The Crown Inn Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "It's the heartbeat of the beautiful village of Lanlivery"
• "It's a very country side atmosphere with great attentive staff who is looking after you."
• "12th century pub and restaurant. Very cool place to visit."
• "The original parts of the Inn are 12th century and it has the feel of an old coaching Inn, lots of atmosphere."
• "Outside was a spacious beer garden and inside was a lovely olde world feel, with low beams and stone floor."
• "Very attractive and ancient looking real fireplace gives it a wonderful atmosphere and warmth despite the damp Cornish weather."
• "I sat in the lovely pub garden surrounded by foxgloves and ferns, and enjoyed the mottled sunshine passing through the trees overhead."

Cons:

• "The restaurant was a little bit dark and other diners were reading the menu with the torch app on phones."
• "Nice garden area but a lot of tables are in the shade which is rather chilly."
• "You could hear the noise from the bar (which did not affect us, as we stayed in bar till late) but if you are one for an early night, it may be a factor."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff were lovely and the food is excellent."
• "The staff in the pub was extremely welcoming and friendly."
• "Nicola has always been so friendly and efficient when serving us our breakfast."
• "The landlord and staff are friendly and helpful,"
• "the friendly staff were very good at efficiently serving even though the pub was busy."
• "Staff were really friendly and attentive."
• "Service was excellent - the lady was very friendly and efficient."

Cons:

• "After waiting over half an hour and seeing others get their food who arrived ages after us my husband went in to check and was told the kitchen was busy."
• "Staff! 😱..Oh my god. How many times do you have to repeat yourself to ask for something."
• "Waitress was clearly stressed and knew it was poor and we thanked her for trying."
• "Never mentioned the available specials and seemed reluctant to be there."
• "Service very slow, some of our food not so good."
• "service a bit hit and miss as a couple of mistakes with orders, but very friendly and welcoming."
• "The only criticism was the breakfast was slow coming out."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "I had one of the best steaks I've ever had! Melt in the mouth lushness!"
• "The food is great and have never had to complain."
• "The food was absolutely delicious, one of the best meals we’ve had travelling through the area, really fresh and tasty, and was super good value too."
• "Food excellent. Service excellent."
• "The food was superb. I had a beef burger with bacon and Stilton."
• "Food was top notch. I had the belly pork, which had the fat rendered well so it was lovely and soft."
• "The food that we had was very tasty and quite reasonable."