Just over a year after opening, Fino in Cromer has already made a big impact on the region’s food and drink scene. As well as being named Restaurant of the Year at the Norfolk and Suffolk magazine Food & Drink Awards 2025, it was also the Central and East of England winner in the Good Food Guide 100 Best Local Restaurants 2025.

Our judges commented on receiving a ‘fantastic welcome’ and described Fino as ‘very cosy’ and with a ‘great atmosphere’.

They were impressed by the local food offering and said everything was beautifully cooked, adding that they ‘let the main ingredient sing from the plate, and everything else worked with it’.

Fino is owned and run by husband and wife team Dan Goff and Ruth Butler. Dan has a long history of running businesses on the north Norfolk coast, including The White Horse in Blakeney and, until the advent of Fino, The Dun Cow at Salthouse.

Ruth, a talented artist with an MA from Norwich University of the Arts, and her father owned the eponymous and........

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