The Saracens Head Inn in South Norfolk

I try to stay here when visiting Diss. This is a pleasant country Inn with rooms above . Nearby are nice restaurants, bars and shops. Most striking is the dark and silence, a special place

I went for Haddock for lunch.Well worth it.staff friendly,politr and efficient.

Met some old friends there for lunch and will definitely be going again! First class all round!

Stopped for the night as I was working in the area. Reasonably priced and the room was clean and tidy.

Great lunch stop on the rebellion way. Excellent home made chips with the HUGE and very tasty ribs. Friendly welcome. Can't fault it.

Excellent food and well-kept beer. Friendly staff. Very tasty spare ribs and chilli and the best home-made chips I've had in a long time. Great lunch stop on the #Rebellion Way

Great pub, serving good food and a great selection of beers, and friendly staff.

Dogs allowed. Most of food really well presented, but chips the worst. We did not comment at the time, with a family member.

First time of coming here. Really lovely place to eat for a special evening meal. The staff are lovely and remembered from my booking that I was coeliac so were ready to advise when I arrived what I could and couldn't eat. I would definitely go there again.

A wonderful pub with fantastic food and great service.

We come regularly for Sunday lunch,the food is excellent and the girls are very friendly, as is Paul the owner. We love chatting to the staff and they know exactly what we like and don’t like,everything we ask for they oblige,we like to sit in the back dining room where we usually sit on our own.

Groom and family had drinks prior to our wedding at Diss Registry office. Staff were ok with them leaving cars in the car park when they nipped out for the wedding! We all went back after the wedding for another drink. Lovely old building, good choice of drinks Relaxed atmosphere. Friendly staff

We had a meal here on Friday and the food was absolutely amazing proper food, all home made cannot fault it at all. Would highly recommend

Seeing the good review online, we tried our luck for lunch early just before noon. The one bar staff said that all six tables were booked: one had already clients seated and the other five were empty with 'reserved' labels - just like the Monty Python sketch. So we left and came back quarter of an hour later, 12.15, to find nobody else there. The bar staff grudgingly said we could stay, on the smallest table, and gave us a menu. Half way through our meal, two people who had booked, arrived and were given a table for four... and then four people who had not booked came and were turned away!!! Nobody else appeared within that hour. The food was OK, the salad garnish to the sausages, egg and chips was so old, the cucumber stiff and dry, the onion dry... but the sausage was good and the rest OK. How is this the best place in Diss?!

Very accommodating and friendly staff, both behind the bar and the waitresses. Excellent, tasty food.

Quite acceptable for a group meal

Lovely hot, tasty food. Great service, highly recommended 👌

Nice meal and friendly staff. And right in the middle of town.

Amazing food and a very friendly pub.

Just a visitor to Diss. Nice food lovely waitress. Comfortable and relaxing atmosphere.

Highly recomend. Excellent service and food. Staff lovely. Best cheesecake I've tasted ever.😋😊👍

What a great place to take a few friends for dinner and a very good pint. A lovely building with an amazing history. Nice bar staff and the chubby jovial chef is very good at his trade. Loved it. Loads of parking space too.

Always enjoyed all food when visiting the Sarecens Head

Just had the most delicious beef roast and sticky toffee pudding. Very accommodating and great food and service, thankyou. I'll be back.

Very sweet, dogs welcome, food and staff great. Thanks

Wow stopped for lunch several times now,best tomatoe soup that hav ever had,and my husbands burger was the best,wonderfull pub,will b taking our friends there soon in the evening this time,..

Popped in here for a mid week lunch and were not disappointed. Good pub food, the lasagna was really good. The deserts were delicious!

I've eaten here a number of times. It's menu is comprehensive and the food good. However this review is for the accommodation. It's a beautiful old building in which to say. I was in the spacious en suite room. I love the fact that its old character remains. It hasn't been turned into a bland corporate hotel look that so many pubs have copied. Currently they are not doing breakfast but at £65/night I think it's a bargain. However you are staying in a very popular drinking pub so if you don't like a bit of noise this may not be the place for you but to me it adds to the atmosphere!

Lovely pub, good service, average pub grub...

Nice little motor home stopover very quiet and the steam museum is just up the road cheers mo

Lovely food, great beer a proper lovely pub.

For me there's only two reasons for coming to Diss. The Optition and the Saracens head. What a lovely Pub. Dripping with beams, plenty of table seating, good range of Beers, Beer garden, large car park (customers only). There's a mid morning cafe culture here with plenty of good conversation and the Coffee machine working overtime. Imaginative Menu, well kept beers and nice talkative / polite 'Bar staff. If you arrive at mid day, with any luck you'll miss the Landlord. Reccomended. 🍽 🍷🍹🍺 🍵

Great tasting food, very good portions at a good price. The staff are always helpful and friendly.

Popped in for a drink with friends as we were passing, lovely old pub, great atmosphere and very friendly service. Would definitely recommend.

