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A lovely spontaneous night away in a truly peaceful, dog friendly village pub. We are always on the lookout for the perfect north Norfolk dog friendly hotel and this was a top contender! Lovely room with a ginormous bath and bathroom, with its own entrance, which is great for our noise sensitive labrador (any excuse to woof!). We ate dinner in the tranquil beer garden (have a pie-they’re immense!!), which was perfect for a warm summer’s evening (yes we do sometimes get them In the UK it seems). The chips were proper chips and the pie wasn’t just a lid! I’m vegetarian and there were several choices for me including two different pie options. Breakfast inside the pub was equally good-a fairly traditional menu, but that suited us fine…we both had full English (one veggie) and thoroughly enjoyed it. Would we come back? 100%. We preferred this to Brancaster White Horse.

Went on a Friday lunchtime. Very pleasant staff and a very big menu for a small establishment. Decently priced too. Chicken burger good, cheese baguette OK, huge plate of chips. We were there quite early so not sure if service might be affected later on as quite a few people arrived.

This was one of our favourite quirky finds when on holiday last year. Choose your own donuts...yes please! No arguments from the kids as they can choose their own. Lovely, entrepreneurial family run business. It was highly recommended to us by the Hotel we stayed at - i can see why! We will be back when we csn visit the area again.

A lovely cosy restaurant on the sea front, amazing service and food. The owner Dino is extremely helpful and gave our two dogs sausages. We cannot wait to return in the summer. Highly recommend.

A nice little tea room,friendly service and great service,food is always 1st class and relaxing surroundings

Excellent breakfast before a round ar next door Southwold Golf Club . All day breakfast very well priced at £8 and it set us up nicely for a battle against the wind.

The hospitality was immaculate, free water, amazing bathrooms, very clean, The landlord was extremely inviting and friendly.

A really great place to eat. Food is amazing, service friendly and professional. Owners work so hard and are very nice. Loved it.

BEST CHIPSHOP AROUND FOR MILES FOOD IS AMAZING SERVICE IS EXCELLENT HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

If you are looking for a good fry up with lovely staff this is it!!! The food is great and fab value!!! EVERY member of staff is amazing and can't do enough for you :) With a DOG FRIENDLY conservatory this place really does tick all of our boxes... can't wait to go again!!

A warm welcome from Catherine. Really enjoyed our food. I have to say that it is such a shame that the menus were totally different from those online on the website and asked Catherine why that was, and she explained that they have not been able to change the website details - unfortunately. However, even though I had decided on Lasagne (from the website options), but as that was not on the current menu, I had the Lamb Shank with Mash and Tenderstem Brocolli which was so well cooked and delicious. Others had the Pulled Pork with Bubble and Squeak and veg, and Fish and Chips - which were also delicious. We thanked Paul the Chef personally as we all enjoyed our meals so much. The refurbishment made for a comfortable setting and is a great improvement from the last time I was in there - many moons ago. Can definitely recommend the Kings Arms and look forward to going again.

Pefection. Venue = Stunning, team = brilliant, food = amazing, Value = outstanding. We visited back in October with a view to book our Christmas party in December. Mark and Jackie were more than accommodating with our questions and requests. fast forward to the evening in question and it couldnt have gone more perfect had we tried. the venue easily hosted 50 of us for reception drinks. move through to the gorgeous conservatory for the meal which I might add is michalin type food. the staff were attentive and polite, also adding a little fun to the evening. after dinner we enjoyed a disco in the second room, with ample room and despite what looks like a small bar, no one was waiting to be served. Mark, Jackie and team you made our evening super special. you have a perfect venue for Birthdays, christmas partys and weddings. we look forward to using your venue again.

Brilliant breakfast. Everything was spot on cooked to perfection. Toast bacon egg hash brown perfect tea. Very tasty. Just note its cash only. Good service efficient. Best breakfast. Good value too.

10/10 pizza-beats dominos and that has been my favourite for years. Great flavour and fair topping portions. I will be eating here again

Was staying in Thorpeness. Visit for an evening meal. Very warm welcome. Food was good. Starters smoked chicken & whipped ricotta , very tasty and lovely fresh taste. 1 salt & pepper calamari, good,1 pate very nice. 3 of us had duck and 1 fish stew. Duck was cooked well apart from skin could have been crispier. Fish stew was rather a large portion but very tasty. Too full for puds! Service was excellent by everyone. However it is a golf hotel so as large groups from societies staying did get a bit loud (especially after England one footie match!) however staff had let us know and worked hard to make sure it didn’t impact on the service to us.