What an amazing night! On Thursday 27 February, eight members of our fabulous team got their best dresses and dinner jackets on, and headed off to Kesgrave Hall in sunny Suffolk in great trepidation. We found out in December that Imperial Hotel was one of four finalists in the ‘Customers at the Heart of Everything’ category in the prestigious Hoseasons Norfolk & Suffolk Tourism Awards...

2020 is going to be quite a year for hotel proprietor, Nick Mobbs. He’s been appointed Captain at Great Yarmouth & Caister Golf Club on the east coast of Norfolk. He’s quick to point out that being Captain doesn’t necessarily do anything to improve his handicap! Nick’s granddad, Campbell Lindsay, founder of Imperial Hotel, was a jolly good golfer. But Nick never really...

Did you make a New Year's Resolution, or are you a naysayer? And how are you getting on with sticking to it so far? For some people, New Year's Resolutions are a 'must-do.' New Year's Day signifies a new beginning, time to turn over a new leaf or start something completely new. For others, New Year's Resolutions are a complete no-no, adding extra pressure at what can be a cold, wet and dreary time...

Our fabulous proprietor, Aileen Mobbs, is honoured to be receiving the highest accolade in Great Yarmouth on Monday 9 December 2019, when she becomes only the second woman in history to be awarded the status of Freeman of the Borough. We haven't dashed out just yet to buy a flock of sheep for her to take to graze on the Market Place now she has the freedom of the borough, but we have got our best...

We love a tradition at the Imperial Hotel, and traditionally, Stir Up Sunday is when households across the land gather in their kitchen to make the Christmas Pudding. It’s another tradition for which we have Victorians with hungry tummies to thank. The Christian faithful in Victorian times were inspired to don their aprons and get straight into their kitchens on their return from church on the...