Joe's Family Restaurant in King's Lynn and West Norfolk

lovely food, made a rainy day out much better was rather packed but expected because of the weather, we got in just at the right time :)

Waitress was pleasant and the view was excellent. Poor quality burger and chips. A mug of black coffee served with a small jug of milk is the answer to a flat white. With an increase in hot drink knowledge and good quality food, this would be a super place to dine.

Me and my family were looking for somewhere for lunch that was dog friendly. This place was very accommodating and the food was delicious 🤤 will definitely return in the future ⭐

Ate there today for the first time and it was an excellent experience. The service was fast and friendly and the food was lovely. I had Plaice & Chips and my Wife had Scampi & Chips. My Plaice was perfect with lovely crispy batter. Decent sized portions as well. We will certainly eat there again and would recommend Joe's for an excellent meal.

Good service ample servings. Good to see seniors serving available on some dishes ideal for the smaller appetite

Very busy but great service and excellent food

I am giving this restaurant a good review based on the fact that I visited with my Son who has Autism and challenging behaviour and the staff could not have been more helpful. I explained what I needed and when i needed it and everything went like clockwork, we have to use our own plates and cups this was no problem, my Son wanted two dinners, again this was no issue they held one back and brought it out when i asked, extra drinks were quickly delivered to the table, there was no feeling of judgement in our weird requests and Joseph was very content. For the record the food was delicious too and I had a lovely cup of tea (I am hard to please with tea). Thank you it means so much for us to have a positive experience.

This is a place that says unrealised potential. Pitched as a family restaurant they cater for kids and are dog friendly which is good however...! Seems like Dad wanted a beach bar in the bahamas but had to settle for Hunstanton. decor is more suited to an evening bar vibe. They do serve alcohol. but not an extensive choice. Food was not good. Individual microwaved lasagne a la 1980's drowning in nuked cheese with a bit of chopped iceberg and carrot dumped on the charger plate. Ditto for a veggie burger in a bun! Mum clearly was not in the mood to cook. Seemed like the kids were running the front. They cleaned between customers (toilets were clean) well enough and were friendly enough but we had to wait ages to order. The three (separate) laminated A4 bits of paper that constituted the menu were greasy and underwhelming. Overall impression was organisation and training was needed from someone who knew what they are doing. Was not expecting a la carte but given their prime position on the front with the surrounding competition it was disappointing. We won't return.

This is a place that says unrealised potential. Pitched as a family restaurant they cater for kids and are dog friendly which is good however...! Seems like Dad wanted a beach bar in the bahamas but had to settle for Hunstanton. decor is more suited to an evening bar vibe. They do serve alcohol. but not an extensive choice. Food was not good. Individual microwaved lasagne a la 1980's drowning in nuked cheese with a bit of chopped iceberg and carrot dumped on the charger plate. Ditto for a veggie burger in a bun! Mum clearly was not in the mood to cook. Seemed like the kids were running the front. They cleaned between customers (toilets were clean) well enough and were friendly enough but we had to wait ages to order. The three (separate) laminated A4 bits of paper that constituted the menu were greasy and underwhelming. Overall impression was organisation and training was needed from someone who knew what they are doing. Was not expecting a la carte but given their prime position on the front with the surrounding competition it was disappointing. We won't return.

Great food, scampi and chips were nicely cooked and very tasty and a very reasonable price. Seated and served quickly. Definitely well worth a visit.

Great food, scampi and chips were nicely cooked and very tasty and a very reasonable price. Seated and served quickly. Definitely well worth a visit.

Great food and great staff, 8 of us together 4 adults and 4 kids.

We went to Joe‘s fish and chip restaurant on 18/08/24 The menu was clearly marked gluten-free and the staff were very knowledgeable and made me feel very safe in my choices. I had the cod fish and chips with mushy peas. The portions are very large. And Supervalu for money. There was gluten-free Peroni as well as other drinks to choose from. The restaurant is situated right on the seafront. And they are dog friendly 🐾

Lovely family restaurant with Sea views. Staff were very friendly and accommodating.

