The best restaurants in Downham Old Town King's Lynn and West Norfolk East of England

I go to the Norfolk Cheese Company shop almost every week for the most deluxe, delicious cheese in the whole world and the very friendly staff! Recently, they have turned a store room in the back into a cafe for people to eat things like toasties, with their amazing cheese, soups and more! I love everything about it!

Freshly cooked food, very generous portions. Friendly, helpful staff. Great atmosphere definitely worth a visit, you won't be disappointed. It's a restaurant you will want to visit reguarly. Highly recommended.

What an excellent evening celebrating our 3rd Anniversary dinner…the food, ambience and service was superb. Definitely a place to go back to.!

Really good food been here many times one of the best in the area

Nice and clean mediocre food , very good staff

Lovely food great staff highly recommend will be back

We've recently moved to the area, and we decided to try out a new Indian takeaway. Online ordering through the app was easy and straightforward. Text confirmation and eta when ready. The food itself was quite nice, my wife said her chicken rogan was tasty and the sag aloo was also nice and a good size. My lamb tikka passanda was OK, not a great deal of flavour, and the meat was a little tough! 😬 Even though it mentioned it on the app, no free poppadoms were provided. Would I order from them again, probably, but I will check out other options in the area.

If you’re hungry, this is the place to be! The portions are generous, and the buffet nights? Absolutely dangerous—my waistband never stood a chance. The service is top-notch, with staff so friendly they could charm a cobra. The bright green walls are… well, let’s just call them ‘energetic.’ But the real showstopper was when my friend ordered the Agni Chicken. The flaming dish turned into a scene from Backdraft—the waiter had to open the door, everyone was coughing like we’d been tear-gassed. Despite the chaos, it was a hilariously memorable night we’ll never forget. Great food, lively atmosphere—just bring a fire extinguisher if you’re ordering Agni Chicken!”

First Sunday lunch at the Heron and it definitely won’t be the last! Absolutely beautiful and lots of it, everything was cooked to perfection. I had the roast sirloin and my hubby had the Turkey. Can’t recommend this place enough!!

I had pasta with braised beef & tomatoes. Very tasty & well presented. Sue had a chicken breast dinner. Very nice & served with a warm smile & friendly conversation. Very clean throughout. Parked outside the door! Can highly recommend. Thank you to all staff. Special thanks to the waitress who brought me bread to mop up the sauce. It was delicious & could not be left for the washing up.

Visit for breakfast once a week. I am sure if we didn’t have half hour drive we would visit more often. The food is excellent. The place is spotlessly clean. It is very good value for money. All the staff are lovely and always happy to see you. Can’t fault it.

Excellent find! Very appealing shop front and though small, really pleasant inside. We had a warm welcome from a young lady who took our order promptly. Our flat white and tea were very good. It was our first visit to Downham Market, a pleasant small town so when we go back we will revisit The Seat.

The carvery was excellent ,the service was first class and they served gluten free gravy and Yorkshire puddings, our first time there highly recommended we will certainly be going back.

Top quality pizza with a great selection of flavours. Whenever we were out in town, this was the place to finish! Really good price too, so cannot complain.