The Honingham Buck

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   Jackie

   Norfolk/Suffolk

   11 reviews

   5.0

   11 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Lovely restaurant, really delicious unusual menu, and excellent service.
   

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   Nigel

   Norfolk/Suffolk

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Classic country pub. Warm and cosy, nice bar family friendly and dog walkers with a relaxed atmosphere. Staff were faultless, friendly and efficient. Sunday roast was top notch and a great pint of Lacons. I would suggest that this is a foodie pub and not one to just pop in for a pint. Very good.
   

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   Kathy

   Norfolk/Suffolk

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We had Sunday lunch, a starter and the Beef roast. I asked if the beef was cooked 'pink' as I prefer mine to be well done. They were happy to cook mine to my liking without any question at all. The portions are generous, the taste of each food item on our plates was extremely tasty, the staff were friendly, helpful and efficient. I really could not fault our experience and we will definitely be returning soon.
   

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   Sandra

   Norfolk/Suffolk

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Fabulous meal excellent quality food . Great staff and cosy atmosphere
   

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   Susan

   Norfolk/Suffolk

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 4

   Everything was a bit lacklustre. Maybe because it was so quiet?
   

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   judy

   London

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 15 January 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   A chef with a passion for food, you will not be disappointed !! Very tasty.
   

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   Gemma

   Newcastle

   15 reviews

   4.0

   15 reviews

   Dined on 12 January 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Sunday roast was very good, amongst the best roast pork I’ve had, tender and tasty. Very good size roast, plentiful but not silly big or wasteful. The gravy was thick and tasty, none of this watery rubbish! Carrots cabbage and cauliflower on the plate, all very tasty. Excellent quality and large size Yorkshire pud. Spuds perhaps the weakest link but still good enough. Partner had the beef, said it was very tasty (although quite well cooked and brown throughout which some people like, others prefer pink). Staff were very good, attentive and friendly. Roast for less than £20 is very good value currently. They also have this amazing Raspberry Sorbet for dessert which Is so creamy in style you think it’s ice cream! It isn’t but it really is very different to a an old fashioned icy sorbet and very good. I’ve had it in a few local places and it’s always the same! Fabulous. Partner had sticky toffee pudding with the butterscotch ice cream, said it was really tasty and again a really good size, not too big! Only real negative for me is it’s very popular and busy on Sunday (which in itself is great for a local pub/hospitality business) and therefore you’re a bit rammed in. This affects the ambience. We arrived after and left before the 2 big tables either side of us and I’m not sure how they would have got out easily with our table “nestled” between them. I didn’t feel very nestled, just squashed unfortunately! It probably would’ve been better if we were a table of 4 rather than 2 as those had more room.
   

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   Alison

   Norfolk/Suffolk

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on 12 January 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 4

   Visited for a family lunch with relatives that had travelled from London. The waiter asked if we were ready to order shortly after the group was all sat down. We said that we needed a bit more time to review the menu, so he said that we couldn’t take too long as the table was needed after us. As a result, we felt obliged to skip starters. Food was very cold when served, which was a shame as it was good quality. We raised this straightaway with the waiter, but he didn’t do anything or seem bothered. We ordered four desserts but only three came out (the berry pudding never appeared). Because we were being hurried, we didn’t follow it up and my husband therefore missed dessert. Drinks were slow to come out as well. All the issues were entirely due to waiting staff attitude. With the right servers - bringing food out swifter - the meal would have been much nicer. A more realistic allowance of time should have been provided for us to actually enjoy the meal and I suspect we would have spent a lot more on starters, desserts and coffees.
   

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   Paula

   Norfolk/Suffolk

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on 11 January 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great food, service, comfortable seating. Lovely and warm which was needed on a very cold day.
   

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    Jonathan

    Caribbean

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on 11 January 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4

    Great service excellent food - the best local. We love coming here!
    

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