Delicious food , the whole vibe was so relaxed and chilled the staff was amazing

Stopped in here after being caught in the rain. Lots of other people had the same idea and staff did excellently to seat everyone. Food was tasty and fairly quick to arrive given how suddenly busy it became. Staff were friendly and polite. Kids meals were huge portions. Adult meals were bigger. Would visit again.

We had a lovely meal here, staff were quick to take our order and very helpful.

Been loads of times now. Lovely staff, good atmosphere and Brilliant food every time.

Food OK with good portion, need to rebook as otherwise may be a 45min minimum wait. Waiting staff were pleasant and efficient

Lovely, very friendly, dog friendly, sea view and lovely food, would go there again definitely 😍

Dissapointed by quality of the food. Vegetable lasagne £10,tiny portion, consisted of one overcooked sheet of green pasta and lots of tomato sauce,and some cheese,so vidible vegetables. My husband ordered sirloin steak,£17 and could only finished half of it,cause he couldn't chew the rest.

View is beautiful, your plate not so. Sad burger and fish that was definitely frozen.

Visiting Hunstanton for the week. Popped here for lunch one day and I must say, this was by far the best meal I had all week. Went to 3 fish & chip restaurants during my stay and this was miles better than the rest. Food was absolutely delicious. Could not fault it one bit. Also the staff there are so friendly. The owner is such a nice guy. Made us feel very welcome. Very chatty with us all. Would definitely come back again. Must have had someone down from head office or something who was doing so kind of check on the place and she was such a lovely lady and also very chatty.

Really clean and lovely place. Decor is nice and tables are well spaced and comfortable. The food is generously served and fresh but the best part of this place is by far the staff. So friendly and helpful, especially with my little ones. Would highly recommend this place!

Great place for fish and chips Friendly staff Food cooked well Reasonably priced Clean environment

Though it isn't sea front, you get a great view of the sea, The food was great, we were ordering cod and plaice in pairs and swapping half, both delicious. We really enjoyed our meals and would highly recommend.

Had fish and chips and was very impressed

Again a tasty, good value meal. Friendly staff, efficient service, clean restaurant.

What a friendly restaurant food freshly cooked to order, we really liked it there and prices very reasonable.

Gluten-free fish & chips! EXCELLENT light crispy coating and beautiful moist fish. Can highly recommend. The service was brilliant and everyone so helpful. Thanks so much

Wonderful food. Calm and relaxed restaurant.

Lovely food, staff was very nice, Husband got a nice pint, good price, clean and good views, going again soon

Lovely restaurant,nice and friendly staff. Plenty of choice, gorgeous food at very reasonable price

It is my go-to place when in Hunstanton. 1st time I went it was just the best gastronomical experience ever.

Been here three times now food was good ,service was good first two times. Sadly ,on our third visit service was not good ,younger staff serving possibly due to holidays not as oiled as previous server's . Still wood say go give them a try.

I'm surprised by some of these negative reviews. We went today for the first time whilst on holiday in Hunstanton and it was great. Lovely views of the sea. The cleanliness was top notch, the staff were lovely and to say it's not a fast food restaurant we received our food in under 30 mins. My youngest son had the kids chicken nuggets (which he said was better than maccy Ds), hubby and eldest son had lasagne which is cooked in individual pots, was a very large portion and delicious (I tried some and agree). My son even ate the chips that came with it and he doesn't usually like chips. I had a jacket potato, not much you can do wrong with that, it had nice strong cheese with it. The prices were also reasonable. Cost us about £40 which included 2 pints of Pepsi Max, a pint of beer and a kids drink. We'll definitely return next time we visit Hunstanton!

Nice and friendly, as well as good food.

Rude staff. I will not be going back. Go to chip shop next door

Very welcoming and friendly staff. Good quality food and portions. A definite hit with us.

