The Ferry Inn of Horning in North Norfolk

Excellent food in pleasant surroundings

Always great food and bonus that my boy caught a 16lb pike right outside!!

We booked a table for 4, 1 vegetarian, 1 vegan. There was no welcome on arrival, we chose our own table, even after asking,rudly told vegan menu was on the other side!!!! No there was no vegan options and poor vegetarian. We actually rang and booked another pub and promptly left!

Called in an afternoon while on a boat. No carvery day but the food we ordered was lovely . Really lovely lady served us came over for a chat and a fuss with the dogs . The open fire was much appreciated as there was a rain storm that day . Lots of work being do e to take the paint from the old wood and bringing it back to life . Fab place to just relax and eat or just have a drink.

Great for Sunday lunch. Friendly staff. Parking on site. Great view of broads if weather nice.

Stopped for a drink whilst walking along the river. Beautiful views of the river, friendly staff and a roaring fire.

Sat outside on a warm day watching boats go by with a sharing platter for two ( Ploughman's) couldn't have been more relaxing.

Great Pub situated on the Norfolk Broads... Good food and drinks especially the rose Wild cider.. situated on the banks of one of the broads mooring are available.. the attached Bakery/village shop is a must

Not been for a few years, Food was excellent. Sat outside with dog, Busy, quick service, bit no atmosphere.

Enjoyed a nice meal here and it was quite busy. You have to pay for mooring but it is refunded off food so that is fair enough. I think the pub could do with a tidy up though, some minor maintenance tasks would improve it

Telephoned on the off chance...fitted us in at short notice...service was amazing...food excellent! Tasty and good value for money 💰....had live entertainment and must say excellent too...thank you!

Food good, not bad prices for Broadside pub, place let down by looks and garden, quite scruffy long grass, untidy outside, general looks.

Cannot fault the food The premises were dusty, windows full of cobwebs, slug trails across the carpet

Went to go for dinner and they stopped serving food so we just had a drink,we drank outside as we found it smelling inside the pub and looked not kept.

Myself and my partner just had a couple of soft drinks while watching the boats

Extremely good food, this place had both side and stern on moorings. Better still, their mooring fee charge was offset against our main meal food. So effectively, we moored free of charge. Dog friendly inside the restaurant.

Went for a Sunday carvery, the choices of meat was very good and the portion size was more than enough, there was no scrimping on that! Friendly and helpful staff whether you’re there for a drink or food. We will definitely be back!

Great place, excellent food served promptly for our group of 20.

Had a really delicious dinner here, we had 4 small plates for £12 which is such a good deal given the location and size and quality! The menu had definitely improved since the last time we were here £20 for mooring is a little excessive but you do get it back from eating so it's not a massive problem! The child play area was great for our 2 year old and everywhere was dog friendly as well. Overall will be coming back!

We picked this place because of the small plates menu and we were not disappointed. It is four plates for £12 (four for the price of three). They were all very well cooked and tasty. My only comment would be that the presentation was a bit basic, apart from the brie on toast with cranberry compote which came with a small dressed side salad. The pub is dog friendly and the staff were very welcoming

Super friendly team, great food, pork scratchings to die for. Dog friendly.

Fabulous place.Guy very helpful with mooring the boat.

Quick stop for an early pint while travelling along the broads from Wroxham. Lovely welcome and assistance from the mooring-help chap who was very patient and friendly. Inside the pub, very warm welcome from the staff, who were very friendly and polite. We didn’t eat but the roasts coming out of the pub, looked amazing!

Lovely little pub near the Northfolk Broads we stopped off to get some rest and it had a lovely sense of community with friendly staff and regulars

Camping close by so thought we would visit. Prices were absolutely extortionate which I know properly isn't entirely there own fault however staff were not the best amd the food quality was pretty poor

We've visited Ferry Inn on numerous occasions over the years whilst holidaying on The Norfolk Broads. This occasion was a short break in a houseboat locally. We wanted a carvery for Sunday dinner and knew that Ferry Inn was always a good no fuss option. The meals are good value and the carvery is generous on the meat portions! You get to choose the rest, so it depends on how much of a piggy you are 😂. They do have a decent amount of GF options too on the other menu. With even burgers being served with GF buns. There is plenty of seating indoors and out, dog friendly too. It has never been a fine dining venue, but we love it as it's always suited us on holiday.

