The Railway — Restaurant in South Norfolk

Never been here before. My friend and I hadn't booked anywhere for lunch and were turned away from our first choice, as full. We'd passed The Railway, and as there were several cars in the carpark, we decided to go back there. What a gem we'd found! At first we were told they too were full, but then a table was found for us. The restaurant was very clean and well laid out, with perspex screens between each table about 6 feet high, so very little chance of any cross contamination.There was also a card on the table to say that it had been cleaned. Disposable menus were in use which we were invited to take away with us. Individual condiments were brought to you with your meal, nothing on the table which could be contaminated. The menu was quite extensive, but we both went for the roast beef. It was one of the best roasts I've ever had. Delicious tender roast beef, and plenty of it, served with very tasty gravy, a light crisp Yorkshire pudding, generous serving of crisp fluffy roast potatoes, plus buttered new potatoes, and a side dish of 5 assorted vegetables. I looked at other meals being served and they all looked good. There's some lovely desserts on the menu too, and the usual choices of wines, beers, spirits and soft drinks you'd expect in a pub. Service was good and we weren't waiting very long. Prices were average. I would highly recommend The Railway for its delicious food, and being the safest place I have encountered during this pandemic. You certainly wouldn't be afraid to take granny for Sunday lunch or any other time. Oh, and there are two large outside seating areas. But I would advise booking to avoid...

Not good at all. Last minute booking, however when we got there only two other tables were occupied, which is fine but they located our table (group of six) to huddle around a small table next to the toilet door which had a freezing draft, also when we got our mains which arrived in huge plates and side plates we struggled for space. We asked about adding a table onto ours, but couldn't do so because of blocking the toilet, they offered to move to another table but that was a little too late and inconvenient.

The food was terrible.

Starters: nacho chips were stale. And the melted cheese was cold. However the sauces were nice. Garlic bread was good. Chicken chunks were nice.

Mains: Chinese style pork was good, hadcock was good, enchiladas the cheese was a slob, three of us had roast beef which was tender but no flavour, veg was microwaved, stone cold.

Deserts: we'd hoped that the desert would save the night but it didn't. Two of us had white chocolate fudge cake, one was hot and was nice but the other was cold and the icing was SEPERATING, was actually vile...

Anyways, we was recommended by a couple on coming here last minute, from reviews it seems to have been good earlier this year, so not sure what exactly happened, but definitely not...

What a great find. I saw the pub coming home from the station the other night and I'm so pleased I did - popped in for a drink, lovely staff, decor and atmosphere so came back a few days later for lunch. The food is fabulous. Good size portions so bring a good appetite! Well cooked, tasty, on point every time - scampi is often not crunchy, poorly cooked - these were deliciously crispy on the outside and lovely inside,tender but not squishy (or tough cos overcooked), ideal combi, and my friend's burger was perfect - as were all the sides and the pud. Yes, it's 'pub grub' if you like but it's 1) pretty perfectly cooked 2) excellent choices, including for veggies and vegans. Staff are fab. I see some people mentioned it's expensive, I absolutely refute that - 6 large glasses wine (!😲😂), 2 large and very good coffees, 2 fabulous mains with more than we could eat and a pud - less than 60. I mean. If you think that's expensive then you've probably never left your village and don't even think about going to Ireland, Luxembourg, Scandinavia (or anywhere outside your village). Right, so, I've gone on so I have. Thanks a million, we'll be back. You who are reading this - go visit and we'll...