The Gluten Free Fish & chips were amazing 😋 Never let down when we visit 👌

The staff were lovely and friendly but they didn't have anywhere near enough staff to deal with the amount of people on a Easter weekend. Disappointing qaulity of food-something as simple as egg, chips and sausages should be great qaulity locally sourced ingredients but it wasn't. We can get sauage, egg and chips for same price in our local garden center which is delicious Norfolk sauage, and triple cooked chips with garnish of peas. But here the chips were oiley soggy chips and the sausages were those frozen ones you get from the super market, this place could be so much nicer if they improved their ingredients and tried to source tasty local food. Because trust me, as a paying customer, you can tell when ingredients are poor quality. Norfolk sauage are delicious so source them.

Lovely people, so friendly and helpful. We went back a few times whilst we were in the area for a week.

Great place to dine friendly service great food

Great food in a welcoming place with a great view of the sea

We often visit this cafe on a Sunday with our son and 2 grandkids as they like the food and milk shake and we like the food aswell!

Lovely food, staff and they catered for our 2yr old with colours to keep him happy.

Friendly accommodating staff, allowed the dogs inside. Sung happy birthday to me.

Was told 30 min wait on food. The place was only half full. Ended up waiting nearly an hour for 2 dried up jacket potatoes and a child's sausage and mash. Won't be going back. Waiting staff were pleasant.

Excellent service great food staff very friendly we had actually walked out of two previous restaurants for being ignored went I here and was greater by a friendly face service was impeccable would highly recommend

Worst restaurant I’ve ever been to. I visited Joes recently while visiting friends in the UK because I had heard great things about there chef Steve. However I was bitterly disappointed to find that the food he cooks is second rate at best. I live in Chicago but I am formerly of Cambridgeshire so I sat with anticipation of a great sausage and mash dinner when it finally came out it was not worth waiting for I have had far better here in the states and they don’t know how to make a good sausage and mash. They were greasy burnt and cold not to mention full of gristle and completely inedible. The mash was tasteless and lumpy also stone cold. This is not a chef he is a second rate greasy spoon cook at best if he can get as simple a dish and sausage and mash wrong. I will never be returning and I will be advising all my friends to give it a wide berth to. Can’t believe I had to pay for the disgusting food I had. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

Was a lovely atmosphere, fab food and great staff! Would definitely recommend Joe's family restaurant 👌

I was attended to very fast and covide friendly to. Meal was very nice a little disappointed that no sweets were available. I did notice the manager seemed a little stressed by someone wanting to be served outside but they were also attended to quickly in the end. All in all I enjoyed the meal and the restaurant. Almost gave 5 stars .

Yeah spot on good food and friendly.

Been here a few times but this time it's all been refurbished. Really happy atmosphere and they had gluten free batter on the fish. Really kind staff who were lovely with the grandkids

Fabulous, friendly staff who really looked after us. Freshly cooked food and so good we came back the next day. Lovely views too (see photo).

Great little place to eat. Ham, egg & chips was delicious. Friendly staff. Clean and well set out. Table service. View of the sea. Worth a visit.

Went for a meal here this evening, food was lovely, staff were very polite and the place was lovely and clean.... Happy days 👍

Welcoming staff, very clean, hot food and nice comfort food...

Nice place, decent food, reasonable prices. Fantastic view, and amazing hot chocolate!

This Restaurant is a little gem, it's not the Ritz but for a value for money meal it is perfect 👌the staff are very helpful and friendly and and do their best to make your visit an enjoyable experience. Will definitely be going back again in the near future.

Great staff and very helpful 👍food is excellent

Really lovely food and comfortable restaurant. Staff very pleasant and helpful. Children disappointed there wasn't a pudding menu but that won't hurt them🤣

Food was good apart from the sausages tasted cheap. Service was okay but the attiude of some of the waitresses was poor And they could be a lot more polite Unfortunately I wouldn’t go again if there is other options.