This place is astonishing in how unkempt and dirty it is. Stopped in for a beer and could not believe how filthy the whole pub was. Toilets were shocking and it was clear the staff had no regard for maintaining any sort of hygiene. Simply awful.

Excellent food, excellent service. Great place to moor for the night.

Excellent value for money in the pub. Free mooring if you eat at the pub. Helpful gent moored us on arrival. Also easy to walk into the village from there.

Didn't stop for food and drinks only stop use the shop which had lovely home made cake has passing with boat

The food quality is poor, the food quantity is poor, and the price for it is crazy. At the prices they charge I would have expected the meal to have been pleasent, left disappointed and hungry.

Excellent pub for a day boat stop from Wroxham. Emailed the night before to book a table and this was instantly booked. When arriving with the boat, help with mooring was available. The food was excellent, as was the service. Play area for the kids, with arcades and a pool table.

They were very busy on the day we visited. However, I can recommend both the food and the beer. Worth booking a table for food if a sunny day and be prepared to wait, but it is worth it!

Friendly, helpful, polite staff (with a great sense of humour), speedy service and delicious food (Wow What a seafood platter!).

Excellent food, great atmosphere, lively enjoying a meal by the river

The guy serving the carvery for some reason plates up your food on top of the sneeze guard for the meats. This unnecessary caused him to fumble and drop the meat from his utensils, as it slapped the plate it flicked loads of brown sauce and meat over my shirt. The guy didn’t even acknowledge his mistake nor apologise. Absolute amateurs. Just put the plate next to the meat then you a) don’t have far to travel with the utensils and b) don’t risk covering the customers with sauce.

Booked a table for a birthday dinner. In years gone by this was such a great pub/restaurant at the waters edge on the Broads. I was eager to re-visit. Massive disappointment! The tables outside were tatty, paint peeling, dirty and several parasols broken. The threshold at the main entrance was absolutely filthy and the floor inside sticky and dirty too. We ordered two drinks but didn't announce our arrival for our booked table because we didn't want to eat there. If the state of the bar was anything to go by, the thought of what the kitchen might be like turned our stomachs. This Inn has such a fantastic spot on the Broads but it needs a facelift and thorough deep-clean!

Decent bar area, arcades proper oldskool half the machines didn't work 😅

I feel very sorry for this pub it has had a really tough time with flooding, run down state that it was in when taken over. That is where my sympathy ends, 11 of us went for my mums birthday meal last night it was Terrible. My husband ordered spicy prawns to start with, they all four of them were served in tin patty tin as were all the other starters. The pie was awful, gravy set in the jug like a jelly. The gammon which four had was tough no one finished it . Chilli was ok but just thrown on a huge pile of Nachos along with the other sides and grated cheese. Scampi and children’s sausage and chips fine, we all wished we had choosen them. The menu was so limited believe it or not Fish and chips was not even an option. The service was awful we gave up after two courses. Come on this pub prime position mid summer, should be packed, such a shame.

Please, stop using this cheap squirty cheese! We’re in the uk, we’re proud of our local dairy farmers and real English cheddar! 😌

Lovely Waterside restaurant. Great sized portions and choice. Didn't reserve, and was told there'd be a wait, but there wasn't. Sat overlooking the river. Friendly, polite staff. Would definitely visit again.

