Wig & Pen in Norwich

Very traditional setting, with good service. We had Sunday lunch ; again very traditional but with a better selection of veg than normal. If you are with anyone from oversees, take them here! Of its type you would be hard pressed to find a better option.

Booked a table for 7, then had to change it to 9. Wig & Pen team were very accommodating. 9 main meals booked all came out at the same time. Several drinks were drunk and bill came in at just under £300.00. So to me that's good value. Excellent service all round and family (not from Norwich) loved the pub.

Used this pub as a second choice for our pre-concert dinner after our pre-booked first choice let us down. A quick phone call was answered promptly by a most helpful lady (Hope) explaining our predicament. "Can you plese help us, we need a table for 2, asap, for just a main course and need to be finished within a short time frame." Hope was very happy to accommodate our needs and took the booking. We were more than impressed. A pub grub menu was presented within minutes of our arrival, as did our drinks. and the hot delicious food arrived in a timely manner. All I can say is a huge thanks to Hope and the team. They understood customer service, as well as providing hot delicious food at a competitive price. You will now be our first choice in future.

Absolutely delicious Sunday roasts and a great service! Enjoyed our sumptuous lunch here a lot. Definitely recommended.

While staying in Norwich we came across this lovely friendly pub. A good variety of ales at sensible prices, great home cooked food and above all a lovely smiling welcome from all members of staff. After having a memorable lunch there earlier in the week we booked for Sunday Dinner and were delighted we did. Tasty, fresh, generous roasts with a large gravy boat. Nothing too much trouble, just great. If you are in the area don't miss this chance to be pampered.

Enjoyed a late lunch here today. Good food, lovely atmosphere and really excellent service. Thoroughly recommend . We will be back.

First time we've visited the Wig & Pen. Amazing food with great service. Gererous portions. Reasonably priced and good range of beers. Highly recommend their Sunday roast. We had roast beef and roast chicken and it was excellent. Also recommend their steak n' ale pie with veg. Superb! Will definitely visit again.

Just 200m from my hotel, The Maids Head, this glorious old style and unspoiled English Pub has the best service both for drinks and food. Coming from Oz I needed proper bitter, not todays styles which I refer to as fizzy lemonade. The 🍻 were excellent. Thank you. We ate while enjoying the RWC 🏈 on the TV. The food was superb, England’s performance against Samoa less so! Thank you. A great experience

Booked this pub for family and friends meal the evening before my daughters wedding. We had a great night and Alex was the superb host. The food was great, it was one of those places that, you loved your own meal, but wanted to return and try what others had as theirs was fantastic too. Great place, highly recommended.

The roast (veggie, beef and chicken) was absolutely scrumptious, the staff are exceptionally friendly and lovely and the atmosphere is great. We will be back!

University reunion watching the rugby. This pub is really friendly. Easy to reserve space, excellent staff, good food and drink and England won. What's not to like? Can recommend

Called in for Sunday lunch, no booking, not to busy, v friendly meet and greet, limited menu but we are v good chicken and beef roast dinners, roast potatoes and Yorkshire puds a little over cooked but all tasty and huge portions, also ate the bramble and berry crumble which was a little strange with the crumble poured on top rather than cooked but it was really tasty and again a huge portion. Excellent local beers and all v reasonably priced. A very lunch, would revisit.

Excellent roast with very good veg cooked just right! Good beer - landlord recommended Big Sharpie, which we’d never heard of but which tasted like proper beer. Friendly & helpful staff especially as one of us is blind.

We were a group of twelve hungry tourists in search of some good nourishing food after our long coach trip. We had seen the Wig and Pen on our way out and so we descended on them at quite short notice but this proved no obstacle to the friendly personalities running this establishment. The range of dishes suited all tastes and the whole party left in good spirits and feeling satisfied. The Wig and Pen is near the River Wensum and a couple of hundred yards from Norwich Cathedral, so, well located. A big thanks to the staff for their kind attention.

