The Stag in Broadland

Really nice variety on the menu so great pub classics and interesting specials went for lunch and had the ceaser salad very good position size

Lovely pub, good food choices and great garden / outdoor space

Amazing decor, beautiful food, friendly staff and were very helpful. Thankyou!!

Me and my partner stayed in one of the rooms for a night, I used this room for a wedding proposal and couldn’t be happier, very nice room and very nice staff. Especially the manager who I didn’t manage to catch the name of. Very welcoming and very polite. Worth every penny.

Over priced. Limited menu. Wont be back

Based upon previous visits which were very good. Unfortunatly since being taken over, this place has gone down hill. No beer (supposably still negotiating with suppliers after 3 weeks in), no pino, badly unorganised, and food now very average. Also dog sitting on owners lap at bar....very unhygenic, other dogs spralled across walk areas to trip up waitresses and extremely noisy.....not the place for a nice date night with the wife anymore. Staff were very good and worked with what they had well. Do they know who there target customer is? Closer to Weatherspoons than a decent meal out.

Fabulous food and friendly staff.

Friendly, welcoming atmosphere. Great service and delicious food

We visited for Mother's Day, the place was busy and had a very pleasant experience! Service was polite, attentive and food portions were generous (Sunday roast options)! Will definitely be coming back!

Absolutely fantastic food, best burger I've had in years! Great atmosphere, great staff. Highly recommend 👌

Great Sunday Roast. Lovely staff, great service.

£16 for a shot of Glenfiddich. Didn't give much. Filled the glass less than a whole centimetre. £16 for less than a centimetre of alcohol is disgraceful. Absolutely appalling. The food is great, but if you are coming here for a drink, you'd be better off going literally anywhere else

We had a fabulous Sunday lunch today. Great food, service and lovely pub. Amazing Roast and great choice of desserts. Staff were so friendly and couldn’t do enough for us. Thank you 🤩

Food was very nice but a little overpriced for what it is in my opinion and I would know as I'm a head chef myself.

Right then, food was great staff however were pretentious and arrogant. Bar man was something out of made in Chelsea. YOUR IN NORFOLK be kind and welcoming. No need to be rude. The waitress told my partner to ‘hand them out’ after being given a stack of menus. It seems the pub thinks it’s better than what it is. FOOD WAS GREAT front of house not so.

Great food, and great outdoor seating with our German Shepherd. Great service too!

Went there for lunch with a friend. At first thought the food was a bit pricey. Couldn't have been more wrong. The food is delicious, the portions are huge,and the service is excellent. Our server,(Rebecca i think) was really friendly and efficient. Will definitely be going there again. A very pleasant surprise on a horrible rainy day.

My partner called up mid Saturday afternoon, and booked a table for the 2 of us, on Valentines weekend (spur of the moment thing) and managed to get a table. We had been meaning to call in and have a meal/drink for a while having only recently moved to the area (approx 18 months ago.) The atmosphere is absolutely wonderful, upbeat, friendly, and the lady behind the bar was very vibrant, bright and happy. Was wonderful to see and experience. The menu looked amazing, but it being valentines weekend, both myself and my partner decided to order of the special valentines menu. This did not disappoint. I can't emphasise how beautiful the food was...every mouthful was bursting with flavour. We don't usually do pudding, but decided to give it a go, and again, it was absolutely beautiful, words don't do it justice. All round and really wonderful evening, and we will definitely be recommending this beautiful place to friends and family, and we will be back to try the standard menu. Can't wait 😁.

Absolutely fabulous place!! So pleased we managed to book, highly recommended by the place we were staying and we were not disappointed. The look is modern but slightly rustic, lovely crisp cotton napkins, bright clean glasses. Service is friendly but efficient. Food is superlative - varied choice which is all well cooked whether it is steak exactly as ordered or fish cooked to perfection, vegetables just right, sides are great! It's been a long time since we had such good food, thank you The Stag!

Squid was so salty, covered in salt. Completely not edible.

Understaffed,resulting in a long wait for meal.

What a lovely place, had heard many good things about this place, so finally have it a go. So pleased we did. The venue is lovely, the staff are excellent and the food superb

Fabulous meal boys loved their burgers, they accommodated me with my request for grilled chicken breast burger and hubby's steak was the best he said he'd had in a very long time! Staff were friendly and attentive. No complaints will definitely be back 💜

Great Sunday lunch with efficient, friendly staff. A nice log fire as well.

The food was lovely,it was presented nicely,and we enjoyed our Christmas menu

Good food and service, wide selection on menu

Superb Christmas meal for work today, staff were excellent and the food was great.