I didn't eat here but the drinks were over priced and I was served by a very obnoxious person I wouldn't return. A nice location but the pub needs a major overhaul

Made a large booking for 17 of us, immediately upon arriving staff were extremely rude… member of staff sighed and complained that there was 17 of us and then when told there was children and needed a high chair the same member of staff said ‘even more annoying there’s kids’ this caused us to walk out and visit New inn just up the road, which was amazing so if you’re looking for a pub to visit on the broads avoid this one and go to the new inn 👌🏼

We didn't have any food. We just had drinks. We travelled by boat and there were lads there to help you moor which was nice. The pub is very old and there is a handsome wooden fireplace. Nice friendly people. You can also sit outside and it looks like they have a good fire in the winter.

Nice place to sit by the river. Ale selection ok not the best ales. Ploughman's was a winner.

Good. Affordable and nice food - came quick. Lovely view and atmosphere. Better to sit outside in summer as indoors was too cold and a little outdated

We hired a day boat on the broads and stopped off at the Ferry Inn for lunch. A very helpful chap helped us moor the boat as we arrived. The weather was lovely so most people were sitting outside. The food was decent pub food and the service was very good. It was very dog friendly and the dogs we met were very well-behaved. It wasn't cheap but we enjoyed our lunch so all things considered, we were very happy with the Ferry Inn.

The experience was lovely you get a great view of the boats 🚢 .There is a lovely play area it is a great place to eat I was incredibly cheap and the staff and service was great.

Great location but food terrible and expensive.

Stopped here to meet friends and glad we did. It's a nice pub in a great location by the river. Food was nice and staff friendly.

Beautiful setting and location let down by extremely bland and cheap tasting food. £50 spent for a meal for 2 and a toddler - waste of money! Go for a drink and eat somewhere else. Staff were rude and not welcoming either. The ferry in used to serve great food but won’t be going back anytime soon. Avoid.

Sadly the food was not good. I ordered the chicken curry. The pilau rice was a solid lump and the curry had a definite twang to it. My partners cheese ploughman's was just about acceptable. And the small bowl of chunky chips which had about 7 chips cost £4. Will not be visiting again.

Lovely by the river. Even better in the sun. Food good and affordable xx

Good food, however very pricey for what you get

Nice pub in a lovely setting. Enjoyed a very pleasant pit stop and pint by the water. Great service by the harbourmaster!

Large portions and amazingly good food. Presumably it was prepared freshly as it took a while to arrive but well worth the wait and had a nice view whilst doing so. If I could I would be a regular! We had Ragu, ceasar salad and scampi.

Nice Inn, friendly staff, great views of the river. Good quality food.

Traduire du texte avec votre appareil photo It's very rare that I have such a bad assessment. Last year we were very satisfied. Of course the weather is gloomy but that's no reason. the menu is very very short: 2 pizzas: 1 vegetarian 1 ham cheese; 2 burgers: 1 vegetarian and 1 ultra basic, no grill. scampi/fries (£15) or chickensticks/fries (£16.5 anyway) in a basket not 1 coleslow raw vegetable or other. we ordered the seafood platter. not good, too salty, only preserves. no dessert. It’s sad how different it is from last year. the prices are in the high range not the quality

Was going to have food but when we saw a lad going round using weed killer round the tables and on the paths were dogs walk it put us all off. Toilets were dirty. No loo rolls and only one tap working.

Moored up for the night & actually booked a table to eat on the night. Got there at 19.30pm as table booked for this time. When we eventually found someone, they had to find us a table as one wasn't set up already? No one brought us a menu, or told us to order at the bar so was sat awhile before we enquired. The starter came out after along time & was only garlic bread but was extremely hot, but the main came out warm & this took a further 30 mins after eating starter. Absolutely shocking definitely wouldn't recommend, they all seemed more bothered about the wedding party. The food was awful.

I visited Ferry Inn in Horning with my family on a Sunday for their carvery. A ska band was playing, which added a fun and enjoyable atmosphere to the experience. Saying that, there weren't many people watching, which was a shame. However, there were a few issues that dampened the visit. Firstly, they didn't have mint sauce, which was surprising. I've never been to a carvery that doesn't offer mint sauce, and it took away from my enjoyment as I always have it with my roast. While the food itself was lovely, my biggest annoyance was the presence of five dogs around the area where I was eating. I found it quite unsanitary, and getting whiffs of dog while trying to enjoy my meal was unpleasant. Overall, the music and food were good, but the lack of mint sauce and the dogs around the eating area were significant downsides.

