Dun Cow Salthouse in North Norfolk

Great place for drink and lunch

Food really good for Sunday lunch. Dog friendly, staff friendly and great views over the salt marshes. Beer good, what more can you ask for on a lazy November Sunday afternoon. Plus bonus, this time of year it was relatively easy to park as it can be a nightmare in the summer high season months.

A fab lunch today whilst driving back from Cromer, staff were super friendly and food came out fresh and hot. Thank you!

Another excellent visit. With a stunning location and cosy atmosphere inside, this is one of our favourite places to eat. The food is great, nothing over the top or ‘try hard’, just simple food cooked really well that compliments the location. Can’t wait to be back!

Visited the pub at the end of a multi-day cycle. The place was fully booked for Sunday lunch, so book in advance. The food and service were great. The choice of drink was pretty good as well. The atmosphere was really good, with views of the sea and fire burner going. I went for tartar, seafood and chorizo stew and sticky toffy pudding. All three courses were tasty and well portioned.

Delightful pub near to Cley marshes.

Fabulous dinner tonight at The Dun Cow. We loved the tuna tempura and the mussels and not forgetting the delicious basque cheesecake. Service was excellent. It’s recently changed hands and the new owners are super friendly and accommodating.

Fantastic place in a great location. Top notch food with a warm friendly atmosphere and super attentive staff

Nice atmosphere and good service. Food was fair to good.

Lovely pub but with beautiful food and a view

Great food in a relaxed, cosy and friendly atmosphere. A rare find that is unpretentious, feels local but delivers on quality. Went three times and never disappointed. Steak tartar, crab starter, mussels and fish stew superb

Went for our anniversary lunch here and glad we did. Fish and chrizo stew with sourdough and the best alioli I've eaten. My husband had the swordfish steak which was perfectly cooked. To follow had to be sticky toffee pudding...will definitely be returning to try out more of there menu.

On a slightly chilly Sunday we happened to find ourselves in the area after visiting Holt. We dropped in for a drink and decided to have some small dishes at the bar. Fantastic food with a really warm welcome and great view. We locally and will definitely be back!

So disappointed. Poor quality food, aggressive and rude management when politely pointing out dry food. We have since found out new management which could explain it. Will need to do better.

Lovely pub with great food and service. Popped in on a cold wet Wednesday night to find it full but managed to squeeze us in for a lovely dinner. Highly recommended.

We loved Norfolk that much we moved here ! We’ve known of the pub for years and it’s my youngests favourite place . We went for a Sunday roast two weekends ago staff were lovely. Food delicious . Thought nothing of it . We have a much more local haunt as a go to on lazy Sundays - which I feel pips this pub just . but what stuck out we paid the same price for 3 meals as the meal for 2 at the dun cow ! Ouch !! Tourist trap maybe ? 🤔- shame

We will never return to The Dun Cow, it was shocking and the owner was very dismissive of our concerns and feedback. The food was completely over priced and lacked imagination and finesse. So sad, because we were looking forward to our time at the Dun Cow in Salthouse having read reviews.

Great place, amazing food, will come back.

A real pub which is much more than a pub. Another venue which is competing to be in my top five eating places. On a busy Thursday evening they still found room for our late request of a table for 4 and 2 dogs. Like the Tardis, pub sized on the outside but loads of room on the inside, we were in the well-designed bar with well-spaced tables and a cosy, friendly atmosphere. The quality and range of the food is documented elsewhere and we totally agree that it's the tops. In addition to the fish dishes, the venison steaks were superb too. Compliments to the chef(s).

This lovely pub has got better and better over the last 15 years. I do hope that the new owners don't spoil it. Please no pasta dishes. Keep the innovative menu's that we've come to love.

Wonderful location and great food

We booked a table a relatively short notice and we’re glad that we were able to be accommodated. We were sat at a window which allowed us both to be able to look out across the salt marshes. The food was exquisite. For starters we had potted crab and toasted sourdough bread with smoked salmon and dill. For our mains we had cod loin with cream sauce, broccoli, fondant potato and parsley oil and pork chop with mustard sauce, crushed potatoes and kale. For dessert we had lemon curd yogurt posset and chocolate masque with pistachio custard and amaretto ice cream. We couldn’t find a fault in the food or service.

Excellent well cooked food interesting specials on blackboard. Prices fair for the quality. Definitely worth a visit.

Great lunch lovely pints of Timothy Taylor’s Landlord

I've never been disappointed. Great food, location, and staff are always very friendly.

Not sure how you can charge £17 for a chicken burger one piece of chicken, a bun, one lettuce, one tomato and a truck load of chips. Don't mind paying but it would be nice to feel like you get something for your money worth. Lovely view.