Friendly, welcoming pub, great for casual eating or just drinks. Charming, helpful staff, good food and good ambience. Recommended.

Managed to catch them just before the kitchen closed. Ordered no problem or need to rush. Staff were friendly. Love that it’s pet friendly. Seems like a good local. Menu was a bit on the small side. Could do with some more side dishes etc. but the burger was 10/10. Could see it was hand made and it tasted Devine. Chips cooked to perfection. Simple pub grub but done so well.

This is a really nice little pub,in a lovely part of Norwich.We had Sunday lunch here and it was a very nice,tasty lunch.It cost £16 and you got plenty,we also had a dessert which was very nice.The pub sells a good variety of beers and has a lovely bar and eating area and is one of those pubs where you could spend the day in.The staff were lovely too.

We stopped off here for lunch. We got there at about opening time, and the lady who let us in, then later served us, was lovely- very friendly and attentive, exactly the kind of person every pub and restaurant needs! We ordered two of the wraps- one peppers and mushroom, and the halloumi one, a halloumi baguette, and two bowls of chips. All meals were thoroughly enjoyed and very filling. I also used the toilet, which was clean and smelt fresh

Lovely eating place. The Sunday Roast was just wonderful. Excellent Service, nothing too much trouble. They must update their Website as Sunday Roast was advertised at £9.50. and it was quite a bit more than that. No problem for myself but could have been for...

Had a late lunch / early dinner on Wednesday 14 September 2022. Hadn't been to the Wig for a long time, mostly due to Covid restrictions. Very good food, excellent service, very good selection of real ales. Our only problem was huge portions. Neither of...

Excellent service and the food is superb, would highly recommend this pub. Very good value for money as well.

Been coming for years, amazing vegetarian roast and the husbands roast beef was top notch. Staff always helpful and friendly

Went for roast lunch on Sunday which was excellent with friendly staff. Very touched when husband was presented with chocolate brownie and ice cream as a treat just because I happened to mention it was his birthday. How kind was that!

This pub never fails to serve promot delicious food. Roasts are amazing, burgers are incredible, loaded chips a meal in themselves, and by far the very best chios you will ever eat. Stopped by today and had tuna mayo baguette and chips, came with a...

Popped in here for a quick beer and ended up having a full Sunday roast which was lovely. Welcoming pub with good range of beers 🍻 excellent waiting staff and a lovely warm welcome. Will def make this pub a must do when we come...

Booked the Wig and Pen for Sunday Lunch (first time) arrived to a very warm welcome and a perfectly placed table. The pub is a proper historic pub and very well cared for. We ordered our drinks and were we quickly and politely served. Meal...

University reunion. 10 of us from 1970s. Visited on spec to watch 6 nations rugby. Friendly welcome & space for all of us. Good service & the staff are great. Thank you for a good afternoon. England won as well! We will visit again

Enjoyed a family Sunday Lunch at this outstanding Norwich pub, greeted with a warm welcome and served delicious lunches and in good time. Great choice for vegetarians and meat eaters alike. Would thoroughly recommend!

What a find this is! We popped in for a drink and found the staff so friendly we decided to book in for a meal that evening. The food was amazing - really delicious and the atmosphere is cozy and welcoming. All of the staff...

Went for a meal with work. Excellent service, really good food that was served in good time. Very friendly staff and a very well presented pub. I would highly recommend.

Just down from where we were staying in Norwich is the Wig & Pen which has an outside terrace for drinks and food. We only stayed for a couple of drinks but service was friendly and food menu looked good. Very chilled pint of Aspalls...

Stopped here for lunch, hadn't booked but plenty of outside seating. Good menu with a good variety of food, staff friendly and helpful.

We called in for a snack and a beer Sunday pm and the staff were helpful and friendly, good beers and great pub food.

Nice, friendly pub in a pleasant location. Visited on Friday 9 July and sat in the outside area, mostly under cover. This was fine until the torrential rain started. Nothing we could do except have another beer! Would recommend.

