Kings Head Free House in Norwich

Another great pub on the city, this place is particularly cool, and is a proper pub!!

Popped in for a couple of beers no food. 👍🍻

Stunning selection of ales. Well deserved to be CAMRA pub of the year again

Had a great afternoon having a drink in the Kings head good atmosphere and a very good selection of beers. Friendly staff. Looking forward to my next visit

Proper old fashioned two bar two roomed boozer with 8 real ales on!

Only popped in for one but what a quaint old pub. Typical old wooden flooring and furniture makes for real old fashioned pub feel. They don't do food at all but welcome customers bringing in their own

Great traditional pub in Norwich. I had a delicious blackcurrant beer outside and had a great time.

Not going to waste to much time on this . Asked for 4 1/2's of cider reply after starting to pour the 1st then "it just gone off and Iam to busy to go and change it" won't be to put out at this but the barmans attitude was unbelievable . Never crossing the door of this place again.

Great selection of beer, old fashioned boozer

This is a place you want to keep just for yourself and not tell anyone. Very well kept beers, great choice style-wise. Nothing fancy, but very homey.

A good selection of ales and ciders, kept very well.

Lovely old pub with a great range of delicious beer all well kept. Always include a mild on cask

Lovely pub, always enjoy coming here staff are great at their jobs even when it gets busy.

One of the best real ale pubs anywhere. Still top dog!

Staff friendly and helpful. Excellent choice of well kept real ale.

No nonsense, unspoilt boozer with a good selection of well kept cask ales and also an interesting menu of Belgian bottled beers. Small front bar, larger back bar with a bar billiards table. Brilliant!

One of the best real ale pubs in the city! Serves some absolutely cracking food! If you're a meat eater and need a snack, don't buy crisps unless they've ru out of sausage rolls (ask at the bar or forever regret your life choices)

In a city with an unequalled choice of excellent real ale pubs, this pub must offer the best range of beers. It is the Norwich pub which I have patronised the most often and I have always been delighted with the ales on offer. We came here last week, forging our own eleven pub ale trail through the city, leaving the the King's Head to cap a superb trip to the county.

Great pub, don't expect Guinness or Carling here, just Norfolk - brewed ale goodness. No food, just great ale.

Great pub serving a huge variety of beers lagers and spirits. Independent with great service and a great atmosphere.

Probably the best traditional pub in Norwich, quality ale. Not sure if they do food, excellent range of crisps and often have seasonal bar snacks on offer. One of the best real ale pubs in Norwich and in the twilight zone between the gentrified and salt of the earth parts of Magdeline street. Great place for those who don’t want cookie cutter tourism. There are some very eclectic and large antique shops nearby.

Yes it’s a cask only pub but they do have an excellent selection of beers in the fridge! 🍻

All cask proper pub. Unique in an age of trash

Proper old fashioned bar...real ale pub of the year..

A great little pub with a vast range of excellent craft beers and Belgian beers as well. Very knowledgeable bar staff and a very enthusiastic personality. The pub is very atmospheric and well laid out.

as always a great boozer with plenty of good/interesting beers

Top pub. Proper beer reasonably priced. I think you might get a pork pie or similar, but I don't go there for the food

Nice pub, my only criticism was that the beers were all pretty strong for what we were looking for.

If you love your beer/real ale in a traditional pub atmosphere There is no better pub.

All the real ales were very strong. But in good condition .

Excellent pub that serves those after an excellent pint with excellent people. They care about the beer and care even more about a good conversation.

Great beer and great friendly staff.

Great atmosphere and friendly people.

Great cider and lovely staff.. interesting locals.

Had a weird olde skool vibe about it. Great selection of drinks including a cracking variety of Belgian ales. Toilets were functional. People were playing bar billiards in the back room, which was awesome! Prices weren't too bad to be fair. Has an outside area which is shown on an historic map as 'Kingshead yard'

My dad got banned,I wont be going in the kings head anymore,I felt safe with my dad in the kings head.

An excellent old style pub, great range of real ale, one of the best!

