The Dabbling Duck has three owners, there are two local farmers who stepped in to save the pub from re-development in 2006, the third is Mark Dobby who was brought in to manage the pub in 2013.
Wherever possible the produce used in the kitchens is locally sourced often from our own land. The Dabbling Duck is particularly proud of its game dishes, according to the season pheasant, partridge, pigeon, woodcock, rabbit and venison are all prepared on site. You can’t run a successful pub without a great team both front of house and “backstage” and we have a fantastic one! Many of our employees are also local to this beautiful part of Norfolk which makes them hopefully able to answer any questions you may have about the area…….
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We went for lunch in Norfolk Restaurant Week. Excellent starter - we both had chicken liver parfait; main course - braised belly of pork and beer battered haddock, both most enjoyable. Couldn't manage a dessert!! Service little on the slow side, but was polite and cheerful and we weren't in a hurry anyway. Recommend a visit.
popped in for a Sunday roast, well what can i say the roast was fantastic. i had the pork and my fiancee had the beef both of which were the best roasts we have had. the gravy is sublime and everything was cooked to perfection. the staff were all very polite and friendly with excellent service all evening. i highly recommend The dabbling duck and we will definitely be returning.
The best Sunday roast I have eaten out in a very long time. The gravy was superb. Very busy place but with food so good- you understand why. The staff were fantastic finding a good table, as one of us were in a wheelchair.
Excellent food, but check the menus online as there isn't a massive choice (not a problem for most) and some people might be difficult to please. The Garden room that we had was very nice, clean and quiet, though in summer it's possibly a bit noisy with customers in the garden The Vegetarian Full English breakfast was - dare I say it - better than most other (meat) Full English that I've eaten elsewhere. Lovely typical English village
I would say believe every great review you've read about the pub, restaurant and pizza barn. We had an amazing dinner there last night in the library room, partially in agony from the warm aroma of the wood-fired pizza oven burning in the next room because we weren't in the mood for pizza. The meal we did have was great and I'm sure you really can't go wrong here. Nice salad, some smoked salmon and 2 pints of Wherry were just what we needed after a long drive. And if you're a man of a certain age you *must* check out the album covers in the gents. Great, friendly service from a crew of people who clearly love working here and give it their very best. We'll definitely be back.
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