OakVilla Restaurant & Gin Distillery – East Harling
Owned by South African couple Shaun and Lindi Hancke, OakVilla is based in a beautiful, light and stylish open plan building just off the A11. Our evening began with a very warm welcome and...
Restaurant reviews
Ladies who lunch – Café Britannia
“So what delightful venue have you got for us today,” asked Alice. “Norwich Prison,” said I. Alice looked dubious, but we set off on the drive to Norwich while I told her what I...
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Ladies who lunch – The Fox & Hounds, Great Moulton
Alice and I pulled into the car park and surveyed the place. A quaint 16th-century white party tent is permanently situated within the grounds for parties, weddings and other occasions, such as the Summer...
pudding, review, restaurant, lunch, pasta, pub
Ladies who lunch – 1066 @ The Chequers
There is a reason it’s called the 1066 – the Chequers pub is on the A1066 road from Diss to Thetford. It is a busy road and it is very easy to swoosh straight...
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Ladies who lunch go to a summer picnic party
Ladies who Lunch wanted a change from the usual restaurant review… something outdoors perhaps? So we decided to have a picnic party with a difference. No soggy tomato sandwiches and warm Pimms. Just beautifully...
review, restaurant, lunch, picnic, afternoon tea
Ladies who lunch – The Worlds End, Mulbarton
I have driven past this pub on and off for 45 years but have never been inside it, so seeing it in last issue’s Village People magazine prompted me to go and check it...
chicken forestiere, review, restaurant, lunch, pub, fish pie
COSMO Norwich
Skipped breakfast? Check. Elasticated waist? Check. Extremely hungry? Check. Well we certainly went to the right place. If you’re doing a bit of retail therapy in Norwich and, like us, can never really make...
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Mince pie taste test
Very few households will be able to resist the lure of a box of supermarket mince pies over the coming weeks. So the Ladies Who Lunch team stayed at home and tested ten different...
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The Park Hotel in Diss
Another beautiful day, another lunch out… what a stressful life I lead! We had arranged to go to a restaurant some distance away from home but were told: “We don’t do lunch” when we...
diss, food, lunch, restaurant, park hotel
Hempnall Mill Café
As lunches go, this one was a bit different; no extensive menu, no wine, and no double damask dinner napkins. But it was one of the most enjoyable for different reasons. Hempnall Mill is...
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