The Fat Cat & Canary

Walk into The Fat Cat & Canary and you're stepping into the kind of pub that actually belongs to Norwich—not one that's been focus-grouped to death. It's the sort of place where the bar staff know their regulars by name, and you won't feel out of place whether you're in your work clothes or properly dressed up. The real ale selection is taken seriously here, rotating constantly and actually worth getting excited about. Thorpe Road's got that honest, working pub feel—nowhere near the fussiness of the city centre's trendier spots—and that's precisely the point. You come for a proper drink in proper company, nothing more complicated than that.