Had a great lunch here Friendly staff good food and beer Needed a break after a walk along the river thoroughly recommend

Hoped to have pint of real ale but couldn't get in as I hadn't booked. Was only 4pm but assume they were showing football? Will try again

Visited Wig & Pen to have our dinner there about 6.30pm with some friend's - i ordered the Asian beef stir fry it was very oily and bland, emailed them the next day to let them know, they never did reply!

After work yesterday my friend and me stumbled across this beauty! The staff were fantastic and welcoming, Each and every one of them was polite and had the biggest smile as they were walking around. Its so refreshing to see! From working in hospitality myself,...

Came here on a river walk on a lovely Friday only stayed for a drink as we had plans for food ,will go for food another time

I first reviewed this pub in 2017 and delighted to say it's standards and customer service is as good now as it was then. Had a superb Sunday Roast and a few pints outside in the sun on a Sunday afternoon....what could be better?! Lee...

Have been going to the Wig & Pen for a while now and I have to say that it is consistently good. Staff are friendly and attentive, the pub has a cosy feel and the food is always fabulous......sometimes better than I have had in...

Totally adhering to social distancing measures, great outside space. Staff very friendly, Alice looked after us very well. Visited 2 consecutive evenings, just drinks 1st night, food & drinks 2nd evening. Attention to detail as took ice in glass of wine 1st evening, ordered bottle...

Wig and pen have been open and getting to grips with the new rules. They are friendly polite whilst implementing the rules. The beer is good and the food is really good. Had the steak pie which was full of steak and clearly home made....

What a great pub this is, outdoor seating, lovely helpful welcoming staff and tasty menu. They have made the experience of eating out in these covid times enjoyable. Our names and mobiles were taken, explained about seating, hand washing/gel and toilet visits. Social distancing in...

Dined outside here and had a great time. Staff are absolutely lovely. Nothing is too much trouble and they seem to have a laugh and a joke with everyone. Lovely food and great selection of gin !!

Well what a great find the Wig and Pen was. Attentive service from friendly staff followed by a couple of really tasty tortilla wraps (chicken, chorizo and sweet chilli sauce and another of tuna, olives and sunblush tomatoes) with chips - a wonderful lunchtime snack...

On a long weekend away from our North Yorks home found this place close to our hotel. Well organised ref the covid issues, food was excellent & best guinness I have had for some time. Would heartily recommend. Ian & Bev Taylor, Selby.

Visited The Wig and Pen for Sunday lunch. Seated outside under big parasols. we had booked for lunch at 1pm but had to eventually ask for a menu some 20 minutes later. we eventually ordered and received our food after being there for 50 minutes,...

Este es un entorno muy seguro pero divertido de Covid. Las mesas están al aire libre y el servicio es rápido y amable. El asado del domingo fue increíble, enorme, con muchas verduras y extremadamente sabroso. El bistec con tarta de cerveza también era genial. Era casero y rebosante de carne y sabor. Recomendaría reservar, pero podrías arriesgarte en una mesa. Definitivamente volveremos pronto

A Great atmospheric pub with loads of tables at the front to enjoy. The Covid restrictions were in place and working well with quick friendly waitress service. The beer and wine was good and a good opportunity to chat with some locals from a distance.

Not a great range of ales. Shabby. Bar staff and the regulars more interested in talking about their personal lives and swearing than new customers. Good location but not inclusive.

One of the last redoubts of the traditional pub in central Norwich it seems. Hearty food and cheerful service in relaxed surroundings.

We stopped here for lunch recently. My husband was thrilled as they had haggis tatties and neeps on the menu. I enjoyed the salmon and prawns with noodles. The atmosphere was lovely and the staff very friendly and attentive. I would happily eat here again.