One of the best pubs in Norwich for beer and a friendly atmosphere.

The barman was really friendly and had a lot to say about the beers on offer. Will definitely be going back. 👍👍👍

All I wanted was a quiet pub and good beer. No better place!

If you want a proper old school pub in the heart of Norwich the King's Head is the pub to visit that's for sure. Wooden floors, bar billiards and just very good chat with the locals. Serves Norfolk and national real ale and it's kept in top nick as well. Plus real cider if you're into your cider. The atmosphere is really good as well and the staff are very good at their job too. I would recommend popping in if you have the time.

Went in as part of the city Ale trail it's what i call a no nonsense pub , the Landlord was one of the happiest persons i have meet in a pub.

The spiritual home of real ale drinkers in Norwich

Great traditional pub serving good beer

A classic real ale pub for real ale lovers

The Kings Head was the local Norwich CAMRA branch Pub of the Year for 2022, which is some achievement when you consider the competition it is up against in this fine Ale city. A nice two room city centre pub which has very much the feeling of a traditional ale house, especially in that it does not offer many, if any keg products. The available real ales are spread across the pumps in both the front and back bars but fortunately there is a chalk board in the plainer front bar as you enter that details all that are on in both bars. For my inaugural visit as part of our Norwich crawl Green Jack Brewery’s Golden Best and Trawlerboys, Hop Monster’s Banshee Porter, Newby Wyke Brewery’s Benvoilio, Humpty Dumpty’s Swallowtail and Brewer’s Reserve and Derby Brewing’s Quintessential were the available ales alongside two real ciders. There’s also a decent list of Belgian beers and some craft products avialable in bottles. I went for the Humpty Dumpty Swallow tail in my continuing quest to drink local on this crawl and it was a very pleasant drop. I found this a very friendly pub with a friendly set of regulars and it’s very easy to strike up conversations with like minded souls and fellow drinkers in this pub. Young drinkers were also in evidence on this early evening so cannot really understand the negative review below. Although I could imagine that like any pub or club, the regulars probably do not take kindly to shouty mobile phone using plonkers, which could explain it.

Do not laugh in here, or you will be told off.

Great beer's nice friendly barman.

Wonderful vibe here. Lovely staff and a great selection of beers. Well looked after bar billiards table too

A proper pub with excellent beer.

Beer choice is wide and good, however, not a very inviting place for newcomers unfortunately.

Always friendly, good range of beers, no music, proper pub

A Camra award winning pub which always has a good range of real ales.

Great ales and service. One of my favourite pubs in Norwich.

Excellent real ale pub in Norwich. Always has a good selection of local beers and not the common ones either. Very welcoming and a good place for a beer and catch-up with friends as there is no music. Fab pork pies and a bar billiards table thrown in for good measure. Definitely worth a visit.

Proper pub.... As they all used to be back in the day. Love it there.

One of the best real ale pubs in Norwich very knowledgeable and friendly staff

Met Charlie the owner and he's such a kind warm person! Lovely little traditional pub!

Ale Lovers paradise. Great beers with knowledgeable staff.

Real pub and winner of regional pub of the year. Great staff and atmosphere (no musak) and a wide choice of E. Anglian and real ales. A pub to savor, relax and enjoy.

What a pub this is ...found it via a recommendation from my sons friend...wish I'd of found it earlier what a pub...loads of great ales and fantastic ciders in a brilliant friendly atmosphere and a special mention to Charlie who was working on the night we were in there especially when he didn't laugh to much finding out I am a Derby fan !!!

Old heritage feel. Old English charm

Lovely real ale pub, good old fashioned pub. No noice just conversation.

One of the best pubs in Norwich. Super selection of beer including some Belgian specialities.

Visiting from Australia and totally enjoyed the he experience at the Kings Head. The gentleman behind the bar was such a nice guy and really looked after me. Thank you so much for a great afternoon drink 🙂

Almost as good as The Still (Peterborough) used to be in the early 80's. A proper pub.

Good spot for a nice ale, friendly and attentive service

May favourite pub in Norwich...

