Cool little stop with great coffee and great service. I recommend you stop in if in the area. I may…read moretry the food here on my way back from the coast.

Me and my partner managed to discover this gem of a pub by randomly choosing somewhere close on the…read moresat nav whilst we were away for my 30th birthday. The pub is beautiful and cosy, the landlady was kind and cheerful and the food.....oh god, the food! We both had a starter of pigeon, not something you usually see on a pub menu and it was superbly cooked and tasted amazing. For my main I chose the steak burger with chips and onion rings, the burger was big, flavoursome and juicy and the touch I like is that the tomato ketchup on table was all homemade, not from a bottle! We will certainly come back to this awesome place if we are ever near the area again because it was outstanding!!

What a cheerful little place. Plenty of odd corners, inside and out; friendly staff; the simple…read morebaguette lunch we had was most acceptable. Open all day for food, which makes it very useful if we need somewhere to go and stay for ages!

We had a lovely evening here to celebrate 3 birthdays! The food and service were perfect. We…read moreall had a fabulous evening and even the fussiest of eaters enjoyed the food. The two staters that were favourites were the scallops with pork belly and the Cromer crab cake with tuna carpaccio! The beef fillet and the lamb were booth also popular. And don't forget a side of fries with Comte!

Fantastic food and service. Staff welcoming and a great pub atmosphere, a rarity now most pubs are…read morebasically restaurants. It's obviously popular and I'm not surprised we had a good time catching up with friends over lunch, then hung out by the fire whilst making good use of their bar. I imagine it would be great in the summer too with such a fantastic beer garden.

This was a traditional Norfolk country pub which closed in the early eighties and was reopened and…read morerefurbished in the early nineties. The building has its origins in the 16th century and according to local repute, William Tyndale (he of Bible translation fame) lived there for a while. The pub is a nice comfortable village pub with excellent beer and food from bar snacks to a full restaurant menu. It also offers bed and breakfast and Brisley is centrally located in Norfolk making it an ideal base from which to explore the county.

The best pub bar none in North Norfolk, very friendly bar staff , great selection of beers and…read morespirits, only serve a Sunday roast which is banging and the also encourage to bring you own food or a takeaway all other times and the best thing is a pint of fishing boat real ale is only £3,

The Fishing Boat is a busy pub with a beautiful old English style country garden at the rear with…read morelive music on Sunday afternoons. The pub itself has a selection of four real ales and I counted 36 different whisky's, the food on offer is of exceptional quality and value meaning you have to get there early to get a table. Bingo and a pub quiz on Monday nights is also very popular with locals as well as visitors. The pub also offers free wi-fi and free pool, well behaved dogs are always welcome. All in all a very friendly popular pub!

Excellent Pub…read more Happy to take friends and family here, landlords are always happy to see you and make you feel welcome. Large selection of drinks to choose from, and low prices, which makes it even better!!

Such a friendly and we'll appointed pub and restaurant, cosy atmosphere, friendly and obliging…read morestaff, quick and efficient service. An appointment is not always necessary but advisable, the menu full but not over burdened and the meals very well prepared and scrumptious. This pub is popular for sailors and other holiday makers on the Broads, once you have visited you will realise why! Dog friendly, ample parking add to the experience.

Excellent food and terrific service! More so for being a village pub that is nearly in the middle…read moreof nowhere. Me and two colleagues took a local's recommendation on excellent restaurants in the area and took a taxi out to the Recruiting Sergeant. Standard beers on offer, but the dinner menu was a very wide variety of local foods and interesting mains. If the waitress hadn't come, we'd probably still be trying to decide on meals. In the end, a cajun-marinated ribeye steak with ceasar salad, the seafood tapas (as a main) and baked fish of some sort. Check the pictures. It's a good thing we were warned to avoid starters unless we were really hungry, because there was a lot of food on these plates and we ate ALL of it. My steak was cooked perfectly and the nice tapas platter looked heavenly while my friend with the fish nearly liked the plate clean. We chose to skip desserts and finished off our beers. Which is not to say that the desserts didn't look tempting, we just didn't have room. Fabulous service, really good food, a decent price. What more can you ask for? We'll be back! Notes. No wi-fi. Really large beer garden in the back looked comfy for a sunny day.

Amazing pub food!!!…read more Sunday roasts were absolutely amazing - some of the best I've ever had. Thick moist tasty lamb and pork roast slices, great Yorkshire puddings and really generous portions! Puddings were great too - especially the cheesecakes! Nice beer garden at the back too

I have been to this pub a number of times, seven or eight times, when on holiday around the area…read morefor the last six years. Could be great but each time I have visited it seems a work in progress. Apart from the people who are actually holidaying in the very immediate vicinity, it is impossible to happen upon it as it is, as far as I can see, very difficult to find from the main road from Wroxham to Hoveton; it was my brother i law who was staying a few yards away that told me of it and it took me a while to find it. The first time I went there, in 2011, there was a large amount of beers displayed, the last time 2015 very few and just as well as with the footfall I saw, they would have thrown a lot away. I was there at a time of day when the Wroxham hotel bar and the Kings head would be heaving. I can only think that it is the lack of accessibility that holds it back. the only way I can see that you can get to it is approach the inside Marina which looks private, behind the boat workshops and walk past the holiday letting agents offices. I can see no way to it from the North end of the bridge as all the approaches are cut off by water. Shame; could be good as this area could do with another decent pub. LC 09 2015

great atmosphere, with a massive choice of local drinks, id recommend it to a friendread more

What should be an absolute gem is an absolute disgrace when dealing with customers . Terrible…read moreservice, poorly cooked food and not serving at advertised times despite customers checking. Great beer and brewery but the pub and its service is awful. We won't be coming back and I don't suppose they care, horrible manager. i Suspect no hospitality experience. When pubs close due to lack of custom i always feel sorry but these deserve it. They're just lucky they have a summer holiday trade.

Moved to Norwich 6 years ago, and stumbled accross this pub in the summertime. It has a lovely area…read moreto sit outside, they brew their own beers which are very strong! we go there quite often and have never had a bad meal yet staff are very friendly and very efficent. This is one of our fav pubs, in fact we have adopted the two seater table over from the bar!! The only thing I think is lacking is that about 9ish the place magically becomes empty, people tend to eat and go, which is a shame