Romany Rye - Breckland

The Romany Rye Wetherspoons Dereham We arrived in Dereham too early for our family visit after a 2hr drive this weekend, so decided to visit the Wetherspoons for breakfast to pass the time. Thankfully there was a parking space just a short walk outside the pub, but there is a car park a short walk away if there aren’t any spaces available outside. We were pleasantly surprised by the decor inside, it’s much grander than our local one, although quite dark with all the wood panelling and dark paintwork. The breakfast was also nicer than ours, nice and hot with the eggs arriving perfectly runny, as requested, and perfectly cooked Vege sausages. A few issues, unfortunately we hadn’t noticed a couple of the mayonnaise sachets from the condiments area were already open, so when we got them back to the table they had leaked on our hands and onto the table, luckily it hadn’t gone on our clothes! The menus were also very grubby and needed a good wipe over, luckily there was a trolly with a roll of wipe, so we used that to clean everything! Unfortunately this pub/hotel is NOT fully accessible for disabled/wheelchair users. There’s a small level area suitable to sit as you enter the pub if using a wheelchair or a walker (as I do), but unless you have someone to help, you’ll need to navigate a couple of steps down to the condiment area and then a number of steps up to the bar and toilet area. We did notice they had a lift over to the far left, although not sure where it leads as there was no housing above it, so it certainly didn’t appear to go up to anywhere, but you’d still need to get down and up the first few steps to use it anyway! The toilets were clean, even if I had to navigate 5 steps to get to them! Other than that, it was a nice enough Sunday morning visit.

The usual good value no nonsense Wetherspoon experience Some nice seating areas including an outside sitting area The staff seem happy in their work which creates a nice atmosphere Even when it was busy service was fast and efficient

I have noticed lots of poor reviews. Hard to find a empty table that has been cleaned. I have always found food okay here, where else would you find a pint of cider and a sirloin steak for a tenner!

Go anywhere else but here. Ordered lunch. Last item was a pint of real ale. All ales were off. No advance warning, no covered up pumps, no apology. Worse was to come. Both lamb and steak in mixed grill totally inedible just sinew and fat. How any business can buy meat this poor I don't know. Gammon dried out so tough. Mixed grill reduced to sausage and chips, with peas and mushroom. Not much of a lunch.

My half chicken was over cooked so very dry. Did not enjoy. Draught beer was not available so the whole exsperiance not enjoyable. This was a one of visit