The best restaurants in Swaffham Breckland East of England

This family run business has delivered sweet platters, afternoon teas and Christmas goodies to my family on numerous occasions. The owner's wife would always take the time to have a chat with my elderly mother when she delivered to her. As I live abroad this personal service meant a lot to me.

Stunning Little Gem Opens 5 Days a week Mon-FRIDAY 8.30-3.30 I Think heard other people who seemed regular , Lovely Place to Meet For Coffee !

I popped down to one of the car meets that takes place (second Sunday of every month). Just had a coffee but the place is nice inside, clean, toilets spotless and the new owner has plans to further expand/improve. I will definitely be back for a cooked breakfast or similar soon.

After travelling, stopped at Domino's for the first time. Wow! Brilliant. Watching the staff preparing the food was fascinating and I am now a Meat feast and Domino's convert. This is what all Pizzas should taste like.

Just sitting in Shelly’s now, had a lovely English breakfast 🍳 staff are very welcoming, lovely log fire. Coffee is wonderful

It's always busy but they greet you like old friends, take your order and get on it straight away. They will give you a warning if there's a wait for things to be cooked. All team members are happy and chatty

cold plate ordered tomatoes and got beans

My brother came over from Kidderminster and we chose here to take him. Had a lovely meal for 5 on a circular table in the restaurant... I had the curry which was just divine. Thanks for a great evening

Good food. Good prices. Fast service. Nice staff. Outside seating in summer. Plenty of space. Nice varied menu.

We visited for a Sunday carvery...was so delicious and staff very friendly... definitely worth to visit 🙂 ...I think the price is fair for such a good food. Thank you so much. We will back there soon for another Sunday carvery. I can say the best carvery in Swaffham. 😊❤️

Love this restaurant. Very friendly welcome. Great service and wonderful food. Can’t be faulted in any way and our first choice when eating out in the area. Thoroughly recommended. This time we went for the tea party in aid of charity and were delighted to support a worthy cause.

Amazing breakfast best in the area and surrounding area. Don’t judge a book by its cover. It really surprised us when we went in. We drive past all the time and wanted to try it out. We were not disappointed. Went with our 3 children. They ate everything on their plates. Father and son run and great service. Will definitely be returning and telling our friends. Thanks for the service and great tasting food. Cooked to perfection by the way.

I saw the name of the restaurant from afar and went with my intuition that it must be something special and I was right. In an exotic setting, we were welcomed by the friendly host. Together with my family, we spent few relaxing and fun-filled hours in this unique place. The food was very good and they have a very rich variety of drinks. Thanks to the owner, a special lady! I heartily recommend this place!

The red lion is a charming little bar, I went in for food but wait time was 30mins + at noon. Can only mean good things right. Nice friendly, mother's came in with their young children which normally owners don't like. But not this bar, got them their juice and they fell into place. Usual characters, although I been in America, Pennsylvania for 17 years so I am used to beer. I tried a new craft beer to me, tasted the citrus/lemon flavor which is good, it was what I would call, half of half, wasn't nearly buzzed as I should be. This was after I had a soco first, the ate the cheese n onion chips (crisps to the locals first). Craft beer normally stronger but it isn't just this bar. They called me 6 beers Chris, here it be 12 beer Chris, it's about half as strong the same beer would be in my last bar. I know it's 90% water 5% alch no matter where you go. But 5% of what? Everything is recycled in England and I am starting to suspect beer to I am sorry to say. Steel bottle caps are not pure steel, glass only has 22 glass. I stood my ground. Enough details beyond the staff control. The bar is great, the staff were good, bar reminded me of the eagles landed. It was really good. (Yes,I can hear blinks ;) )

Truly outstanding public house very family friendly and also dog friendly would recommend the pool table is a work of art and the ales are like pure melted gold