If being banished to a back room because I had my son with me was suppose to welcome me. Well think again. Food was awful and service slow. Avoid as better places to go to

Fui con algunos amigos del gimnasio para la tercera comida de Navidad y cada uno ha estado en el Wig & Pen, que personifica la gran estima que tenemos en el restaurante. Había un gran ambiente allí. El personal fue fantástico y nos dio un gran servicio y era obvio que disfrutaron de nuestra compañía allí, en un grupo de 20 personas. Fueron muy complacientes con el tamaño del grupo grande. La comida era excelente y tienen una gran variedad de bebidas a un precio muy asequible.

Una excelente experiencia de principio a fin. El lugar era agradable y concurrido, a pesar de ser un lunes a mediodía (obviamente se corrió la voz). Saludo agradable y amigable. La comida fue excelente. Tome su expectativa de comida normal y aceptable en un pub y aumente cuatro o cinco muescas. Excelente. Los precios son una pizca por encima de la media, pero vale la pena. Los platos principales son alrededor de 13, con opciones de sándwich y papas fritas con opciones de cobertura para alrededor de 6. Todo maravilloso Muy impresionado. Buen equipo de trabajo!

Nos quedamos cerca de la catedral y como era el pub más cercano, lo probamos. Disfrutamos tanto de la comida, la cerveza y el servicio que volvimos la noche siguiente. ¡Y después de disfrutar de otra noche fabulosa, volvimos el domingo por la tarde para el asado del domingo!Qué pub tan fabuloso. Felicitaciones a Alex y al personal por su comida de calidad, excelentes bebidas y un servicio ejemplar.

As my favourite football team had a Sunday match me and my significant other decided to book for Sunday dinner. Well I can say we were not disappointed, wee booked ahead and on arrival friendly staff directed us to our table. We were quickly served with our drinks and our delicious roast dinners soon followed. A lovely pub a lovely atmosphere and we will return. Thank you the Wig and Pen.

The Wig and Pen is tucked away near the Cathedral but not near enough that you’d likely pass it if in the vicinity. We drove past and looking for somewhere for lunch drove back. There’s limited meter parking outside which might explain why it isn’t as busy as you might expect. Small inside but very friendly staff. Decent range of real ales including Adnams. Not the largest of menus but the food we had - pork tenderloin and duck with plum sauce and noodles extremely good so much so that unexpectedly staying another night I went back for more!

Good solid city centre pub,a nice outdoor seating area ,friendly staff ,an excellent menu and good,well kept cask ales...nothing not to like really...

Precioso pub antiguo rodeado de nuevos edificios.

Mientras compraba en la ciudad necesitábamos una parada en boxes. No he estado aquí por años y había olvidado lo bueno que era. Un almuerzo encantador y soleado comiendo buena comida afuera, ¡no se puede superar! Tuve las gambas en salsa de chile y un plato de papas fritas y mi marido tenía el sandwich de queso y pepinillos. Los sándwiches son enormes y sabrosos. Mis gambas eran exuberantes y las patatas fritas bien.El único inconveniente era que la gente fumaba en las mesas cercanas. Odio esto. ¿Y siempre parece sucederme donde sea que me siento?Este es un pub tradicional y tiene un ambiente encantador. Definitivamente recomiendo

Alex and his team are really lovely and always very cheerful and friendly his food is really tasty. We went there this lunchtime and really enjoyed it. The staff are very helpful .

Popped in to get some food. Ended up with a sandwich which was huge. Food was good, and you could see this was a popular place to eat. Prices good for what you got. Nice selection of drinks, plenty of seating, indoors and out. Staff friendly and attentive.

Went in after a walk for lunch had lovely food and the staff just as nice . Will definitely be coming back

Popped in for a bite to eat as the place looked interesting. Sat outside at the front of the pub and enjoyed a superb sandwich (huge) and a couple of pints. The service was very good and the food delicious. I was expecting a snack but got a meal! Very Good.

Just had one of the best seafood paella I’ve ever had in a lovely pub.

Visited last night. Staff good service but food left a lot to be desired. Steak pie overcooked and a funny smell reported by diner, my sirloin very dry, gristly, chewy . I couldn't finish it, mentioned to the waitress who said she would mention it to the chef. No apology. No feedback.