It is popular, because it has mornings. But it has a glitzy, rocky edge, especially the game park next door. A visit without kids is not recommended as it's noisy. Go again, probably not.

Had nice roast dinner today great music love the blues brothers great atmosphere lovely sunny afternoon

Lovely riverside pub, good food, good service and great mooring

Visited today, great staff friendly helped us moor our boat. Great location for a drink/ food by the water

Lovely pub. People very friendly, and food really nice, reasonably priced, and they,ll help you in without boat,

Great place to stop for a break on the broads. Friendly service. Great for kids to have a run around the playground.

We moored up for a night, had a lovely meal,loved it

The food was nice, ample portion size. At the time of visiting, they are going through a refurbishment due to flood damage in the spring. Great location and a 15-minute walk to the village.

The pub is a little rough around the edges due to mid refurb after floods . We went for an evening meal after drinks on the terrace by the river The food was excellent 6 people all with different dinners ,all hot ,well presented and all delicious , I thoroughly recommend the ferry burger

Drink and meal by the river. Food was very good beer good but expensive.

Great Sunday roast dinner! Vegetarian charged as kid, food was lovely. Very happy

We ended up eating here because we moored in front of the pub. We paid 20 pounds redeemable to food. Service was awesome. Food was okay. When we arrived around 4, there was a band playing. Still some tables available outside and mooring spots were open too.

Went here for an evening meal the food was nice and the service was good the pub was a bit tried look 👀 but they have had a flood and a lot of the carpet was missing.

Well people are going to say we picked the wrong day BUT starter chilli fries was good but main Veg curry was SO dry that a week in the desert would have more moisture. On the enu was a seafood platter that included Prawn Cocktail so my wife asked if she could just have that and they said no it comes with all the other bits which indicates that the food is not freshly made on site or prepared way earlier also my wife's burger was black and burned and again dry and then to cap the whole experience off they had a singer doing Country and Western so my hell was complete and we left thank god for the engine on the boat as it drowned him out and no doubt the toilet will deal with the food

Superb carveries every sunday. Good meals well prepared, with a large assortment of dishes. We go there often and sit outside after the meal and watch the world (and boats) go by.

Absolutely brilliant place for a Sunday Carvery, staff and food could not have been bettered, will be back again before to long

Great place loads of choice well worth a visit.👍👌

Can't fault the food and the choices available. It looks like the place has been flooded over the winter so that won't have helped the atmosphere. It's looking quite tired on the outside although some painting has been done. Berthing with our hire boat was very easy alongside but at busy times boats tie up stern on so not so easy.

Lovely relaxing friendly atmosphere

Large pub very old historic pub.

Despite roadworks we manged to find our way here for lunch. We received a friendly welcome with an explanation of the recovery from the flooding earlier this year. Two of us ordered the pie of the day and the other person had the gammon steak. The pies were steak and ale and cooked to perfection, the pastry just melted in the mouth and the generous filling was delicious. Undoubtably the best pie we have had from a pub restaurant. The gammon was also perfect and served with generous helping of veg. We will definitely be returning once the roadworks are over and would highly recommend going there for lunch.

Great vegetarian food and good drinks.

Sadly, not feeling very welcoming for a group of seven males with a stag do like aura. Instantly turned away for "walk-in buffet" by staff and management with contradicting reasons juggling between food management and table availability that didn't appear to be truthful - maybe to be helped towards a more family orientated atmosphere. We were directed towards buying from the Main Menu instead, whilst looking at empty tables and absent queues for plenty of available buffet food. £4 for small bowls of Chips - this could be cheaper. Aside from the negative experience on this visit, the Bar staff are very polite and courteous.