What a find. Best pie in years! A must visit to this lovely establishment.

Great place to meet and enjoy pub life

Food and service excellent as usual

Great pub food at a reasonable price.

Fabulous place just called in on the off chance for lunch Family of 6 adults and dog, Lovely garden area Quick service lovely staff! Food was delicious all had different meals deep fried breaded butterflied tiger prawns were beautiful Definitely worth a try if you’re in the area!

Wife swears by the lasgne with chips and salad!

When there on 16th April very dissatisfied with it can not recommend it

Lovely traditional interior and bar scene. Staff friendly and welcoming. Our group (rather than me individually) noticed how well they catered for a man on his own. He was obviously a regular, and probably partially sighted, so they had a white cloth on his table, and a lamp pointing downwards on to it. We were very well looked after too. Food delicious, well presented and plentiful. I even had to leave a small part of my mains, very rare for me!

Walked in off the street, due to The Cock, not serving lunch. Dining room full, and all eating. Garden was very pleasant in warm spring sun, and ordered. A Sunday lunch to die for, home made well cooked, the beef tender and pink, great roasts, real veg well cooked and large Yorkshire, Plate was boiling hot and kept food hot…. A great touch Homemade white choc cheesecake to finish, and a great finish. Superbly cooked, great value, go nowhere else

We have never eaten here before and we came because I work in Diss and many of my colleagues recommended it. We had a great meal and would come again! My grandad, who usually complains about something, didn't so that shows what a great time we had The staff are very friendly and helpful. The food was cooked to order and we had had plenty on our plates. Sadly, I couldn't have dessert as I was full. For my main course, I had Chicken Parmigiana, which I haven't had since I went to Australia. It was how I remember it We will definitely be back and hopefully I will be able to fit in dessert!

Got in without booking just. It is popular because the food is good and the beer is better.

Lovely food and good service. Very good sized portions too. We'll definitely be going back

Excellent service, very friendly welcome by staff, Food was excellent, large portions and very tasty, Will definitely be going back very soon

Pate is the best and tastiest in a long time

Convenient parking, located in the centre of town. Super friendly pub, excellent food at very reasonable prices. We were made very welcome and will return. Highly recommended, so impressed we’re writing this as we finish our coffee.

After being refused entry at the Water Front ph because not dog friendly or human we found the Saracens Head Very friendly + dog friendly, lovely meals and drinks Will definitely use again when in Diss

Nice welcome and good selection of ales!

Really nice pub! We stayed in Diss for work and we was recommended this pub as a nice place to eat and it didn't disappoint. The food was lovely I had breaded camembert for starters and Ribs for main and the portion was enormous! I highly recommend this pub if you visit Diss

Super food and staff have been a number of times and have always looked forward to my dins and pud

A lovely meal served by friendly staff. Wished we lived nearer so we could go every week!

Have been to the Saracen’s Head numerous times ,never been disappointed . the food is always great (the ribs are to die for) the landlord and the girls who work there are first class always friendly , polite and helpful. In all we love this place

I needed a last minute place to stay in Diss on a Saturday recently and found that the Saracens Head pub has rooms - I think there are four or five. The bedrooms are upstairs and across a quaintly sloping landing. Mine was at the front of the building, up a few more steps and was huge. There was a spacious bathroom off a lobby area with a bath and shower. Then a really big double room with a walk-in cupboard serving as a wardrobe. Tea and coffee are provided but there was no soap in the bathroom and I couldn't find a hairdryer - no matter as I had brought both with me. I was given a key for the back door of the pub so I could come and go as I pleased. Everything was spotlessly clean and the bed was soft and comfortable. There was a little road noise and chat from the pub downstairs but it had quietened down by about 11:00 and I had a great night's sleep. You need to be patient when running a bath or shower as the hot water takes a while to come through but once it does, it's fine. I'd been warned when booking that they couldn't provide breakfast on the Sunday morning. Not sure if this is always the case or whether it's usually provided but as I was joining a family member for breakfast elsewhere, it wasn't a problem for me. The staff in the pub were all very friendly and helpful. I would definitely stay here again.

Dinner for four. Service brilliant, food outstanding, ambience great.! Swift and efficient service makes this a place we will return to. And the food was brilliant!. Thankyou!!!

Had a great experience here. Food was lovely real home cooked food! Staff friendly and attentive made to feel extremely welcome and nothing a problem. Great menu choice. Something for everyone. Highly recommend can't wait to go back.

Their chips are like chip shop chips, so tasty. I had the battered prawns with a sweet chilli dip, super tasty but very filling! Their salted caramel torte is to die for! Also they do a cheeky Irish coffee, can't beat it!

Lovely friendly staff, great position sizes, lots to choose from, reasonable priced

Nice food and drink in a friendly establishment. Ample parking and central for Diss shops.

Had a lovely meal in the garden , honestly the best chips I've eaten. The steak ale pie was so nice. My wife's steak was superb. Staff were so friendly. Absolutely loved it.

