Poppylands in North Norfolk

Absolutely beautiful surroundings and delicious food. My only critique is the lack of Orange or Apple juice on the breakfast menu. Apart from that superb, I will definitely be visiting again soon!

Lovely place to go for a bite to eat, love the theme of the tearoom, nice friendly staff and lovely food, well worth a visit.

Great customer service and a decent cuppa. I never got to try the cake but it looked lush

We went to look at the seals and then had cake and tea here. I have been coming here for years and I think it's the best irs been. Great that it has a 40's vibe

A must visit, if you are in the area, all day breakfast available, fantastic Roast Beef or turkey Sunday dinners, wonderful selection of cakes and scones available. The whole cafe is a museum and also has some articles from crashed Halifax aircraft nearby. The owner is a passionate historian with many fascinating tales of activities that took place in the area. There is also a wonderful gift shop selling traditional Jared sweets, toys costume jewellery, and gifts. And Well behaved Dogs are welcome.

1940s themed tea rooms with free parking an onsite shop seating over two floors a menu to suit most tastes reasonably priced well cooked meals

This place is amazing especially if you like memorabilia & really good food. The staff were very friendly too

This is a lovely 1940s styled war time tea room. I had a big slice of delicious coffee and walnut cake and a mocha with a spit fire dusted on the top of it. There is so much memorabilia to look at and enjoy. Fantastic.

Fabulous WW2 themed cafe, great food, friendly staff, loads of memorabilia, good value for money.

Been here several times & as always very nice. Staff very pleasant. Food good.

My second visit, just as charming as the first. It's a lovely stop before getting to the coast. I don't remember it being quite as "Quirky" in the service aspect last time, but front of house team were very pleasant even though they were clearly rushed off their feet, and if "NO SUBSTITUTIONS" is the chef's way of handling a busy cafe, well, fair enough, it's plastered all over the menu so can't say we weren't warned 😁 brilliant that it's so dog friendly and the dog certainly remembered ordering the dog's dinner and was grateful they still do that 💕

Nostalgic WW2 themed restaurant

Great little find, friendly staff, lovely food

Love this place! Fun and tasty. Fabulous atmosphere. They have a #vegan menu also! Warm crackling real fire, very inviting and evocative. Great parking. Outside space for your bikes. Great prices. Do it.

We went two times after watching seals on the beach. I had hash the first day and a full breakfast the second day. I really enjoyed the WWII inspired atmosphere. We’re from America so we didn’t know about Dad’s Army, so before we went home I bought the dvd of the tv show to watch back home. I think this is a fun restaurant with friendly service and good food.

On Friday 21st February we drove 5 hours from Manchester to visit Poppylands and then have a walk down to see the seals. I was so looking forward to visiting after being told about this amazing little place and we planned to have lunch, coffee and cake. We travelled in our camper van as we were booked into a campsite near Bastwick that evening. Upon arriving we realised that we couldn't park in the official council operated car park because we were in a campervan. But we did notice that Poppylands had a sign in their rather large car park that stated you could pay £10 and park there. We drove into Poppylands and we were just getting out of the van when a man stuck his head over the fence to query why we where parked there. We explained that we were going in to have a coffee and speak to the proprietor. I suppose looking back that this should have been a warning sign that visiting customers were not actually welcome in the cafe. We asked the man behind the counter about ordering coffee and the car park. He grunted at us and walked away into the kitchens. A second man came out of the kitchens, approached us at the counter and said "I can't have you in here today You will have to park in Horsey car park" We explained that we couldn't park there because we were in a campervan. We told him we were planning on having coffee and cake in Poppylands before taking a walk to see the seals and we would then return for Lunch. We also told him that we were happy to pay for parking. He explained they had a booking for 15 people and could not accommodate us in their large cafe (2 floors) and large car park. There must have been room for at least 15 people in just the downstairs part of the cafe! He told us he was a village committee member and we could not park in his or the official car park. He then directed us to were we could park. Throughout the exchange he was blunt and rude and we got the impression that he didn't want us in his cafe. Hungry and deflated we left and we will never go back. The staff are rude and their customer service is severely lacking

Went to Poppylands today for the 3rd time for afternoon tea. Absolutely amazing and so very generous with their cakes which tasted amazing. Very friendly and warm place with lovely staff who take their to talk to you. There is a lovely little shop which is a added bonus. The area is lovely with the beach not far away. Such a lovely little gem in Norfolk.

