quizás el cocinero quería dormir temprano!

Este es mi local y voy allí para tomar una copa o una comida. Genial, sándwiches generoso con patatas fritas para un aperitivo en el bar o fuera si el tiempo lo permite, o si el menú completo en la zona agradable y amplio comedor. Comida y cerveza siempre excelente, así como el personal y los dueños. Buen aparcamiento y punto de partida ideal para paseos por el bosque y alrededor de la banda. Altamente recomendado.

Este pub tiene un ambiente encantador. Nos sirvieron de Yvonne, quien ha estado cuidando de la gente en el pub durante más de 20 años. Es el tipo de lugar que puede ir, relajarse y disfrutar de la calidez del servicio sincero. Se puede decir que todo esfuerzo para asegurarse de que las cosas están a la derecha.

Just lovely. Big portions, lovely flavours, fair prices. We will definitely return. Tucked away in Trowse village, this lovely pub is well worth a visit.

Este es un buen pub pub grub! Hay un pequeño aparcamiento fuera, aunque era a la llegada, pero no hay mucho aparcamiento cerca. El pub en sí es antiguo y tiene un pub antiguo (era entre semana muchos de los clientes eran de la población...