Hilltop Cafe and Stone Hill Bistro — Restaurant in Broadland

The breakfast here is absolutely superb. One of my favourites in the area. I say “one of” simply because there are a small number of breakfasts available in and around Norwich now, which are equally excellent and I find it difficult to choose between them, but the Hilltop is definitely up there sharing the number one slot. Every single item on the plate was perfect. Quality butcher’s sausage and bacon (no cheap bulk catering rubbish here), eggs cooked perfectly with a good quantity of runny yolk to dip the beautifully crisp sauté potatoes in. Rich baked beans served in an individual dish, soft and perfectly cooked whole button mushrooms and toast cooked to a gorgeous golden brown. Tomatoes were the cherry variety cooked on their vine, which was a lovely touch and looked fantastic on the plate. Sauces are top quality Heinz and HP in PROPER BOTTLES!…there’s a huge point scored there for not using sachets which are a pet hate of mine! The current pictures here on google, although still good, do not really reflect the small but excellent improvements which have put this breakfast up into my joint number one slot (Scooter’s in Acle being my other personal favourite if anyone is wondering) since those pictures were taken. Hilltop’s breakfast was much better value than Scooter’s though, costing a mere £9.75 as opposed to £13.50 for a comparable offering at Scooter’s.

Only 3 stars for atmosphere? Well,I figure the stars should stand for:

poor ** fair

• good ** very good
• excellent

I have to be honest. It’s a lovely little place. It’s clean and tidy, but it is still pretty much just a conservatory with a decking area. Depending on the day, there are probably cosier and more inviting environments to eat in. On a sunny day, it’ll be lovely, but on a wet and grey day like the day of my visit, not so much. So it’s still good and therefore an honest 3 stars. However, if it’s the standard of the food and value for money you’re interested in, then you’ll be very...

My girlfriend and I chose this place for our all-day breakfast spot of the day. Just down the road and with good ratings we had to give it a go. My missus got a Greasy Monkey breakfast and i got the Builders Breakfast (XL).

The first thing to note was the atmosphere, it had a local, homely feel to it and just from talking to staff you could tell they made everyone feel welcome!

Service was really fast! A perfect amount of time to look at the menu and a drink, our server who was a lovely woman around 40s (i make this specification in case she sees this in which case thank you, you were lovely!) took our order and was really jolly despite it being a busy and hot day. She brought the card machine just after we ordered which i actually prefer than right at the end of the meal. This meant that my partner and I could leave whenever we liked after we finished eating!

Food came out around 10 minutes after ordering, piping hot and ready to eat. I heard the server we had say to another table that all their produce is fresh and locally sourced and you could taste that difference. My big breakfast came with unlimited drink, a nice touch!

Will be 100% coming back. It was everything you could ever want from a place like this. It was rustic, great food and lovely service. 10/10 in my eyes!!

If I was to pick for improvement and this might have been sold as an extra but i didn’t see it, but i love a piece of Black Pudding with my fry-ups. I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea but maybe something like ‘Add a slice of black pudding for an extra £1.50’. I know i would have paid it and i’m sure a lot of other people would. Like i said, not a gripe with the place at all, just a fun extra i would have liked to see. (Again this might already be the case i might have been too...

I wouldn't bother going back. Sat down out side after being told by staff, they would be out shortly to take my/our order. 15mins later a young lad came to the table mubbled something and walked off again 5mins later he came back with menus. Then started to walk off again, we had to shout him back to take our drink order. Took another 10mins to make 3 tea's (Dishwater). Then off he wondered off again. Without taking our breakfast order. So we shouted him back. Finally managed to take our order after 2-3 attempts, each. Then he quite promptly came back to the table asking for payment upfront.. What if we wanted to order more? It seemed our server could only manage one payment at a time. Each time returning to the till. This process took forever. We finished our teas waiting for our breakfast. 30mins passed, we weren't checked on or even looked at even once, our mugs we're bone dry at this point. Then a group of girls came in and they didn't seem to have any trouble getting there order in and infact had their drinks on the table before we got our food. Finally got our order 10mins later, and it was wrong. But we didn't want to wait for them to fix the mistake. So asked for a refill of (awful) tea because of the wait, 40min in total to cook a fry up. And they forgot the toast. Which was dry and cold when we did get it (butter didn't even melt) The food was ok but not worth the money. at. all. The service was piss poor. They did apologize but I think I'll go Makro next time, cheaper, better quality and way!...