The New Inn in South Norfolk

It's a lovely little pub in the middle of the village and at the end of Rockland broad where there are around 8 free morning's, it's great for a overnight stay, so back to the pub great people who make you feel welcome and a nice little area for outside seating on those summer evenings, so yes I'll be going back

I have given the food five stars but we didn't actually eat here I didn't want to mark it down because everything else was great. If you visit the broads and don't visit this pub you have missed out. A great pint of Nightingale, so friendly.

Very busy but lady behind bar was amazing. Food very good.pity the tenents are leaving. Lovely place to moor up on river

Lovely place. The staff were so attentive to my 1 year old son and made us feel very comfortable. Food was amazing. Will definitely be returning!

Meals were excellent , staff very very friendly and welcoming . A good Dog friendly Pub

We visited this evening for a meal with our toddler. The staff were very friendly and the food was great. We both had different burgers. They were filling so we had no room for dessert but wished we did. They had a high chair for our toddler and welcomed us all.

Called in on our boat for the 1st visit to this pub. Scampi - very crunchy, little filling. Fish n chips - my Dad said the best he can remember at a pub. Pulled pork burger - just as expected and didn’t disappoint. Dad is 86 so wanted a small portion. Bar staff arranged a child’s size portion which was perfect for him and he was grateful for the flexibility. Very hospitable staff. Music playing started with Dolly Parton and ended with Nirvava. Perhaps a differing appetite was feeding the jukebox? Furnishings basic and not particularly homely in terms of seating, tables, decor but a pleasant place and friendly staff. I’d go back.

Lovely members of staff. The steak was cooked perfectly, highly recommend.

I have had two meals here and I must say I have not been disappointed. The fish and chips were lovely, thin crispy golden batter fish, light and fluffy chips and peas with a good dollop of tartare sauce. The Sunday roast is what I call a “good honest roast” no frills just home cooked. Not this fancy stack up veg and a spoonful of gravy. As for price both are value for money.

Great locals pub. Friendly and welcoming.

Nice pub. Good service. Great food....

Excellent food, really great service, staff chatty and helpful. Pub has a nice local atmosphere without being intimidating. Darts and other thing to do. Would definitely have the new Inn burger again!

Cracking pub, good food and good beer, and excellent service. E

We visited The New Inn Rockland St Mary on 7th July for a bithday evening meal. We've been visiting during our summer holidays for a number of years. It was a warm evening and the outside area was packed. We sat inside which was airy and comfortable. The food was delicious, the service was second to none as always and their prices are very reasonable. The Inn is a village focal point for residents, boaters and holiday makers and is highly recommended. We were sorry to hear that the current landlord/landlady are retiring later this year after nine years. We wish them well for the future and thank them for making our holidays a nostalgic visit every year.

Lovely local pub in a gorgeous village. Would highly recommend The New Inn for a pint or two, or drop by for a alcohol free drink as it’s one of the few pubs in the area I found serving them - as the designated driver this was much appreciated! The staff were top notch, and the food was lovely too!

Was on a walk in the area with my friend and came here and wasn't disappointed. Exceptional service. Prefer grilled halloumi over fried but was still nice. Lovely setting with great menu and specials. Would recommend to friends and family.

Another good lunch here, popped in last minute on what turned out to be a very busy Tuesday, recommend booking if you can.

We are on a boating holiday from brundall so found this on our travels. We ordered evening meals - steak for me and bangers and mash for my husband. Both were absolutely beautiful the steak was cooked perfectly and was very tasty. Service was very good and everyone so pleasant - happy to chat too. Look this one out if you are on the broads it is definitely a lovely place to eat .

Great locals pub . We enjoyed the excellent live singer on a lovely sunny afternoon from the staithe basin. We were unable to eat their food as the kitchen last orders on a Sunday was 1745. However we could buy drinks & order an excellent curry takeaway from the Raj at Loddon and eat them there. Brilliant arrangement!

