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Kings Head, Norwich
Norwich
NR3 1JE
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Reviews of Kings Head (Average Rating: 8 of 10) see review guidelines
Steve C left this review about Kings Head
The entrance to the King’s head leads to a small front bar area with seating in the windows either side of the entrance and up the right wall. The bar counter on the rear wall to the left has some chalk boards on the walls around that listed the cask options as Green Jack Brewery’s Golden Best and Trawlerboys, Hop Monster’s Banshee Porter, Newby Wyke Brewery’s Benvoilio, Humpty Dumpty’s Swallowtail and Brewer’s Reserve and Derby Brewing’s Quintessential alongside two real ciders. There’s also an extensive list of Belgian beers, and some craft avialable in bottles. In the rear of the pub is another bar counter and more seating that runs across to the right where a bar billiards table can be found. There was much more room in here, but I didn’t like the Perspex screens that reminded me of darker times so I preferred the front bar, where I thankfully managed to grab a seat. The service was very friendly and this is another pub that I’d be happy to revisit.
On 1st May 2023
- rating: 8
[User has posted 5229 recommendations about 5197 pubs]
Steve of N21 left this review about Kings Head
The Kings Head was the local Norwich CAMRA branch Pub of the Year for 2022 which is some achievement when you consider the competition it is up against in this fine Ale city.
A nice two room city centre pub which has very much the feeling of a traditional ale house, especially in that it does not offer many, if any keg products. The available real ales are spread across the pumps in both the front and back bars but fortunately there is a chalk board in the plainer front bar as you enter that details all that are on in both bars. I went for the Humpty Dumpty Swallow tail in my continuing quest to drink local on this crawl and it was a very pleasant drop.
I will echo the sentiment below that it’s very easy to strike up conversations with fellow drinkers in this pub and I have to confess that I didn’t personally explore it as much as it deserved as I was in full waif and strays collection mode by this point of the tour and spent the full time here in the front bar chatting to a couple originally from the Emerald Isle but now resident in Stoke Newington about the gentrification of certain parts of North London.
On 1st May 2023
- rating: 8
[User has posted 2110 recommendations about 1992 pubs]
Tris C left this review about Kings Head
Of interest, is the pargetted Crown and the word ‘BREWERY’ to the parapet, a nod to Norwich’s former Crown Brewery, home to former brewers Youngs, Crawshay and Youngs.
An avowedly traditional pub with a history in excess of 300 years and proudly boasting that it’s ‘A Keg-Free Zone’, with 14 ales and ciders on pump.
A half of Derby’s Quintessential was very good, with a mini round coming in at £7.70.
An excellent little pub, the refusal to surrender to keg being the icing on the cake.
On 23rd April 2023
- rating: 8
[User has posted 1983 recommendations about 1949 pubs]
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Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 23 April 2023 by Tris C
- Bar Billiards : Yes last updated 22 October 2013 by David McNally
- Beer Garden : Yes - Outside area. - last updated 23 April 2023 by Tris C
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 23 April 2023 by Tris C
- Car Park : No last updated 23 April 2023 by Tris C
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 23 April 2023 by Tris C
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 23 April 2023 by Tris C
- Hot Food : No last updated 22 October 2013 by David McNally
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 22 October 2013 by David McNally
- Micropub : No last updated 23 April 2023 by Tris C
- Pinball : No last updated 23 April 2023 by Tris C
- Pool Table : No last updated 23 April 2023 by Tris C
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 29 July 2013 by Dave McNally
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 18 September 2020 by Blue Scrumpy
- WiFi : Yes last updated 23 April 2023 by Tris C
