George & Dragon — Restaurant in Breckland District

There aren’t enough stars for this wonderful place! We are so happy to have found the G&D when looking for a last minute treat on the way home from camper van travels around Norfolk. The motel was full but they happily accommodated us in room 11, upstairs in the 18th century pub and brimming with character. The room was gorgeous, modern boutique meets classic country with perfect attention to detail - decor and furnishings of the highest quality and comfort, spotlessly clean and extremely well appointed including a very generously stocked coffee/tea tray.

The pub itself was the perfect blend of modern rustic country pub and a small, simple but quality food menu that thankfully doesn’t overshadow the cosy pub ambience, all too often sacrificed to make way for ‘gastro’ pubs and country ‘eateries’. There is nothing of that here, just a well stocked bar that includes some fine local craft beers from Duration brewing just up the road, and excellent quality pub food in a lovely, relaxed setting. We stayed one night and enjoyed a delicious dinner, a few splendid G&Ts and craft beers, and a hearty English breakfast the next morning. There is also an attractive outdoor seating area for finer days.

The super staff deserve a special mention too, they were welcoming, friendly and extremely attentive, we couldn’t have asked for better service. Thank you lovely G&D team, this was the perfect treat all round and we are already planning our...

Fantastic service and food We stayed at the Pig Shed and ate at the George and Dragon, The menu was small but perfect as pub food. Great starters we shared the calamari and it was exceptional, especially the smoked paprika dusting and the dip. For main course my man had one of the best steaks ever, rare juicy and from a local butcher. The price looked expensive at first glance but the price was wholly justified by the quality and deliciousness. I had the most wonderful fish and chips, a fair sized fish, not overwhelming, thank good ness and the lightest crispest batter I have ever tasted. Lovely peas and great double helpings of tartar sauce completed my very satisfying experience. The negative…no wine list, two choices of white and red wine, we don’t “ do new world wines” so only one wile of each colour, the red was a merlot great but heavy quaffing the white…cold but not my fav. One brandy with excellent espresso coffee. We both had a beer when we checked in and the wherry was well kept I had a half pint of something ?.. which was delicious.

Excellent staff the wonderful Emily runs a very good team, Tom had just started working and was the most amiable and professional young man I have ever had the pleasure to meet. I hope a rewarding career in hospitality is available for both. A lovely evening. Would definitely return. Thank you Emily and team and congratulations to the...

The food was at the top end of “acceptable”, but not “good”... not really in the right league for the price, the Steak comes with a handful of what looks like oven chips, and the meat itself was very stringy... the burger was the other meal ordered and tasted great, however the bun was soaked through and the salad was soggy... it just felt like they had done the prep and then fallen at the final hurdle...

We sat outside in the end because one of the staff (young man, said he had only been there a month) seemed to have an issue with keeping his mask on. He would stand right beside our table and pull it down to his chin while stood at the bar chatting to the bartender and he was stood right beside us.. It got to the point that I had to say “if you could put your mask on please, that would be great” because he was leaning over the table with it tucked round his neck.

I recognise that some people won’t care about this, but the law is there to protect people...

What really let it down was the service, we had to ask for things 2/3 times before they arrived at the table, and the wait times were really quite bad.. overall the meal was adequate but there is enough competition locally that the George and Dragon really should be...