The best restaurants serving British food in King's Lynn and West Norfolk East of England

Amazing as always, such friendly service the moment you walk through the door. The whole team work so hard to give you the best experience possible and always succeed. The food is beautiful and there is such a great choice. 10/10 and thank you for making our mothers birthday meal one to remember.

Hadn't booked, turned up for Saturday lunch. Luke warm welcome from girl behind bar. Pub very clean nicely decorated, but lacked any atmosphere. As we were seated near the entrance it wasn't very warm inside. Food decidedly average, no call back or asked if we enjoyed on leaving. Slight maybe pedantic gripes, the constant scrape of chairs and stools on the quarry tiled floor got a bit annoying, ( pads are available!) Dress code for bar staff, appreciate i am not walking into the Ritz, but it probably wouldn't be acceptable to the management if a guy was behind the bar in a vest top, so why is it acceptable for a girl to dress that way, doesn't set a great standard. Slightly snobby maybe, like I say not walking into the Ritz, but standards do matter.

As regular customers for lunch on Saturdays my partner and I have noticed that the service has got worse. If the owner isn’t there, the young staff who despite doing their best, leave customers for ages before taking orders and don’t notice when customers need them. Today we received our beers but no glasses, then we waited 50 mins for 2 basic mains and a side dish, they came followed by our cutlery. The food is good and the staff are lovely but it’s clear there weren’t enough doing front of house and probably the kitchen, as we weren’t alone waiting ages today. We want to support it as an independent restaurant but the really slow service is putting us off.

Sadly our experience did not match most reviews ! Totally overpriced!!-some dishes showed effort but missed the mark ! Total lack of interest when trying to explain our disappointment

If I could give a 5 for food and a 2 for service I would. Heard excellent things about this pub/restaurant. So for a change we thought as a family we would give it a go. Seated promptly and drinks order taken immediately. We all ordered, we were then told that it would take 35-40 minutes, absolutely no problem, some of the group decided to have a starter due to the wait. Starters duly ordered, one of the party decided to change his main as he was having a starter. This was not possible?? Ok that’s fine. Starters arrived, everyone enjoyed. Plates removed quickly and main courses were served. At that point we didn’t see the waitress again. We had to go to the bar to get some drinks (no hardship) drinks were delivered and quite clearly we had all finished our meals, but they were not taken away. 20 mins later we asked for the dessert menu, still having not seen a member of staff. (Well actually we had the joys of watching the young waitress flirting with her boyfriend, or potential boyfriend rather than taking any notice what was happening in the restaurant) after waiting for so long we decided against the dessert, paid the bill and left.

Had another great dinner of fish chips and mushy peas with a good curry sauce. The food was excellent, hot, good portions and value for money. The whole place is spotlessly clean with a polite service. I can not think of better fish and chips in the area. Well worth a visit.

Lovely food and staff, all staff were very polite, food is reasonably priced, great quality i would definitely recommend!

I have been here several times before for coffee, lunch , tea and cake Yes it’s a lovely atmosphere and food and drink lovely BUT Today I went with friends It was very busy and two waiting staff walked past us several times whilst waiting for a table Neither of them greeted us or said they would be with us soon Any way we got a table and ordered drinks service quick and drinks fine I used the toilet and it was not very clean and the sink had obviously not been cleaned for a while needed a good scrub Very disappointing for an establishment selling food and drink

Amazing food 👍 lots of options and tasty food, good for everything and has great service as it is quite quick and cheap in a good way

The Old White Bell is our local village pub and we are so lucky to have this wonderful establisment within walking distance. Their Sunday lunch is always truly delicious and great value and bar manager Nicky always looks after us very well. The proprietors, James and Sean have created a tasteful, cosy and inviting ambience and we enjoy every visit.

Very accommodating as there were 13 of us for Sunday lunch. Nothing was too much trouble. Staff friendly. Food was lovely. Will definitely be visiting again

Extremely friendly, professional, helpful and polite service as always! Amazing freshly prepared food. I cannot fault THE MUNCHBOX Will always highly recommend to all. Thank you to all From very happy customers! 👍

Dirty tables, staff who clearly had never worked behind a bar before, gin and tonic no lemon or lime, run out of branded glasses… really poor, come on it’s not that difficult!

Pleasant service from friendly staff. Variety of sandwiches really good, freshly prepared with really good baguettes. Very reasonable prices. Filled the gap at lunchtime. Also choice of white and wholemeal - recommend the wholemeal.

Christmas dinner out with the family for the first time ever… heard so much negativity towards a restaurant Christmas dinner but the lattice house made it the perfect day with sheer quality food and astonishing value for money! If your family is relatively small and would rather not cook on Christmas Day, 2025, and drink with zero pressure on time slots, then book up! I expect us to place a repeat booking… thank you for an all round positive experience!