$$$$ • Gastro Pub • Norwich
We arrived a little early but were greeted and seated straight away. The young lady asked if we'd like refreshments, we had a full pot of tea and a cafetiere of coffee brought over and were told if ready our meal would be prepped (afternoon tea).
We literally waited 5 minutes and it was brought out to us, the young lady explained what fillings were in the sandwiches and what cakes there were, she said the scones would be warmed and brought out when ready.
Although the sandwiches were finger style, they were very generously filled on an assortment of bread and delicious. The cakes were absolutely gorgeous and we actually struggled to eat all of them, but saved enough room for a scone each, only to be brought out 2 cheese and 2 fruit, with butters, clotted cream and individual jams.
We were also offered more tea and coffee which was needed to wash down the amount of food we'd eaten.
We had never been to the Chequers before and found it to be a chocolate box style establishment that was actually like a tardis and very homely, the background music was great and the young lady that served us couldn't help enough, she wished my disabled mum a happy birthday and was mindful of where we were seated.
We shall definately revisit as it was a relaxing, friendly environment, zero pretentiousness which can be off putting.