Gardeners Arms

You'll find yourself on Timber Hill, that slightly forgotten stretch between the market and the river, where the Gardeners Arms sits doing what it does best: serving decent pints to people who actually live round here rather than tourists. It's the kind of place where regulars prop up the bar like it's their second home, and frankly, after a few visits you'll understand why. The beer selection is genuinely thoughtful—they take their ales seriously without being precious about it—and the whole thing feels properly local, the way Norwich pubs used to before everywhere started looking the same.