Having spent 2 weeks visiting the regional pubs and restaurants I thought I would be visiting “just another average pub”. Quite the opposite. What a great place. From the minute I entered the staff were very friendly. I ordered the duck special which was exceptionally good. My wife had the crab linguine which was equally good. Definitely worth a visit.

Really accommodating staff, great atmosphere, wonderful food, lovely views, 10 out of 10, definitely recommend! Shout out to Mike & Kate for going above and beyond, many thanks.

Lovely, unpretentious and straight to the point. Nice varied selection of plates. Will be back.

Me and my partner always like to pop in here for a drink when we visit family. We decided to eat here last night for the first time. My partner had the steak which was cooked perfectly and I had the lamb burger by far the best burger I've ever eaten!. We always love coming here as its such a lovely place.

Food and staff really great👍 will be back

We had booked lunch for Dad’s birthday, 3 of us travelling 60 miles (120 mile round day trip) specifically for this special occasion. Unfortunately 30 minutes before our reservation, we received a call to say there had been a problem with burst water, causing an issue with the electrics therefore our booking had to be cancelled. This was very disappointing as we’d been looking forward to this celebration especially having travelled so far. Sad to say I am therefore unable to rate the food, service or atmosphere as we had to find an alternative location at short notice.

Beautiful location and nice gardens to enjoy a drink in the sun. Nice friendly staff

Nice place for food, booking advisable.

Best pub in the area and very nice food with good beer on tap.

Bad luck for not having any power on the day of our reservation, of course unforeseen and not your fault. However I was very p-ed off to learn that you had known of this for 4 hours and had not bothered to try to call or message to inform us. We were looking forward to this meal and had to make the journey for nothing. Do better.

Great for dinner. I left my glasses there and after contacting them they posted them back.

Great menu, well executed, nice staff, nice old pub setting. The lamb burger was juicy and tasty. The kids menu burgers were great too. The carameliseda white chocolate mousse with lemon thyme shortbread was delicious!

Well... I don't know what's changed. We went to the Dun Cow last year and it turned out to be the culinary highlight of the trip. We were excited to repeat the experience this year, but alas, it was but a shadow. First off we ordered a couple of starters which we indeed quite tasty. Seeing how quickly those came out we got worried the mains we ordered would arrive too quickly. One goes for the dining "experience" after all, not just to fill a belly. The very polite staff informed us (oddly they seemed surprised at the request) that that's no problem and that we should wave them over when we're ready and that the braised chicken leg, which was one of our orders would take 15 mins to come out. When we were ready (no longer than 10 mins) we ordered our food (Lamb burgers w/ blue cheese sauce + Braised chicken left w/ bbq sauce), expecting it would take the mentioned 15 mins. Unfortunately the food started arriving pretty much immediately, meaning it was prepared beforehand and shoved under a heat lamp. Not ideal. We were still quite excited for the food however since we had such a great experience last time! Unfortunately the quality seems to have tumbled straight down. The braised chicken leg that was advertised on the specials board was very far from special. The bbq sauce it was swimming in must have been straight from a McDonalds sachet and the chicken itself was supremely underseasoned. The lamb burgers barely tasted of lamb and were underseasoned. That being said, the chips and blue cheese sauce were tasty. The house wine was also very nice and reasonably priced. We were quite disappointed, but decided to get some dessert too since what we had last time was amazing. More disappointment I'm afraid. The cheesecake was badly cooked and not of the right consistency, while the chocolate marquise w/ vanilla ice cream and pistachio cream was (against all odds and with great effort I'm sure) made to be incredibly bland and boring. We found out that the venue is having a change of hands, so I'm guessing the old chef just couldn't be bothered anymore. The only thing I can say to the new management is good luck and please take note from the mistakes of the previous owners. Old review: Absolutely delicious food! Lovely cozy pub, great atmosphere, the staff were nothing but professional, friendly and accommodating. Great experience, would go back in a heartbeat. The only tiny wrinkle was that we wanted to finish off the night with some espresso coffees but the only kind offered was filtered coffee.

The dunn cow serves the best fish and chips I've ever eaten in my 80 years.

Amazing amazing food in an INCREDIBLE location and the staff were so accommodating and friendly. Great atmosphere. We aren’t local, wished we were. Highly recommend everything about this place. We visited after a trip to see the seals with our daughter and dog 🐶 Thank you 🤩

I'm a Narrrfolk girl, and every time we're up North Norfolk, we go ere. Love it

Kitchen doesn't working when we being there, but food truck on pub territory make absolutely awesome chips with many stuff. Highly likely

Friendly staff, Good selection of beers Nice garden area

Yet another trip on another holiday to the Dun Cow. Never disappoints, great food and beautiful location.

Lovely food Amazing views Dog friendly Nice beer garden 100% recommend

So enjoyed our visit.Good choices on the menu we opted for the BEST Fish and chips ever. Love friendly attentive staff and by current standards good value. Thank you.

