The Winch in King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Wasn't open, been shut for ages now 😒

We had a Sunday carvery with two drinks £23:50, you are given a table buzzer which will call you when its your turn to get your food, service was prompt, staff polite, tables and area clean and tidy, and the food was good, and typical to be expected, based on the price, service, and the carvery itself which included 3 meats and the usual vegetables we give this a solid 4 stars, would go to 5 if the roast potatoes were not so soft. We will be returning.

Great food and friendly service.

Food was shocking , web site is a problem to get on ,was misinformed about menu for vegan/ veggie, so we only had a choice of curry or curry, really annoyed with the information given will never go back , our guests had steak and meat pie, bother was full of grissle, also covid precautions wasnt being treated seriously, you could walk out the entrance only door people smoking right out side door, nobody left by the exit door ,they need to take this more seriously, I would give this a wide birth.

Great service, great food and generous servings. The food is made in house and tastes delicious. Highly recommended! Will definitely visit again 👍🏻

We come here every week amazing food brilliant staff wont go anywhere else looking forward to my Christmas lunch

Booked a table, on arrival no table had been reserved, waited half hr to be served a drink, by which time we were then asked to pay upfront for carvery and drinks. Waited a further half hr before we were called up for the carvery. Totally pointless making a reservation. We were number 3 in the queue supposedly yet it took an hour to be fed! Personally I was ready to walk out but that's where they have you cos of the upfront payment. Another couple did walk out as they were kept waiting so long also and didnt even get offered a drink. Food v nice when we did get fed although I did find a couple of hairs to accompany it which were not mine. Lots of young staff loitering around with walkie talkies with no clue as to what they were doing. I wont be going back.

Felt very safe with all the measures in place. We had a carvery and it was delicious although it could have been hotter. But then we did go at the end of service.

It was our first visit for some time and the place has been spruced up, especially the outside. They have a good system sorted out for these strange times and it felt clean and safe. The menu consisted of pub classics and I had a pretty nice burger. No cask ale when we visited, but I think that there usually is. The staff were pleasant and it is worth dropping in if you are passing.

Passable food and service and very poor social distancing rules.

We have visited here on a few occasions in July and August for special occasions i.e birthdays and just popping in for a Friday night tea / drinks. The staff are friendly, polite and very accommodating. The food is lovely and tasty with massive portion sizes, which we couldn’t finish for the want of trying. We were in attendance at the 50th birthday celebration which has been mentioned before, 100 people is a gross over estimation. There were no more than 30 in attendance to that particular party and the party goers were spread out within the conservatory area and outside in the spacious garden. The people that were close to each other were in the same families / bubbles. The pub has gels for hands available throughout and a one way system in place with a 2 metre distance barrier for the bar area and you have to sign in on arrival. Would recommend you try this and they have a fab farm shop and furnishings shop out the back which is well work a look!

Amazing pub, brilliant staff and lovely food !! Accommodated us for my mums 50th surprise party - no more than 30 of us due to Covid but we still all had a lovely evening ! All staff stuck to guidelines with social distancing etc, asked us all to stand behind the line when at the bar ordering drinks and kept distance when collecting empty glasses from tables - will be going back again definitely! Thank you to all those at the winch!

This is our local Pub and have been to support our local business for family meals but also my best friends 50th birthday. This was within Covid guidance and held in separate area where we could socially distance when eating and outside area used too. Hand gel available/entrance/exit all marked and clear guidance for toilet facilities. The tables did feel sticky however this was due to the disinfectant used to clean tables/chairs and wipe able menus. Pub is always clean/well furnished and decorated. The Manager and staff were friendly and couldn’t ask for a better service. We felt safe especially as some of us are health professionals within the NHS. Always enjoyable.

Just met my son and his partner here for the Sunday carvery. It was lovely, great food, huge portions and all cooked fresh. Good veggie options, very clean, covid secure and friendly staff. Will definitely visit again!