Excellent!! Dog friendly restaurant. Very fresh and clean inside. Extensive menu and reasonable prices. Staff were very welcoming, helpful and friendly. Definitely recommend.

Great sea view! Great food! Great staff! Fantastic place value for money!

Excellent with a capital E My partner was very pleased the fish and chips where gluten free. ..definitely a big thumbs up

Nice food would of got a 5 star but had to wait 45 minutes to get the food even though it wasn't really busy.

For was good. Service good. Sit down ìnside or outside. Good view from inside.

Staff was rude portions ok. But a bit on the small side. If you didn't want tea or coffee you had to pay more for another drink choice. That was bad. We waited over 40 minutes for food. Wouldn't come back.

Really lovely dinner tonight.the cod was crispy and the chips fresh. Mushy peas were delicious and the staff were great to my wife and I

I am a doctor and I was disgusted by the poor staff service they wanted a mask despite me wearing a face covering. If you have been doubly vaccinated and have a face covering your risk and spread is negligible. My sister walked back to the car to get masks in the meantime I asked my parents to sit down but the waitress still refused to serve. She made the excuse of saying it would be better if we were all together.. the place was empty! Do you want business or not?! Or maybe it only works if you are pure blooded white. By contrast Henry's was lovely, polite, friendly and provided great service that wasnt racist.

Covid restrictions in place very clean service was a bit slow but this was explained before we decided to stay due to being only one chef. The food was very nice and staff friendly. Toilets spotless would recommend

Great food, reasonable priced, great view of the sea. Would recommend.

Really good food and friendly staff made it a very pleasant visit for us

This is possible the worst food I have ever eaten the gourmet burger was more onion that burger the peri peri chicken burger was basically a chicken breast halved with peri peri sauce on it no salad on the burger, the chips were cook from frozen one was frozen the service is a disgrace avoid at all cost

Fantastic fish and chips, staff were outstanding, excellent value too

Staff had no manners, need to learn how to talk to customers! The food was disgraceful, I wouldn’t even feed a homeless person the food. Under cooked, limited menu, staff came and checked and touch my food. Issue no refund or an apology!! The scary thing was look at other people table and seeing there faces when they bit into there food.

Staff and food were spot on very friendly and food was lovely !!

Very clean and lovely food, nice atmosphere and staff were very welcoming. We got our food less than the half hour they had estimated considering it was very busy. Would highly recommend.

As soon as we got to the door to wait to be seated the lady shouted over “have you got the app” as she was walking towards us . I wasn’t to sure what she was on about at first , I thought she was on about for their menu but it was for the COVID app .We was taken to a table sat down , drinks order taken , 2 cokes , she brought them over , said try them as my gas for the machine is running out , really just change it before serving flat coke .She took our food order , so we waited , listening to the staff shout back and forth to each other the whole time , shooing people out the door who had walked in .My mums food arrived but the waitress hadn’t put mine through so I had to wait , she was apologetic which was fair enough . Eventually my food came , it was ok very average the sausage looked very pale but we ate our food and left .I wouldn’t recommend.

First trip away since lockdown ended, called in for lunch decent food and friendly staff at a reasonable price.

After a nice walk from South Beach Heacham to Hunstanton we stumbled on Joe's. We were met by a lovely lady who was also the Manager. She gave us a wonderful warm welcome along with a table looking out over the sea and the setting sun. There Covid control measures were excellent and the restaurant was a lovely place to be. Then came the food which to our delight was as good as the welcome. The customer service and friendly atmosphere were second to none. We will definitely visit there again on our next trip. Thanks everyone. Take care and stay safe. Scott & Niky

What a lovely family restaurant. We visited twice on our weeks holiday. The staff was all very welcoming and made us feel comfortable in these strange times. Food was great and really good value for money.

