The Stanley NR3 in Norwich

Recently visited The Stanley at 33 Magdalen Rd, Norwich and was absolutely delighted! This place is perfect for a cozy evening out. The staff are incredibly friendly and attentive and the service was top notch. The atmosphere is wonderful - warm and inviting, with a nice interior that creates a cozy feeling. The menu pleases with a variety of dishes and drinks, and the quality of the food exceeded all expectations. I especially recommend to try their specialties - it is a real gastronomic delight! Separately, I would like to mention the affordable prices and excellent value for money. If you are looking for a place to relax and have a good time, The Stanley is definitely a great choice. I will definitely come back here again!

Nice vibe, beer menu needs improving but nice place

New Musette pop-up is great- decent beer choice

Popped in for a pint, good range and nice place.

Nice pub. Usual modern trendy shit. Nice beer served at London prices. Good environment to meet pals in, have a date, or even bring family. Would recommend.

It’s re-opened (as of 26th July 2018) with a great new look, new beers and a whole different atmosphere. Now a lovely place to hang out. Currently kids aren’t allowed past 8pm Mon-Thu and 7pm Fri-Sun

Under new management, beers kept in good order, excellent food, pleasant welcoming atmosphere. Loads of outdoor seating,covered back garden area!!

Excellent selection of alcohol free beers, including my favourite Erdinger

Lovely pub with amazing food and friendly service. A range of seating so something contredirais for everyone.

A really lovely local pub in Norwich. A friendly atmosphere, attentive and helpful staff and a wonderful ambience. I’d highly recommend a visit!

Had dinner with 5 friends, highly recommend 👌, food cooked by the Yard amazing, and staff very attractive, will definitely be visiting very soon

Updated review (August 2024): We had a really great time here, amazing pasta and pizza from Yard, good beer selection and the services was excellent! Have been back since and second time was equally as great. Third time: The Stanley is dog friendly, but isn’t baby friendly. No changing tables and time restrictions on when families can be in there and enjoy a meal out. Which is a shame. Unsure we’ll be heading back for a fourth time.

Very nice and polite people, including the regulars

Decent. Yard pasta was nice but expensive for what it was. Service was really friendly. The pub had a good and friendly vibe and all the staff were professional, efficient and helpful.

We visited on a busy weekend, great service amazing cocktails. Good friendly vibe.

Good amount of drinks to pick from nice setting

Great food, friendly atmosphere

Had high expectations after visiting the Harper in Langham, which is affiliated with The Stanley-we were very disappointed by the food-neither the pasta or the accompanying sauce appeared freshly cooked ; pasta was cold and rubbery. Staff appeared uninterested and unengaging with customers; sadly, will not be returning

Always a great place for a few pints, lovely pub with great service and atmosphere. They have a reasonable sized food menu and it all looks delicious, but not many vegetarian options (not many with vegetarian cheeses) and unfortunately the pizza isn't fresh so cant ask for something to be added/taken off.

Friendly good selection of beers can get very crowded on match days

Good pub. Lively atmosphere, lots of space (inside and out), good choice of beer and friendly staff.

Sticky tables high price drinks

Nice city pub with a pleasant atmosphere and good food and drink selection

Very nice pub great buzz and atmosphere staff brilliant great decor would definitely use this pub again

Staff very friendly and gteat place to get a drink.

Lovely welcoming local pub. Great atmosphere and music

Ah! The Stanley! Flying the flag and finally linking NR3 together into one gloriously exciting pathways of excellent independent bars and restaurants, it cements Norwich of the Waters' status as a fine place to live, love and laugh! YARD pasta and Pizza dishes are available for dinner (and very fine they are too) and the bar itself carries a glorious selection of beers, wines and spirits. It's a very fine bar. Wear a wild hat, try that new jacket, rock out in your 110s and have a grand and glorious night.

