please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
The Croen has much improved, full of life now and a great social venue.
Pool & juke box are great and much need to bring a bit of life to the ditton.
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Avoid it like the plague......
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Always seems very dead to me.....if you don't count the seriously loud music. Why oh why do landlords feel the need to do this?
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Well lets just say this place doesn't serve food anymore. Back to a typical boozer, pool table, juke box, underage kids.... say no more......
anonymous - 26 Jul 2007 10:17 |
Very mediocre experience here on Mothers' Day. Infact below mediocre. No flowers on tables, no extra staff - nothing to indicate anyone had given any thought to the day.
Meal was poor for a gastro style pub. Starter minimal and slow - 2 prawns. Kedgeree was stodgy and microwave heated (apparently), chicken dry and tough, vegetables tired. It really was a poor imitation of something else. The next day I went and had lunch in Portobello Road at the same price and so, so much better. A good manager needs to grab this place by the scruff of the neck and get the menu and preparation sorted out. One person waiting tables on Mothers' Day is very amateurish indeed.
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We have been going to the Crown for years and the meals/service have always been excellent. Unfortunately, there has been a change in chef and all seems to have gone to pot. The menu was lacklustre. Our meal on Saturday was below average, no bread/olive oil/dips were offered. The French onion soup was luke warm, with no cheese/bread in sight, congealed sauce on the steak and a rancid banoffee pie (the cream had turned). We won't be going back, which is very disappointing, as it has always been a favourite.
anonymous - 5 Mar 2007 10:08 |
the crown is by far the best place to eat in the area, all foods are prepared fresh & someone clearly knows their stuff, great place to relax by the fires & drink some really good wines
anonymous - 18 Nov 2006 13:57 |
A truly pleasurable experience. Three friends & I visited the Crown for Sunday lunch for my fiances birthday and I have to say we were all very impressed, the food was delicious, the wine good, atmosphere relaxing and the service was impeccable. All I can say is well done and keep it up!
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Good place. Very much at the trendy end of the range for Thames Ditton pubs, but that's not a criticism. Comfortable, nice beer garden, friendly staff. It's more set up for eaters than drinkers, so the staff can get a little over-run in the early evening meal rush, but that's a minor criticism - definitely worth a look.
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I've been to the Crown a number of times lately and have always been impressed by the imaginative menu and the excellent food.
Definitely the place to go for a special pub meal (in fact, the food is restaurant food). It's just a pity that parking can be a nightmare in Thames Ditton.
The only slight negative is that people can smoke in the food area. Perhaps smoking should be restricted to the far end of the bar area instead.
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The food looks very good I have to say, and the menu is imaginative. Cosy bar area shall we say, with a nice real fire. Actually, a very nice spot
But on the 'real ale' the chap below mentions. Yes, you can get Tim Taylors. But last time I was in, the spotty kid serving tried telling me it 'was meant to cloudy'. Well, I grew up drinking this in Keighley and I know how Tim Taylors should be served. Train your chuffing staff - Tim Taylors shouldn't be cloudy, unless it's off or not kept right.
anonymous - 3 Oct 2005 13:13 |
Now more a smart restaurant than pub with a good, imaginative , if rather expensive menu.
However one can still get good Real Ale (Timothy Taylors Landlord) so it's just up my street
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Agree with people that don't think this a pub for drinking in, but the food is top notch. Stumbled on the place while driving through Thames Ditton. The menu was great, everything looked superb, tasted great and was good value. Will definitely eat there again
Rob - 13 Sep 2004 10:41 |
This pub seems to divide opinion right down the middle - those who used to go to the crown under previous management tend not to like it and those who are discovering it for the first time tend to be positive. Personally I agree with previous comments - its a breath of fresh air and just what the area needs. Food is good but simple, not too expensive in my opinion. I have been there several times and always had a good meal.
