The Recruiting Sergeant – Horstead

There's a reason that this place is our favourite place to dine in Norfolk. Never disappointed with the Food, ambience and service. It's a delight. Proportion and presentation absolutely on point as it is every single time. The Rising Sun down the road is equally as good. Make sure you stop by and try the Sunday lunch too. We were lucky enough to meet one of the owners tonight going round tables to make sure everything is on point. Thanks again for your continued excellence and look forward to dining with you again very soon, until then, thanks again!!!!

Very good food , both in terms of quality, choice and quantity! Service has always been very good or excellent. The team here care about what they serve up and if anything is not to your satisfaction, they sort it out immediately. Really refreshing attitude to restaurant hospitality and service

Excellent food; portions are good depending on which dish you order. For some dishes the portions are less impressive. Generously sized glasses for drinks, nice interior, tables are a little bit cramped. On price it is more expensive and is probably too expensive for certain dishes which aren't very technical to cook and prepare - it is glorified pub grub after all. The dishes themselves are skilfully cooked and well presented, however. At the end of the meal you are handed a card reader where you have to deselect the tip option in front of the server, it's just distasteful to put your customers in that situation if they personally don't tip or don't wish to on that occasion. It feels a bit like the inquisition from the tip police, asking for 10% on top of an already pricey bill is a bit greedy. Remember: Most professions don't get tipped. People that clean toilets or collect bins don't get tipped. I stand in solidarity with them. Swooping in on jolly boozed-up patrons at the end of their meals for more money is perhaps a bit underhanded.

Recommended to this place by my husband’s boss and can’t agree more. Travelled from Nottingham for a stay for my birthday. From arriving to leaving, everything was outstanding. Stayed in Room 3 which was beautiful. Evening dinner was truly lovely and a meal we wont forget for a long time. Staff were all friendly and couldn’t do enough to help. Breakfast again outstanding. Can’t wait to book to go again, except next time for longer! 😊

We were very impressed with this pub. The manager was very accommodating and found seating for us, even though we were 1.5 hrs early for our booking. The staff were polite and friendly and the food was exellent. There was a great selection of both children and adult food and our meals were all served promptly. To be honest it was some of the best food we had ever eaten and the desserts were amazing too. Definitely recommend!