Proper old fashioned pub! Love it!

Quiet. Welcomes dogs inside and out. Friendly staff. Lovely food. Recommended by me and my husband ten fold!!!

A warm welcome, great food and beer, and exceĺlent service......what's not to like!

Nice traditional pub great back garden

Very friendly knowledgeable staff, very good choice of food and good quality aswell. Well kept cellar too.

Good pub food , good beer in a old traditional setting with friendly attentive staff,

Just moved from London so thought we would have a pub meal today. The roast pork and beef were lovely. Lots of variety on pub menu. Highly recommended.

Great food, great service. Couldn't fault it.

Great food, friendly staff, very dog friendly pub :)

Woefully disappointing. Ordered a tuna steak, done rare, got a dry and thoroughly overcooked piece of fish that was drier than a can of tinned tuna from tesco. Pointed it out to the staff and they told me that was "as pink as they could make it. Seeing as it was grey white throughout and dry as a bone I suggested that they should warn people they can't cook it properly before letting them order it. Stick with burgers if you go here.

We have eaten at The Saracens Head a few times now and we love it! Fabulous food and service with a smile! You should give it a try - you won’t be disappointed!

Staff were very polite and the food was fantastic this was the stake pie chips peas and gravy.

Have always loved this place, great staff, prices not too bad and a great seating area outside

Bar staff and locals we're all so friendly 👌

Hadn't originally intended to be in Diss but due to the bad weather altering train timetables this is where we ended up. Very friendly staff and one or two local ales on sale including Woodforde's Wherry. Can honestly say I had one of the best steak, ale and mushroom pies I have ever had with absolutely fantastic gravy. Big thumbs up and a very pleasant surprise. Proper food in a proper pub. Also my friend had what he described as the best vegetarian lasagne he had ever had.

The food was excellent but it was a bit draughty when we visited for lunch on Thursday.

Lovely friendly and welcoming pub serving great local ales and and an excellent choice of exceptional food, not something you would expect to see in a ‘pub’ but this did pleasantly surprise you hence why returned again and again!

Dated dusty pub serving average food. Such a shock after eating fabulous fayre at Amandine’s and the Cock Inn. Chips pre-cut frozen, peas over cooked and fish bland. Bit of a time warp on how food & premises is presented. Constant banging from repairs being completed didn’t help either. Needs a complete overhaul. Lovely waitress served us, but will not return.

We have regularly been here for Sunday lunch and a couple of evenings meals during the pandemic. The food is always good, and hot, with a wide choice of menu. It's covid safe and the staff are friendly, well worth a visit.

Excellent service the steak and ale pie is amazing thanks for a great night

Every time I get asked by a tourist in liecester Square "do you know a way to a real English pub?" I direct them to the greater Anglia website and tell then to come here

Great Sunday roast, far too much for hubby and me but our little Basil had a lovely lot of leftover beef and lamb, so we all enjoyed it. The staff were lovely and made a real fuss of Basil which he enjoyed enormously...dogs are welcome 😁😁

Nice beers on tap. Allowed dogs. Didn't have dinner but looked massive portions for the cost. Sadly no vegan options on menu.

Fantastic food, great staff, perfect host as always, which is why it is so popular.

Fabulous meal today with friends. Friendly welcome, cosy surroundings and great menu. We had lasagnas and the beef and Stilton pie. Huge portions , great home cooked plates all round . Definitely recommend.

Saturday night raucous pub. Great welcome by the locals thoroughly enjoyed it.

Lovely meal enjoyed here, staff brilliant

It was my wifes 50th birthday and I really wanted to treat her to a nice meal out. However, recently, every meal out has been a massive disappointment, poor service, poor food, poor value. I decided to book a table at The Saracen's as I'd...

Visited with family for my 50th birthday. Cannot rate this place highly enough!! The chef said he'd cook my favourite dish even though no longer on the menu. Such an amazing meal with attentive and friendly staff. Thank you so much. We will definitely be back.

I know that may sound like a stupid comment to make about a restaurant, but in the circumstances, it is not. We had previously visited on our way down to Kent. On our way home a couple of days later we decided to stop there...

If you like historical buildings, this will be a nice surprise for you. A nice pub/restaurant. Food very nice, nice selection of choices. Staff very pleasant. Recommended if you anywhere near Diss.

Met relative's before a wedding so only had a coffee but good. Apparently the bacon roll was also good.

Excellent! Amazing Landord and Lady Amazing staff Amazing food All round excellent pub.

Lovely meal in great atmosphere..superb homemade soup!

The Saracens Head keep their beer well and the building feels like it has a lot of history.

Nothing special but the bar lady was very pleasant and a good beer.

Called in for lunch one of the very best fish and chips I have had anywhere and my husband was delighted with his steak pie and vegetables. We were so impressed we booked for Sunday lunch with visiting family. We had the Sunday roast and...

Very tasty lamb kleftico. Great friendly service