We had a lovely time at the Ferry inn. There are quite a few tables so worth checking out if you haven't booked. There was a decent range of food and they were very accommodating to us. There is a good view of the river and plenty of outdoor seating if the weather suits it. We will pop in again some time.

Fish and chips was excellent, but we was disappointed by 2 small slices of garlic bread for £4 that let it down, staff nice,

The food was dreadful I've never seen a fish batterd in that way looked like massive chicken dipper. We all received our food at different times. I still feel sick from my meal a day after. When my friend wanted a refund because we had already finished our food by the time his come out we got alot of attitude.

Beautiful situated on River Bure, renovation due to recent flood. Had our evening meal there

Food was Not nice, had the carvery ,luke warm , beef was tough. Everything was mushy as well. Didn't eat mine in the end. £16 Location was nice though and beer was fine.

Arrived for a carvery, paid £16 only to be told when I got where the carvery was that they have no meat apart from a piece of dried up chicken and some dried up gammon steaks in a pot, no joints of meat whatsoever, staff very rude when I said why take peoples money if you have no meat which they replied there’s abit of gammon and a piece of chicken left, no apologies and got a refund, will definitely not be returning, bad management!😡 Who ever has heard of a carvery without any meat to carve!

Can't understand all the four and five star ratings for this place. Have just been there, and I found it very unwelcoming. No atmosphere about it either. The food is adequate and overpriced. The manager (owner?) gives the impression that he'd rather be somewhere else. I was not thanked for my custom when I left. Needless to say, I won't be going back.

Moored for the night and had our evening meal at the Ferry Inn. Fairly quiet at the time we arrived, glasses absolutely filthy, requested clean ones, no apologies whatsoever, food was basic, although hot, it was over priced, customer service was grossly lacking. Definitely NOT on the books for a revisit.

Nice staff. Nachos were the bomb, the cheese beef burger was truly delicious although I overestimated how much I could fit in my stomach in one sitting.

Beautiful place veg not cooked enough

Great customer service lovely staff. The toilets were not stocked up with soap or toilet roll. The food was overpriced for the taste and portions burgers not seasoned and topped with grated cheese. Belly pork ribs was a single rib for £8. The fish and chips were a good portion size and cost.

Situated on the river to the edge of town. Adequate car parking and moorings. Overnight mooring is £20 but taken off the cost of your meal, so a no brainer. They are recovering from a flood so whilst uncarpeted atmosphere is very good. There is an amusement arcade at the far end so great for those that want it but not intrusive to those that don't. Staff are welcoming with good sense of humours and welcoming of children and dogs. Plenty of varied seating indoors and out Food is good, varied and reasonably priced. Ales are the best choice and quality in town, well kept and served. Directors and Juice Rocket were superb. If your cruising the river this is a must stop either for a meal or overnight.

With the moving of our boat we have a new local. On a chilly spring afternoon it was lovely to walk into an open fire crackling away. A warm welcome came along with the fire. Grad a quick lunch which arrived just as quick. Food as very tasty. Nice to see they don't scrimp on the condiments. Looking forward to a summer of meals and drinks with friends and family at the Ferry Inn.

The friendliest place we've found on the broads. £20 to Moor overnight, but this is then taken off an evening meal. From the lovely Gus helping us Moore our boat (need L plates for this thing) to the very friendly Izzy who served us. The food was lovely, and as it got colder, they allowed us to take the children's pudding onto the boat and return the plates in the morning. Will definitely Moor here again when we do our next boating holiday. Returned a second year, and still not disappointed!!! Gus was on his day off, but was still about the bar having a few drinks and sharing tips of where to go next, and the lovely Helen behind the bar was very helpful and friendly! Girls love the arcade and outside play area! #somethingforeveryone

What a great pub, great mooring, great food, great landlord. Thanks for a wonderful evening. Lucy and Natalie x

Excellent pub, service and food we're second to none. Recommended 100%. Thank you for a pleasurable afternoon, even if the local Heron did try to steal our food off the table!!🤣🤣