Sat outside in the lovely weather enjoying the views. A couple of real ales on. Clean toilets. Not an awful lot of parking outside the pub, but there is a free carpark over the road alongside the staithe. Lots of people enjoying themselves.

Superb service with friendly welcoming barman. Meal though was disappointingly bog average. The southern fried chicken was like a bullet on the outside, the crispy coating was armoured. The chicken inside though was amazingly juicy and tender and the spices were flavorful. The battered fish looked like part of it had lost a battle against a blow torch Burger was tasty but with a light coating of burn. Shouldn't have been issues with food as we were the only ones eating so kitchen wasn't rushed. Given great staff, timely arrival of food and good ale (latte tasted like it used UHT milk though) and fair pricing we'd give it another go at a later date and hope the food is better.

Love this pub. Right next to the river . Front beer garden to catch the sunshine. Food great and great ales. Staff awesome.

I always look forward to visiting the New inn, the service is always exexcellent food and tas is the food and drink, And Terry is a great and funny host.

The lamb lunch was absolutely fantastic. Spot on. Very polite and courteous staff. I would recommend this establishment to anyone. Yummy

Was passing by, and saw the New Inn. Had a great lunchtime light bites and really good ales on the bar. Service was outstanding, and the pub is situated in a great spot for the broads, and taking in the scenery of the moorings. Fantastic find.

Great lunchtime menu, ang great location

I've had the Wednesday fish and chips takeaway from The New Inn here at Rockland St Mary 2 week's running and I think that it is fantastic! I pre-order, and collect at the agreed time, and its perfectly cooked in homemade beer batter and comes with a choice of chips or fries, garden or mushy peas, and tartare sauce. Gluten free batter is also available. It's a warm and wonderful environment to collect from, and you can keep dry even if it's raining! Wednesday fish and chips takeaway or eat in is every Wednesday 6pm - 9pm. It's delicious, and now the Wed fish van has retired I can still get my fish fix.

we had a wake at the New Inn very good food and very good service helpful and friendly service helped the bad time easier would recommend

We always visit this pub on our boat holidays & the food is out of this world the best we ever have at a local pub. The staff are always happy to help. A family and dog friendly pub highly recommended.

I wasn't expecting much BUT was blown away!!! The lady here was so friendly and the food was so good! We felt so welcome and cared about so thank you so much!

After a 45 minute wait my chicken curry finally arrived and at £12 the very small portion was a total rip-off! The rice was a tad plasticy and one of my poppadoms was absolutely saturated in grease! The flavour and presentation were nothing special either.

Friendly staff, always a nice pub to visit. Dog friendly too

Just the loveliest local pub with great pub grub close to the river. Very dog friendly with a lovely atmosphere. There is a side room that can be rented for different occasions for all sorts of stuff. JUST LOVE IT we’ve are boaters and visited The New Inn for years.

Stopped in for drinks and dinner on a busy Friday night. Good wholesome pub grub .Good value. A bit to much swearing from locals at the bar a bit off putting .

Probably one of the best Sunday dinners I have ever eaten. If ever I'm in the area again I will be back.

Great food and beer in a beautiful setting

Great food great hospitality definitely coming back and they have sky sports so happy days

Popped in on Friday evening and had a pub traditional meal and a pint. Good service, good food and nice staff👍😀 They are located at the end of dyke leading to what must be one of the most beautiful Broads on the Norfolk Broads!!

This pub was amazing, the kids meals were very cheep and very big, the steak was aaammmmmaaaaazzzzzziiiiinnnngg, the desserts were also very good, very nice place to put a pub and I highly recommend you go there because trust me you won’t regret it. Well done staff

Fantastic pub, really nice people and a lovely Sunday roast. Will definitely visit again.

Stopped here as we had to get our nieces baby to a@e in Norwich . Landlady called a taxi . Waited with us and gave us some shade and drinks whilst we waited . She was absolutely amazing as was Sara her staff member who offered to take us to the hospital later if we needed to get there . Lovely food as well thank you all so much and so grateful for you help . Overall 100% would stop here when mooring for lunch or evening meal .