The location is great, and the service was also very good (the waitress was very attentive and nice). The food on the other hand was just OK, the paella was dry and the steak and ale pie was good but not great by any means. There was nothing about the place that was particularly offensive, but nothing outstanding either. I likely wouldn’t go back.

So many things I could mention but as a summary. The waitress was very good. In fact she saved the day with her charm for the pub really. There were so many things they had run out of that everyone had to make compromises on their choice of food. How does a pub run out of bread when they could just pop to the supermarket? Other dishes also not available. Having said that what we did have was nice but expensive for the quality. There were also only 3 desserts available. My Mother fancied an Eton mess which we were told they had sold out of. To my mind it would of taken 5 minutes to gather the ingredients from the freezer & store cupboard. The drinks were also expensive & the lime & soda completely exhortionate at £2.60. I do understand we ate quite late at 4pm but they serve food until 6pm.

Having been to one decidedly average pub and one that stopped taking food orders at 6.45, we were delighted to find The Wig & Pen just a couple of hundred yards from our hotel.

First time to this pub/restaurant with family including a baby.

Great service and food with a waiter who anticipated our needs... a rare thing in the pub food game. Will return, but strongly recommend the Venison and Mushroom casserole... and Sunday roasts!!

A lovely pub in the centre of Norwich that serves local ales and food.

Excellent lunchtime choices on offer, eg. pork fillet, roast venison, sea bream. All delivered quickly. Service from all staff was exceptionally good and very friendly. An excellent visit.

Tuvimos una comida fabulosa con la familia durante el fin de semana de Pascua. Habíamos reservado unos días antes y cuando llegamos, el clima era tan agradable que decidimos sentarnos afuera. Encantadora y amplia zona de estar al aire libre, personal muy amable y una gran selección de cervezas y sidra. Hay un pequeño aparcamiento en la parte trasera del pub. Todos estuvimos muy contentos con nuestras comidas (pescado y papas fritas, cordero marroquí, tagine y hamburguesa de pollo cajún), que fueron porciones muy generosas y muy buena relación calidad-precio. Definitivamente volveremos a visitar cuando estemos en la zona.

Vinimos aquí ayer 28 de abril nunca antes habíamos estado aquí para comer. Yo diría que es uno de los mejores asados que he tenido. Realmente sabroso y cocinado a la perfección, solo un pequeño crítico. Yo diría que no hay suficiente verduras en el plato que trajeron para 2. Habría comido por mi cuenta, pero valió la pena. El personal era muy atento y realmente encantador, debo decir que la comida y el lugar en general sin duda volveremos. Gracias por cuidarnos.

We found the food to be very nice and certainly plenty of it! The portions are very generous and came out hot and nicely presented. The service was very good, helpful and polite.

Pub peculiar con bonita zona de estar al aire libre. Nos sentamos adentro como un poco de frío para sentarnos afuera. Ambiente rústico al lugar. Personal amable y servicial que sirve. Encantadora cena de asado y gran Yorkshire. Una buena selección de cervezas y un precio razonable. Hicimos reservar con antelación. Sin duda volveremos.

He utilizado este pub en muchas ocasiones, tanto para beber como para comer. La visita más reciente fue el sábado 9 de febrero de 2019. Nos encontramos con tres amigos. Todos menos dos de nosotros comimos - excelente como siempre. Buena selección de cervezas de barril, y siempre bien cuidadas. El personal es amable y acogedor. Vale la pena una visita.

Met up with some friends at the Wig & Pen in Norwich. Despite living in Norwich for 6 years I had never been there and was not disappointed. Pub still has a traditional cosy pub feel with good beers and even better food. We all had lamb for dinner, which was the special of the week, and one of the best lamb dishes I have had in a long time. Service was very pleasant, no loud background music, so you could have a conversation and just a pleasant ambiance. Weill definitely be back.

