Father’s Day Show Dad he’s special this Father’s Day, Sunday June 16th! Treat him to a tasty lunch or dinner, or buy him a Gift Voucher with lots of experiences on offer! Click here to order online.

Our Norfolk is an impartial online guide designed to help you make the most of our county. Visit www.ournorfolk.org.uk and take a look!

Salad Bar available in Store Freshly prepared salads made to your liking! Choose from our wide selection.

Afternoon Tea Winner! Congratulations to Sian Roberts on winning an afternoon tea for 2 for her fabulous instagram picture! You can see all the wonderful pictures by searching @Byfords on Instagram!

Stay with us Single Saturday Nights available at Byfords this Saturday 8th June, but be quick as availabilty is limited! We also still have some Weekend Breaks available on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th June. Call 01263 711400 to book your Norfolk break now!

30/05/2013 – 12/06/2013

Evening Specials

New daily specials served from 5.45pm. See the current listing below and please bear in mind these change as dishes sell out…

Starters:
Griddled Local Asparagus £6.95
With poached egg and Hollandaise sauce.
Devilled Fried Squid on mixed salad £6.95
Drizzled with fresh lemon juice.
Charcuterie Board: Salami, chorizo, Parma ham, chilled olive caponata £6.95
With Spanish pickles and toasted flat bread.

Mains:
Whole Baked Plaice and buttered new potatoes £13.95
With seasonal green vegetables and lemon and caper butter sauce.
Pan Fried Duck Breast and fondant potato £14.95
With braised red cabbage, sprouting broccoli and jus.
Pan Roasted Chicken Breast £13.95
With spring risotto and parmesan crisp.

New 321 Menu

To make way for the evening specials, we have tweaked the format of the 321 Menu. On the down side it’s now only available between 5pm-6.45pm, but on the upside, it’s still the same attractive pricing, now also applies to the whole menu (except the steak dish which is £3 extra) and is available every day except Saturday!

Take a look at the 321 Menus for: The Pigs | The Assembly House

Pimms Pimms and more Pimms! Everyone loves a Pimms while soaking up the sun! We serve it by the glass or carafe to share with all the trimmings! If you didn’t feel in the summer mood before, you certainly will after a Byfords Pimms, come and join us!

Byfords Ready Meals We have a huge selection of hearty handmade ready meals created by our very own Emma Snowling. From Braised Beef to Citrus Chicken, see our wide selection in the Store.

Gelato! Gelato! The sun is shining and our Gelato window is open! Come and get a scoop or three, we have lots of flavours to choose from!

Dairy and Gluten Free Cake Our Elizabeth Sponge cake (created by SPONGE to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee) is now available by the slice in the restaurant. Light fruit Sponge is sandwiched with apricot jam and sprinkled with a dusting of brown sugar. Let us know what you think!

Home by Annie Lambert Annie Lambert is the lady behind our fabulous decor and gorgeously furnished rooms and she’s just opened a shop! Located in The Courtyard, Creake Abbey is filled with fabulous French fancies. We recommend you take a look!

Win an Afternoon Tea! Are you on Instagram or ‘Foodstagram’ as we call it! If yes, we’d love to know what you’re enjoying from the Byfords menu, so we’re going to run a competition to win an Afternoon Tea for 2. For a chance to win, tag @Byfords in your pictures of Byfords food and we’ll pick the best!

Raising Money for Charity Congatulations to Charley Haines and Rebecca Rowe who are both raising money for charity this month!

Charley is taking part in The Moonwalk on Saturday in aid of Breast Cancer, power-walking 26 miles around London at night wearing a fabulously decorated bra! To donate, please click here to visit Charley’s fundraising page or see Charley herself in the store. Good Luck Charley!

Rebecca completed Tough Mudder in Kettering on Sunday 5th, running 12 miles, taking on 22 obstacles through mud, fire, ice-water and 10,000 volts of electricity, to raise money for Women’s Aid. Click here to see pictures from the event or to donate. Well done, Rebecca!

