The Pheasant Hotel, Holt, Norfolk - Part of the Coaching Inn Group

Was a go to place couple of times a year but not anymore. Was a great restaurant with fantastic menu and cooking. Why have great restaurants refrained from serving bread as you sit down, its a dining lifestyle to break bread. Another cost saving exercise to make you buy some crap frozen micro bread to purchase. sorry but too experienced to be fooled by this cheap trick. Staff are fantastic, food was just ok, service was good, just do what you use to do in the past please and add it to the cost.

We booked afternoon tea for £35 for 2. (Goupon) We were early but that was ok as we waited in the bar. We were told we had to wait to our time slot as the chef needed to prepare for our tea. fair enough. When the time came up we were taken to a the orangery which was a very pleasant room. Table was set with very pretty plates and cups etc. Given choice of tea or coffee. No choices of types of tea or coffee given. Hubbys coffee pot overflowed when plunged (he was being gentle) and this made a mess on the table cloth. We wasn't offered a clean table cloth. Ok not a big problem but would be nice for the table cloth to be changed. A 3 tired cake plate arrived. finger sandwiches (2 x of each): cheese, ham, salmon and egg. Tasted nice, However they were very cold. Obviously had been taken out of the fridge a few minutes before serving. Not very freshly made. 2 x slither of homemade sausage roll. Honestly it was about 5 mm thick, at least give us a mini sausage roll each or even 1/2 mini one. The cakes. 2 x tiny Victoria sponge, 2 x tiny bit of a mini batten burg, 2 x one bite of lemon drizzle, 2 x one bite of marble cake. These were so small. There was no pastry cakes or anything interesting. No choice of scone. Only fruit. as i don't eat currents we took them home for hubby to eat later, He threw them away as they were dry and heavy. Didn't feel fleshly made. 2 raspberries, blackberry and 2 tiny dark chocolate truffles (peas size) Not once were we asked if everything was OK or If we needed more tea or coffee. One staff member did say bye as she looked up from cleaning a table. Very disappointing. We have been to other venues who supplied a very nice afternoon tea, and didn't charge as much.

After a disappointing visit to The hotel in November We ventured back to a delightful meal in the restaurant. It had positively improved and we are happy to say we had an enjoyable meal and good service and would not hesitate in returning to the Hotel to stay and eat

A fabulous hotel. The room was very impressive in size, cleanliness, high quality of fittings, friendly staff and superb food. Our first stay at this hotel and we will certainly come back again. The area has lots of interesting things to see and places to visit. The hotel location was perfect, with walks to the beach through a lovely wood.

We stayed for 1 night and booked direct for the bed, breakfast and dinner deal which was good value. The hotel is nicely decorated and our room was comfortable although the signal on the tv kept dropping out. We were a bit concerned as our room was surrounded by people with dogs but to be fair we weren’t disturbed by them. It’s set back from the road in a quiet area, there’s nothing within walking distance really so you do have to drive out to do things but it has plenty of parking and it’s an easy drive to places like sherringham. The previous night we stayed at the manor in Blakeney (same deal, same price) which we preferred in all honesty. Staff were excellent at the pheasant , food was good, we especially enjoyed the chefs special spicy salad starter.

We had the winter deal and stayed in one of the shepherds huts. Check in and welcome was friendly and efficient. Very comfortable and cosy hut. Dinner was superb. We were very well looked after by all staff, especially Yazz. A great base to explore nearby coastal walks, Holt and National Trust places. Thoroughly recommend.