Walked past this pub often and assumed it would be frequented by solicitors attending the nearby law courts. Decided to give it a try and was not disappointed. It’s very friendly, staff make you feel most welcome and although most of the space is given over to tables, there’s a small area near the bar where you can just chill with a pint and have a bite. I’m indebted to a previous reviewer for recommending the bacon, brie and chilli sauce sandwich. Excellent. Spent a happy hour in here waiting for Mrs T– a magistrate!

The whole experience was excellent. From the decor, welcome, staff, atmosphere, beer, price and food. It is very rare to find a pub at this level. It was four of us and the only negative was that the steak pie is best avoided for having way way too much salt and we are known for liking salt. Normally I would take a point from the rating but as everything else including our fish and the burger were so damn good I feel anything less than full marks would be wrong.

Great independent pub! Stopped in for a late lunch. We started with the mushroom bruschetta with a brandy cream sauce—wonderful. I had the steak and ale pie—delicious. My son had the venison sausage plate which he said was great. My wife had the nachos which were good.

An excellent proper pub serving very good pub grub! Nice friendly staff. Lovely position in a very interesting part of Norwich. Very close to the Cathedral and famous Elm hill. Worth a visit

We stopped here for refreshments during an afternoon walk around Norwich. Sat outside in a nice area, The bar has plenty of character and drinks choices

Amazing staff, amazing food and amazing beers, what more could you want. We've been here for general nights out and special group occasions. Such a friendly place.

Wig & Pen has always been one of my favourite go to places for Lunch in the City Centre and my most recent experience continues to affirm that belief. Me and a mate came for Lunch, were made to feel really welcome right away and orders were taken promptly and with a smile. Has to be said whenever I've been here staff have been friendly and chatty, as a customer you get a really good vibe about the place.

You are always made to feel welcome at the Wig and Pen, a nice city centre pub with plenty of ales to choose from. Never tried the food but it always looked good.

Great venue staff excellent the wife's favourite for nut roast lunch I go for homemade steak pie it's excellent!!

Wonderful food,best roast potatoes ever. Loved the Apple and pear crumble. Staff really friendly. Can't recommend enough

In need of a Sunday roast but it seems after 4pm most places shut up shop. Luckily not the Wig and Pen where not only were they still wanting to take our money but we got a friendly welcome from the excellent staff.

Realmente disfruté de sentarme afuera en la amplia zona de asientos en la parte delantera del pub. Nunca había estado antes, así que hice un esfuerzo para relajarme y tomar un par de copas. El personal fue amable y buena selección de cervezas. No comí aquí pero el menú se veía bien y razonable.

It had been 44 years since my last pint in this fine Norwich pub. It didn’t disappoint. A great trip down memory lane and nice to see it still thriving.

lovely pub for a drink but the meal was disappointing. prawns in the crayfish and prawn salad were not fresh but frozen (defrosted of course). they were bland, they had a strange taste, I was told this was from defrosting them in water quickly. there was no dressing for the salad just a slice of lime so over all very bland. shame as the pub and staff were so nice. other members of the party were happier with their meal.

Read about this pub in the Norfolk guide. When walking along the Wensum you can see it at one point if you look up an alley way.

Wonderful evening celebrating my son’s birthday. Food was wonderful and service was fantastic- thank you Alice - nothing seemed too much for you. Will certainly visit again.

Waited over an hour for somebody to take our food order, twice the waitress took orders for people who had been waiting less time than us. At one stage she said she would just put the order (of those who had only been waiting 15 minutes) through the till. 10 minutes later we spoke to the waitress who said she would let her know we were waiting, finally she arrived but took the order of those who had arrived after us.

Hadn't been here for many years but the welcome from staff was great and selection of beers outstanding. Food also looked terrific!

Visited for lunch yesterday - third visit in about 2 months and all have been of the same high standard. Very friendly, efficient service. Good choice of beers and wine. Excellent quality roast served with lovely veg and extra gravy. Cant fault at all.