Awful meal not sure if the chef had an off night. What was more disappointing was the managers reaction to the fair and politely put criticism (very discreetly done by myself) had much better meals and customer service in the neighbouring George and dragon/ wiverton bell.

Always visit the Dun Cow when we are in Norfolk. Great service nothing too much trouble, superb food.

Booked for Anniversary Sunday lunch. No Sunday dinner. Very limited menu no mussel no risotto . Been many times before must of changed hands. We both choose fish & chips which didn't disappoint.

Always a wonderful place to eat. Not fancy, just good food at a reasonable price in a lovely building with a garden overlooking the marsh for when the weather's nice. We always eat there when we're in Salthouse and suggest you do too!

We have been here many times as the food has always been excellent. Sadly at the last 2-3 visits the standards have dropped. We had lunch here yesterday as the friend we were taking requested to go there. The service was beyond bad, the staff really didn't care whether we were there or not, items ordered were forgotten, the staff were mainly at the bar chatting and looking at their phones seemingly oblivious to diners. The food was very mediocre (not sure it was all freshly cooked) and most definitely not worth the prices they are charging. I didn't mention the quality of food at the time as no one bothered to ask us. At the end when we asked for teas and coffees we were told the only hot drink available was a filter coffee and nothing else. No apology or explanation was offered. We won't be returning.

Great meal last Monday - thankyou

Lovely views from the garden and good food 👍

We were randomly floating around the area, yesterday, trying to find somewhere to eat. We were a little late for lunch but they very kindly invited us in and prepared lunch for myself, my wife and two children. Everyone enjoyed their food. I had a lovely bacon burger, my son had a steak which he loved, and my daughter had a little burger. My wife tried fresh oysters and some raw tuna; she loved it all, too. Friendly, welcoming and comfortable place, with delicious food. Do it!

The absolute best burgers in Norfolk are back (lamb burgers pah) alongside the Fat Cow. A great selection of beers, truly fantastic oysters and seriously fresh fish. The views over the marshes and out to sea from the beer garden are pretty special and there is table service outside. The staff are friendly and always there to help. Nothing is too much. A 'lite' decorative revamp in the dining room makes this a nicer space when the weather necessitates inside dining.

Had lunch here yesterday, was nice and busy but staff fully attentive and lovely, food was delicious and quick and good value for money! Beautiful views outside the front too for an after lunch drink.

Was always lovely and delicious. However, we booked 3 months in advance and they sat us in the back house or garden. When there was a table free. The service seemed to favour the locals and the burger, the best thing on the menu and the source was the name of the restaurant, had been taken off in the name of high prices. If you are a local and looking for a good country pub with a variety of food, this is amazing. If you are a tourist and want a burger and a warm, non-claustrophobic place to sit, you may want to rethink.

Lovely place, very dog friendly, sat outside on a nice summer's day and enjoyed the views, confit duck from specials board was absolutely fantastic, as was desert and starter.

Excellent food in friendly atmosphere. Pity we dont live nearer would be there regularly.

Really lovely pub with good food.

We only called for a drink. Nice beer garden with lovely views and wildlife.

Location excellent, service too. We ordered 3 beef ribs, each £98, between 8. All agreed the meat was pretty tough. If you’re going to charge £98 for a steak, it had better be good.

Three of us went in for a main course and a drink. Quality fresh food as always. Never had a bad meal or drink in all the times I've been. Very friendly. Love the place. The garden is amazing too over looking the sea in the close distance. Excellent daily food choices on the chalk board.

What a shame! We have visited the Dun Cow on many occasions during our frequent visits to North Norfolk and have always loved it. Also recommended it to many friends and family over the years. Today however we drove all the way from Holkham for a pint and something to eat with our dog in the front garden overlooking the marshes as we always do. We were told that they weren’t serving food in the front garden - just inside or on the rear patio because ‘they didn’t have the staff to be running around delivering food outside….’ The rear patio is outside - just through a different door! We even offered to collect our food and take it to our table ourselves - but were bluntly refused. Had a quick drink - which we didn’t finish - and moved on. Not sure where the friendly staff who can’t do enough for you were today - but we were very disappointed and you lost our custom for a decent meal. Strange way to run a business which must rely on its food sales! Must have caught you on an off day I guess. Shame.

Great location, needs refurbishment. Looks a bit sad!

We found this little gem on Google, searching for dog friendly pubs in the local area we are staying. We have driven past before but had never had the chance to go in. We are a family of 4 with a toddler, we were greeted with a friendly face and kind staff straight away. All the staff were very friendly, attentive and nothing was too much trouble. The food was outstanding. There were lots of delicious choices and good value for money. The service was excellent and quick. I would highly recommend this pub. If you are in the area, put it on the top of your list to visit. It’s so refreshing to visit a pub with such lovely people who work there, topped with amazing food which made it such a nice experience.

