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The Boathouse

East Anglia Norfolk Great Yarmouth

From £100 a night
6 Guest Rooms & 4 Lodges
Boutique Hotel
Restaurant with Rooms

Waterside pub/restaurant with boutique rooms and garden lodges in a tranquil Broads location

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Mike and Belinda Minors run the excellent Waterside restaurant a few miles up the road, so they know a thing or two about feeding hungry punters in beautiful Broadside locations. Thus it made perfect sense for them to take over the iconic Eel's Foot pub a a decade ago, which enjoys a fabulous location right on the banks of Ormesby Broad. They transformed this old Broadside pub into a spectacular pub and restaurant, wedding venue and boutique B&B, which also has some well-appointed lodges in the garden for good measure. The restaurant is very nice indeed, with two large rooms and comfy chairs by the fire if all you want is a drink, but it's the rooms upstairs that we like best of all, because waking up here is the best way to enjoy the Boathouse's perfect position by the Broads.

There are six rooms in all, funkily furnished, cosy and well-priced, and four have views or partial views over the water. There are two suites, one of which is very spacious with a downstairs sitting room and upstairs bedroom and all are decorated to a very high standard, with free wifi throughout, tea and coffee-making facilities in each room and beautifully decked-out bathrooms. For those who prefer to self-cater, there are four lodges in the grounds, plus a self-contained apartment. One of these is used solely by the happy brides and grooms who have got married here, while the other are comfy two- or three-bedroom affairs, equipped with a sitting room and kitchenette and verandahs to watch the sun setting over the water in the evening.

Downstairs the pub and restaurant is large but has a few cosy nooks, while the wedding venue is a self-contained unit off to the side, with its own waterside decking and gazebo and eating area – which is great if you're getting married here, but even better if you're not and don't want to be knee-deep in wedding guests in the bar or fighting to book a table for dinner. They serve a large yet high-quality crowd-pleasing menu at lunch and dinner – steaks, burgers, good fish and chips and other fish dishes, always a few veggie items – and you couldn't think of a more pleasant place to eat than in their main bar, preferably at a table overlooking the water. Broadland bliss, we reckon.

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Double rooms from £100 a night, lodges £145–£175 a night, apartment £125 a night. Breakfast is extra, £13.95 per person – Full English breakfast with unlimited teas and coffees.

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Location

Contact Website 01493 730 342 The Boathouse, Ormesby Broad Eels Foot Road Ormesby St Michael Norfolk NR29 3LP

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Getting There

The Boathouse is tucked away off the main road in the small Broadland village of Ormesby St Michael, just off the main A149 about six miles outside Great Yarmouth, Very accessible, but also very peaceful.

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Rated ★★★★★ over 2 reviews

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Beautiful waterside location

Lovely boutique rooms and good food in a lovely waterside location.

Feb 23, 2023 by Martin Dunford

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What a gem

Living locally I have watched eels foot transform from a run down pub to a superb place to go and have a relaxed lunch sitting outside facing Ormsby Broad and enjoying excellent food served with a smile. Well done to you, everyone should visit at least once, we will keep coming back as it is so good. Superb

Aug 24, 2015 by Robert Maybin