Harden's survey result
Summary
A “beautiful” hotel dining room with a “great location” on the Holkham Estate, just inland from Holkham beach, one of the finest sandy stretches on the North Norfolk coast. Chef Michael Chamberlain is behind the menu, which echoes the estate’s commitment to sustainability (cue much sourcing of ingredients from the grounds). While “it can lack consistency”, continuing the tenor of reports over the years, “at its best it comes up trumps with careful cooking and a warm atmosphere”.
Summary
The attractive dining room of this ivy-clad independent hotel on the Holkham Estate, not far from the beach, has a focus on locally sourced food that mirrors the estate’s ambitions in the sustainability stakes. In keeping with the tenor of reports over the years, the food continues to be “a little hit-and-miss, but it’s a terrific setting and the service is usually reliable” at least.
Summary
This ivy-clad pub-hotel by the gates of Holkham Hall makes a perfect destination after “a gorgeous walk on Holkham beach” – although its dining room can be “a bit hit-and-miss” – “when it’s good it is very, very good, but it can have some really poor days” (fluctuating standards that have bedevilled reports for “over 20 years”).
Summary
Slightly mixed, but overall positive reports – as is so often the case – on this well-known pub at the gates of the Earl of Leicester’s Palladian ancestral home, Holkham Hall. The menu is fairly conventional pub grub, although it incorporates venison, beef and lamb from the earl’s land. Much of the appeal is the setting, near a gorgeous beach and with the estate to explore after a meal.
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Have you eaten at The Victoria at Holkham?
., Holkham, NR23 1RG
Restaurant details
Prices
 Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £26.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £3.50 |
 Extras |
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| Bread | £0.00 |
| Service | 12.50% |
., Holkham, NR23 1RG
Opening hours
| Monday | 12 pm‑4 pm, 6:30 pm‑10:30 pm |
| Tuesday | 12 pm‑4 pm, 6:30 pm‑10:30 pm |
| Wednesday | 12 pm‑4 pm, 6:30 pm‑10:30 pm |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑4 pm, 6:30 pm‑10:30 pm |
| Friday | 12 pm‑4 pm, 6:30 pm‑10:30 pm |
| Saturday | 12 pm‑4 pm, 6:30 pm‑10:30 pm |
| Sunday | 12 pm‑4 pm, 6:30 pm‑10:30 pm |
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