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St Andrews Brew House

Bar Pub Brewery Brewpub

Beer is made on the premises of this shabby chic pub that also smokes its own meats. People often mention good, staff, great, beer, beers, atmosphere, service, excellent, friendly, selection,


Address

41 St Andrews St, Norwich NR2 4TP, United Kingdom

Website

www.standrewsbrewhouse.com

Contact

+44 1603 305995

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.20 (301 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Monday: 12 to 11 pm
  • Tuesday: 12 to 11 pm
  • Wednesday: 12 to 11 pm
  • Thursday: 12 to 11 pm
  • Friday: 12 pm to 12 am
  • Saturday: 12 pm to 12 am
  • Sunday: (Christmas Eve), 12 to 9 pm, Holiday hours

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: good (22) staff (16) great (16) beer (11) beers (11) atmosphere (10) service (10) excellent (9) friendly (9) selection (9)
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  • 5/5 Hugh Goes T. 1 year ago on Google
    Barman was very quick and knowledgeable, nice atmosphere and decor
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Andrew S. 5 months ago on Google
    A busy warm buzzing beer house with fantastic beers, wines and food. We went for a couple of pints and then the meat / fish sharing platter with a cold bottle of wine. Initially thought that the platter was a bit small but it filled us both and there was no waste. Very tasty. Don’t be put off if you’re in a wheelchair. There is an accessible toilet at the back of the eating area and the staff are quick to help with a ramp to negotiate the small step between the bar and restaurant area. We always stop here when visiting Norwich. It’s actually my favourite part of the day out!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Simon R. 7 months ago on Google
    Had an excellent Sunday roast chicken here with a pint of Jubel Grapefruit. Highly recommended and will visit again.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jeremy F. 9 months ago on Google
    Good food, good beer (but expect to pay £5.50 a pint - or more) and friendly service. This microbrewery has atmosphere too. I had no reservation, but got a table quickly. First beer was off, but the barmaid changed it without fuss, remaining cheerful. Ask what beers they have on tap - they're not all listed in the menu.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 N G. 10 months ago on Google
    Great atmosphere, really friendly staff. Nice selection of in house brews. Very reasonably priced and they do blue light discount.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Ben 1 year ago on Google
    It's a nice place in a good location. The beer selection varies from occasionally excellent to really quite poor some of the time. The only real downside is that there tend to be some very inexperienced bar staff who can get your drinks orders wrong.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 HazzaRuff 2 years ago on Google
    This place is not so nice when I was waiting for my food the person next to me fell off their chair and all of their food went everywhere and the waiters just stood there and laughed. This place have vote conservative flags all around it. The tacos are quite nice tho
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Zara J. 2 years ago on Google
    We had a delightful roast dinner which was cooked to perfection, with very well balanced flavours. We could not fault it. To add, there was excellent table service from Francis. Making sure we were satisfied and had everything we needed. Definitely a must visit place when in the city! :)
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Black T. 1 year ago on Google
    As a regular visitor to Norwich due to work, finding somewhere that serves good food at a reasonable price, somewhere with friendly staff and good beer, has been invaluable. The menu is good - fish and chips highly recommended - the service friendly, and the beer excellent. I'll be visiting regularly over the next year.

  • 5/5 Andrew L. 5 months ago on Google
    My kind of place. This place looked great from the outside and so we popped in for a beer. It's a fascinating place with emphasis on shabby chic. Great selection of beers many of which are brewed on the premises. We stayed and had some great nachos to keep us going. The porter was fantastic. Plus someone mentioned the Blue light card which we used for a handy discount.

  • 5/5 Dobbeh 7 months ago on Google
    Hired the private bar upstairs back in August, brilliant service from all staff from moment of contact through to the evening itself. Slightly better beer selection downstairs but more than enough to appease everyone. Party/finger food provided is good, though the gluten free cake was rock solid and very dense. Difficult to eat after 3-4 pints!

  • 2/5 Jay T. 6 months ago on Google
    Went in on a quiet Sunday for the roast - they took 45 minutes even to take our order so it seemed a bit of a cheek when we discovered they'd automatically added a 10% service charge onto the bill at the end. The food was pretty expensive but the plate was very beige in both colour and taste - the only thing that had any taste was the mustard on the side. It was also dry and lukewarm so I didn't feel it was worth the money. Still, the host was friendly and the atmosphere was nice.

