The Kings Head, Laxfield

Welcome to the King’s Head, Laxfield (Adnams Pub of the Year 2010)

The King’s Head (The Low House) is one of the very few pubs left in Britain that has no bar-counter. You go in the tap room at the back. Beer drinkers survey the array of barrels and request whatever takes their fancy, drawn straight from the barrel, while others can order whatever you usually have. Before you reach the barrels, you pass through a room dominated by an ancient fireplace. Old settles, polished in parts by the backs and bottoms of the long dead, surround it in a U-shape, with a table in the middle. Another room, also called the tap room, likewise has one large table and bench seats around. This is a social pub. If you want to be slightly less social you can go in the card room, which has small, separate tables and chairs, or the restaurant, but even there you may get into conversation with people to whom you have not been introduced!

We look forward to welcoming you to our Pub for great food, beer and comfortable accommodation.

Bob & Linda Wilson

Accommodation
We offer a choice of bed and breakfast or self catering accommodation in what used to be the old stable block.

Bed & Breakfast
Church View – is a double bedroom also with a 3/4 sized bed which can be used as a twin, en suite, with Flat Screen TV and tea and coffee making facilities.
River View – is a double bedroom, en suite, with Flat Screen TV and tea and coffee making facilities.

Self Catering
The Old Stables is a self catering apartment, with a kitchen, bathroom and extra spacious double bedroom with flat screen TV. Bed linen and towels are supplied.

We charge by the room, not per head, and offer discounts on longer stays.
Lunches and evening meals are available from the pub menu.
Dogs are always welcome.

Food
At the King’s Head we only serve real, traditional, home-made food, and, with much of our produce sourced locally, it’s always seasonal. We also have a specials board which changes regularly, so there’s always something new to try.

Our main meals can be light or hearty, meaty or vegetarian, and being only half an hour from the coast gives us a big advantage with fresh fish. Pork dishes are something of a speciality too, with local meat from Lane Farm.

We will always try to cater for special requirements, and will cook to order for a party or special occasion. So whether it’s a light lunch or a celebratory dinner, we guarantee you’ll leave happy not hungry!

Sample Menu
Starters
Homemade soup of the day
Dublin Bay prawns in garlic butter.
Mushrooms in a garlic and herb butter
Creaseys Chicken Liver Pate
Baked banana in a creamy Stilton sauce.

Main Courses
Homemade Steak and Adnams Ale or Steak and Kidney Pie.
Lane Farm Sausages and Mash
Lowestoft smoked kippers
Homemade Meat or Vegetable Lasagne
Fish dish of the day
Vegetarian Dish of the Day.
Rib eye and Rump Steaks from Creaseys of Peasonhall.

Desserts
Homemade Fruit crumble
Sticky Toffee Pudding
Bread and Butter Pudding Adnams Sherry Trifle
Mixed selection of Ice Creams from local suppliers.
Assorted Cheese and biscuits..
Coffee.

Beer
We stock the full range of Adnams Cask and bottled beers, along with draught Guinness, cider and lagers.

We are most fortunate that we serve our cask ales straight from the barrels and pride ourselves on the condition we keep them, earning us a considerable reputation. Our normal range of ales are always complemented with at least one, sometimes two, Guest ales. Adnams also brew several seasonal ales which we also stock.

Beers now in stock

Adnams Southwold Bitter, 3.7% abv – A classic bitter with a lingering hoppiness.
Broadside, 4.7% – abv Dark ruby red beer, rich in flavours of malt and hops.
*Old, 4.1% abv – Mild ale winter warmer style beer, a real treat for real ale drinkers.
Explorer, 4.3% abv – A light and refreshing blonde beer influenced by American hops giving it a fruity bitterness.
Lighthouse, 3.4% abv – A classic amber coloured session beer.
*Tally Ho, 7.0% abv – English barley wine. We mature ours for an extra 12 months as we think it makes a great beer even better.
*Oyster, 4.3% abv – A rich, nutty dry stout.
*Regatta, 4.3% abv – Seasonal brew.
*Ghost Ship, 4.5% abv – A seasonal Pale Ale.

* Denotes limited or seasonal availability.

Events
Together with the pub’s Petanque and Golf Clubs we now have two Beer and Music Festivals in May and September which are proving an absolute must for real ale drinkers and music fans alike. We have a lot of monthly events so please click on our Website link above (Visit Website) to see what's going on.