Kings Head — Restaurant in Great Yarmouth

What a pleasant surprise we had when we came across this lovely pub.

The pub is Located in a very handsome building built of red brick which stands three stories in height. It's bay windows are over sized and stand two stories high a pair to the front and rear. Are very much a statement of a grand building. The church located next door exceeds expectation. You just have to go see it

Trapped in western super mare due to the high tide reducing the clearance needed to get our boat under a road bridge in the centre of town.

So without any choice we were subjected with an evening and night of being temporary residents in a city any person with basic common sense would avoid at every chance.

With much fright and a heavy dollop of reluctance. We took our lives literally in to our own hands and ventured out for pub leaving the boat to the mercy of coastal street crime. And all this Upon the advice of the life guards permanently stationed alongside the earlier mentioned bridge which had removed our freedom and in prisoning our holiday party. And these guys all look like they have ingested more sea water than safely recommended on the uk.gov website.

We were now trapped in this town a town that our choice would have not choosen. harbouring the very real and genuine fear that at any moment we would be subjected to abuse and be under attack from one of the multiple stag and hen doS captured on channel 5. however, our watching channel 5s policing programs gifted us the knowledge needed to avoid the very things that have attracted cannel 5 to set up shop in this fallen and now disgarded once Victorian seaside place...

From what little I saw, it’s a tidy, well-kept pub, with a good sized beer garden. We called in during the early afternoon so it was very quiet.

We tried both cask ale offerings (Ghost Ship and Old Speckled Hen) both had a strong off-flavour (sour/vinegar - possibly acetic acid from oxidation, I can only assume that they don’t sell though cask particularly quickly). The bar staff replaced the drink twice for me. No complaints from the young lad, but the older lady was clearly unimpressed. When I explained the issues with both taps, I was met with disbelief, and when I explained that it might be acetic acid I was told that Ghost Ship is a citrus beer. When I clarified again that I felt the issue might be Acetic (not citric) acid I just received a blank look( a moot point really, as there is no ‘citrus’ in Ghost Ship, it’s made with Citra hops which lend a citrus fruit/tropical flavour but should not make it sour or acidic). I would completely understand if I was just being fussy, but Ive been drinking cask for 25 years, and both beers were in a shocking condition. For the second replacement I was told there was nothing else on cask, so I asked for something from keg. The lady agreed but “said make sure it’s something you like” (clearly a suggestion that I was just being difficult). Ultimately the staff did the right thing, and replaced the beers, but they seem to have little interest in an obvious quality issue. If you’re drinking at the Kings Head I would strongly recommend...

First time we've had food here, was a small group of 5. We all had something different and was incredibly surprised by how good it was for as i consider pub grub. I fancied something small and simple i had dirty chips and some hot and spicy chicken wings. I got a good sized bowl of nice crispy chunky chips and sauce over them was definitely hot and spicy only for the brave, but thats how i like it. My daughter had a burger and wife a crispy chicken burger both were good sized and went down a treat. Our 2 friends had hunters chicken and chilli. The chilli was incredibly good and the tortillas were home made a very nice touch. The staff were very friendly and enjoyed our night playing bingo as well. I can genuinely say that I'm not easily pleased with food. But our experience was extremely good and gets a very strong 4¼ out of 5* rating. Unfortunately nobody has yet reached 5* from my rating so getting 4¼* is a very very good grade. Give it a go you wont be...