  • 5/5 Septami S. 2 years ago on Google
    Great atmosphere, love the staff and great selection of food, one of my favourite pubs in Norwich

  • 5/5 Christine M. 9 months ago on Google
    Excellent choice of beers and wines and an innovative menu. The staff members are all exceptionally friendly and polite. The location is great for people watching too!

  • 5/5 Jennifer W. 10 months ago on Google
    We had a lovely family lunch here with lots of space for a pushchair and high chair. Lots of options to choose from on the menu, even without the specials board being available. The staff were so friendly, I don't think they could have done anything more for us. Well definitely come back another time, thank you

  • 5/5 David P. 2 years ago on Google
    Fish (gluten free) and chips plus a pint of house brew ale. Super food and service. The fish and chips were great and the non gluten avoiders amongst us had no idea it was gluten free.

  • 5/5 Alex C. 10 months ago on Google
    Lovely food and a great atmosphere at this pub/restaurant. The pub is also decorated really nice, with illustrations on doors, pipes being used as stair rails and gorgeous paintings. The food here is absolutely great, with a good selection on offer. I love how the water comes in bottles with newspaper prints on them, a lovely touch! Staff are very attentive and helpful. I will be returning! Thanks guys for a wonderful meal.

  • 1/5 Ricky O. 1 year ago on Google
    Absolutely disgusted with this place, went in for a quiet pint sat near a couple who I got talking to who were polite and conversed as humans do then sat next to two people who were playing a board game asked if I could watch which they happily agreed, the barman then came over and asked me to leave. I was sitting basically minding my own business. I was quiet and wanted to observe their game and got asked to leave. Discrimination at its finest. Will never go back.

  • 5/5 Ant S. 1 year ago on Google
    Went for lunch after being 'turned away' at Bills having been offered a table in about '1 hour' (complete b.s.). We really enjoyed The Brew House and will definitely go back again - we've been to a few Bill's locations now and like it, but won't use the Norwich one again. The Brew House Restaurant is part of the pub (an independent brewery I think) by St Andrew's Church - just a stone's throw outside Norwich's main market area, and well worth the short trip. Whether you want pub classics (e.g. beer battered fish and chips) or something more modern and healthy, the menu has plenty of choice and caters for different needs and preferences. We had the open chicken kebab, tofu pie and loaded fries, with a side order of regular chips. The portions were slightly on the generous side, and quality was good, overall prices very reasonable at about £20 per head including drinks - although there are also deals available, and you would spend more with extra courses. The food itself was great, the dishes were cooked really well, nicely presented and served in good time. The staff looked after us well, being polite and attentive, and there was no pressure to vacate the table at the end of the meal. The restaurant/pub itself has lovely decor throughout that relates to the brewery, with plenty of natural materials and old signage making it an interesting place to be in. There's a good feeling of space at the tables, and the restaurant's seating area is largely shielded away from the bar area, giving it its own feel. I'm sure this would be a popular hangout on a Saturday night, make for a good date location - or a family meal at weekends - especially with the choice of drinks available. While the Brew House crowd is quite diverse in age ranges, reflecting the city-center local and pub/restaurant stays, the place has a lovely ambience and speaks of quality - definitely a good place to spend time.

  • 4/5 Stuart K. 1 year ago on Google
    Good pub, food and excellent service. There is a good atmosphere here. Handy because it is close to St Andrew's Halls where there are different events regularly.

  • 5/5 Christine M. 1 year ago on Google
    Fantastic location, great atmosphere and excellent staff. Choice of beers and wines very good and the menu is always interesting with plenty of dishes to suit all tastes.

  • 5/5 Paul M. 1 year ago on Google
    This is a great pub in a great location. Brewing their own beers adds to the attraction. Also, the music is generally of my taste, enhancing the atmosphere.

  • 4/5 Dan W. 1 year ago on Google
    Food was excellent, and the service was very good for the most part. Only gripe is that one of the staff members seemed slightly disinterested. Decor was nice too. Would definetely return.

  • 2/5 David S. 1 year ago on Google
    The food was okay (although expensive for the amount and quality, and the Pig Roll was cold). The rest of the experience was pretty bad. I asked about their key-worker discount and was told to use the app to link my blue light card, then to order and apply it. Reached the end of the ordering process to be told I had to send off my ID and wait 3 days for verification... Anyway, we decided to go ahead, paid full price, and waited. For about 30 minutes. The money had been debited from my account, so I went to the bar only to be told 'the order had failed'. When I checked on the app the order status had changed from 'processed' to 'failed', but I had not received a notification, from the staff or the app. I now ordered at the bar instead, flashing my blue light card and getting the key worker discount I'd asked about in the first place. We waited another 20 minutes before going back to the bar to ask where our drinks were. We were told that drinks weren't bought to the table, only food, and we should have waited for them to be poured. Our table was about 2 metres from the bar, and we'd ordered them with food... ANYWAY. The drinks and food eventually came. Mine was okay, but the aforementioned pig roll was cold. I finished, went to the toilet and found that the male cubicle lacked toilet rolls, a toilet seat, or a functioning door lock. Upon leaving I had to pay for the food and drink at the bar, despite already being charged through the app. I've been told to write to head office to claim back the original charge made through the app.

