Melody House Bed and Breakfast

I sit waiting for my breakfast to be prepared, it’s all cooked from scratch, preordered the night before. I have eaten my homemade beautifully prepared fruit salad from my cut glass dish. I’m drinking from bone China cups, Royal Albert, and listening to 1940s music from an old fashioned player. I feel like I’ve stepped back in time. I love it. 1940s elegance. The table cloths are crisp white and starched. The napkins are the same. No paper serviette here. I feel relaxed, settled and don’t want to step out into the madness of present day living. My bedroom is beautiful, elegant. Again the drinks tray has China and cut glass glasses. There is milk in the fridge that’s hidden away as to not spoil the ambiance. I’ve read the other reviews and am sorry the b & b is not to everyone’s taste. It certainly was to mine, and my partners. Audrey & Chris are friendly and you know they’re welcoming you into their home. If you want impersonal, I’m sure you’ll find elsewhere. I’d love to come back.

Lovely, homely, quirky private residential b&b. Exceptionally good breakfast served in 1940’s ambience. Full of charm. Very comfortable rooms with high standards throughout. Quiet location. Went to the Cromer Pier Summer show which was amazing entertainment

Very clean and great ambience, a very traditional establishment, Audrey has lots of memorabilia from her entertainment days and 40's style nostalgia, great breakfast, presentation best I have seen. Looked like a nice bar, however we did not use, managed to park at rear of property two out of three nights, first night safe on the main road as car park full. Very quite village, Fakenham is the nearest place with facilities.

Delightful stay in every way: the welcome, the room, the facilities, the extra touches, the food (great breakfast), the atmosphere (lots of family memorabilia), the location, the wi-fi, the parking. The village is interesting too, with plenty of walks.

What a place! The staff are friendly and very intesting. The B&B itself a treasure trove of interesting items and story's to be told. The bar was well stocked and there was plenty to choose from. We stayed in a double room which was very cozy and clean and the bed was extremely comfortable. The bathroom was very modern, a pleasant surprise for such a historic building. If you're looking for a hidden gem, this is it. Will definitely visit again

Great location for day trips out. Our room was clean and comfortable. Lovely big bed. We enjoyed a couple of evenings talking with our host Audrey downstairs in the bar. There's a good choice for breakfast which is presented beautifully. Very tasty too!

We stayed for two nights at Melody House having looked for somewhere near the Norfolk coast, but not wanting to be actually at the coast at the height of summer. Melody House was absolutely lovely. Yes, it’s a little quaint, but that makes it all the more home homely. Audrey and Chris are delightful and rightly proud of their history and the furniture and furnishings at Melody House reflects it beautifully. Melody House is spotless, very comfortable with everything you could need in the bedroom and en-suite. Including, lovely quilts, and big soft towels and toiletries to mention a few. Breakfast is first class with beautiful fruit salad and fresh cooked breakfast that was second to none. The bar was open in the evenings and we thoroughly enjoyed having a drink with Chris and Audrey who made us feel very much at home. We would recommend Melody House to anyone and happily return again in the future.

So was not the welcome we had foreseen , rather abrupt rude lady answered the door . I’ve been waiting for you I’ve got a prescription to collect from the chemist , rather taken back we commented well on a previous call we had stated it would be after 2.00 pm . Then we were told the booking is only for 1 adult ? So we bought the booking up on my phone where it clearly stated 2 adults , the proprietor then said she will phone her son who is out all day , she returned to us explaining it was a mistake on the guest house side . The parking is down a narrow road by the side of the chip shop you cannot view your car parked from the guest house . Anyway we were then taken to room 3 , nice en-suite , pleasant decor , milk in fridge for tea and coffee , no use by date on it , no label could it be skimmed / semi / or ?? . The bed in this room is very very low to the floor , if you are of senior age this is not practical at all. Light bulb on one of the wall lamps blown , needs replacing . Breakfast was excellent, if you would like to return to pre war era this is the place to stay , not modern old fashioned , 1940s music playing at breakfast . Very cluttered with ornaments etc . Noticed by front door loads of clean laundry bags that had been delivered but not packed away left at guest house entrance . Won’t be returning.

Nice furniture but dusty, dirty jacuzzi bath ! Black scum coming out of jets unacceptable! Owner rude on arrival asking us not to wear her carpets out ! No key to lock our room when we went out, lack of empathy when reporting the bath problem ! Tea tray poor bare minimum tea coffee milk sugar ! For the price you would expect a biscuit! 1 good point breakfast was good. The woman who owns it needs to have better people skills .