Really lovely pub with garden & play area for our kids, the food was great and they made a dish up especially for my partner who couldn’t eat from their main menu. We had a great time and they were very accommodating, I would thoroughly recommend ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Pub always clean friendly staff owners are Fab and a laugh nice place to have a drink and food is always excell so can't fault the place

Food wasnt good only went because friend said the carvery was alright but that's done by a different group of people apparently the set meals on week days aren't good left half way threw eating and went to maccys

Very accommodating to family of 4 with 3 dogs.Food great value for money.Friendly staff and good layout for social distancing.Personally I’m not a vegetarian, but I had the Brie, mushroom and cranberry wellington with sweet potato fries and salad, and suffice to say, I was not disappointed! It was really nice and a recommendation from me!We went on a Monday evening, as they had other prebookings as well as ours, so yes it was quite than what I would imagine it to be on a Friday or Saturday, but regardless, I felt safe to eat there under the restrictions with social distancing and comfortable.If I were to be in the area again, I wouldn’t hesitate to go back.

Great customer service but was very let down by the quality of food. Ordered sausage and mash and was stated to be Lincolnshire sausages when they come didn’t taste like that, asked and was beef and pork. So was disappointed by this. Mash didn’t taste great and gravy seemed like re-heated carvey gravy, was very disappointed as the Sunday roast are usally good here. Also when getting a drink we had a hair on our glass this is not good in normal circumstances but also with COVID-19. Staff had no PPE protection on eg mask or visor only thing they had was hand sanitizer when walking in on door and lines outside to que. no staff met on arrival had to walk in pub and order drinks/food at bar which thought was bad considering governments guidelines. Customer service was good considering and staff handled the situations well.

We went here for a family meal, and walked out before eating. The staff were rude and the place was filthy. Considering the current times (COVID) you would expect the place to have been thoroughly cleaned. The tables and chairs were sticky, when a couple of us went to get up from the chair our tops were stuck to backs of chair. There was a party in a larger part of the place, of approx 100 people, having a 50th birthday party. No social distancing and no masks. Yet our table of 12 who are all family coming from 3 households were not allowed to sit together at a table and had to split into 2 groups of 6 with a large distance between us. The staff were rude The final straw was the sticky dirty menu’s, at this point we all decided to leave and have a local KFC. If they can’t clean the menus, tables or chairs I wouldn’t like to see in their kitchens.

I came in yesterday lunchtime about 2:30 the lady serving middle-age with short blond hair was very rude to 2 elderly gentleman said they had swore when they clearly hadn’t , also the potatoes were absolute discussed I wouldn’t of given to a pig the meat was tough , lots of clocks on the wall collecting dust but not one even worked definitely not coming here again for the rudeness and then clean hygiene ,

Absolutely disgraceful behavior of the woman behind the carvery counter very abusive towards my colleague we booked in advance and still had to wait outside and again at the table drinks were very expensive and the carvery was horrible roast potatoes just mush uncooked sweetcorn fatty chewy meat all in all very rude would never go again so annoyed I'm going to tell as many people as I can

Went for Sunday carvery Good social distancing well worth a visit

Everything was excellent. 10 out of 10 made us so welcome.food amazing and plenty of it..would go again. Was a 60th birthday afternoon.

Had afternoon tea for my 60th birthday and couldn't fault anything. Food was great and plenty of it. Hosts were lovely and nothing was too much trouble

Really lovely pub, great service. Very nice food at great prices, can thoroughly recommend the fish

Passed on the off chance, glad we called it, food was great and plenty of it (stuffed) price very reasonable, this is a gem of a place