  • 5/5 Bob B. 1 year ago on Google
    Service at bar was good. Menu has a good selection of dishes, including sharing platters.

  • 5/5 Ian Y. 2 years ago on Google
    We came here yesterday as refugees from the Beer Festival across the square. There were six beers on the pumps and we really enjoyed the one we hadn't had previously. Beers have always been well kept when we have been here and the service is fine.

  • 5/5 J W. 1 year ago on Google
    Really enjoyed our visit last night. Good food and fine beer - even better than my previous visits!

  • 4/5 Natalie W. 1 year ago on Google
    Came here at the weekend with my boyfriend and a couple of friends. The place was busy which made it have a good atmosphere. I had the English garden cocktail which I enjoyed. Myself and 2 of my friends had the open chicken kebab. The meat and salad were really yummy, however we all ended up leaving around half the flat bread as it quite hard and difficult to cut. My boyfriend had the brew house pie and couldn’t fault it, he said the pastry was really good. I also had a side of frickles (fried pickles) which were amazing! The staff were attentive and friendly. This place also does student and NHS discount which I thought was quite good! Would recommend ☺️

  • 5/5 Nikki D. 1 year ago on Google
    I had a delicious vegan and gluten free burger with chips and salad. My husband loved his burger and chips too. The member of staff who served us was really knowledgeable about the menu items and that was really helpful in relation to my allergies. We just wanted something quick and simple today, but there was loads more available. It was a lovely place!

  • 5/5 Juana S. 1 year ago on Google
    Delicious beer and food, friendly staff and a super fun Quiz night hosted by Keila! Looking forward to going back.

  • 5/5 Joshua Attilla A. 1 year ago on Google
    my husband and I were struggling to find somewhere for a drink. Popped into brew house and though it was busy, we had a great time! Sally in particular was greatly helpful in recommending beers for my picky husband, a great help indeed. Would certainly recommend!

  • 5/5 Tom D. 1 year ago on Google
    The bar maid sally was excellent, super attentive to our needs. She was exceptional, whipping pints out like they were mister whippies at the park on a hot summers day. Hands like lightning, pints galor @sally 12/10 - superb.

  • 5/5 Gill E. 2 years ago on Google
    Nice food, lovely drinks, great service. Cool place!

  • 5/5 Patrick A. 1 year ago on Google
    Great choice of beers and good quality food. If stopping for a quick drink or evening meal can't fault it. Attentive staff and clean tables. Recommended stopping here

  • 5/5 Gavin Nicholls (. 2 years ago on Google
    Found this place by accident. And it did not disappoint. Decor was industrial and really worked. The food was excellent. Burgers were large, full of flavour and hand made. The wife had roast beef which looked amazing, decent portion of meat and potatoes, veg perfectly cooked. Decent choice of proper cask ales, what we tried were very quaffable. Staff attentive but discreet. Will definitely go again.

  • 5/5 Andy M. 2 years ago on Google
    Absolutely love this place ...fantastic range of beers and my favourite brewhouse cider 😍 food was amazing we tried a few of the little plate dishes which were fab ...also the lady who looked after was lovely (Amy) thank you 😊

  • 5/5 Kelly L M. 6 years ago on Google
    Really enjoyed our experience. Initially came in for a pint - great selection of beers brewed on site. Enjoyed the porter and IPA. We saw the menu which was really impressive. A great vegetarian selection as well as meat choices. So we came back for dinner the next day, enjoyed a vegetarian sharing platter which had awesome flavours and was huge. I then enjoyed a nut roast which was wonderful (pictured). Would highly recommend this place for lunch or dinner and /or a few drinks.

  • 3/5 paul i. 2 years ago on Google
    Had tapas small plates. All good, albeit slightly expensive. I recommend 4 plates between 2. Nachos is best value


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Amenities


  • Pets
    • ✓️ Dogs allowed
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Food
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Food at bar
  • Accessibility
    • ✗ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✗ Delivery

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