The best restaurants serving British food in East of England

We had a lovely stay at The Saracen's Head! We booked this as a place to stay close to a private engagement party. The room was a good size, clean and very comfortable. Water is provide in bottles, and tea/coffee and biscuits. The bed/pillows were very comfortable. The room had good amenities, soap/shampoo and nice fluffy towels. Would be benefit from a full length mirror! The breakfast was included in the price and was delicious! Great service made this stay perfect. We would definitely choose The Saracens Head again!

We had a table for two for lunch in the restaurant for our Anniversary. I'm dairy free and they were very helpful with my options. There were 2 starters I could have, plus lots of options for the main courses which could be adapted for me. Not as much choice for dessert except when I asked, they had a completely dairy free 'trio' of desserts available which was a nice surprise so I had those. I definitely expected not to have as many options available. The service was good as well. The only thing I will warn about - we came at peak lunch time and the car park was so full, we were only able to park in there because luckily someone was leaving, so bare this in mind if you're coming around 1pm! Lovely little pub though with great food, they take allergies very seriously. Prices not too bad either considering. We will be going back!

We had a celebration lunch for 11 people at The Black Lion on Saturday and everybody thoroughly enjoyed it. There was a very good choice on the La Carte menu, great service from friendly staff and excellent food. It was good value for money and plenty of points on my loyalty card. A big thank you to all at the Hotel for making it such an enjoyable occasion, we will be back soon.

Called on a day trip to Wisbech, selected based on previous reviews. Sadly no dog friendly area’s inside, but the patio at the back was nice. Food was great, fresh home cooked, generous portions & reasonably priced…particularly recommend the ham & eggs. Unfortunately the cask beer was poorly pulled & lifeless, nevertheless would recommend a visit

This place is a little gem. It's like an old country pub with locals. So very friendly the people are so welcoming The food is like home cooked food. Absolutely great! You may have to book as it gets very busy.

Very Friendly and helpful staff dealt with food intolerances and served problem wife. Great food in lovely building. Reasonable prices.

Friday night and a lovely atmosphere in the pub. Lots of menu choices including Gluten Free. Specials menu - Cromer Crab and Prawn risotto. Taco’s with wedges and salad. Very well presented and the risotto was delicious, food hot and waitress was very friendly, returning to ask how the food was. Fox and Hounds deserve to be successful as the menu has a selection for everyone, great atmosphere, friendly staff and lovely food.

We stayed here for a couple of nights, while we were celebrating my friends 60th birthday party in a nearby village. Everything was great, room was fine, food good. Our only complaint was, when we returned from our friend's party between 10-10.30 pm on the Saturday night, the place was closed and in darkness. For a Saturday night, we were shocked, and as residents I was looking forward to a night cap. Unfortunately that wasn't to be. Such a shame, as if there was a night porter who could have fulfilled our request, would have given it a top review. All the staff were lovely.

we popped in here for drinks on my son Birthday and ended up eating,the food was yummy and fairly priced and we were made to feel very welcome and will return,thankyou staff

My mum and i visited here on Tuesday 24th October, I had the beetroot salad and my mum had the harissa butterbeans. Both meals were original, and delicious and the service was impeccable. We will certainly be returning - thank you.

Have not tried the food yet had a pint of Fosters attentive friendly staff?

Surprise! Was looking for a pub to have lunch. Our preferred pub was closed for holidays, so we went looking in the area. The Horseshoes seemed to fit the bill. We had our dog who was not allowed inside (usually at this stage we leave and look elsewhere…) but we sucked it up and sat in the garden. Staff are welcoming and helpful. Vegan friend loved her bangers & mash. The ploughman’s is very decent and I had the fish finger sandwich without the bread. All pretty good. The garden has blackthorn trees in full fruit mode and I was allowed to help myself, thank you. Beer not really my taste but companions happy with their lager and cider choices. Car park across the road. Nice pub, nice staff.

We were a family group of eleven age range 21 to 86 The food was outstanding hot and freshly cooked Staff were amazing nothing was too much trouble Would go back in a flash 5*

We were in the area for the weekend & had booked a different pub for our Sunday lunch but the accommodation we were staying in recommended this venue & we are so glad he did - what a find! There were 8 of us & we managed to book last minute. We all had the roast which was amazing, desserts & wine. Cannot fault it & hopefully will come back another day

I was blown away by the food, really good value for money, super tasty and very accommodating. My Mum is dairy intolerant and they changed the prawn dish which was originally in a butter sauce to prawns in tempura batter!!. I have eaten many times in Lowestoft but for us this has been the best !!