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Not too far from the Fine City of Norwich and nestled within the verdant Norfolk countryside is the Park Farm Hotel, a luxury filled establishment that is perfect for all types of occasions, holidays, celebrations and business events. No matter what your reason for being there, you will notice that the service is impeccable, the atmosphere cordial and friendly. Bedrooms are en suite with some having four poster beds and spa baths to add to the allure. Their restaurant is a simple but elegant room where the evening can be well spent enjoying a satisfactory meal.

Typically, starters might include seared wood pigeon served on dauphinoise potatoes finished with a sherry jus followed by a main course of belly of pork presented on parsnip mash served with apple and prune sauce garnished with baby carrots. If fish is your thing, then try the skate wing with wild mushrooms in red wine jus served with vanilla potatoes. Desserts include ice creams and sorbets and the wine list brings choices that complement every meal perfectly.

Bedfords Bar and Restaurant in Norwich is housed in one of the oldest buildings of the town, but apart from that, everything else is contemporary. In fact, it's the best place to visit with friends where you can lounge around on their leather sofas and enjoy the soothing atmosphere. The decor is noteworthy with its tall ceilings and dark wood beams and the restaurant is split in two levels with a stylish bar downstairs and chic dining area upstairs.

There's also a cellar bar known as The Crypt which is unique in its appeal because it is stone vaulted, and this venue is often popular with people looking for intimate spaces to celebrate. The food at Bedfords Restaurant is modern European with a bit of bistro feel to it with some unusual additions. This is an ideal spot if you want to lend an unusual touch to your functions and parties and the staff are most accommodating.

For weary travellers or merry holidaymakers in the Holiday Inn hotel in Norwich North, or just about anybody, the Concorde restaurant is the most likely place to head out to for a spot of good dining. The breakfast buffet serves a range of delicious and tempting dishes that is well worth getting up for in the morning on weekends.

The carvery menu, another special, offers starters of anti pasti such as crisp salad, seafood, paté, and other continental meats from a cold counter, followed by roast topside of beef with horseradish sauce. From the steaks menu, you could choose blackened tuna steak with fresh avocado, tomato salsa and sweet pepper cous cous.

There are a number of delicious desserts on offer, or you could just turn to cheese and biscuits to end your meal favourably. The cellar has an impressive selection of wines from Europe and the New World, available by the glass or bottle.

Pizza Express remains a hugely popular bedrock of casual eating. Its popularity is testimony to the fact that across the country, they have restaurants where you will always be guaranteed a good nosh, with children's tastes being well catered for.

Pizza Express has gone even more Roman, and following the success of that particular example of listening to their public have introduced Romana pizzas, including the scorching Etna and the hearty Siciliana.

These pizzas are now thinner, bigger and crispier, and if that sounds like a marketing line, it is. However, unlike many such lines, this one is true, and their quality is always consistent, though cleverly they have still managed to retain a homemade feel to their pizzas.

As an alternative to pizza, try their pollo pesto - cavatappi pasta with torn chicken breast, mushrooms, red onions and mozzarella in a creamy gruyere, parmesan and pesto sauce and finished with grana padano - or the niçoise salad with mixed leaves, yellowfin tuna, free range egg, green beans, potatoes and tomatoes with olives, anchovies, capers and house dressing.

Many of the big chains have come a long way, and Pizza Express is certainly amongst them. One of the first to be quoted on the Stock Exchange - in 1993 - Pizza Express is not a franchise operation and retains tight control through its own staff.

Their wine list - though short - contains some surprisingly good offerings, especially their intense Australian Chardonnay, and a big, full-bodied Merlot from Cusumano, Sicilia.

Bishop's Dining Room and Wine Bar is more than just a lucrative option for its founder and local jeweller Robert Croydon of Winsor Bishop, it's a well-defined place for the discerning diner and those looking forward to a fine dining experience in an informal setting. Time will tell, but hopefully it will turn out to be a jewel in Norwich's culinary crown.

Local sourcing has its significant merits and the kitchen knows that well.  Many of the dishes here are classics, starting with the goats cheese, courgette and tomato tart, followed by rump of lamb with crushed white beans, ratatouille and broccoli, and chocolate fondant with white chocolate mousse. The lunch menu concentrates on comfort food such as Cromer crab salad, Bishop's beer battered plaice, or rib-eye steak served with chunky chips.

The wine bar at Bishop's opens as early as 5.00 pm, ideal for a post work drink, following which you might just be tempted to stay along for some supper.