Used to come here as a kid, so was so excited to visit only to find you were closed! Update your Google until your open again, your wasting people’s time!

What a fabulous little tea room! Wartime ambience, warm cosy atmosphere, with log burner and gentle vintage music. The food was fantastic, we had cheese toasties and an all day breakfast. The quality and portions were great. The sausages and bacon delicious!! Well cooked, great quality food and a pot of tea with china teacups . Lovely friendly staff to top it off. Thank you, x

We were a group of four adults and two teens and were greeted and sat at a table with no trouble. What a quirky place, such fun to sit in. One adult had a meal and the two boys did too. The food was hot, plentiful, delicious and arrived in good time. The rest of us opted for toasted tea cakes and delicious warm fat scones. The lattes were not over sweet, the froth was decorated with war planes and just right after a long walk on the beach. We will definitely go back.

Really, really lovely cafe. Serving hot meals and light snacks. Good hearty food, really delicious and reasonably priced. Very friendly waiter and lovely ambiance! Well worth a visit and probably with booking in advance!

Lovely lunch had by us all today.

Nice and interesting place. We enjoyed the atmosphere of this place but the food isn't the best.

Such a fun spot. Themed, but in a really tasteful way. Amazing cuppa and lovely cakes. Adorable. Loved it.

Just had mixed grill and my partner had all day breakfast absolutely perfect I had a London pride and kayla had a coke ,the service was very good as well would recommend too book a table as it's very busy the interior is very good all 1940s and the shop brilliant

Historic tea rooms full of 40's memorabilia.

Lovely little cafe, food and service was excellent, will be back 😀. We went up to horsey gap to see the seals and then finished are afternoon off here.

Just had our first visit to the amazing Poppylands following a review we saw pby ‘Gary’s Eats’…….absolutely amazing quality breakfasts, l had the evacuee and a side order of bubble and squeak…..faultless, staff friendly, value for money, quality ingredients, 1940’s setting and memorabilia brilliant, dog friendly…..what an absolute gem of a place…..will certainly be back, Frank, Lisa & Ted

great tea room full of history, great service and worth a trip hot chocolate was piping hot and very nice

Lovely for tea and cake/scones; other food was disappointing. Extremely busy and service is brusque/slow (and lots of very surly other customers, have no idea why when it's in such a beautiful area!). Nice enough place for a pitstop. The wartime vibe isn't particularly my bag but I appreciated the historical attention to detail

Not the greatest hard scones and small portions of food at expensive price. I know things go up but that should take the quality away from the food. I feel there going on past reputation which is such a shame. I would avoid as poor and so much more to explore further a field shame really as use too be really good even shop gone down hill. Sadly I won’t be back as over priced for what you get

What a pleasure to meet with the guys here fantastic food, fantastic people and a must see 👀 😀 place to have a fun time, so good to see people with a passion for remembering the 1940s and of course Dad's Army 😀 10 out of 10 great place to visit for all ages 💜 😊

Fantastic Sunday lunch. Very busy,but great friendly staff.

Great place to stop and have lunch and a browse

Really sorry for this review as we haven't eaten with you, Drove for an hour to visit today, really looking forward to eating with you. When we arrived both gates were open but signs said Closed, website said open 10- 3 only 2 cars parked by the building but not in car park, lights were on but seemed like no one at home. Several other customers were faced with the same uncertainty and like us drove away. Drove past later and one barrier was shut, were you open or not, very unclear message

We sat at our table and was told, "we are busy, so we might have to wait for order." That was fine, then it started. First of all, half of our orders turned up. 10 mins later, the drinks turned up without the milk for a cup of tea,still no scone. 5 mins later, Scone turns up, still no milk,we had to ask again by this time I was a bit annoyed by this, and my tea was getting cold. The staff keep saying we are busy, that's not great. Over all 🥺it was an ok. The food was OK 👍 7/10

Poppylands is a very unique tearoom, with features relating to WW2 including the names of items on the menu. The food is very good, although it can be popular on certain days and times, so you may have to wait a bit longer for your food. Worth a visit for somewhere that is very different, quite qwirky, but very enjoyable.

