Wildebeest Arms
| Address: | Norwich Road, Stoke Holy Cross, Norfolk NR14 8QJ | |
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| Tel | 01508 492497 | |
Price:
£30.00 
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Wine: £11.95 |
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| Opening Hours: | Mon-Sun 12N-2pm 7-9.30pm |
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Square Meal review of Wildebeest Arms:
Part of savvy local restaurateur Henry Watt’s ‘Animal Inns’ group (Mackintosh’s Canteen, 1UP @ the Mad Moose Arms, both in Norwich), the Wildebeest Arms is very much the voguish dining pub of choice south of the city. With a bright, modern, open-plan look (think dark beams, panelling, open fire, bare floorboards & African artefacts), the Wildebeest Arms gets everything right. The food is no poor relation, consistency attracting a loyal following for good quality modern European cooking, a compendium of updated classics of, say, Cashel Blue cheese, spinach, walnut & pickled beetroot salad or pan fried scallops with truffled pomme purée & Norfolk brown shrimps to start. For mains, perhaps fillet of black bream, crushed new potatoes, curly kale, fennel & a caper-tarragon nage or honey-roast Gressingham duck with girolles, bacon & a bigerade jus. Desserts might be vanilla-cardamom crème brûlée with a pineapple-passion fruit granita or chilled white chocolate rice pudding with caramelised banana. The location close to the southern Norwich bypass means the Wildebeest is peopled by a happy crowd of the city’s movers & shakers plus some high-rolling locals (prices are not cheap). The signs are that this is obviously a dining pub, but there’s Adnams ales on tap should you want to pop in just for a drink.
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