We booked relatively last minute but were made to feel very welcome. Two adults and one child at the end of a sunny day, this meal at the Winch turned out to be a very pleasing ending.The pub and restaurant are beautifully decorated with a wide variety of objects adorning the walls to keep you entertained.It is a very Covid safe and customer consious pub and restaurant with clear signage and arrows to ensure everyone can enjoy their food and drink safely.Choosing from the menu, which offered all of the family favourites, we happily selected a lasagne and a fish chips. Little Miss went for mac and cheese from the children's menu.All came in good time and were plentiful. The fish was a very good size and the chips were fluffy yet crispy on the outside. The lasagne was again plenty and accompanied by fresh salad and garlic bread. The children's mac and cheese (with salad and garlic bread) was very big for a 5yo, but would easily fill an older child too. I'll never complain about there being enough.Service was very good from Em behind the bar and landlord Rick was, whilst busy, very hospitable ensuring that nothing was too much hassle. He made sure we were all happy throughout, whilst not being intrusive. The perfect mix.With 4 alcoholic drinks and a child's ice cream for pudding, the bill was about £35. For the generous portion size, very friendly welcome and peace of mind given this year's pandemic and it's changes to pubs etc, we were all very pleased and will very happily return again soon.Thank you very much.

Fantastic place with the best food for miles. Can't wait for the reopening. All staff very polite and helpful. Brilliant atmosphere

I arranged a meal to be delivered for my parents who were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. The restaurant couldn't have been more helpful and agreed to purchase some flowers and balloons on our behalf. The food was delivered on time, piping hot and I am told was delicious. Would highly recommend. Thank you The Winch

We had our first takeaway /local delivery Friday 10th Apl. Order placed over the phoneSelect the Fish and Chips with peas ( these were garden peas not the green mush)Really great portion Fish was excellent as were the chips.Friday 17th AprilAgain had a delivery, Mine Fish And Chips my wife Steak Merlot pie with Mash potatoes Selection of fresh veg and gravy, The pie was well filled, veg was tasty and the gravy was excellent.Can only say these meals were absolutely great we will continue to support this PH and when it reopens we will visit for meals

My girlfriend and I visit the winch often, the food is always great and the people who work there are friendly and warm

Sunday roast was OK. Nothing amazing. Staff were nice though

Unprofessional, rude. First time me and boyfriend have been here and I didn’t know you had to confirm you wanted a vegetarian option at the carvery. Asked if there was one available and was told rudely “should have done this when you paid”. Couldn’t enjoy the meal. Rude staff.

Good service,good food. Nice afternoon

enjoyed a very good meal with friends.very good portions and service could not be faulted.

Great food, well cooked and nice staff

Frozen roast potatoes, no mash potato, tinned veg, tough, stingy meat. Waited far too long for the staff to bring food out so it was cold before eating. Bar man was alone so took ages to get a drink. The only complement I have is the gravy was lovely and stressed out staff was polite

Cold food, tough meat, gravy like water, microwave veg. Please don’t go

Lovely friendly staff and service. The children has pizza and chips which looked tasty and was a very generous plateful. Adults had ploughman’s which was again generous and offered so many different elements we were astonished. 20 oz steak was the best we had had for a while and again a very generous plateful. With 9 drinks this came to just over £60 which seems excellent value in my opinion. Will return.

18 of us went for xmas lunch on the 22nd December at 12.30pm, guess what? No turkey on the menu or brussell sprouts! Ordered jam rolly polly from the menu, guess what they didn't have it available

Really good food for the price ,pub eating area is well decorated and had very nice xmas decs at time of visit.Will go again.

Lovely service and lovely clean place

Bar meals are amazing, I love this place 🍔

Nice pleasant place food not bad but not good

Gorgeous food and really friendly staff

What can i say i enjoy a laugh and the food is Fab and the staff are excel

Friendly staff lovely food definitely will be going back x Lucy and Stephen

Personally, I was looking for more. The food was passable, if you like the ready prepped Aunt Bessie's style of Sunday dinner. One positive was the gammon. Unfortunately for the Winch, there are much better places to go.

Our first time here... we’ll DEFINITELY be coming back... happy , friendly staff, excellent value for money.. and great food. Looked after my vegetarian needs during a Really busy carvery day, and my vegetable torte was stunning!.😊 well done Winch Pub!..

Really warm, welcoming pub with lovely food and good beer. Had a 10oz steak cooked beautifully (blue) and they arent shy on chips and salad. Perfect end to a long day

Just had another superb meal at The Winch. Tasty, well cooked and delicious. Really excellent atmosphere, and staff. Well worth a visit.