Lovely 1940's experience & great food they even serve lovely food for dogs

We love it at Poppylands. Saw the seals on the beach at Horsey and then to Poppylands for lunch. A nice atmosphere and a good menu. Was very busy today and we were lucky to get a table. Would recommend coming here for lunch.

Where to begin. The service was truly appaling, party of 6 ordered toasties jacket potato and 2 soups and drinks .3 coke 3 teas The soups were served to table without soup spoons. We had to ask for some.by tge time they'd arrived we'd eaten tg6e toasties that came with The drinks were delivered well after the meal had been eaten. No milk with the tea. We asked for some, but we had to go get it. It was all so slow....we ordered dessert after main big mistake in all we were there nearly 3 hrs ...really poor experience. However, the setting is good, which saved a star. I would avoid this place it's just chaotic .

Nostalgia just oozes from this place, all wartime themed, even the menu. Delicious cheese and Spam toastie.

After a few visits for afternoon tea, it wasn't up to its usual standard today. Not freshly baked and not worth the more than £65 for 3. Only one pot of tea for 3. We left after more than half an hour wait for a new pot.

Great food, friendly staff, prompt service and nicely themed.

A great place with good food and interesting decor

Very rustic and authentic. Great coffee and tasty food

Had a fantastic experience at this restaurant today . The decorations are themed around the 1940’s England with a menu to match ! Great service and don’t forget to go upstairs even if you eat downstairs . Opposite this cafe is the best place to view seals . There were 3000 seal pups there today and you can walk from the car park by the sea to winterton ( 3 mile walk ) and back

Easily the best tearoom I've ever been to. Truly has captured the 1940s vibe! Loads of throwbacks to those days, highly recommend getting the table next to the radio, feels like Fallout! Cake was beautiful and the coffee washed it down well. Perfect place to visit after you go see the seals at Horsey. 1000% will be popping in again!

Very good and friendly we will go back soon

Visited today after viewing the seals. Very busy but we were accomadated well (7 people, 1 dog). The staff and service was great and I had the best All Day Breakfast I've ever had. Lovely place

Good food service could be better.

Ok so we visited on a dark horrible day but was absloutey blown away on how nice this place was, we had two breakfasts and they really was fantastic, no grease and the sausages were incredible. My only issue it could have been warmer inside but honestly didn't ruin the experience, we also had cake and the tea was served in tea pots with lovley tea cozies, would I return ? 100%, service was brilliant and it was so clean and honestly hand on heart breakfast was one of the best I have ever had. Even felt like the 1940s incredible experience thank you poppylands see you again before Christmas

Visited today awesome place and great food will be bringing other to here

Really well worth a visit. Good range of imaginatively named menu items, including daily specials most invocation of 1940s food. Have enjoyed their bubble and squeak on previous visits. Tea is always served in teapots with hand made themed cosies. Sweet and gift shop contains many childhood memory items. Only suggestion is that the cornish pastie should be served with crisp pastry and not 'limp', ( microwave?). Good trip for explaining 40s life to grandchildren.

Run by a WW2 history enthusiast, this was a great place to stop for a coffee and cake. The Second World War memorabilia is extensive and there is no doubt about the enthusiasm and dedication by the owner to imparting a feel for those momentous times.

Very suggestive family managed WWII themed cafe and restaurant. Exploring Darren's collection after lunch has been a unique experience, and the food was very good.

Fantastic experience. The amount of effort they have put into this vintage, adorable cafe is a real credit to the dedication of the staff. The portions are huge and the cakes are all homemade. They have so much memorabilia and models, it is an incredible cafe. And the gift shop is lovely with a great guy behind the till who is very friendly and experienced.

We stumbled upon this lovely 1940 tea rooms and shop. It was a such a nice place we went back for a second time the next day. It's so full of memorabilia. The staff were friendly and the food was delicious. The man in the shop was so friendly and informative. Well worth a visit if you are in Norfolk.

Had a wonderful breakfast sandwich! Loved the desserts, tea, and latte.