Nice food, good service. £80 2 courses with drink for 2 people.

Fantastic food, great service and good beer choice. Always friendly and amazing seafood specials.

Highly recommend. Great food. Friendly atmosphere. Welcoming team. We had roast Turkey & Beef + kids burger followed by the most delicious deserts… We’ll be back for more . Thank you.

Me and my girlfriend went for dinner & stayed the night in The Stag for my girlfriends Birthday this weekend just gone. We had the most wonderful meal, the portions were more than generous and tasted amazing. The drink options were endless, and the service was incredible. We had such a nice stay and the room was immaculate, such a nice cosy vibe and a really comfy bed! They had even blown up some balloons and given us a free drink at the end of the meal for my girlfriends Birthday which was super kind, thoughtful and accommodating. Really went above and beyond. We've been there once before for drinks but will definitely be back again for the food, and hopefully another nights stay at some point. Thank you to all the staff & owners for being so lovely and accommodating and making her Birthday very special 😊 x

Popped in a randomly excellent meal good service and great environment to eat. Menu was great and the service from Rebecca was great thanks for the nice dinner will be in again 🙂

Me and al took a short drive The Stag in salhouse ( formerly the Bell) we were welcomed with a smile and shown to our table the chairs were very comfortable We both ordered the fish of the day which was haddock as we waited it began to get busy I was very happy to see when our fish turned up it was cooked just How i liked it when you put your knife through it crunches this was In my eyes just perfect i hate soggy batter . The fish was beautiful i would put this best fish i have had this year the chips were hand cooked but i could not eat them all . My first visit But it will not be my last

The food here is very good and the garden is great to sit in on a sunny day. The service was okay.

Fantastic food simply the best!

Appalling. Over half an hour for our order to be taken, and a further hour or so for any food to arrive. My steak was reasonably well cooked but clearly not a good piece of meat as it was very chewy. Unfortunately at The Stag, the only opinion that matters is that of the chef and staff, not the customer. They refused to take this off the bill as 'the chef has tried it and says it's fine' (decide for yourself whether or not you think it's appropriate or hygienic to be eating food that has been returned). They also offered nothing in the way of knocking drinks or anything off the bill as way of an apology for the disgraceful wait.

Love this pub! Excellent atmosphere and food. We've been meaning to come for a while now and we were not disappointed. Very well decorated, traditional, pub with fireplaces. I could eat literally everything on the menu. We came for lunch so had a salad and chips to share. The steak was excellent and chips very tasty. Prices very reasonable for the quality and service was great. Would highly recommend this palace and will be back soon.

Excellent, it's our new favourite place.

Opted to try The Stag for our son’s 30th birthday. Table booked by his girlfriend (6 in total). Food was of a very good standard & quantity so no complaints there. My wife ordered a nice white wine to accompany the meal. The wrong wine was delivered to the table & it was warm! Opted to keep the wine rather than cause any fuss & requested some ice to chill the wine. When paying for our meal & drinks, we were immediately asked if we’d like to leave a tip, before being asked if everything was ok! Please consider training staff to be more friendly & accommodating to guests. We had a nice meal but will not return, nor would we recommend. Maybe just a bad day to visit but past reviews seem to suggest otherwise.

5 off us arrived yesterday & they didn't have a table for us, even though we booked 1 hr before. 4 had beef roast & 1 lamb, the lamb was ok, the beef came out red even though asked for med / well , all 4 were very very fatty cuts off beef and as tough as old boots, roast potatoes dried out & Yorkshire puddings dry. Waiter had all excuses as to how you ask for it, ie rare, medium, well done... But did say its rump so not the best cut off beef..... ( buy a better cut of beef ) we did all have desserts which were ok, we will not be returning. And it's not the first time we've been, food before has also been ok..... ish not reflecting in the prices they charge.... Alot better places to eat out...

First time visit...menu was really good and varied.Good quantity portions and their was a good vibe about the place.Staff friendly and attentive. Would visit again.

Just had the best ploughman's lunch ever! Took my Mother for lunch today. The pub itself is amazing and the service was to. Will definitely be back! Highly recommended

Booked 24hrs earlier, as we wanted to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary, and were told the kitchen shut at six (booked for five o'clock). On arrival at 4:45, were asked if we'd booked. The pub looked as if there was lots of room, but apparently not enough room for us inside, but that was OK because we accommodated by saying we'd sit outside. We knew what we wanted, so asked the young lady, and she told us she wasn't taking orders, but that she'd tell the chap who was. Once outside, we were asked by the young lady, what we wanted to drink, and ordered. After a further 15mins, no drinks appeared, so gave up and left. People who'd arrived after us, had been served their drinks with no issues. Sorry, but if I don't get at least drinks, with 25 mins of arriving, it's bad.

