The best restaurants in Stoke Holy Cross South Norfolk East of England

Another superb set meal in lovely surroundings with brilliant service

Visited for Sunday lunch. We have been before & this time was still a pleasure. A warm greeting & it continued with the knowledgable professional staff. Their attentiveness throughout the meal, the delivering to the table those little extras of canapés & warm fresh rolls not requested… gratis..such a simple but lovely touch. The meal was lovely, I had the chicken & it was so tender, others had the pork equally as tender with a touch of crackling.I could go on but nothing disappointed. All with a lovely warm ambiance to sit unhurried to enjoy.

Menu does not match the food. The crispy patatas bravas were not crispy. Just call them potatoes in sauce. The dumpling stew was very spicy but nothing in the menu would indicate it was going to be spicy. My wife was really disappointed. The mushroom wellington was mostly pastry with not a lot of mushroom, which is normally the opposite of a wellington. Just call it mushroom and leek pastry. Not as posh I know. The peanut blondie had raisins in it. I hate raisins and would not have ordered it if they mentioned this in the menu. The quality of the ingredients, service and ambient was good. A pain to find a place to park.

Only 5 mins drive from home, why have we not been here before???? Recommended by a work colleague, so glad we went. The menu was small but I still struggled to choose from 3 of the main courses. We enjoyed hake and sea bass medley and the wagu pie. Both were very good quality ingredients and ample portions Washed down with a bottle of rose. Staff greeted us on entry and were attentive throughout. Will certainly be revisiting soon.

Absolutely exceptional. Great setting, very relaxed experience with absolutely stunning food. Did not disappoint in any way shape or form. I would thoroughly recommend this to anyone looking for a special meal to enjoy and would suggest you go as soon as you can! This is up there with the best restaurants in all of Norfolk, if not the UK.

We called in here for coffee and cake on the way home from a garden centre where we gave up waiting in the cafe. This cafe was delightful. Friendly welcome, very clean toilet, good selection of homemade cakes. There was a painting class in progress so we sat in the shop with lots of lovely things to look at. We usually avoid cafetière coffee because of the sludge but we were very pleased with this coffee - lovely and clear and excellent flavour and much cheaper than espresso machine coffee usually is. It was a horrid wet and windy day but Willow really cheered me up. We will come again.

Unpleasant experience - clear lack of staff training and supervisor responsibility though food is very nice. The mostly teenage staff were clearly trying their best but the supervisor behaved extremely strangely, didn't seem to do much other than chat/deflect responsibility and clearly does not train her staff adequately. Problems started in the queue: the supervisor was chatting with a lady in front of us and didn't respond when we asked for help with food as we had a hungry party of 4. She waved at the display in front of her saying that's all they've got and that they're a bakery with a somewhat rude tone. She then got what looked like a large sausage roll from a heater on the back wall and gave it to the lady in front. We asked her whether we could have some of those too and she walked off saying that there are no more left (there were clearly 5-6 more in the heater), coming back to cover the front of the heater with a row of blue paper towels so we couldn't see the sausage rolls. What a weird thing to do. Next, at the till, we bought cakes but the staff member behind the till (who looked unsure about the environment and was probably new) stacked the cakes onto a single plate and remaining plates underneath, which I'd never seen before in a cafe and indicated that staff training wasn't on the top of the strange supervisor's priority list. Of course, the cakes scattered as soon as the plate was touched and thankfully the one that went on the floor was replaced without cost. Next, we waited for an espresso for 40 minutes (after the other coffees had arrived, we had asked different servers about the missing espresso 3-5 times and every group after us had been served). Other tables were cancelling orders due to slow service so my mum went up and demanded to speak to the supervisor. Initially, the supervisor wasn't keen to speak with her so sent over a teenage employee (most there) to apologise, which is just spineless - the responsibility of customer service and the running of a business falls on a supervisor. If you can't take responsibility, you shouldn't be a manager. Eventually, the supervisor came over and apologised offering cakes and using the party of 15 they had (who arrived a while after us) as an excuse for poor service. Ultimately, the staff other than the supervisor looked like they were doing their best but didn't appear to have been trained in operation of the coffee machines or other aspects of the business. I felt really sorry for the employees. What disgusted me most was that the supervisor sent the young lad over to apologise instead coming over herself. How shameful to send a junior employee to apologise for something that is your responsibility!

Excellent food and best prices around

Lovely place to stay. Short journey into Norwich.

We went today for lunch, food was amazing not a scrap left on ours plates, service was excellent will definitely be returning, fabulous gem of a place.

Lovely local pub, we popped in not realising the kitchen was closed, when we said we were after some chips the staff offered to turn the fryers on so we wouldn’t go hungry. Will be visiting again!

A huge thanks to Emily at the Harford Bridge Costa who helped me out when I had a dizzy spell and got my coffee for me. I also saw her helping a family with young children and one had spilt their drink everywhere, she was very calm and kind. These things make all the difference. I'm fairly regular and I've always found the staff to be helpful but this was above and beyond

Great little café but really busy on Sunday when I visited. Had to takeaway and eat in the car. Great selection of Cakes and Paninis etc. and hot and cold drinks.

One of the worst experiences I have had in a restaurant ever! Took ages to receive both starters and mains, with at least a 45 minute gap in between them… which went very slowly as I couldn’t get the awful potted crab taste out of my mouth for the entire time. When asked if they had any gluten free bread, we were met with a “maybe” and then they never mentioned it again. As mentioned, potted crab for starter was definitely out of a can, and the chips that came with my steak were 100% McCains oven chips. I don’t mind McCains, but nearly £40 for that and an overcooked “rare” steak, quite frankly my love for them goes out the window. However, it does provide quite good entertainment watching staff constantly apologising for 1 hour waits, with them seeming to think that dumping a bread roll on any aggravated table sorts out the matter… the only saving grace there was Evie, one of the waitresses, of whom appeared to be sent to any of those aggravated tables to make them laugh a little - only staff member with personality. So shout out to Evie, as I doubt the restaurant would have lasted long without her. £105 in total for 2 people, 2 courses, and quite frankly, I think my tortoise has had better meals.

Having been Brasted’s devotees, this was our first visit to the restaurant at Caistor Hall and it was excellent. The whole building has been refurbished and now looks modern and welcoming. The room housing the restaurant under previous ownership was cold and underwhelming but is now a fine place to eat The menu essentially is the Brasted’s three course fine dining restaurant with good choices, good portion sizes and exceedingly well cooked. Many aspects set Brasted’s apart but one of them is the professionalism of the waiters and waitresses. Very well trained and very much appreciated. Would that other establishments aiming to operate in the fine dining arena got this important aspect right Nice to have comfortable lounges for a pre dinner drink and very nice to know that Caistor Hall is being well run and fulfilling its potential - we look forward to the result of the new extension works. Strongly recommended - best place to go