Prelude

"Having dined for the first time at Prelude we were somewhat shocked at the negative reviews. Our visit was extremely pleasant. It made our trip to the theatre and the overall experience so much more enjoyable. We went on the Saturday of the last night performance of Peaky Binders. The staff were most helpful, pleasant and efficient. It was a nice touch that some were wearing Peaky Binders caps. All of the waiting team, all females incidentally were smartly dressed in light blue shirts and jeans; why some reviews have thought it inappropriate we could not see why. A nice bubbly atmosphere in the restaurant. The menu albeit not large was adequate, given that some customers clearly arrive late due to traffic hold ups etc.’ which leaves only a relatively short period of time before the performance starts. Portions were fine for us but as some of the reviews mentioned, they are not large. The food was nicely presented, hot and on warm plates. We were able to leave our coats on our chairs and thereby avoiding having to take them into the theatre as the table is booked for you for the evening. We mention this because there is no cloakroom facility for the theatre in general. We ordered our interval drinks and they were waiting for us when we returned during the break. Overall this is not fine dining it is a service of a pre-theatre meal within the confines of the theatre building, only a very, very short walk to the auditorium. We loved it and this very first visit will definitely not be our last. We sincerely felt there was absolutely nothing to dislike. A fabulous evening at the Theatre Royal Norwich."

"Awesome dining experience, lovely food and ambience, and fabulous attentive staff. Best place we've eaten out at for a long time."

"Excellent meal after panto. Very relaxing meal everyone really enjoyed themselves. Staff were very good even though it was very busy."

"Lovely food. They timed everything well knowing we were going into a show after. Loved having the table for the interval. Instead of buying smallest ever tub of ice cream we headed back into Prelude for desserts and coffees,which were waiting for us. Great night out with the show in the middle."