Food was very good except for the crab salad which is a very small portion. The beer however, is poor and tasted more like cleaning fluid than real ale and the staff would benefit from some hospitality training.

Ended up at the Stag twice over a bank holiday weekend. Both times the food was excellent.

We came for the take Thai evening last night. Food was nice but not amazing and I expected it to be a bit better being £25 per head. The ladies running the food however were lovely and gave great table service! How woman behind the bar who was part of the pub however was very rude, we were in a group and as we approached the bar to pay, ‘ I’m guessing you all want to pay individually’ with an eye roll… Too busy pouting, you are in hospitality, be more hospitable and give your customers a smile. We won’t return.

Loverly people and great food and drink. Nice outside area for summer.

gorgeous pub and food. staff were super friendly and helpful. when I first saw the prices for the food I was a bit taken aback but it was so worth it. the amount of food you get in the prices aswell makes it completely worth it. highly recommend!

The food here was amazing. Tried some hawstone cider, which was surprisingly nice. Would definitely recommend the stag.

They don't deserve one star tbh we are locals and we went tge day before our two days away and my husbands birthday he had a baileys and they charged my son 8.00 we didn't realise until he wanted another one! Baileys are 50ml and one shot is a double we had three baileys and they charged 23.00. The girl there refunded 10 pounds but we had politely messaged the stag on FB and the vile; condesending rude message we got was unprofessional and childish...so be aware of your bill when ordering drinks baileys should be 5.50 ish for 50ml not 8.00 and we had three 50ml shots.

Amazing food, with a very warm and welcoming feeling! The staff were very nice and friendly! Can't complain!!

Food was excellent, although quite pricey. Staff were great. If we’d been at the front of the pub it would have been 5 stars, but we were sat around the back next to the garden where they had a dj playing. Music was good and if I’d gone for the music I’d have been happy but it’s not what you want for an evening meal out with friends. Really bizarre thing to have going on. Would go again but only if we could book a table at the front.

This place has sadly gone drastically down hill in recent weeks. Lack of staff has led to poor service and even the food has slipped. On my last visit I witnessed a waitress ask someone if they'd finished they're food then proceed to eat from the plate before taking it away.

Great little pub. Great food and excellent selection of drinks too..

The staff are so friendly. The food was excellent.

Just like to say had a lovely Sunday roast with my boys and my grandson must say best roast I have ever had. The staff were all very helpful when my husband Clive lost his balance due to not taking his diabetic medication but just wanted to let you know he is fine thank you 🙏🏻

Food was absolutly amazing. A real shock from what i thought from the outside was a local pub. Its not cheap but the food was well priced for the standard and quality it was. Only negitive i had was a guy at the bar who we could hear every little detail or his swearing rants. Hence the atmophere rating

Just had Sunday lunch at The Stag well probably the best Sunday Roast I’ve had In a pub for a very long time. Beautifully cooked veg. My wife had a seafood salad as they had run out of crab. But she was super happy really fresh seafood. All in all great lunch.

Booked a table online, arrived at the bar and waited a couple of minutes to be shown to our table. No menus were given so after a few minutes I got up to collect them myself. Other tables had menus - unsure if they were given them when they sat down, as you would expect, or had to collect them after being seated too. Drinks and food order taken - four Sunday roasts which arrived fairly quickly. The meal was okay but I think the vegetables had been sitting around for a while. I asked for Red Wine sauce with the lamb but it arrived with gravy. Asked for the bill, which was delivered but incorrect, nobody came back to take payment. I went to the bar to ask them to remove two drinks which were not ours - this took a while and there was no apology, which is disappointing. The roast was okay but the staff didn't seem to have much idea what was going on. Being local, we have stopped in a couple of times before for a drink but this was the first time for food, as we thought we should try it. In future we will go back to the Salhouse Lodge, which we know and love.

Food sizes where of substantial portion for cost but sadly my medium rare stake was for sure well done and tasted like burning. The burger my partner had wasn't overly great either. The service was slow considering not many people around and one of the meals for forgotten about. Wouldn't return myself any time quick but may have been a day off.

Another fantastic meal this evening, looked after very well by Coroll and lovely to chat with the owners, very good atmosphere. will return again soon

Excellent food, excellent service! Went above and beyond to meet our requirements! So good in fact, we're going back again!