Always a good choice of beer. Knowledgeable staff. A proper pub where you can chat and has pub games.

Good selection of Ale, very friendly staff

Always buzzy atmosphere, and love the bar billiards!

Nice place, beer just a bit too warm.

One of my favourite pubs in Norwich. Spit and sawdust but friendly locals and great ale. Always worth a visit.

Wonderful little pub I Norwich. How a proper ale pub should be.

Very good feeling nice place to drink a good selection of beer

Great place to meet. Has bar billiards!

An uncompromising real ale pub. No frills, no food, just fabulous beer and the regular barman is a real character who will happily guide you to a beer that suits your taste.

Sunday lunchtime. Didn't eat, but bar area full of locals. Separate restaurant area. Nice atmosphere. Friendly staff. Looks like a lovely patio area at the back if weather was good. Parking in front of pub.

Ales for days. Lots of men drinking lots of fermenty beverages = fresh.

Pub serving several real ales and ciders

Excellent beers and a lovely chilled vibe

Lovely little pub. Staff are friendly.

Lovely little pub, great atmosphere and brilliant choices of beer

Great traditional pub,with good well kept beers and very pleasant and friendly staff. Well done.

Hurrah! The pork pies are back. This place is always excellent and now that the pies are back they're unbeatable.

Absolute classic boozer…..the finest in Norwich, nay maybe even Norfolk. The front bar is in a time warp! Like being at a beer festival. Best to drink halves. Like all the best ale pubs, there is no food just snacks. But they do a mean pork pie. The manager Charlie is a legend in his own lunch time. Lovely guy and REALLY knows how to keep beer. No citra hops in sight, thank goodness. Can’t get enough of the place. If you love fine English ale (sadly well on the wane), you MUST try this epic pub. It’s an absolute stunner. Don’t go if you want style over substance. Do go if you want English beer at its finest.

Really lovely atmosphere, good mix of clientele, great drinks selection.

Super old-school in the best possible way. It may be in a hard-done-by part of Norwich's city centre but this pub is an oasis. The beer selection is always excellent and wide. There is something very satisfying about their limited snack menu which consists mainly of pickled eggs, pork pies, and pork scratchings.

We just love this Norwich local, great selection of local brews, plus many Belgian and other foreign bottled beers. Knowledgeable staff of what is served. Best of all was the friendliness of everyone. The little front bar especially, where everybody got involved in conversations. Visited it several times during our week in Norwich

Nice, friendly pub. Interesting selection of beers

A nice, old real-ale oriented pub, with interesting beers. Friendly staff.

Don't attend unless you are a frequent attender. No phones allowed, although not said anywhere. You'll be stared at unless you are known. Very hostile to younger drinkers. Avoid

Great beer, friendly staff and bar billiards!

Several visits pre and post Covid restrictions have proven this pub to live up to its award winning reputation, a mixed clientele but with knowledge bar staff who provide some of the best ales and level of service in the county. Each visit I've been made to feel welcome and at ease. Traditional pubs such as this are often a thing of the past but with this traditional approach it really showcases the best of pub culture in Norwich and Norfolk. A must visit.

Been here a couple of times now when visiting friends in Norwich and it's always been a staple pub to visit for ale drinkers. Great range of beers, friendly, welcoming staff and just a general nice place to visit. Pretty sure we'll be dropping in again next time we're in Norwich.

Love this pub. Staff are great.

Kind hearted and quaint. Beautiful plants in the window which makes me think there's 💕 in this pub. X

This is a small pub which has eschewed food, comfortable seating, ales with a head, music and all other similar fripperies . What it does have is a range of well kept local beers and a bagatelle table which you are not invited to use despite the bar staff occasionally using it themselves. Go for a quiet pint as your grandfather would have done.

Love this pub. Large selection of fine ales, bar billiards- one of only 5 tables in Norwich, great service from friendly staff and a fantastic atmosphere. Highly recommend the place for a great night out.

Amazing pub, perfectly kept beer and superb atmosphere. Would recommend to anyone.