Don Pepe
“Cosy, family-run venue for classic Spanish cuisine such as paella, and a few other European dishes.”
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About Don Pepe
Don Pepe is a family-run Spanish restaurant at 26 St Benedicts St in Norwich. Paella is the dish the kitchen puts forward, and a few other European dishes sit on the menu beside it. Service is at the table, with food brought out by the team. Main dishes come as large portions. The menu has no photos of the dishes, so choices rest on the written menu alone. The cooking stays centred on Spanish food, with the European dishes as a smaller part of the offering.
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention mixed seafood platter, silver service, spanish brandy with coffee and large main dishes.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention mixed seafood platter, silver service, spanish brandy with coffee and large main dishes.
Customer Review Summary
Reviewers mostly praise the food, with a mixed seafood platter cooked perfectly and a chicken dish with a good sauce. One regular mentions silver service, a warm welcome, and coffee with Spanish brandy, plus wedding and Christmas Eve meals. One diner found the broccoli and green beans unlike anything seen in Spain and says the owner dismissed them rudely after declining dessert.
Customer Review Summary
Reviewers mostly praise the food, with a mixed seafood platter cooked perfectly and a chicken dish with a good sauce. One regular mentions silver service, a warm welcome, and coffee with Spanish brandy, plus wedding and Christmas Eve meals. One diner found the broccoli and green beans unlike anything seen in Spain and says the owner dismissed them rudely after declining dessert.
Featured reviews
- misc martin
“Totally agree with Angie Banks. We went there expecting authentic Spanish food, having lived in Spain for many years and the vegetables turned up - broccoli, green beans, peas and saute. The only thing we ever saw at a Spanish restaurant in Spain were the saute - definitely not the other veg. Rest of the food was passable but definitely not enjoyable. Also quite agree with the service. Owner bought over a dessert menu and when we said we didn't want dessert, he dismissed us very rudely. How anyone could give this place 5 stars beggars belief.”
- Paul Bennett
“Small & cosy. Wonderful food & great service. Highly recommended”
- Anna Peng
“I ordered the mixed seafood platter and every piece was cooked perfectly. The price was very appealing for the amount of food. My partner had the chicken and he said the sauce was good. It was a shame that there was just us in the …”
- Virgilio Jarrín
“The food and atmosphere is authentically Spanish in this family restaurant. You should book a table a have one of their main dishes (which may be a little big for people who east small portions). The service can be quicker and the menu easier to understand (i.e.: they don't have photos of the dishes).”
- denver hatch
“Have been a customer of this restaurant for many years and know the owners now as friends, whenever we book a table on arrival the welcome we get is always very warm and friendly. We tend to open our evening with a drink at the bar while perusing the menus. We like to get seated around 7.30 - 8.00pm that way we know we are there for the duration of the evening. We nearly always have a 3 course meal and the food is always of the highest quality and is always served at your table by way of silver service. I always start with the same dish and nearly always the same main with a lucky dip sweet to finish. Although it is a bit silly drinking coffee at such a later hour around 11pm but we always do. Coffee is bliss when accompanied by Spanish Brandy. This place is that good that we actually had a Wedding luncheon there with 26 guests on a Thursday afternoon, and we have had a few Christmas Eve dinners to remember there also. We could not state here in this review how highly we rate and recommend this eatery., to us its a 6 Star Restaurant.”
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