Great food by Yard. Not my favourite drinks selection. Water spilled on table during service

Great pub. Yard and brick are great

Our favourite. One of our regular locations for drinks with friends. Also excellent in house food from Yard and Brick...we've eaten here many times and are always impressed. Visited this weekend for a table of ten for my son's birthday and despite being incredibly busy, everything was perfect. Waiting staff are top notch, many of us are excited catering and often state these staff would be our first poach if we were ever to start again Bar staff are friendly, good drinks selection

Great pub, good selection of drinks. Didn't eat, but the food I saw being eaten looked great.

I always find the staff a bit standoffish in here but the other day, we had a very nice waitress so that was a welcome change. You can get pizza and pasta in here on some days and it's a very cosy homely pub.

Great pub, nice and spacious, and good ale selection.

Nice space with cosy atmosphere, great selection on drinks as well

Really nice place. Great selection of ales and casks.

Lovely food and service but really noisy but good place

Very popular pub with lots of seating both inside and outside and good choice of drinks, including real ales. Food is outsourced to Yard (best pasta in Norwih) and Brick (best pizza in Norwich) - mains £8 - £13.

Food by the Yard, Amazing pasta night. Can't fault it

The Yard at The Stanley makes pasta dishes that are sublime. You can't book a table so timing of a walk in is everything as they're reputation makes them busy. Worth a wait though.

Great beers and great Italian food from Yard

Really like this pub, great service, great beer, nice outdoor but. Definitely with a visit.

NR3 is a postal code area in Norwich, which covers various neighborhoods and locations in the city. Moreover, The Stanley is a pub within this area. I like it and the staff there are always nice and it's in a good part of Norwich.

It's a nice enough pub, pleasant staff and Clientele, toilets need sprucing up.

Great local pub. Good range of beers.

Nice city pub. My first time there. The staff were extremely pleasant and friendly. I really enjoyed my meal of sausage pasta. It's dog friendly which is always a bonus. I would happily go back again. Reasonable prices too. Lovely bread and salad . Great deserts. Tiramisu and croissant 🥐 with different fillings and ice-cream. I enjoyed the heritage tomatoes and Charlie's leaves.

Great pub, friendly staff quality ale and clean.....

Really starting to pick up on a Friday teatime. Great selection of beers and a really friendly clientele, and bar staff. Functional toilets, and great convo during which I was informed that the food is amazing, but I'm only after cheap and nasty. 😂 My only negatives is that the toilets are hard to find.....you have to pass by a doot to Narnia! 🤯

Nice pub with good mainly HUK draft with positive vibes. Not too many seats if you just want a drink, but relaxing outside space at front. As part of a smarter pub crawl with other nice pubs nearby it fits the bill

Absolutely amazing food and service

Nice pub and they do the Yard super pasta 😋

Needs a good clean, glasses where very dirty, bits in my beer, who's l don't know,

Lovely pub and very dog friendly!

Amazing pasta, even my Italian boyfriend agreed. Great wine, lovely atmosphere, fantastic service.

Came here for dinner on a friday. The pub was packed but we likely find a table free. The food was excellent! Amazing pasta al dente, which is rare in the uk. A must-try if you like authentic italian food. Friendly staff and lovely atmosphere. Will definitely come back!

Really nice pub, the food was sold out so must get there earlier than late afternoon but it’s always a good sign if they have sold out…

Great pub and had a meal yard from yard

Very cosy place to drink and chat with friends because every customers so gentle

Nicest pub and staff in Norwich. Always good choices to drink. Even better when the fire is lit 🔥

Brilliant pub. Nice decor, great atmosphere and tasty local ales

The pub was a nice place to drink and a nice atmosphere but my night in here was spoilt by one of the staff/barmaids who would walk around and no matter where I stood she would ask me to move or say I was in the way. One time she just pushed me into the table I was standing at and said it as she went by. It was a shame because as I have said the pub was nice, the atmosphere was nice but the whole experience was ruined by the staff member.

