The Restaurant At Caistor Hall Hotel

We were fortunate to dine here for my partners birthday and had the 9 Course Tasting Menu with wine pairing which was exceptional. Every dish stoked a conversation between us on the potential influence for the dish and the ingredients used, the food was beautiful and the wine pairing well matched. We were also very lucky to be served quite a few of the dishes by Mark Poynton himself which was a nice touch. On other restaurant review websites some suggest the experience was too long and the atmosphere was lacking. The timings were as we would have expected for the serving of 9 courses - we arrived at 7pm and was finished up by 11pm - this felt ideal including a pre dinner aperitif and post dinner digestif/night cap. As for the atmosphere we understood the lack of hype / advertising of this new venture by Mark Poynton has perhaps been deliberate to allow them time to test things out and find the right formula. I have no doubt there will be more of a marketing push in the near future to attract the custom once they feel they have the set up nailed. Diners certainly won't be disappointed. The restaurant wasn't full on the Friday evening we went but we were too engrossed in the food and wine to feel this had any negative impact on our experience. We felt this was the best tasting experience we have had too date in the Norwich area and raises the bar on some of the longer standing establishments out there injecting something new and exciting to the Norwich food scene. We are looking forward to coming back with friends.