No baby changing facility or disabled toilet, not sure how that is allowed in 2024? Shame as the food was nice

Great pub with a table service and pizza oven. The restaurant menu is extensive as well as pizza options. Good selection of wines. 30 min walk from the Salhouse Broad mooring.

Brilliant food and service good quality and value for money

Second visit here , went for Sunday lunch, stunning! 3 beef and 1 fish gratin and shared a desert, although I could have ate every one. Lovely staff very attentive, will definitely make it a regular occasion. Probably the best Sunday lunch I have had in many years

Just happened to notice the Stag as we drove past from Wroxham. Wow! What a find. Food, service & atmosphere were excellent. We loved it so much, we've booked a table for next week 😊 Thank you for making us and our doggies so welcome.

Lovely pub, lovely staff, and excellent food.

My husband and I visited The Stag 7th July for a Sunday roast. I cannot fault the place. It was very welcoming, the food was lovely, having a full on GF option roast made such a nice change. The service was was also very good. Would most definitely reccomend a visit. This was our first but it certainly will not be our last.

Lovely surroundings although if sitting in bar area does get busy not really much room for drinkers.Service very friendly bit slow for food however the food is beautifully presented and cooked to a high standard.Really enjoyed our meals and there is so much choice so something for everyone from lobsters to stone baked pizza all freshly made to order with the pizza oven in view.

Was served warm beer but given ice

Really beautiful place. Everything here was wonderful. The staff were extremely attentive and efficient, the food was out of this world and we were a table of 7 adults. I wish this was my local the villagers here are so lucky

Very nice place stayed in Beech Room for a couple of nights and had a few meals . Very welcoming and pleasant staff.

This was a unexpected stop after a wet walk with the dog. Was welcomed to a lovely pub that was beautiful decorated and some great drinks I've not seen before (hawkstone).

Popped in for a drink and food. Very nice garden and dog friendly. Barr food was amazing.

Stunning little pub, wish we'd had more than a lite bite here as the truffle & parmesan fries we had were lovely and our friends' desserts were very good too. Great decor

Table for 6. Food was great. Took a while in coming, but worth the wait. I do wish the waitresses were writing down though, as something was forgotten every interaction.

Had an amazing time. Especially Coral who made us feel very welcoming and treated us personally. Food was also amazing. Will be back again soon. Thank you so much

Fantastic Sunday roast, best I've had in a long time. Service was top notch, I will be seeing you again very soon

Lovely food the stag burger was amazing and the chips are the best I've ever had . Highly recommend 👌🏼

The Sunday roast was delicious, one of the best I've had, vegetables were cooked well, huge Yorkshire pudding! We had beef, pork and lamb - all were great. We were a little rushed at the end as the table was needed despite only being sat for an hour, we wouldn't have had time for dessert even f we wanted it so that was a little disappointing. Lovely decore, nice table looking out over the garden.

Almost don't want to rate it so nobody else finds this little gem. An amazing welcome back to a much needed local pub. Superb food and amazing staff.

My local and honestly couldn't wish for a better one

Spir of the moment decision to have a Sunday roast out lead us with friends to The Stag. Plumped for the lamb roast and wasn't disappointed. The meat was succulent with very little fat. Roast potatoes were very slightly over but still tasty. The red wine gravy was so nice and a great compliment to the meat. Everyone else went for the beef which looked great. All i will say is that one plate had a lot less beef on than yhe other two. Not normally a desert person but had to give them a look. The Oreo pie was delicious with a scoop of creamy ice cream on the beautifully decorated plate. Will have to go back and try all the others.

I was recommended by a friend who said the Stag in Salhouse was really good for Sunday lunch. On arrival it was two deep at the bar and a blond lady called Coral was working behind the bar and asked what we wanted to drink, she made us feel welcome and said sit down and the drinks arrived promptly. I watched her serving about ten different orders and she never got a drink wrong all afternoon. Brilliant service and food but Coral was the star of the show 👍👍

Lovely pub, good service but a truly terrible pint of Guinness.

Had a lovely Sunday lunch, staff helpful and friendly

I was taken here by my family for my birthday in February. The food was great and so was the service. It is lovely to see that one of the local countryside pubs I've grown up around has been taken over and although turned into more of a dining pub it has still kept the character of the local community pub where everyone is welcome. I will definitely be returning and recommend this place to anyone wanting a nice meal in a nice country pub.

So many friends have raved about The Stag so we decided to go for lunch, but our experience left us not wanting to go back. Very cold welcome, great starter, disappointing main and overall poor service. The atmosphere really let things down.