We had lunch there today. The food was simple, honest and good, except the chicken nuggets. The staff were really nice and made us feel at home. Overall good value for your money, about 10 GBP per person

my names Joe so I gave five stars

Best fish and chips I've ever had! Whole family agrees with me. Highly recommend

My wife and I had a very nice lunch at Joes at a good price. We also noticed the cleanliness and space between the tables during this time of coronavirus. If we visit Hunstanton again we would definitely eat here again.

Me and my wife had a lovely late lunch here, homemade gourmet burgers which were amazing, food piping hot, great service, were made to feel very comfortable, definitely worth a visit

Myself and my wife arrived at Joe'sat about 3pm and were warmly greeted and seated by very friendly chatty staff, we both had the gourmet burger which is homemade and amazing as was the onion rings! A lovely view of the sea and decent food. Definitely worth a visit if your in Hunstanton

I visited Joes with a few friends, the manager Carrie was so accommodating, as were all the staff. The food was amazing. Great value for money. I had lasagne which has to be one of the best ive had. My hubby had the gammon whuch was just as good. The resturant itself had a homely and welcoming feel, myself and a friend said we could have stayed all afternoonyoy would not have known they had just reopened. The staff were very friendly and helpful making sure we had everything we needed. Carrie gave me a couple of cooking tips which was fab. I would definitely visit again if i was in the area. Keep up the good work evetone at Joes.

Popped in Monday 14th Sept on the off chance they had a table free, we were sat on a giant cable reel table which was a nice touch. The refurb is incredible and the place really does have a nice fresh look. We ordered the oap scampi, bbq chicken and peri-peri chicken burger and all were absolutely gorgeous, chips were cooked to perfection!! Had sides of garlic bread with cheese and cheesos which were nice also. Although very busy and understaffed (only just opened and didn't expect to be so busy) the staff all served with a smile and were helpful with any questions asked Would definitely recommend to anyone staying in hunstanton. Thank you to the staff at Joes!!

Really good, top quality food with super friendly and helpful staff! Honestly couldn't fault it. The place has had a great and quirky makeover. We felt safe with the windows open and sanitiser at the door, it was very clean. We really enjoyed our experience and definitely hope to be back!

Enjoyable food at fair prices, really nice views of the sea. Very clean and lovely staff as well 😌

It's a very nice place it sort of feels like a greasy spoon you'd find tucked away in the corner of a city and I like that about it although some more comfortable seating wouldn't go amiss. The highlight for me was my food. They do the best bbq hunters chicken the best I've ever had

Popped in here for some lunch on a wet and windy day at the seaside. We had our nieces and nephews with us and the staff were very welcoming and brought colouring stuff straight away. The food is basic seaside fare but decent enough. They were flexible to change drinks etc on the children's menu and service was good and friendly throughout.

Popped in here for some lunch on a wet and windy day at the seaside. We had our nieces and nephews with us and the staff were very welcoming and brought colouring stuff straight away. The food is basic seaside fare but decent enough. They were flexible to change drinks etc on the children's menu and service was good and friendly throughout.

A very nice place to go for lunch. Nice menu and food good. Staff were brilliant as my grandson wasn’t very well and they couldn’t have done any more to help. Thanks. Will definitely call in again.

We decided to pop in for lunch. We both had the chilli & rice with nachos & cheesy garlic bread. It was absolutely delicious. Best one I’ve had by far. Only downside is the place doesn’t seem to have an identity. A bit of a mish mash of styles. Having said that I would go again the next time I’m down that way.

Visited this restaurant today eggs were undercooked (slimy). We waited for a member of staff to come over and ask if everything was OK or even if we would like anything else ie dessert but no one did. I went to pay and informed them about the eggs and was told I should have told them! The staff member said that's how her chef always cooks the eggs. I didn't even receive an apology. Two members of staff floating around the restaurant and only two other customers sat in the restaurant. Not impressed at all and I didn't even mention that the tea was awful!

Return visit... loved it as much as last time. Food great - fish was beautiful