Great Tea room. Plenty to choose from a large menu.

Well worth the visit. Highly recommend a geoorge Formby (it will make sense when visiting)

Delightful museum like qualities. Hosts were impeccable and the food delicious. Thank you

Booked a table for 4 for breakfast, paid deposit upfront. First impressions were good, lovely nostalgic displays and touches, however the service was so bad we thought we might accidentally have stumbled into Fawlty Towers instead. The younger staff were friendly but possibly lacking in training. One older female member of staff was really rude, verging on hostile and made us feel very uncomfortable. You are expected to pay as you go, rather than order drinks, breakfast and then continue to add cakes and more drink and pay when your meal is finished. This became really stressful as the staff were unable to work out how to split the bill each time or deduct the deposit, so we felt pressured into needing to pay for everyone's rather than individually. This would have been a much easier transaction at the end of our meal rather than in stages. The bill was eventually sorted by a helpful young lad who split it down after the surly lady had stomped off. I suggest that if you want people to pay in that way, make it counter service, not table service. Scrambled egg on toast was inedible, various variations on breakfast were ordered and none were good. The knitted tea-cosies had dried food stains on them, the canned drinks were excessively expensive. Plus points are, decent cake, if you dare ask for it, decor is really good if you have an interest in wartime history and the gift shop and old fashioned sweet shop was a completely different environment with friendly warm service. We really wanted this place to be good, and would've returned many times over as it's reasonably local, but it was so disappointing we won't be returning or recommending, which is a shame.

Oh my goodness, I've never been in the tea room before, and it didn't disappoint. 1940's memorabilia and a lovely cream tea. We will definitely be back. Dogs ate welcome upstairs....I would recommend booking ad it seems to be a very popular place.

Very nice tea and cake. It's decked out in Dads Army style Britain at War which takes you right back. Well worth a visit. Also very nice gift shop

Booked on Friday and paid deposit to reserve a table for Sunday roast arrived at 1.45pm to be told sold out of roast Di nners really !!!

Excellent food and service! Highly recommend, also has a lovely gift shop.

Great meal, nice staff. Nice things to look at.

We popped here after our visit of Horsey Gap to warm up a bit with a nice cup of tea. We haven't book a table and were lucky to have a table because it is quite busy during weekend. I suggest making a booking if you want to have a lunch here! The place is lovely and well themed. It is like stepping back in time with all the decorations, music ambiance and dishes. The ambiance is very cosy and comfortable. We only had cups of tea as it was a bit early to eat but we regretted not eating here. Food looks good and generous. Also the price is very affordable! We also visited the gift shop and bought some local honey. I definitely recommend buying some if you love honey.

Great place, well worth the visit

Delicious food, vintage menu in a retro surrounding. Enjoyed soup and sandwich and fish finger sandwich. Good service too.

Delicious cream tea, and fascinating 1940's decor!

Great food, lovely staff. Brilliant atmosphere. Definitely worth a visit!

What a fantastic cafe, stepping back in time to a WW2 themed cafe. Food drink and staff all fabulous.

Great place to visit dog friendly

Just love the feal of this place.

It's a voyage back in time, whether with the decor or some of the dishes. Great food, lovely staff.

Absolutely loved this place. We booked a table for lunch and wasn't disappointment. The theme and atmosphere was amazing, there was so much 1940s memorabilia toklooknat too. The staff were all great, who also dressed in the appropriate era. The choice and size of portion of their dessert menu was also about of this world. My son said it was the best piece of cake he'd ever had. They also have a lovely gift area outside, full of lovely little knick knacks you'd expect from a country side tea room. Will definitely be coming back again in the future.

Amazing experience, definitely one to do if you are in the area.

This place is very popular and busy, yet we were still served quickly and the food was delicious. Every surface is covered with memorabilia, making it fascinating and atmospheric. We did struggle a bit with the wheelchair, but the staff were very helpful and we were able to get inside to eat. We even got around the shop without trashing it, thanks to the lovely lady who moved stands, etc out of our way. Talking of the shop, what a treasure trove!

Had afternoon tea here today, everything was delicious and all the staff were very friendly. Will 100% be recommending. Thank you 😊

The first time that we have eaten at Poppylands, all 4 of us thoroughly enjoyed our food. Good food , Good price.