Looks like a country pub from the outside but has more of a smart casual vibe inside. Food was to an excellent quality for both starters and mains. We both had the French onion soup and picked the salmon and chicken dishes from the specials menu. Was a little more pricy than we expected, the starters in particular. Our waitress appeared very inexperienced, serving tables in our part of the restaurant out of order, including our own, not being able to answer basic questions about the bar or menu, (whats the soup of the day for example) and being just a little skittish overall.

Have been several times for Sunday lunch, food is ok but always luke warm. The Christmas set meal was awful, steak was the worst I’ve had in a long time, I’ve also tried the cod and chips, in a nutshell don’t bother tasteless and under cooked. The beer selection is awful and nowhere to sit even if you did fancy a pint as I live locally. It not a local pub it’s a restaurant.

Lovely food and a lovely local pub. Service was great and very friendly (I think his name was Alex) Thank you, we had friends up from Haverhill and will definitely be bringing them back here.

We had a wonderful meal here this evening, me my partner and our two boys. We were well looked after throughout, special thanks to Alex. Food came out very quick and all of our meals were delicious. We will definitely be returning. Thank you

Amazing the staff where amazing,the food was great

As others have said, we arrived 10 minutes before our booking, and were happy to wait at a high table with drinks until our table was ready. However, the people at our table would not leave, though the young server assured us that they had been asked three times. I find this hard to believe, but had to accept it. In the end, we were given a table in an outer room, which was entirely lacking in any atmosphere, and fairly uncomfortable, with glaring lights over the tables. This was an evening my husband's brother had planned for 4 of us, and had carefully booked it a week in advance. The servers are lovely, but very young and very inexperienced, and it seems there is little training given. We got our starters one hour after arriving, and when we ordered, a second server told us she had to see if the kitchen would in fact take our order right then, as they were 'backed up'. She came back and told us they would take it, and apparently we were to be very happy about this.. However, she came back 20 minutes later to inform us that our starters were now being cooked 🤷🏼 The starters were ok, though the scallops were tiny, and 3 of us had them finished in 5 minutes, while the 4th person struggled with her enormous salad and cheese fritters, more like a main than a starter. The main course I wanted had just sold out, and the server was apologetic about this, so I ordered red mullet on a bed of sauté potatoes with pancetta. We waited another 25 minutes for this course. My sister in law's fish crumble was dry, and had clearly been under a heat light for a while. My husband's prawn noodle dish was quite tasty, though there was far too much sauce for his liking. It was my red mullet that was shockingly bad. A piece of incinerated frozen fish, more bones than flesh, on top of a pile of burnt potatoes and charred pancetta (the same as were served with our scallops). This for £29. I couldn't eat it. In fact we all left most of our mains. When we were asked how the food was, I told the server that I couldn't eat mine. She assured me she would 'let the kitchen know'. I have no idea what that is supposed to achieve for a guest. I'm sure the kitchen is well used to hearing it by now, but nothing was done. In the end, we were given our initial drinks free - the drinks that we only ordered because our table was not available - but nothing else was forthcoming, not even an apology for a ruined evening which embarrassed my husband's brother very much. Cop on, Stag managers. These are local people who support your business, and I know for a fact that they will not be back. Increase the number of customers who won't be back, plus word of mouth, and what clientele are you left with?

Turned up at 2.50 pm for 3pm reservation...was told table not ready to which we replied no worrys as in no hurry...3.45pm and approached waitress to enquire of table to which she apologised that we had been overlooked ...il knock something off bill she said although we wernt that bothered ....lovely meal ...ordered two drinks for the ladies at the table to which only 1 arrived... after 10min wait I chased it up ..met by more apologies....asked for bill then paid the bill only for waitress to appear later to ask if we would like the bill to which we replied its been paid ...on leaving the premises we then get asked by a group of staff behind bar as to whether we have paid to which I say I have to which I get asked who did I pay ....I point out the waiter in question the staff then comment with finger to head as if to say he's thick to the horror of my sons girlfriend who works in mental health...I sarcastically show my receipt and we leave

Unfortunately, our experience was not good. Our pre-booked table was not ready for us when we arrived on time. After waiting 30 minutes, we were offered another table in the overflow room. Another 40 minutes before starters appeared. They were not inspiring or satisfying. Further wait for main courses which were disappointing and fish dishes were dry and overcooked. An underwhelming experience.

Overcrowded noisy avoid Saturdays not very pleasant eating environment. Shame

Fantastic restaurant. Great menu, great service.

Food was good and service was very good. Not quite a 5 star Google rating for me (I'm fussy) but definitely worth a visit.