The Crown Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "The staff are very friendly and welcome children and animals."
• "Helpful, friendly staff."
• "The food was great and the service super attentive."
• "Love the staff in this pub they are so lovely and the food and the drink and..Oh yeah they have Yorkshire tea not boring old English breakfast!"
• "Staff are attentive and friendly."
• "Staff were so busy, but all provided a 10/10 service."
• "Staff excellent, food was outstanding."

Cons:

• "A Hastings pub where you are told to que up to be seated is just ridiculous."
• "The food took a very long time to arrive given how few people were in there."
• "However, the service was not what we expected."
• "The staff is snobby mostly mid 30s females with no real service skills."
• "Certain staff are rude as anything!"
• "After given abrupt runaround & made to feel unworthy of our custom by the smiley but rude manageress."
• "Had booked a table but drinks took ages to be served after being ordered, as did food."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "This restaurant is a seafood lover's paradise, earning five stars across the board."
• "Food looked restaurant standard and good value."
• "Sensational food. I had the Tikka Massala Pollock which had just the right about of spice."
• "I have just had the most delicious Fish meal ever, it was absolutely delicious."
• "The beef shin cottage pie with savoy parcel was absolutely divine and well worth waiting for!"
• "The food was the best I had had in a long time. Delicious. Well presented."
• "Delicious delicious delicious!! This place never fails to provide innovative food that is fairly priced with lovely friendly service."

Cons:

• "Wasn't keen on the menu but as reviews were good thought it would be great even if I didn't fancy it."
• "It was lovely fresh food and a great selection of craft beers but it was slightly let down by the fish I had being much too salty and the desert much too sweet."
• "Poor menu choices. Not enough meat. Veggie option grim."
• "The curried falafel part of the butternut squash dish was dry and unappetising more like cardboard than quality food."
• "We ordered ham (mainly fat) and eggs (organic and local but overdone) with chips and blobs of brown sauce, tandoori cod (very very nice) with mixed pulse dhal (hard, undercooked) and a thimble of yogurt, and gurnard (over salted) with a salmon croquette which turned out to be mainly greasy batter."
• "The food is pricey, greasy, average pub fare."
• "Food was sub standard, I ordered mussels which I sent back as where so over cooked they’d shrivelled up to nothing."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Dog friendly, people friendly, all in all, still one of the best places to eat bar none."
• "A beautiful, well run pub with a lovely atmosphere in the historic Old Town."
• "Vibrant pub, good range of beers, food better than most."
• "The atmosphere and decor were very relaxing."
• "A real gem of a pup with a wonderfully liberal, LGBTQ+ friendly atmosphere and decor."
• "Lovely relaxed atmosphere, and superb food."
• "Great, cosy vibe."

Cons:

• "The space awkward as the bar takes up a chunk of it and you are pushed against the walls by passing customers."
• "We went for lunch on a cold Tuesday. Pub no busy, only other 3 tables and no large groups. We sat by a radiator but it was barely on, even though it freezing outside and the door kept being left open."
• "In short: poor customer service, oblivious staff, overelaborated menu poorly executed charged at London prices."
• "Too loud, acoustics and locals shouting and laughing intrusive."
• "Probably a nice place, but they 'cleaned' my pint glass with a groce sponge."
• "But on 8th August four of us felt very let down with our mains."
• "Rarely goes without incident."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "The value for money is simply outstanding."
• "The food was spectacular, and not expensive."
• "It was a generous portion for its price and very very tasty."
• "Really good value for money and the food is so fresh, creative and delicious!"
• "Some of the best food I've ever eaten, at a very reasonable price."
• "Superb quality and value a must visit eatery."
• "Wow, food was fantastic, and not over priced."

Cons:

• "I realised that I had just payed £15 for a 2 inch slice of cod, served with 5 new potatoes and some chopped leak."
• "Overpriced and pretentious."
• "They've tried too hard with loading the menu with overly complicated dishes, that are bland, and very much over priced."
• "A pub serving pub quality food in starter sized portions and charging more than the price of a mixed grill in most pubs."
• "Although a tiny bit on the pricey side for what it is."
• "The drink selection is good, if you like the local produce."
• "The food is as incredible as ever."