The Adam and Eve, Norwich

A pleasant old pub, with good food (try the mushrooms stuffed with pate) and a decent pint of Adnam's. Try to ignore the sour lady behind the bar and enjoy the oldest pub in Norwich.

2 Jul 2008 16:45

Boltz Wine Bar, Norwich

Awful, awful, awful. A plaque outside proudly announces that this used to be the only pub in the country called the Ironmongers, and that the pub can trace its presence back centuries....now someone has had the bright idea of obliterating all trace of the previous pub, and re-naming it Boltz (or "Boltz - The Experience", as their sign has it), adding lots of stripped pine, and turning it into a formulaic production-line bar selling bog-standard production-line beer. Why brag about the pub's history on the outside if you want to avoid all trace of what used to be there? Very sad - one to be avoided.

2 Jul 2008 16:41

The Birdcage, Norwich

Used to be a very dodgy pub called the Brown Derby and before that the Pottergate Tavern. Now fixed up (but with no wine-bar pretensions) with a good laid-back atmosphere and friendly staff (Rose is especially welcoming and smiley). Well worth a visit.

2 Jul 2008 16:30