My son suggested an afternoon drink at either the Cock or the Greyhound. Had not been to the Greyhound since ownership/management had changed so suggested there. We arrived at the outside area at the back of this amazing Elizabethan coaching inn and my wife went inside to order drinks. Looking for a place to sit some guy was vacuum cleaning his car so wanted to be far from that noise and sight. Went into the corner to find a speaker blasting out football stuff. Looked to sit elsewhere and you can’t escape the speakers. It was too late, my wife was paying so we had to stay. Not that it mattered stuck between the car vacuuming and the speakers, as we were. Or there to watch, but the TV was showing a different station to the commentary coming out of the speakers. We had to move filled ashtrays. A car can be cleaned but not the customer area? Anyway, we just got on and enjoyed our get together thinking that the layout and TVs must have been good for the recent football matches. Before we left I went to the loo. As you walk in you are hit by an awful smell from whatever cleaning fluid they use. It was like going back in time; a pub that does not think about it’s customers. We had cycled past a packed Saracens Head outside area to this joke. Never again. This was amateur hour.

Visiting Diss on a camping holiday we were looking for a family pub to watch the football. After reading reviews and also receiving recommendations by one of the locals, we decided to head to the Greyhound . On entering we were told that children had to be out of the pub by 17:00. (Never before have I heard of this licensing law.) I would not recommend this pub if you have children.