The Crown Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food quality is excellent, portions really good and price is affordable."
• "The Carbonara was amazing."
• "Served us great Turkey dinner that included many fresh vegetables."
• "I had the chicken and ham hock pie which was very tasty."
• "The food was amazing and reasonably priced."
• "Enjoyed a bottomless brunch at the Crown, fab welcome, very attentive, glasses well filled and the food was hot and fresh."
• "The food could not be faulted. All well-cooked and promptly served."

Cons:

• "These omelettes were not good, and the scampi average."
• "The beef was like rubber and the half roast chicken was literally frozen."
• "The portion of chips that came with it was minuscule."
• "The salad consisted of stale, almost rotten, cabbage and lettuce stems. Both the chicken and steak were overcooked leaving a discoloured chewy mess."
• "It's basic food with dry, overcooked chicken breast, chips, peas and a pot of bbq sauce out of a bottle."
• "The food took 1 hour and 20 minutes to arrive and we rated it from bad to absolutely disgusting (inedible)."
• "The food was absolutely awful, nothing cooked from scratch, beef was like a leather belt."

Service

Pros:

• "The service provided was with a smile and very helpful."
• "The staff were really nice and apologetic."
• "Staff were absolutely lovely and went out of their way for any request for the kitchen or drinks orders."
• "The service we received was amazing."
• "Staff are friendly, management very down to earth and very accommodating."
• "Staff were lovely and attentive, came out to apologise for the delay between starter and main."
• "The staff were extremely welcoming and friendly."

Cons:

• "A waste of time and money. Rude bar staff, an hour and a half wait for food, one meal had to be sent back twice and was still inedible."
• "The manager Abdul was so rude."
• "The service was disgusting we waited over 45 minutes for starters."
• "Booking system leaves a lot to be desired."
• "The service was sloppy, and the wifi was dreadful."
• "Service is poor with a long wait. (Over an hour)"
• "Had terrible service there was a woman working behind the counter who was getting everyone's orders wrong."

Ambiance and Facilities

Pros:

• "Visited both Wednesday and Saturday evening. Amazing staff and completely different atmosphere."
• "Very large pub, loads of seating areas including a big garden."
• "A lovely pub with a real fire."
• "👍🏻 Great pub, cider served from the fridge nice and cold food is spectacular in taste and portion size and very friendly guvnor and staff."
• "Has a gorgeous beer garden, where each summer they do the crown fest in order to raise money for charity."
• "Lovely garden, perfect for seeing friends post pandemic. Tables are very well distanced, service is quick and friendly."
• "Lovely, calm atmosphere, polite and friendly staff, clean bathrooms and good outside drinking area."

Cons:

• "Tables left uncleared after diners left."
• "The only thing I did notice was on entering there was a strong smell of toilets cleaners."
• "Table was sticky and had food debris and signs of the previous occupants' drink marks all over it."
• "Beer garden full of litter."
• "The decor inside especially toilets is awful."
• "Tables not cleaned and generally tatty, chairs torn, lampshades all bent."
• "The salad they served was rotten, so rotten that the leaves were goo."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Food is good value for money."
• "Good selection of wine, beer and spirits at a reasonable price."
• "The food is simple, yet very tasty and reasonably priced too."
• "2 course roast lunch was very reasonably priced."
• "Such good portion sizes, too, which makes it good value for money."
• "Price for food and drink was reasonable, will definitely go back."
• "Our meal was fabulous. Great value for money."

Cons:

• "Tonight only one ale (a poor London Pride) was on offer and the meals we had were awful at a very inflated price."
• "Drinks are a bit on the expensive side compared with other places locally."
• "What a rip off..£5 for tickets and DJ couldn’t get it right."
• "The food was atrocious. We had five adults in the party and all of us felt the same. Just awful heated up dried up food."
• "Food mediocre and bland. Hasn't changed or improved at all in 2 years."
• "Disappointed next day when I checked my bill in more detail to find I had been overcharged for drinks."
• "The food was warm and it tasted like it was a year old."