Friendly staff, good pub type food. Some of our party ordered more exotic items on the menu. I would recommend sticking to the basic non-fancy food. Owner was dog friendly.

2 pints and some pub grub, outside music, opposite the staithe for boats. Great friendly proper pub.

Brilliant pub - quality food and decent place to moor and watch the daily happenings of the river. I spent pretty much most of the day here, casually drinking by the river side enjoying the sunshine and talking to many other holiday goers that decided to pay the mooring fee for a spot to moore in Horning. Please note - I would advise phoning ahead and reserving a mooring which will cost you a full £16 for overnight. The staff were friendly and welcoming. I thought the support with mooring was also worthy of note. There was plenty of seating outside, with spaces in sunlight, under shelter or even by rivers edge. There is notably a wasp problem in Horning - it was nice though that this pub were taking measures to limit the impact on customers which I found reassuring. All in all - if you are stopping (either for food or overnight) I would highly recommend this pub. Also the chocolate fudge cake was delicious.

Absolutely lovely we are on holiday with our grandchildren Toby Quinn and willow we popped in for a drink on Tuesday and were made so welcome so we took everyone for a meal we wasn't disappointed fabulous. The children had such a fuss made of them and made the whole evening so enjoyable thank you so much Rich &Maddie from Sussex

Excellent Sunday lunch ..all home made and very tasty and great value for money .Served with a smile ! Beautiful setting ..well recommended.

Small local friendly pub in the community with good range of food on offer and average prices.

Nice little pub...Good music on a Friday night too

Don't waste your hard earned...site owner advised us not to eat here and he wasn't wrong The white bait were cremated and when you attempted to fork them they shattered The steak ciabatta well if you like burnt dry bread you'll love it

Lovely location and great atmosphere

Lovely location, right by the river

We moored up opposite as on a weeks boating holiday, lovely pub, very friendly helpful staff & great food ! We were very glad we stopped & had dinner here.

While taking a boating break, stopped at new Inn, lovely friendly welcome and best cheese and chilli chips I've had. Very reasonable price and nice outlook onto Broads. Will def come again

Had a delicious lamb shank and homemade haddock and chorizo fish cakes this evening, for our first night in Norfolk.

Been a couple times now and the food is amazing, the staff are nice, and the grounds are ace.

Had a roast there today i had beef my girl had the lamb both were very nice proper cooked food not reheated in a microwave ,service was very good

Great old fashioned pub atmosphere.

Absolutely fantastic pub in a beautiful setting. The food and hospitality is wonderful. If you are holidaying on the broads, moor up in Rockland St Mary and enjoy this gem of a pub.

A family friendly & welcoming pub across the road from a sheltered free 24 hour, powered mooring spot. Great food, drinks, pool table, free WiFi. We spent loads of time here & thoroughly enjoyed ourselves - definitely recommended.

Good place.for dinner & drinks nice place to visit

Good food, good beer, nice people, nice setting

Moored our hire boat at the staithe opposite and walked over for our evening meal. The food was absolutely lovely, a step above normal pub grub. The cheesecake was EPIC, I'm tempted to drive there from Swansea soon just to have it again. Friendly pub, thoroughly recommend.

Called in with family for impromptu birthday lunch for grand daughter whilst holidaying on the Broads. Great unspoilt Broads pub, nice food and generous portions; warm and friendly ambience and landlady displayed great kindness towards birthday grandchildren; Thank you

A 'proper' pub. Landlord does the (very good) beer, landlady does the tasty, hearty grub. Dogs very welcome, everyone's friendly and chatty.

I think it's always a good sign when the server brings out your plate and has to carry it with both hands it's that big. The table next to us gasped when my T-Bone steak came out. Was a monster. The mushrooms must have been...

Lovely pub, perfect location from small marina opposite. Food was lovely and great prices! People so helpful and friendly, great info about area and places to visit whilst stopping over night.

