The Crown Inn Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The meats were perfectly cooked and the selection of vegetables excellent."
• "We have just finished an excellent Sunday roast which we picked up the meat was moist vegetables just perfect."
• "The food in the Restraunt was very good My sirloin was perfect as was the gammon."
• "Food was amazing."
• "The food was really great, good size portions, certainly the highlight."
• "The food was fresh, well presented, hot and very delicious."
• "Food couldn't fault it. Was nice and we even had a treat and ordered deserts which was nice and tasted like they were homemade."

Cons:

• "The carvery is awful, tastes like it has been sat around for hours in hot plates."
• "The chicken breast was just sliced in half and a piece of stuffing put in and served with plain frankly tasteless veg."
• "Apart from roast potatoes.. Hard as hell..."
• "The duck spring rolls very greasy."
• "Starter stilton mushrooms came deep fried and mushrooms raw inside."
• "The food was the worst I’ve ever eaten, service was poor I had to ask for cutlery, serving spoons, condiments, the food was lukewarm and unseasoned."
• "Unfortunately over cooked roasts that were dry had been left a while I assume and undercooked stuffing over all cold and tasteless."

Service

Pros:

• "A lovely meal was served by friendly staff."
• "Staff were friendly, attentive and made you feel very welcome."
• "Staff very helpful and friendly who didn't rush us at all."
• "Very welcoming and friendly bar staff, who were very attentive. First class service."
• "The staff were super-helpful and really nice."
• "The waiting staff were very good."
• "The staff are friendly and helpful."

Cons:

• "Service was very poor waited over an hour for our meals...when the food finally came it wasn't up to its normal standard one steak was just fat and gristle."
• "15 mins later still waiting for our drinks order to be took."
• "The young possibly inexperienced waitress asked us if we were having a dessert and we said we wanted a few minutes to decide she then came back and told us we would need to leave our table by 2pm because another group were coming."
• "The thing that made me furious was I waited over 40 mins for my 1st drink."
• "Service was poor I had to ask for cutlery, serving spoons, condiments."
• "Service awkward and slow."
• "Unfortunately service was not a good experience."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Lovely atmosphere."
• "A very friendly atmosphere lovely food and plentiful all staff very nice and nothing is too much trouble."
• "Truly wonderful village pub 👍 great food and beer, with fantastic staff and friendly atmosphere."
• "Lovely environment, clean & well maintained. Friendly Staff."
• "Live music & outside bbq event so was busy, lively atmosphere at front garden."
• "Lovely cosy pub with a brilliant garden and just lovely feel."
• "The perfect village pub! Friendly staff, great atmosphere and fantastic food options."

Cons:

• "Walked in to find a deserted pub with no atmosphere and very sterile non inviting."
• "The overall standard of our roast was pretty appalling which resembled dry school dinners or hospital food."
• "Today's visit was incredibly disappointing, as a Norfolk person not adverse to banter etc I found a couple of the locals offensive and deeply unpleasant."
• "We will not be returning. I feel this once lovely village pub will soon end up as many pubs do, a boarded up shell waiting for property development."
• "Not much atmosphere nice place in general but staff need to learn service with a smile shame because its a really nice place and the owners have put a lot of work into it but staff let it down."
• "Looks like a nice pub from the outside, unfortunately the owner does not keep the opening hours up to date."
• "This was a unique dining experience. Like the Adam's Family meets Twin Peaks."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "A lovely old pub that serves great home made food at great prices."
• "The price is well worth the money Two can eat here for just £30. That's two Sunday lunch and drinks."
• "Food was great and not expensive."
• "Fantastic food, generous portions, value for money, quality is excellent."
• "And as a bonus they are very reasonably priced."
• "Back to basics with a simple but tasty home cooked pub menu!"
• "The food is excellent and sensibly priced."

Cons:

• "The accommodation is a bit expensive for what you get, but because I rang direct, I got a healthy discount!"
• "The bill came to £90.15, we were told we couldn't split the 5p so we both had to pay £45.10."
• "The wine they were serving was very cheap (yellow tail) and yet, charged a lot for it."
• "Very poor for £18.95."
• "Expensive for dried roast and thinly sliced meat."
• "The accommodation is a bit expensive for what you get."
• "Good selection of drinks, but pretty expensive."

Accommodation

Pros:

• "Stayed overnight in our camper van. Charlotte and team were friendly, good range of beers etc."
• "The accommodation is absolutely beautiful and little things like offering fresh milk in the rooms is both a nice touch and environmentally good too."
• "It was very nice hotel, 3 rooms it is on top of the pub but not very busy pub, what can wake you up is sound of tractor at the morning."
• "Room was much more premium than I was expecting, really nicely done out."
• "The room was clean and the bed was comfortable. The bathroom felt large and luxurious."
• "Stayed over with work great room and evening meal...they made me up a bacon and sausage sandwich to take with me which was really appreciated."
• "THE CLEANEST Inn I've had the pleasure of staying in."

Cons:

• "This pub is now closed down (Dec 2021) - our lunch reservation was not cancelled so we were a little shocked when we arrived to find it locked up."
• "Surprisingly busy country road tho, with intermittent traffic noise through the night."
• "Rooms nicely done but a load of really low beams to navigate."
• "Oddly the rooms are named but the keys are numbered, so after a long day it can get confusing."
• "No price list on the breakfast menu, the member of staff who actually served us didn't have a clue what the breakfast cost."
• "Unfortunately service was disorganised, AND 'Woe Betide you if you're a slow eater, as we were asked to vacate our table for the next seating to finish our drinks standing in the crowded bar... No thanks... We left..."
• "I stayed here last week and I have no hesitation in describing the Crown at Gayton as the best pub in East Anglia."