Cafes in Norwich

Talc Café

Talc (short for ‘Tea & Little Cakes’) is a unique and interesting recent addition to Norwich’s vibrant café culture. Styling-wise, you’ll find a fusion of vintage themes alongside contemporary lines, which makes for a warm, inviting vibe that is also delightfully modern and funky. Food and drink-wise, talc is very cosmopolitan, offering breakfast, lunch and dinner (as well as Afternoon Tea) with a much later opening throughout the week than most comparable Cafes. Licensed, you can recover with a Bloody Mary and a BIG talc breakfast after the night before or relax with a glass of wine with your meal at lunchtime. Continue reading

Café-Bar at Norwich Arts Centre

With its open, chilled-out vibe the Café-Bar at Norwich Arts Centre is a great place to escape the hustle and bustle of the City Centre. On the mezzanine first floor the homely leather armchairs provide an excellent place to catch up on the daily papers, while the walls are adorned with regularly changing works of art. Continue reading

The Murderers Café Bar

Breakfasts, filled baguettes, salads and jacket potatoes sit alongside ‘traditional’ pub-style food such as Curry, Chilli Con Carne, Fish & Chips, Bangers & Mash and Burgers, all prepared and presented with care. On Sunday’s there is a traditional Roast. Continue reading

John Lewis Norwich

The John Lewis Norwich store was previously known as ‘Bonds’, a name under which it traded for 122 years. In-keeping with it’s long-established values such as quality, service and fair pricing, the store offers a great shopping experience over four floors from its central location and the reassurance of the Never Knowingly Undersold policy. Autumn 2011 saw a 'relaunch' of the shop after a 7 million pound upgrade was completed. Continue reading

Bar Tapas

Bar Tapas, found upstairs above Brambles in the City Centre, celebrates the philosophy and spirit of Spain and South America and specialises in a wide range of delicious tapas dishes. Notable highlights are the Beer battered Jalapenos Mozzarella fingers. The omelette dishes are very popular. Bar Tapas is also one of a very few venues in Norwich to serve the refreshing Desperados tequila-flavoured beer. Continue reading

Café Restaurant @ Norwich Theatre Royal

Open Monday to Saturday from 9.30am until the end of the last show interval and Sundays open 2 hours before a show, Norwich Theatre Royal's ground floor Café Restaurant Bar is an ideal stop-off if you’re shopping in the city, popping in for tickets or fancy a leisurely lunch. It also offers the ultimate in convenience for pre-show dining in the evening. Continue reading

Pulse Café Bar

Housed in a fabulous open plan setting in the Old Fire Station stables, Pulse is a vegetarian restaurant with its philosophy planted firmly in the 21st century. While the emphasis is on healthy veggie cuisine – and it is great to be able to choose anything from the menu if you are a non-meat eater – this restaurant is for everybody, whether you choose to avoid meat or not. Continue reading

The Refectory

Situated within the most austeric of all Norwich buildings, the 900+-year-old Norman Cathedral, The Refectory (meaning ‘Dining Hall’) is much more than simply an excellent place to grab coffee or lunch whilst in the City centre. Continue reading

Cherryleaf Coffee House

The Cherryleaf Coffee House on St Giles in the Norwich Lanes is a gorgeous find for anyone with a fondness for great coffee and equally sublime homemade fare. Continue reading

Pulse Café Bar

Housed in a fabulous open plan setting in the Old Fire Station stables, Pulse is a modern café bar with a funky, relaxed atmosphere. The emphasis is on healthy veggie cuisine, but the menu is far more interesting than merely carrot sticks, salad and seeds! Pulse is for everybody, whether you choose to avoid meat or not. Continue reading

The Waffle House Café-Restaurant

Going strong and hugely popular since it’s establishment in 1978, The Waffle House offers a deliciously different dining experience if you are looking for new ideas for lunch, an evening out or a place to meet for business or pleasure. Continue reading