Eating Out In Blakeney
Places to eat Blakeney Norfolk
Whether you fancy a coffee and cake, afternoon tea, a light lunch, a traditional pub meal, a gourmet restaurant experience or a traditional Sunday roast with all the trimmings, these are all available within a 5 minute walk of Gardeners Cottage in Blakeney.
Two Magpies bakery and cafe
Great café and bakery located on Blakeney Quay with wonderful selection of fresh bread, pastries, delightful treats, and the essential coffee fix, all while enjoying a breathtaking view! Great cooked breakfasts with huge portions. Vegan and vegetarian options available all served with sourdough toast. Breakfast served 8am to 11am. Varied lunch menu. Very welcoming to both dogs and families, and they offer a specially crafted Mini Magpies menu for your little ones!
Inside and outside seating all dog friendly.
Open Monday-Sunday 8am - 4pm
Address St Nicholas Church Hall, The Quay, Blakeney NR25 7ND
Telephone 01263 741368
Folks Coffee Shop Blakeney
Lovely real coffee to drink in or takeaway. Just off the Blakeney Quay near to the Spar. Great place to get your caffeine fix. Dog friendly. Nice selection of cakes and fabulous icecream.
Blakeney restaurants and pubs
The Moorings restaurant on Blakeney High street
The Moorings restaurant is just off Blakeney Quay this is a lovely restaurant in the evenings turns specialising in fish and seafood dishes. Always advisable to book as its very popular, essential to book in high season. In low season their opening hours are reduced so check their website or telephone to check opening days and times.
The Blakeney Hotel
The iconic Blakeney Hotel is right on the quay at Blakeney and with views to die for. Nice restaurant but you need to dress up a little bit and always advisable to book. Very grown up atmosphere and quite pricey. Well behaved children welcome. We never took our children until they became adults, but we had three of them and this was pre internet days. Open for lunch, dinner and afternoon tea.
Also has an upstairs quiet room where you can have sandwiches and read the papers and look at the wonderful view. More expensive than The Kings Arms and The White Horse. Nice for a special treat, anniversary or Sunday lunch. Nice place to take your mum for her birthday.
Pubs in Blakeney
The White Horse Blakeney
The White Horse in Blakeney is a lovely large contemporary North Norfolk pub that is dog and family friendly. It has been one of our favourites for over 20 years now and is still opur go to place to eat in North Norfolk. We used to go there with our children when they were little. Now we go with our adult children and our dogs. Owned and run by Adnams Brewery. Very nice relaxed atmosphere and always interesting people to chat to. Staff very attentive and service always excellent.
Really great food and nice atmosphere. Has several distinct eating areas. Has a regular menu and also a specials board. Very popular in high season so always advisable to book then. In low season you will usually be able to get a table on the day. If you are in a big group always best to book as its popular even in low season.
The Kings Arms Blakeney
The Kings Arms in Blakeney is a great local pub just off the quay in Blakeney near the spar serving traditional pub grub. It is child and dog friendly. Lots of room and enormous portions of food. Really good value for money. Log fires in winter. You can sit outside in the warmer months as there is masses of outside seating. No need to dress up you can come in straight from your walk. Proper pub with cosy feel and very relaxed. Enormous portions of traditional pub grub, and all very reasonably priced.
Other places to eat in Blakeney
Food on Blakeney Quay
There are several pop up cafes on Blakeney Quay in the warmer months and you can usually get breakfast, bacon butties, chips and crab sandwiches and enormous mugs of tea on the various food stalls on the National trust car park. Our current favourite is the enormous ''Veggie Breakfast Bap'' from Birdy's bakehouse cooked freshly for you and washed down with a mug of tea. Great if youve been walking the dog or up early crab fishing. Also love the deep friend Salt and Pepper squid from the seafood caravan.
Wiveton Hall Fruit Farm Cafe
This is about a 15 minute walk through the National Trust land from Blakeney. Dog must be kept on leads on this walk to avoid disturbing the nesting birds. You can also walk along the main road from Blakeney towards Cley to get to the Wiveton Fruit farm, or drive from Blakeney.
This is a real North Norfolk food treat and a lovely cafe/ tea room to walk to near Blakeney. It is also is the cafe and restaurant featured on the series Normal for Norfolk. Set on the idyllic Wiveton Hall estate just a short walk, bike ride or drive from Blakeney, this is well worth a visit. Very popular in high season. Views over the North Norfolk coast to die for and look out for Desmond the owner. We love the Wiveton Hall Fruit Farm Cafe so much we have devoted a whole page to it.
Places to eat near Blakeney
The Dun Cow, Salthouse
We popped into The Dun Cow on the North Norfolk coast on a grey, wet January day, and it was exactly what we needed after being out in the elements. It's about a 5-10 minute drive to Salthouse from Blakeney. You could walk or cycle along the coastal path or the road but it's quite a long walk so we recommend driving there.
From the moment we walked in, it felt warm, cosy and welcoming. The huge log burner was roaring away, creating such a snug atmosphere — a real refuge from the weather outside. It’s a dog-friendly pub too, which was a big bonus and made the whole visit feel relaxed and inclusive.
The staff were friendly, welcoming and very helpful, and although it was a Thursday, service was impressively quick without feeling rushed.
We chose the fish and chips and the gnocchi of the day, and both were absolutely delicious. The fish was perfectly cooked with crisp batter, and the gnocchi was comforting and full of flavour — just the sort of food you want on a chilly coastal day.
Overall, a lovely, cosy pub with great food, welcoming staff and a warm atmosphere. A perfect stop on the North Norfolk coast, especially on a blustery winter’s day — we’d happily return.
The Dun Cow is very popular in summer as there is lots of outside seating and incredible views across the marshes.