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The Wildebeest

“Delightfully rustic looks and consistently excellent cooking.” - AA Inspector

LOCATION

STOKE HOLY CROSS, NORFOLK

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Once a country inn, the Wildebeest is now a charming country restaurant. Inside, you’ll find wooden floors, leather chairs and rustic black metal framed tables with chunks of wood on top (like cross sections from trees). There’s a friendly atmosphere, and service is professional and attentive. Menus change seasonally and daily, offering bright, thoughtful modern British cooking that has been consistently great for many years. Dishes such as a lovely starter of seared scallops with crispy pork belly, salmon caviar, cauliflower purée, and cauliflower verjus show precise technical skill while a main course pan-fried Gressingham duck breast with pressed new potato terrine, spinach, choux farci and celeriac is packed with flavour.

Awards, accolades & Welcome Schemes

3 Rosette Award for Culinary Excellence

Facilities – at a glance

Children welcome

Credit cards accepted

Gluten free menu

Tasting menu

Vegetarian menu

The Wildebeest

82–86 Norwich Road, STOKE HOLY CROSS, NORFOLK, NR14 8QJ

Phone: 01508 492497

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Features

Facilities

Seats: 80
On-site parking available

Accessibility

Wheelchair accessible
Steps for wheelchair: 1
Accessible toilets
Assist dogs welcome

Opening times

Closed: 25–26 December

Food and Drink

Wines under £30: 14
Wines over £30: 95
Wines by the glass: 16
Cuisine style: Modern British/European
Vegetarian menu

Also in the area

About the area

Discover Norfolk

The North Norfolk Coast is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and probably the finest of its kind in Europe. Here you’ll find a string of quaint villages and small towns – Holkham, Wells-next-the-Sea and Cley next the Sea are 21st-century favourites, while Sheringham and Cromer are classic examples of a good old-fashioned seaside resort where grand Victorian hotels look out to sea. Further round the coast you'll find Great Yarmouth, one of the most popular resorts in the UK and packed full of amusements, shops and seashore entertainment. And let's not forget Norwich, the region's only city.

Norfolk prides itself on its wealth of historic houses, the most famous being Sandringham, where Her Majesty the Queen and her family spend Christmas. Many of Norfolk’s towns have a particular charm and a strong sense of community. The quiet market towns of Fakenham and Swaffham are prime examples, as well as Thetford, with its popular museum focusing on the TV comedy series Dad’s Army which was filmed in the area.