No ice, only cavery, no crisps. Useless

Has now become our local. What a find!!! Great staff - fantastic service - delicious food’n i Only wish there carvery was on every day! Don’t miss out!

Came on a Sunday for the cavery. Went upto the counter and I asked for beef. 2 thin slices of beef were given - complete rip off for the amount you pay. Brought In Yorkshire puddings, everything was pretty much cold. The gravy was EXTREMELY salty almost to the point you couldn’t eat it. Complete let down probably wouldn’t go again.

Food was average...Aunt bessies rule here. Lovely lady behind the bar and waitresses unfortunately the chef was quite rude

Had a great time and the decor is lovely.

Food was ok no complaints and the staff were very friendly and helpful...thanks

Great food and friendly staff, excellent roast pork and my favourite bit, amazing crackling! Yum yum!

Band very good. Not very busy, a pity because it's a nice place. Something missing, not sure what though. Nice night.

Went out with the family for Sunday lunch and had been to The Winch a few years ago and had a top drawer Sunday lunch so thought we would go back! Bad choice!! The New owners aren’t a patch on the previous ones! One of the family had a prawn cocktail to start, a glass full of salad with 8 small prawns on top! Smallest portion I have ever seen. Then onto the roast, choice of beef, pork or gammon. I went for pork, the one slither that I was dished up was lovely but it would’ve been nice to have another slice! (Think the chap was going for the world record of how many slices you can get from one joint of meat) Vegetables....hmmm! Roast potatoes I imagine were the frozen variety as they were all perfectly golden all over. Not the sort you cook from scratch yourself! The veg wasn’t much cop either, soggy and tasteless! The gravy was salty too so overall not a good experience. Such a shame! Before my retirement I had many years experience of running a pub kitchen and know what’s involved in producing a good Sunday roast for lots of people. We had a very busy pub that did Sunday lunches in the hundreds every week. Please up your game and use fresh veg, roast your potatoes from scratch. Don’t be so tight with your meat! Take it from an old pro!

Lovely tastey food and plenty of it bar lady very freindly and very efficient, complements to the chef

Although the meat was cooked lovely and good selection of vegetables.. I was disappointed to only get 2 very small slices of meat, of which one was pork and was not offered a piece of crackling I had to ask for it and was picked up by fingers and placed on my plate ! the Yorkshire puddings and roast potatoes were not home made and were tasteless .. I am sorry to say but we will not be going there again as it has gone down hill since the last time we ate there ..😪

Very good if you want a big area and space to walk about in not many punters there

Good friendly service and great food

Excellent Sunday carvery at a great price, friendly staff, only critism - play area not fenced in and is next to busy road, carpark and way in/out, so one of us had to go out with our children all the time. But will definitely be returning 👍

Friendly place with relaxed section at front and finer dining at back. Excellent for large groups and top notch grub that's of excellent portion size. Two thumbs up.

Food not very good. Drink was flat. Shame.

Lovely friendly staff. Food was excellent

We stopped in here for lunch as we were staying just up the road. A good choice as it was a cracking pub. The staff were very freindly and the food was really good. We were so pleased we called back in later on after our function in Kings Lynn had ended. The reception we recieved then was great too as the staff remembered us. They had live music too.Well worth a visit if you are in the area.

Was there for a gig and it was brilliant!!! If you haven't seen On The Level live then you really need to!!!

We stopped off here for a quick drink on our way back to our accomodation with the family. My youngest had a fall and the staff were amazing, he would not calm down, out of nowhere they appeared with a bowl of ice cream for him, like magic it worked. I was so impressed they refused to take any money from me.

6 of us went on friday at 5.30pm for fish and chips as advertised on the board outside, guess what, no fish available! What a shambles, decided to have a drink, waited 10 minutes befoe being served, never again will we use the pub again. All six of us all live next door to the pub on a new park home development, their loss!

