2026 winnerBest coffee
Blue Bear Coffee Co.
Right on the tour route, and the flat white beats places three times the size.
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The best of Norwich,argued over by locals.
The best places here have no marketing budget. That is the whole point of this.
Vote — Best in Norwich 2027
Closes 31 January 2027 · winners 2 March 2027
Best coffee in Norwich?
Pick one to see how Norwich has voted.
Ten winners for 2026, picked by about 25 locals we know. So we have missed things, and 2027 is not our call: six categories, no shortlist, and nobody can buy their way in.
The results
The 2026 winners.Every category.
Go and give them your money. That is the whole point of a list like this.
2026 winner2026 winner
Best coffee to sit in
Alchemista Coffee
Steampunk room down the best alley in the city, and nobody rushes you out of it.
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2026 winnerBest bakery
DeVecchio Bakery
Focaccia and savoury croissants that are gone before lunch. Get there early.
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2026 winnerBest market stall
Big Deal's Bodega
Best sandwich in the city, no contest. Tuesday to Saturday, lunchtime only.
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Best sweet treat
Churros for the People
Fried to order, too hot to eat, gone before you reach the Guildhall.
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2026 winnerBest ice cream
Café Gelato
Norfolk milk, Sicilian pistachios, churned daily. The queue is the endorsement.
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2026 winnerBest pasta
Yard
Pasta made on the premises, walk-ins only. Cellar bar if the main room is full.
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2026 winnerBest pizza
Donnelli's
Wood-fired, Italian run, nothing dressed up. Order the sides.
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Best lunch on the go
Avo Burrito
Built to order, guac made that day, holds together to the last bite.
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Best wine bar
Jarrolds Wine Bar
Cheese, charcuterie and a proper glass, in the basement of a shop from 1823.
Think someone is better? Vote →Twenty-five locals.That was the whole panel.
Not a public vote. About 25 people we know, all living here, arguing it out. Everything on the list is independent and local, nobody paid, and most winners had no idea they were in it.
2027 is yours. Vote here, closing 31 January 2027, winners 2 March 2027.
We wrote this becausepeople keep asking us.
Come on the tour and ask us the ones that are not on this page. Free to book, and you decide at the end what it was worth.