The Rose & Crown Reviews Summary

Category: Pub London

Address: 199 Stoke Newington Church St, London, N16 9ES, United Kingdom

Phone: +442072547497

Rating: 4.3
based on 131 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "The service is spot on, simple friendly and welcoming."
  • "Staff are attentive, friendly and make you feel like it's your living room."
  • "Efficient and friendly service."
  • "The bar staff were also friendly and helpful."
  • "The staff were absolutely lovely and couldn't do enough for us."
  • "The staff is always super friendly."
  • "Staff super friendly and welcoming."

Cons:

  • "Lunch today was lacking in service and quality of food."
  • "Sat down and asked for menus and were ignored by staff for 10 minutes while waiting."
  • "They couldn't even be nice to us on the most basic level."
  • "Totally incompetent staff under the overwhelmed Laura and her corpulent assistant Caitlin."
  • "The man I can only assume was the manager was snappy and rude to us without any cause."
  • "I was 'served' tonight by the most rude 'lady'."
  • "Incompetent staff, very rude to the customers."

Food

Pros:

  • "Food was nice, as described on the menu."
  • "The Sunday roast we had was great, and lots of choice."
  • "Tasty lamb roast with all the trimmings."
  • "Brilliant pub atmosphere, friendly staff, great food."
  • "The food is simple tasty and more than affordable, unlike some other venues in the surrounding area!"
  • "Food and service here is always terrific."
  • "A really good lunch. Excellent Bavette Steak with some great skin-on skinny fries."

Cons:

  • "Chicken Burger: definitely not worth for the price. Ordinary."
  • "Sunday Roasts nothing really special."
  • "Terrible service, long hairs in two of the meals."
  • "But the food is rubbish."
  • "The lamb was medium well at best and I suspect the potatoes were deep fried (they were very very oily and not crispy at all)."
  • "The lamb was like eating shoe leather and the pork was pretty much the same never again would I eat here."
  • "Vegan burger: just not good. Tasted very basic."

Ambience & Location

Pros:

  • "It is in a gorgeous area - Stoke, near Finsbury Park, the underground is 20 minutes away, but its a lovely, peaceful walk, but there are also buses from across the street."
  • "One of Stokey’s best pubs."
  • "Lovely old wood panelled pub with real fires and candles to create a cosy atmosphere."
  • "Cosy little pub with real open fire."
  • "A nice pub, looks super old in a good way."
  • "Beautiful flagstone floors, a huge wooden bar & candles on the tables all gave this pub a warm welcoming feel."
  • "Fab pub with a traditional slash Art Deco wooded interior."

Cons:

  • "The actual joint itself needs a bit of love."
  • "Only downside, it is a little bit cramped, a lot tables very close together and not much space."
  • "A bit dingy on the inside."
  • "Only downside as others have mentioned is the noise."
  • "Only down side is the noise from the pub below, the Suite is on the first floor so Friday and Saturday night were very loud."
  • "A lot of traffic noise outside."
  • "No tube stations close by."

Accommodation

Pros:

  • "The rooms were beautifully decorated and very comfortable."
  • "Max welcomed us warmly and showed us to a very pleasant room."
  • "A brilliant place to stay."
  • "The rooms are very nice with real, sturdy furniture, excellent bathroom fixtures and comfortable and clean beds."
  • "Comfortable and clean room for our one night stay."
  • "Amazing place to stay we had the suite also if u stay there is a roof terrace which is a nice touch… would stay again if in area… bed was one of the comfiest iv been in away from home."
  • "We stayed for two nights in the double room with a giant bed (super king?) and a spacious bath, which made our trip very memorable."

Cons:

  • "The place keeps its 1920's charm, but is being ruined by the reservation system."
  • "The lamb was like eating shoe leather and the pork was pretty much the same never again would I eat here."
  • "Our room was very tastefully decorated and the perfect base for seeing Beyonce at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium."
  • "The room has air conditioning and a comfy sette."
  • "Everything was exceptionally clean and well looked after."
  • "The guest room was charming, comfortable, well appointed, and clean."
  • "It has wonderful bathroom and I slept there like a baby."

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