Wonderful pub with great staff and friendly atmosphere.

Cosy pub full of locals and tourists.

Outstanding pub, amazing food. Thoroughly recommend.

Lovely relaxing lunch. Amazing views. Delicious food - fish stew so tasty and rarely available rabbit dish. The goats cheese on the dessert menu was also a surprising treat. Friendly service. No negatives. Will be back again soon.

Went for lunch with some friends on Monday, one in a wheelchair. We were made comfortable at a convenient table. The menu was innovative and the food served excellent. I had Hake fillet served on risotto - very tasty. We’ve been here quite a few times and the good just gets better.

I would highly recommend a visit here, the staff were really welcoming and friendly, food was delicious and the restaurant itself is really well designed with great views out towards the sea.

Had a lovely dinner here tonight. Beautiful setting, very cosy atmosphere and super friendly helpful staff. All the food looked and smelled amazing so was very hard to choose but I ended up having the crab and pea tartlet which was very flavoursome and my husband really enjoyed the potted salmon. I had the crab linguine main which was a special and tasted really fresh and interesting, they weren't stingy with the crab either. Highly recommend their sticky toffee pudding as well!!

Visited for Easter Sunday, food was average and didn’t have much flavour, especially the fish dish with lemongrass. Service was average, the waitress was wearing a cardigan with large sleeves which was touching our food when leaning over the table, not hygienic. Could do with some improvements, didn’t live up to the good reviews it has!

Really good food, nice, friendly buzz, and very dog friendly.

Crab, oysters and the cheesecake were delicious. The ambiance was warm and quiet despite being full of customers. A good place to enjoy a good meal

A fantastic pub with beautiful views

Great food! The crackling with the pork belly and the garlic bread is 10/10

Cosy, warm local restaurant with lots of character!

Ok.. booked for sunday lunch but they had run out of roasts when we arrived at 1.50 which seemed odd. Alt options weren't that interesting or filling and we left feeling underwhelmed by it all. There were also 6 dogs in the restaurant which i know seems to be the norm for north norfolk but for me paying £20+ for a main meal.. I'd rather taste the food than the smell of dogs. Hey ho if restaurants prefer non paying dogs to customers that is their choice i guess. win some lose some.. sadly won't return.

Sensational food - particularly the fish stew! Tried oysters, baked goats cheese, tuna tempura, salmon pot, mussels, basque cheesecake…. (There were 4 of us!)

Did a 4 mile walk to get here and have a pint. Such a friendly and cozy spot!

Lovely dog friendly plqce. We really enjoyed our time here.

Great Pub at Salthouse. Great tasting food

Popped in for a quick drink after a walk on the beach. Very cosy in the winter.

Place is a bit hard to find and we drove in circles until we saw the Cow image on the side of the building wall. Parking is horrendous at lunch time and lots of cars parked on every space that does not have a double yellow line nearby. Service is cheerful, food is good, esp the halloumi fries and burger. Smallish place, so make reservations. Price wise, on the high side. Some tables has views of the sea. Nice place to chat over a meal because it is not too noisy.

Lovely food - bit more pricey for the area, but clearly pitched at restaurant level. The small plates are, in fact, quite small; they make an effort to put a unique spin even on classics like fish and chips. I had the potted/smoked salmon and halloumi fries which were both very well done: lots of fresh flavours with the salmon, and freshly fried halloumi fries with aioli.

Great food. Warm welcome from friendly staff. It is among our favourite places to eat.

One of my favourite restaurants in North Norfolk; we almost always come here when in the area. Fish & chips is always good and the steak tonight with Miso butter was very tasty. Good local beer too and always very friendly.

Great food and drink. Very dog friendly. Very busy e en on a Tuesday evening, so glad we booked

Excellent food and service every time we have been 👍

Fabulous food and dog friendly which is a great bonus

Really enjoyed the meals we had there. In fact we went there twice. The staff were lovely and the setting great.

Lovely food but a bit on the fancy side .... Pea ketchup????? Lovely friendly staff

Toilets could do with a service! Door won't shut and the loo seat falling off! The sign says "Shut the door!" Haha! Someone has a sense of humour!

We stopped here for a drink , lovely pub staff friendly , lovely atmosphere , it was crowded , we didn't eat here but the smell of the food and what we saw from others eating there its on our to do list next time we re in area. We sat out side with love ly view . Highly recommend.

Consistently excellent 👌...great menu and always new specials on the board. Friendly and helpful service . Thank you 😊

Amazing place, we stopped for lunch and enjoyed it so much went back for dinner. food and staff fantastic and they even wheeled out a baked Alaska for me :-)

A wonderful cosy dining experience. We were a party of three and all chose different meals. All really well cooked and presented. The black pudding stuffed partridge and the fish stew particularly good. Our server was Debbie - friendly, welcoming and helpful.