The best restaurants in Broadland East of England

We are staying nearby and booked this pub for evening meal last night and tonight. We then read the reviews and were worried. We didn’t need to worry about. The land lady was very polite and friendly. Had a lovely chat with her. The food was absolutely amazing and we couldn’t fault anything. The price was very good for the portion size and quality of the food. We would definitely visit again. They take card payments as well.

La he comido varias veces por la noche cuando me hospedo por negocios en el hotel. Los tiempos de espera son generalmente largos y la comida bastante normal. Los entrantes son particularmente decepcionantes. Una apuesta segura es el filete de solomillo. Evitaría la mayoría de las otras opciones. La mayoría de las visitas comienzan con una disculpa por lo que no está en el menú esta noche. Como digo, quédate con el bistec y ve a otro lugar si te quedas más de una noche. Buena suerte píos!

Took my grandson and girlfriend to bay leaf for his birthday. I asked difference on two prawn dishes. One had prawns in shells and one did not. I ordered the one without shells. When my dish arrived it was the one in the shells. They did offer to change it but as the other three guests had got theirs it would not be appropriate. The waiter admitted he got the two dishes mixed up and he works there. The dish itself was full of onions and not much else. I would have enjoyed the correct dish more (maybe ). The waiters kept hovering around our table and taking empty plates away hardly before we had swallowed last mouthful. We have been to Tamarind before in blofield and it is much nicer in every way. Better food, bigger portion, better service, better ambience and cheaper. Would not go here again but go to The Tamarind instead.

There is plenty of competition in Aylsham for good bread, rolls and cakes but this is still our go to bakers. The quality and value is excellent and the staff are always very helpful ( happy to put rolls aside for me to collect later). I would recommend the cheese straws and rolls but the cakes are delicious too.

I visited here with my husband for breakfast. We had been to the Garden Centre before but not the cafe. The Garden Centre has it's own car park, which is large and has plenty of spaces. The cafe looks lovely. The decor is light and airy and they have bits and bobs used as decoration that you can buy yourself from the shop. You can sit inside, in a conservatory area or outside. We sat inside. My husband ordered a large breakfast, I ordered toast and jam and we got a tea each. You order and pay at the till then collect your own cutlery / sauces etc before sitting down. Lovely if there a re a few of you, not so much for a single diner who would return to their table to find it taken by others. The ordering process was SLOW. The lady on the till was quite flappy and it was painful to stand and watch her. It made the till area very busy as the queue to order was getting longer and longer. The guy making the drinks wasn't any quicker. There were about 4 tables ahead of us when we ordered. Despite this, the food came out very quickly (not a good sign). My toast was floppy bread with a slight crust to the outside. Not amazing bread made worse by not toasting it properly. It had the floppy, cold texture of those rolling toast machines you get in hotels. My husband's breakfast was a mix of being cold and lukewarm. It came out so quickly I think they must have bulk cooked food in preparation and kept it hot plated. It was so cold he couldn't eat it and took it back. After them just looking at him, they replaced his breakfast. Despite no apology at the till when returning it, the guy who brought the second one out was lovely and apologised. However, my toast wasn't replaced, not the drinks, so I had already finished my food before my husband's replacement came out so he felt awkward eating alone and it took the shine out of our breakfast treat. My husband said the breakfast wasn't great. The fried bread was just oily and nasty and the ingredients just 'meh'. The scones looked lovely and we got a couple to take home and to be fair, these were very nice. Looking at the cakes and other scones they had out, these all looked delicious too. The cafe isn't cheap. And the food isn't worth what we paid. The staff are unfriendly and appear very untrained. No one seemed to look like they were enjoying working there and the service was utterly shambolic. As stated above, the cakes all looked very nice so maybe this is somewhere to go for a nice bit of cake and a coffee whilst browsing the Garden Centre itself. We will return to the Garden Centre again as it is a nice place for plants. But for a meal, we would not return here. It was bad.

Literally tastes like water Literally weak squash - horrible not worth the money Don’t recommend this drink and so over priced

Now called the Water’s Edge, we had a great evening here on the Saturday over the August bank holiday weekend. Really friendly and relaxed owners who made us feel very welcome and a great atmosphere. It was the most fun night we had on our weekend boating holiday!

Absolutely awful service. Ordered my food to be delivered. Was told 45 minutes to an hour and a half for delivery. What? My order arrived one hour and forty minutes later, cold, soggy, and without apology. After a couple of mouthfuls I threw it in the bin. This place used to be top notch but not any more.

Yes the place needs some TLC, or a bulldozer!, so no need to dress up but wow the steaks are good, no steak knives needed here the meats that good. Try it.

Lovely welcoming Pub. Friendly staff, food plentiful and delicious! Lovely setting backing onto fields. Will definitely be going there again!

Naomi & Daniel seemed to be the only ones, front of house, in a busy pub / restaurant but they coped enthusiastically and well. Our group of 15 diners arrived 7.30pm and we ordered so many different dishes and the kitchen didn't disappoint! A bit of a wait but with 15 meals to prepare what else? Meals arrived all together and we were all impressed so, great food, great service and a well stocked bar. Well done Naomi, Daniel and the kitchen!

Nice staff! Quick food to collect.

Terrible, worse takeaway we ever had sadly, it’s been off and on for a while now, but tonight’s was worse takeaway meal ever, that’s some achievement, everything very dry and un eatable even the rice was hard and dry. All had to go in the bin, would even give any to the dog and he’s upset now too. Will never return as it’s not a one off bad meal.

items missing driver insisted all was there. not ordering again

4 hours late for my food disgraceful