Just a great local pub, full of character and characters. LOVE IT. Lunch ….. cheesy chips and the bestest Whitebait 👍 we’ve been going for years on our boat.

Called in for lunch , staff extremely friendly and helpful, service was very good indeed. all our food was great and nice size portions too. Proper food! Highly recommend and we will be coming back! Thankyou!

Lovely food ,very friendly and welcoming staff.

Friendly knowledgeable staff. Wonderful chardonnay, there's darts there's pool table, excellent real ale kept brilliantly, and food to die for. I'll be back!

Had the pub to ourselves almost last night, but still a lovely atmosphere and great food.

Great local pub serving Great comfort food. Watched rugby and crochet today 😃

We visited here on 12 February 2022, very friendly and welcoming, we will DEFINITELY be back!

Lovely Guinness, very friendly staff and customers

I took my Uncle here for a straightforward lunch, having studied the Pub's website. We're both retired executives, well used to eating out in all categories of hospitality venues. The website is the grossest of misrepresentations. It states "Chefs Archie and George are always looking...

We have eaten twice here this week, good tasty pub food,good value for money and warmly welcomed by landlady and her staff, beer was in good order as well.

we have been there by boat about 3 times and its been ok but last nights meal sat 23rd oct was very poor. the burger was under cooked pink red. i was told there burgers are medium rare !! I would say it's not cocked....

A friendly and welcoming rural village pub. Situated opposite the staithe making it popular with boaters, locals and visitors to the area. They serve food. The menu is somewhat limited to 'pub grub' but the chef adds special touches to make it more interesting. Be aware that the portions are very generous so make sure you go with an appetite! We particularly enjoyed the sundaes we had for dessert, extremely calorific but tasty.

A traditional pub with good pub food. Fish and chips were great as was curry. Friendly atmosphere, great place for a beer after watching the sunset.

Great food and beer, friendly welcome and service.

Excellent food at a good price. Staff were fantastic. Special mention to Sara and especially Marion who went over and above by going to the shop in the next village for us to get supplies for one of our party who was unwell. They would not accept payment of any kind for either their kindness or the supplies.

Excellent beer, food and service at very good prices. I was even able to buy my beer glass!

As always friendly welcome.Good food and real ales.

Good service & food, toilets & general areas need cleaning better!

Great food & good service with a lovely atmosfere.

Love the New Inn very friendly beer is good

Lovely pub serving great food. Portions are very generous so work up an appetite before you go! Highly recommend the fish and chips.

Good food and staff accommodated our group of 12 after we rolled up without booking

Still absolutely brilliant, great food and great service....been coming here for years on and off, never really changes, thank God!

Nice to sit outside and look across to the boats

We moored at the Staithe while on holiday and popped over for a bit to eat and a few drinks. Had an excellent meal outside as the weather was lovely. We took our dog over and nothing was too much trouble. Sara I think her...

Nice homemade food and great service. Will be back

No covid restrictions except do not go near bar. No masks landlord landlords wife bar personnel or waiters or waitresses no cleaning of tables.locals walking in and out no masks. Was told don't need to wear masks. Should have been visited by authorities.

Excellent food and the inch's cider bloody delicious.

Great atmosphere and friendly staff

Good food, good beer, friendly service, easy access to Rockland Broad. What more could you want? Many thanks!

Very friendly pub with good local ales and excellent menu. Close to the staithe with plenty of outdoor seating. Our chicken Caesar salad and Cromer crab Thermidor were top!

Went for Sunday lunch as Sarah Mai was making her debue here. We took Aunt & Uncle as iit was Aunt's birthday. The staff were wonderful, so great, could not do enough to accommodate us and really wanted to look after us. Drinks and food were excellent and served quickly. We had a fabulous afternoon. There was a great atmosphere and the landlord made everyone laugh, such great staff. Highly recommended and we will be back!!

Had a terrific Friday lunch here. Friendly, great service and delicious food.

Excellent fresh food. Very friendly bar staff and an great pint of Guinness.