Crown & Anchor Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food menu is strong with lots of appealing options for vegetarians."
• "The food is decent and competitively priced."
• "Their food rocks, constantly superb roasts."
• "The food is amazing and great for vegetarians."
• "Serve food too, although we didn't have a meal we had some snacks (nachos, etc) and it was great."
• "Good quality roast dinner on a Sunday."
• "The food is pretty good value, the Sunday roasts are sometimes a bit hit and miss but generally good."

Cons:

• "Next is the portions of the food that you are given. I mean TINY portions."
• "The roast was very average. Meat was a little dry (chicken) or a little fatty (lamb)."
• "Went for a Sunday roast with my family who are all locals, food was average and cabbage was awful, slimy and stank of God knows what."
• "The Yorkshire puddings were terrible, gravy was okay, the vegetables were cooked well but under seasoned."
• "The food was a mixture of like warm and very cold."
• "Everything tasted as if it had been cooked several hours before and left out - roast potatoes weren't nice at all and the chicken was a bit dry."
• "The beef was over cooked, cold, there was also too much of it on the plate."

Service

Pros:

• "The service is amazing, really relaxed and friendly waiting staff but efficient too."
• "We had table service that was super friendly and responsive."
• "Service was great. Relaxed atmosphere."
• "Service was friendly, they were pretty full but managed to fit us in without a booking."
• "Staff were very friendly and very efficient."
• "Great service and the food was spot on."
• "Service was absolutely faultless and the food was also fantastic."

Cons:

• "First off, the service is abysmal. Myself and my friends waited at the bar for around 20 minutes waiting for one other person to be served."
• "Overall experience has left myself and my friends completely underwhelmed."
• "I will never go back. Can't take criticism. Awful."
• "Mostly friendly staff but a few grumpy/rude ones."
• "The staff is very rude, specially the red hair woman who shouted at us because we were on her way."
• "Had a poor customer service experience trying to return a half pint of off beer."
• "Spent nearly £100 in under 2 hours and was treated like animals from the first bartender who can't speak to the woman who was rude and told us to get out."

Atmosphere & Ambience

Pros:

• "A pub with a great atmosphere."
• "The atmosphere in the pub is pretty good. Nice people great ambience."
• "The pub has such a relaxed and cosy atmosphere."
• "Ambience: Lively and casual with an air of trendiness."
• "Classic pub vibe with friendly service."
• "Friendly, nice atmosphere with a relaxed vibe."
• "Great decor and ambience with friendly staff."

Cons:

• "Very hipster/beard friendly craft ale place. Exposed brickwork and wood floor makes it rather deafening when busy(#oldman)."
• "The only disappointment is all the hard surfaces mean the ambient noise level can be quite high."
• "The mostly empty pub was a tip with a few patrons that were still drinking were sitting amongst the detritus of Sunday lunch."

Beer & Drinks Selection

Pros:

• "The large and varied beer and whiskey selection here is a definite bonus."
• "The beer selection is extensive and constantly changing."
• "A really good selection of craft beers."
• "The staff are always quite friendly and happy to suggest a beer or whiskey should you ask."
• "Huge selection of beer, great food."
• "Great beer selection."
• "Awesome selection of craft beers on tap."

Cons:

• "Fad for craft beer is the norm but sometimes you just want a disco lager."
• "Many of the more exciting ones are very expensive."
• "Horrific Sunday roast, aggressive manager and flat drinks!"

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Went for a group Christmas dinner was so good!!! Great value for money."
• "Price: Premium but very reasonable."
• "For a craft beer pub in London its also very reasonably priced with a wide range."
• "Good portions for a good price."
• "For £12.50 it was probably the best value roast I've had in London and will definitely be back!"
• "Great prices great atmosphere great portions you won't leave hungry!"
• "The food is great and well priced. There is a fine selection of drinks."

Cons:

• "It's expensive enough to make you feel like a 'meal ticket'."
• "Food was mediocre quality and quite expensive considering other options locally."
• "The lamb is lamb shoulder and 50% of it was fat."