The best restaurants in Broadland East of England

I lived on the Broads and used to come here years ago in the 50s and 60s. It was one of my favourite destinations. It remains so, in fact now one of my favourites pubs in the UK. Full of the original decor and now with great locally brewed beers, superbly kept. The food is terrific, we ended up eating lunch and dinner on five occasions during our four day stay in the area. The staff extremely pleasant, friendly and engaging. And they work very hard ! Dogs, not just allowed, but made extremely welcome, like it used to be in old pubs before the ‘fun police, health and safety, E.H.O.’ brigade arrived years ago and tried to spoil it all. Great value throughout, unable to praise it enough, and will definitely be returning, …. soon I hope.

It used to be the best but now it tastes different but not a good different!

Staff really friendly and helpful, but £10 for a panini like this is just silly. Lovely view of the golf course and lots of seating.

Love this pub, its in a great location for Salhouse Broad and long walks There is ample parking, a big outside area to eat and drink too As vegan, we struggled to find much choice... I ended up with soup and chips. Not my ideal choice but the chunky chips were amazing it has to be said. Such a lovely atmosphere inside for just a drink or indeed food. Also the bonus is the brewery and shop with many beers available...

We visited today, family of 3 and our dog who was allowed in the bar or in the beer garden. The beer garden is lovely with plenty of well spaced tables and for younger children lots of play equipment. Very clean and well kept. Ordering can he done via app at the table or in the bar if you want to order with a human 😉 It was fairly busy but our food and drinks came in a reasonable time and the food was lovely. Chilli burger , scampi and children's sausage. All was presented well and tasted great and was reasonably priced especially considering how overheads and produce prices have rocketed. We also saw the carvery which looked delicious too so may have to go back for that. Overall a great experience, we will definitely go back and would definitely recommend.

WORST SUNDAY ROAST EVER AVOID……… went to this pub as a couple, the pub was almost empty at 1.30pm Sunday lunch time. That set our alarm bells in our mind going. Should have listened to them. The roast pork dinners were so disgusting I don’t think a hungry dog would eat. Pork was very fatty, didn’t taste like pork as it had no flavor. Roast potatoes were cold, they did bring replacement but they had obviously been thrown in a chip fryer. And greasy burnt to a crisp. The broccoli was so over cooked it fell through my fork. Watery cabbage, two cold greasy carrots, I sad cold parsnip. A spoon of cold mush which we finally found out it was supposed to be cauliflower cheese ,looked like rice pudding. No stuffing or apple sauce. We actually couldn’t eat the food. What a waste of money, hard earned money staff not interested BEST ADVICE DO NOT VISIT.

Lots of empty tables outside we thought we would stop and have lunch as the big a frame board outside stated home made lunches. My partner went in to get a menu only to be told we do not do food. Might explain all the empty tables. I would suggest removing the a frame advertisement as well to save wasting other peoples time.

Nice restaurant bit pricey food was good, table service for hot food. I use a stick to walk but no help in taking food and drink to table

Side orders missing. Impossible to call them to rectify it. Chicken was greasy and mostly legs.

Food was really fresh and delicious, staff were friendly, overall great atmosphere. Highly recommend

Very slow service and switched off staff

Always good here for a takeaway. We've been rather a lot in the last 7 years or so of living in the area. We usually have the same thing, (Set meal for 2(B) ), always well cooked & nice & excellent value....& usually enough to have some for lunch next day lol! We have compared with others in the area, though for us, New China is the best of them. Xx

Having ordered a meal for delivery after 1 1/2 hours I phoned to politely ask when the meal would be delivered to be told we are very busy and if I didn't like it I could go elsewhere........so I did. The guy answering the phone is definitely in the wrong job.

Poor toast, very weak coffee, had to ask for a forgotten drink, food item and spoons. Not very good.

I saw an advert for this place and decided to check it out. Myself, my dad and sister had been shopping at Longwater, so not far to travel. The restaurant was buzzing and we had to wait a short while to be seated. After choosing our food and having to wait a bit it arrived. My sister was alarmed that she had black pudding and mushrooms on her plate. Neither of which were in the meals description. Father enjoyed his meal, although he couldn't eat all of it due to the size. My meal is the main reason for writing this review….. The eggs could have been cooked a little longer, far too many mushrooms, no baked beans, and no hash browns. But my biggest grip is concerning the vegetarian sausages. They were dreadful, the kind of rubbish served up in the 70’s. Mashed Potato with bits of pea and carrot in a fine breadcrumb. Today there are so many vegetarian sausage options on the market, many very good and tasty. I know that something better could have been served. I’m so shocked that a fancy and expensive place like this would dish up such crap. And for the price of the meal I felt angry and ripped off. I’m sorry to say that this first visit to The Goat Shed will also be my last.