Was really looking forward to visiting But on arrival was told inside seating was fully booked... Fine so we went outside.. No menu's on the table !! Went inside to ask how to order and before finishing my sentence I was abruptly told ' outside' !!!!! Trying the question again was told again OUTSIDE !!!!!! before finishing the question... So we proceeded to take our custom elsewhere.... Such a shame on a beautiful sunny day....

Brilliant cafe with v friendly and attentive staff. Great atmosphere and location and lunch v tasty and great value. Lots of parking

WhT a stunning find of a place.

Very quirky and good value for money. Tasty food and excellent service,.

Great place, good food and friendly staff. Interesting wartime memorabilia.

Amazing Tearoom full of 1940 memorabilia. Lots to choose from on the Ration Book (Menu), reasonably priced. Nice atmosphere. The Service in the Tearoom was overall excellent, except for our one. We asked for a table for 4 people, she showed us to a really nice table in the corner which I noticed had a reservation notice on it. When I mentioned the reserved notice she said you'll have to be gone before 13.30 this table has been booked! She walked off, we sat down about 5 mins later she came to take our order, we were still looking through the menu. The food was really good, but it felt a very rushed meal. When we go again we'll definitely book.

I called here as I was in Norfolk on holiday and I had read about it and wanted to experience the tea rooms. It didn't disappoint. Very dog friendly. I had Wilma with me (miniature dachshund). We sat outside, but could have gone inside upstairs. Lovely bacon bap (although named something else in the menu) :) Great atmosphere and fabulous nostalgia. Would definitely recommend. Service was very good and the bacon bap was excellent with a pot of tea and a fabulous tea cozy! Do visit!

Beautiful 1940's themed cafe. "Proper" sandwiches with loads of filling. Lovely setting. Outside, covered seating available. Also dog friendly. Dogs are also allowed inside upstairs. Very cosy atmosphere. Service very good but can become very busy, especially when the coaches decide to drop in. Prices very reasonable for the amount of food you get. Well worth a visit.

Amazing place, everything is authentic . Fantastic food to

A really interesting WW II themed cafe off the beaten track. Excellent choice of cakes and hot drinks. Back again October '24, the Bread Pudding Cakeis a meal in itself!

Absolutely loved the food and the place, staff was a little off didn't really have customer skills and felt was really odd receiving our drinks and having to pay for everything before food came out,the drinks was brought to us and no sooner a card reader was pushed in our faces,only reason I can think this was done is maybe they have had alot of people walk out with out paying. I did leave absolutely stuffed as the chips was really old school it was all fantastic customer skills could have been better.

Fantastic place, great atmosphere, will be going back again

Second time visiting for lunch and took friends for the first time. Sadly, I thought that the food was not quite up to the standard of our visit and the service, whilst excellent when it came, was a little slow in coming up to the top floor and then spitting that we were waiting. Our guests loved it but we felt it could have been better based on our previous visit. Would still come back though.

Awesome place and atmosphere of a 1940s tearoom with some excellent Cakes and meals

ATime warp a lovely little place recommend it to anyone well worth a visit.

Called in for Afternoon tea. Absolutely authentic 1940s tea room - we had the Vera Lynn and the George Formby afternoon tea. Amazing collection of war and post war memorabilia. Even the staff were dressed accordingly. Recommended worth a visit .

This was a like sitting in a museum, a bit of nostalgia, novel, something different, whilst having a delicious lunch. We all had various toasties but the menu was quite extensive. Its also open for breakfast and afternoon tea, with seating outside as well as in.

Worst breckfast ive ever been serverd. They were lucky they had taken the money before we ate. And as for the tea cozy absaloutly filthy looked like it had been kicked round the car park. Yuk! The hole place just felt grubby

Didn't expect to find a themed place like this in this area. 1940s themed tea room with a fantastic menu and lots of memorabilia all were dishes reasonably priced. All the cakes were home baked and tasted great and a decent portion. Great service and friendly staff dressed in period clothing. The shop outside well worth a visit, selling old fashioned sweets, toys and memorabilia. Poppy lands is not to be missed!