They have all their ducks in a row at this wisteria-decked gastropub with rooms overlooking the green in a village where mallards glide on old abbey fishponds. Popular with the locals and dog friendly, it is under the expert management of Mark and Sally Dobby. 'I was blown away with the service and the food,' a reader reports. His 'big but cosy' room came with thoughtful touches such as homemade honey vodka, biscuits, luxury toiletries. Rooms above the pub are presented in cottage style with a king-size or double wrought iron bed. Larger rooms in a garden annexe are a shade more contemporary, with a touch of rustic chic style about them, and there are individually styled premium rooms in a refurbished house adjacent to the pub. Three-bedroom Duckling Cottage is also available for self-catering. You can eat in the bar, library, conservatory or, if you fancy, tuck into wood-fired pizza in the barn or garden. The menu, with blackboard specials, includes pub classics, game from local estates, fish and shellfish from the Norfolk coast – maybe fish and chips, or smoked buttermilk squash with girolles and chicory. At the 'superb breakfast' there is a 'great variety to choose from'. (Geoff Faulkner)