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A warm welcome awaits you at The Cottage at Thorpe St Andrew, set in attractive gardens on the outskirts of Norwich. Tucked away in lovely surroundings it was originally built for the locally renowned and respected Birkbeck family, The Cottage now stands as the ideal venue for your drinking & dining, wedding reception or just for an afternoon meal and drink.

Here at the Cottage, we also offer a full service for other occasions that you might need, from family events including christenings to farewell gatherings, we can offer you a comprehensive service, all at a good price. We pride ourselves on the personal attention and friendly manner in which we can help you plan for your big day.
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We pride ourselves on the personal attention and friendly relaxed manner in which we can help you plan for your big day and we endeavour to tailor all our menus to suit the individual couples who choose The Cottage for their Wedding Reception.

Our dedicated team will assist with your every need during the build up to your Wedding, from the menus to the music, from the flowers to the Photos, let us take the stress away from planning your reception and party.The Birkbeck Room at The Cottage is private and air-conditioned for your comfort and opens out on to our large gardens.
Our restaurant and bar areas offer a relaxed and informal mix of traditional and contemporary, and we are proud of the quality that our experienced chef team produce on a daily basis. We source all our ingredients fresh from individual butchers, farmers, fishmongers and greengrocers who have traded in Norwich for generations and almost all our meat is provided by local farms.
Our air conditioned separated Function area provides that ideal low cost corporate venue for your team building day, product launch, training event, business breakfast or simply an opportunity for that confidential offsite meeting. Our large private car park, covered patio area and wooded gardens help make The Cottage attractive to our current corporate Clients.
Reviews (15)
Graham Starling
Graham Starling
Jan 29, 2022
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Friendly place. Usually use their meeting room for Norwich Advanced Motorcyclists business. Decent sandwiches, sausage rolls and chips on offer. Good COVID measures in place including outside options under marquees.
Hayley Mallatratt
Hayley Mallatratt
Jan 23, 2022
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Wow! Delicious food and lots of it, generous portion size. Great service, friendly staff.
Looking forward to our wedding reception here later this year.
Deirdre Evans
Deirdre Evans
Jan 17, 2022
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Staff very pleasant and helpful. Food was very nice and well presented. Would definitely go again.
Neal Gosling
Neal Gosling
Jan 14, 2022
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Great food as always,, either at the pub or home delivery, now enjoyed a Sunday roast delivered, delicious, plenty of food, 👍👍👍
Hanna Fleur Preston-Bircham
Hanna Fleur Preston-Bircham
Jan 13, 2022
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Ordered last night for a delivery as we're isolating, was my birthday and can't get out, service as always was amazing and food delivered on time and hot and yummy! First time having their food as take away and it was just as good as eating in.
Although next time I'd rather go and have a beer as well!
Sharon Smith Hastings
Sharon Smith Hastings
Dec 31, 2021
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First it's been a long time coming leaving this review due covid and a family death, so we apologise for that. The Cottage were simply amazing when we had our wedding function here in July. They were so accommodating, helpful and professional. The food was amazing, it was so tasty, beautifully presented and there was plenty to go round. They assisted with finishing decorations, were there to help guests and just wonderful. They helped make our day so special, it was such a shame it went so quickly! We loved the fact they were so friendly and down to earth, special thanks to Lorraine and Ian for
Ray Sadd
Ray Sadd
Dec 11, 2021
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Good pub, usually busy weekends. Large outdoor space. Good food, family friendly.
Alan Broadbent
Alan Broadbent
Nov 19, 2021
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Extremely friendly staff with very tasty meals at reasonable prices. Downside, they'd run out of Laphroaig.
Elle Joanna Jacobs
Elle Joanna Jacobs
Oct 24, 2021
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Thank you for a lovely evening celebrating our mum's 80th. staff very helpful with setting up table decs and being so thoughtful. fantastic service with really good food. portions were huge. highly recommended 👌
Martyn McCarthy
Martyn McCarthy
Oct 20, 2021
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Lovely place....& a lovely evening celebrating the life of an old friend & brilliant musician Paul "Buzz" Clarke with some of his big band mates. A really nice surprise to find this place...& looking forward to coming back for a curry night on Thursdays xx
Tilly Marie
Tilly Marie
Sep 25, 2021
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First visit for us, and we will most definitely come again, good value for money, staff really friendly, and not a long wait either for the food to be brought out.
Sue Allen
Sue Allen
Sep 20, 2021
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Went to the Psychic Supper with Stephen Treadeay. Just lovely. The food was lovely & hot. Great service. Thank you. 😀
Lisa Cook
Lisa Cook
Aug 05, 2021
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10 of us including a baby had a table last night for our dads 70th birthday . Great service and food , very generous potions . Beautiful happy birthday singing from the staff ! This was our first visit for food and we will definitely return Thank you 😊
Samantha Floyd
Samantha Floyd
Aug 01, 2021
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Really impressed with friendly and attentive service, the food was quick and tasty and good value. Will definitely return and highly recommend
Erena Peters
Erena Peters
Jul 20, 2021
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The best food ever. Everyone is really nice. The food is amazing. The portions are huge. Get chips. I don't care what you've ordered whether its a curry or lasagna get some chips, you won't regret it. My uncle loved the chips so much he got them for pudding. I love potatoes