Bank Holiday! Why don’t you come and join us for a spot of lunch or if you’d rather be out and about, come and take a look around our store for your choice of takeaway treats!

We’ve reached Japan! This week we received a lovely surprise in the post, the Japanese airline magazine ‘Mr Partner’ where they’ve dedicated two whole pages all about Byfords!

Pedalling for Parkinson’s “We’ve done it! With your help we’ve raised £10,000 in just over 10 months! A massive THANK YOU to everyone who took part in the bike ride, the dip in the sea, to those who have supported us along the way and thank you to all of you who donated money, we are forever thankful for the enormous amount of love shown to Paul over the past 4 years! The fight is by no means over but this has hopefully helped towards finding the ultimate cure!” Luke Abendroth.

To see pictures or make a donation, please visit the Just Giving page at: www.justgiving.com/pedalling-4-parkinsons

Staff Superstar!
Tom Edge has been a chef at Byfords since 2010 and he has now been recognised by us as our Byfords Superstar, working really hard and constantly showing team spirit within the kitchen and boosting team morale. Great job Tom!

Book a two night weekend break at Byfords (Fri 10th to Sat 11th May or Sat 11th to Sun 12th May) and receive 15% off! BOOK NOW on 01263 711400 or click here to visit the Special Offers page.

We also have Single Saturday Nights available for Saturday 11th May 2013: Byfords Room 3 £200 Bed & Breakfast or £240 for Dinner, Bed & Breakfast.

Things to do

If you need inspiration and ideas for things to do while you’re in Norfolk, don’t forget to visit the Our Norfolk website (now a year old!) for an impartial and quirky County guide: www.ournorfolk.org.uk

The sun is finally shining!

That can only mean it must be time for Gelato! Come and try our selection of scrummy flavours from our very own Gelato window!

Pimms o’clock!

If you’d rather enjoy the sunshine and relax with a drink or two, how about you join us outside. It’s table service so you won’t have to lift a finger other than to pick up your drink of course!

Facebook Competition

Congratulations to Emma Webb for winning our Facebook competition of a one night stay for two! We hear she’ll be celebrating her 10th anniversary with us, so well done, Emma! If you’re on Facebook, like us now and look out for more fabulous competitions!

We’re the place to be!

Want to live the life of a celebrity for the weekend? Come to Byfords and stay in 5* luxury. We can be found in the pretty Georgian Market Town of Holt, surrounded by independent boutiques, antique shops and galleries. Holt is a firm favourite if you want to get away from the hustle and bustle, visited by the Duchess of Cambridge just last week! Click here to check availability and book online or call 01263 711400.

Stay in one of our places and eat in any of our others. For example, book 3 nights at Byfords and eat at STEAK on your first night, The Pigs on your second night and at Byfords on your third night.

Call 01263 711400 for details or click here to check the Special Offers page.

To work alongside our new dishes, we’ve completely revamped our wine menu. We still have plenty to choose from, so why don’t you come and work your way through the list!

New menu in the Café: The new menu is now in full flow and has gone down really well so far. Try the Shredded Duck Noodle Salad, delicious! Or the Hotch Potch of North Seafood, a couple of of stars amongst some great new dishes.

New 321 Menu: Between 5pm and 6:46pm every day (except Saturdays), choose 2 courses from the whole menu for £17 or 3 courses for £20 including a glass of wine!

Gemma’s back! After leaving last year to have baby Betty, she’s back to join the Byfords family. Welcome back!

Café New Menu is in its final stages.

Byfords underground! Believed to be the oldest room in Holt, our cellar has received a winter makeover. Tell us what you think.

Posh new tableware Snazzy new range of crockery, glassware and boards coming soon.

Tweet Byfords Follow us on Twitter at @byfordsofholt for all the news and goss!

Store: New monthly pizza specials!  March’s flavour of the month is the Byfords ‘American Burger’ Pizza! Tomato base, minced beef, onion, gherkins, mild mustard and mozzarella! £7.95

Sundays Breakfast served until 3pm every Sunday.