East Anglia Restaurant Guide

The Wiveton Bell is a charming 18th century inn situated on Wiveton village green opposite the local church, not far from the unspoilt marshes of the North Norfolk coastal landscape.

Blakeney Road, Wiveton, Norfolk

To commemorate the 450th anniversary of the Sprowston Manor House, the staff at this Marriott Hotel and Country Club thought it appropriate to name the newly renovated restaurant and bar after the year in which the original manor was founded, 1559.

Sprowston Park, Norwich, Norfolk

Billed as a 'higgledy-piggledy world of pleasure', Byfords occupies what is thought to be the oldest building in Holt (the cellar possibly dates back to the fifteenth-century).

1-3 Shirehall Plain, Holt, Norfolk

Those who've read their children's classics will know that Anna Sewell was the author of much-loved equine bestseller 'Black Beauty'.

26 Church Plain, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

A porcine theme runs through the decor and the menu at this cracking country pub, which goes all out to create just the right traditional, bucolic image.

Norwich Road, Edgefield, Norfolk

Set in the picturesque town of Offord D'Arcy, The Horseshoe Inn Restaurant successfully combines an old village pub and a gourmet restaurant.

90 High Street, St Neots, Cambridgeshire

Designed and built in the 1930s by a firm with links to the Sydney Opera House, the Labworth is a striking Grade II-listed building that dominates Canvey Island and provides a marvellous vantage point for uninterrupted views of the Thames estuary.

Furtherwick Road, Canvey Island, Essex

Twinned with the White Hart at Great Yeldham, Masons Restaurant & Bar is a self-styled 'chameleon', changing its complexion and identity from lunch to dinner.

155-157 Ingrave Road, Brentwood, Essex

Situated just off Witham High Street, Crofters has undergone a bit of a makeover and has morphed into the Crowded House Brasserie & Wine Bar.

25 Maldon Road, Witham, Essex

Re-launched after a serious makeover, this stylish venue is now more restaurant than pub, although its front bar has sound credentials when it comes to real ales and such like.

37 Arbour Lane, Chelmsford, Essex