Went for food, was okay but limited menu but nice enough. Would suggest more vegi options

Very clean, polite staff nice decor

Great little pub, can get busy at times so you may struggle to get a seat, but definitely worth the journey

Better thN it used to be - I don't feel so under-tattooed now!

Perfect bar to hang out with friends. Good service

Wonderful vibe, amazing staff, and incredible food. Love this place.

Good pub, cosy and decent food! Worth a visit

21st Century..Nice place , a Lot better than most .

One of the best burgers i have had in a long time. The Onion rings were amazing, would love to know how they make that batter

Really nice pub, great beers too. A good relaxing feel all round.

Fantastic brunch, friendly staff and good coffee..

Good selection of ales and gins also a great breakfast

If you’re looking for brunch and a tasty Bloody Mary for the morning after…this is your place! Smashing food and great service. Might go get drunk again just to enjoy the hangover cure 😁

Very nice place, friendly staff, lovely to hang-out, recently improved garden space. A surprisingly poor (and seemingly unchanging) beer selection given what's going on in the rest of NR3.

Lovely pub changed a lot since last visit

Stopped by for a couple of drinks on way into city. So quiet.

First visit, recommended by my daughter. Food excellent, reasonable price, large portions. Good selection of drinks. Staff very pleasant. Sat inside, but plenty of outside seating too.

Another great pub in NR3, love The Stanley in the summer or the winter. Great choice of beer, lovely pub and the chicken wings aren't bad either!!

Every beer you didn't think to ask for and a menu to match. Friendly staff and atmosphere too

Nice outside space for a drink with dog in tow

Seems like a good pub seats to sit outside to.

Great, stylish pub. I’m dropping a star because I feel like the food offerings are overpriced compared to other offerings in the area. However that doesn’t subtract from the lovely pub in what I think is a lovely area. Would recommend to anyone, I’ve never had a bad experience in this pub.

Was lovely but good is expensive for what you get

Lovely pub with a good vibe. Great beer and great food .

I have been to several Norwich City of Ale Festivals, but this my first time here. I liked the place, considering the walk here a good investment of my time. There was a sufficient choice of ales and the three of us thought they were in really good condition.

Very friendly!! Great cocktails!! Child friendly made my daughter feel like a valued customer she is 8 and felt really grown up!! When they are not serving food they don't mind you getting a takeaway and bringing it in all they ask is you tidy up after yourself!!

Visited as part of my Norwich City of Ale trails

Great pub and nice food and staff

Not great really, still running table service that's very slow even when empty

Had a night out with friends. We were laughing and having a great time. But yet wasn't allowed the last drink of the night as apparently to rowdy.. but yet allow dogs in that barks often.. such a Shame as this pub used to be my local.. large wine is £9.. if your are quiet and don't laugh you will be fine..

Came in on a Saturday afternoon with some friends to celebrate a birthday. Seven ladies just having a good time and catch up which doesn't happen too often, we were told by the guy behind the bar with the dungarees to shhhh for laughing, a complete fun sponge and very disappointing experience considering this is a pub!!!! Will not be returning!!

Great place to meet friends and the meals are excellent, provided by an outside catering company. Friday an Saturdays very busy. Under new ownership, it's become a popular place to be seen in NR3. Mixed crowd. Gay friendly, welcomes familes and kids for dining and also dog owner friendly. Average age of punters, 25 to 45. Highly recommended.

Great food and ambience. Service friendly and in good time. Went for breakfast here.

Busy and food smelled great! Will have to book a table next time

Absolutely lovely pub , great atmosphere, staff so welcoming, especially the young man who sat us down this evening and took our drinks order. Food was beautifully cooked and flavours. Would highly recommend this little gem in Norwich. 👍🏻😊

Good friendly staff, good food. Very busy

Nice pub. Very friendly helpful staff. Good beer.

Was ok then one Saturday we had a reserved sign put on the table and there was no other tables available so we had to leave. Haven't been back.

Excellent menu, a big leap from normal pub food.

Such a lovely cosy friendly pub. My favourite place in NR3. Yaay!