Excellent place Sarah the bar person was brilliant had a great evening especially when she is in full flow food good portions sizes reasonably priced sky sports excellent screen could have been a bit more selection of beers but they had just had a event on and sold out of most things but it was ok so if you fancy a good night out why not pop into the winch pub off The A10 just outside kings Lynn Currys night on Tuesday £6.99 Friday's is fish n chips night and local bands on the weekend p.s asked Sarah to say review it's really funny lol (soz sarah) see you in October

Keeps running out of pork so I had to wait half an hour for it

Great food., great service... What more could you ask for 👍👍

What can I say another great visit to the winch ! We arranged a surprise 60th party with a carvery for 30+ people the food was amazing lovely and fresh with meat cooked to perfection along with the excellent service I have no complaints . The staff go above and beyond to make sure everyone and everything is ok and they also put on a brilliant disco and a live singer who I must say was fantastic . A good night had by all . Many thanks to all the staff at the winch .

Not the great carvery it used to be, smaller amount of meat, potatoes are oven ready type and veg is catering type. Disapointed and wont be going again.

Was there to see the band On The Level and have a bit of a wake for an old biker mate!! Had a great night and the band even played Motorhead for him and us!!!

Nice people nice cider nice staff friendly place

Fantastic food🥩🍖🍗 n really friendly members of staff highly recommend🍻🍹🥃

This was our first visit to The Winch since it has been under the current management we arrived when they opened there was a choice of three meats which were all nicely cooked ,the main fault was the vegetables the broccoli was stone cold and the cauliflower cheese was not much better we mentioned it to the waitress but she did not seem bothered we heard another table also complaining ,it was a shame .

Went here for sunday lunch! Food was lovely, couldnt fault it and the gravy superb. The statue i had to sit next to was however questionable. It really resembled the meat and 2 veg i had on my plate.

Great food and brilliant atmosphere and very friendly staff

As always the best carvery around , meat is always so tender , vegetables lovely fresh , no frozen or tinned stuff , delicous

Visited for a carvery with all the family and got to say it was amazing best carvery around 5* guys plenty of vegetables and the meat is amazing great service all round

Looks bad on outside , alright on inside carvery was good

Friendly staff good selection of beer

Went to the carvery, our table was sticky, had plastic (as bought) salt and peppers pots, the drinks glass smelled stale, so drank from the plastic bottle. No waitress service and had to pay for drinks and meal upfront. Not a cosy ambiance. The roast was mediocre and there was no pork left unless we waited for the next joint to be cooked, but there was a good choice of vegetables. Don't think we'll hurry back if at all.

Always a good carvery good staff

The Winch was good and atmosphere was good. The Sunday roast Carvery was lovely but could have been hotter. Ordered sticky toffee pudding and custard for afters which arrived cold. Waitress took two servings away and returned with them warmed up but got the desserts mixed up so we were not sure whether we got the correct ones back! Would have been nicer if they had replaced the desserts completely. Apart from this, was good.

Called in after a great show at thursford we were a coach full but we were greeted warmly explained everything on how to collect carvery all staff friendly food hot plenty choice great local cider felt as though we had had a early xmas dinner great thankyou to a lovely meal after a good day x

With a coach trip food excellent thank you all

Good food, friendly staff. Highly recommend it.

This place is good and is reasonably priced.

Called in for Sunday carvery really really nice the meat just melted in your mouth . Staff were really polite and kind very friendly staff behind bar ( I'm sure they are new people ) will defo go back

Very nice,looking forward to Christmas lunch

First visit for the Sunday lunch and wow it was lovely . I had a choice of three meats and chose the pork and beef . The vegetables were all fresh and the roast potatoes tasted amazing . The meat was so tender it melted in the mouth and went nicely with the very tasty gravy . The service was brilliant and can also recommend you try the pudding to as they are just as good .

Advertised as open on a Monday, met a friend there, no cars in car park, place was dark, 45 minute drive for nothing

Sunday Roast Dry tough meat, over cooked vegetables and thick stodgy gravy. Give it a miss unless you want to be disappointed.