The Four Seasons Coffee Shop on Tuttles Lane is one of our local gems. Alex and I, with our neighbour Ruth, usually make it there by ten o’clock, and they are always busy. It is said that the number of patrons in a restaurant is a measure of the quality of food and service.
All the food served is locally sourced and home-cooked on the site. Even the coffee served is from a company in North Walsham (Calypso Coffee). The food serving times vary according to what is being ordered. Opening times are seven days a week from 9 am to 3:30pm, and 10am-2:30pm on Sundays.
Sometimes we have enjoyed a delicious breakfast. They have a choice of eleven different breakfasts! I can vouch for the flavourful Eggs Benedict, and Alex often chooses a regular breakfast of sausages, bacon, eggs, hashbrowns, tomato, mushrooms, and beans. Ruth usually chooses scrambled eggs on toast. Another of our favourites is their delicious fresh-baked cheese scones or fruit scones. A luxury Cream tea is also available for less than £8.00.
The Four Seasons also serves a large variety of sandwiches and gluten-free bread if required. My personal favourite is Coronation Chicken on Brown bread. You can view their extensive menu on their website.
The main meals served from 11:30 – 2:30 include several favourites from a Double stacked Beef Burger to pork sausages with mashed potato, to light side salads with a jacket potato. The toppings include an extensive 8 choices. Loaded fries are also an option.
The restaurant seats 88 on comfortable chairs with padded seats during winter months. In the warmer weather, they can seat 152 in total. There are tables for four and for two, and an area of bench seating along one wall. The opposite wall is full of windows looking out on the open countryside. During the warmer weather, we enjoyed sitting outside on the patio. Large umbrellas are provided for hot sunny days.
There are four chefs in the kitchen and a total of twelve staff on the Restaurant team. Their philosophy has always been about creating a welcoming space where people can relax, meet friends and enjoy good food and great coffee. Seeing the same faces return week after week is a testament that things are being done right.
The proprietors of the Garden Centre and Coffee Shop are Gary and Brenda Groucott. The measure of their success is that they have opened a sister shop in Aylsham, on Norwich Road. Alex and I visited a year ago and were impressed with the whole place. The menu had lots of variety, and the décor was attractive.
The exciting news about the Tuttles Lane Four Seasons is that a refurbishment is planned for later in the year! This will help to make the space even more enjoyable for all of us who stop by. I hope we will see you there on our next visit.