Simon - 11 Jun 2004 08:01 |
Although it looks like a pub, there is more of a bar / bisto feel to the place. Staff where friendly and the food is very good, but a little over priced! I would however recommend this for eating out in
Tom - 22 Apr 2004 15:25 |
Do NOT come here if you have children. Went for lunch with four adults, two teenagers and two well-behaved five-year-old girls. Place was practically empty. Staff were generally grumpy and surly. When the two children went to play in the beer garden they were thrown out because, according to a woman called Jane who claimed to be 'one of the owners' the newly laid gravel has broken glass in it. When it was suggested that this was not a good idea for an establishment that claimed to welcome families, she was extremely irritable and aggressive. Have since spoken to two other people who have had experience of charmless, bad tempered service and vowed never to return. All in all a dreadful, unfriendly experience.
Joe - 13 Apr 2004 04:31 |
Sunday in Feb 04. New to the area took some friends for Sunday lunch. Armed with the ES review the expectation was good. 3 of us went for the trad sunday Chicken and Lamb dishes. Very Disapointed, £15 for not very much in terms of quanity, what was there was OK but average and not very good value. Dessert,£5.25 chocolate orange truffle cake, basically consistied of sludgey 1.5" slice with orange segments balanced on top (waitress seemd to find it amusing the oranges had collapsed the thing). Dont be sucked in by the big sales pitch on the prize wining cheese board - sounds good but lacks substance, more biscuits than cheese.
All said, Tony enjoyed the Thai currey and he picked the best and biggest pudding 'Pecan pie'
Verity - 17 Mar 2004 12:43 |
I have no idea why people wait hours for mediocre food at the neighbouring riverside pubs when they could eat here.
Not exactly the place I'd go for a drink though.
Martin - 9 Mar 2004 12:12 |
I thought it was very nice. Good decor and great food - up there in the gastro pub league almost. Very much needed in the area, somewhere decent where the young trendy people can go - instead of the the abundance of grungy old mans pubs all around! I wish a few more pubs would be revamped like The Crown.
julia jackson - 3 Feb 2004 14:44 |
Fantastic Pub! Food is divine and at affordable prices too, the staff are really friendly and it has a lovely atmosphere. Best pub I've been to in a long time. Just wish it was round the corner from me...It's a must!!
Vanessa Barrs - 21 Jan 2004 12:22 |
Prefered it in the old days, juke box and pool table. Now all trendy and poncy. If you fancy sitting on a bean bag to have tipple then go there.
Michelle - 17 Jan 2004 14:08 |
I fell upon this pub by accident and i think i might move to Thames Ditton now! The place is a real find. Even with the wooden floors and leather seats it still manages to maintain a real pub feel. Fine wines and extremely fine food that id expect to pay top notch for but didnt (result)
I want a local like this. Please Mr Crown will you considor a relocation to East London?
Donna - 15 Jan 2004 16:07 |
...that's the truth, you have to go there because of the food. It has some amazing Spanish meals - especially tapas. I like watching head chef prepering food threw the window and this really nice tall barman!!!!This staff is exeptional.Worth to visit!!!!
Ch.G. - 13 Jan 2004 19:49 |
Gutted, the Hickeys had it down to a tea, it's all gone down the pan now though. Thames Dittons best pub, RIP.
Scotty Boy - 13 Jan 2004 13:28 |
The photo needs updating. The place has been completely refurbished with the dining area taking up the majority of space. The bar area is in the trendy Hoxton style - all miss-matched retro chairs. The staff look like extras from Hollyoaks, in fact, there is a bit of a Nosh vibe about the place. I've had some excellent meals here, and there is a different menu every day. Shame they have stopped serving Staropramen on tap. The food definitely seems to take precedence, which is a shame as the bar area could be a great place to hang out if it started attracting a regular crowd.
Nick - 3 Dec 2003 12:19 |
i grew up in the crown, for 10 years i was in there every day. used to be great in the hickey days!!!!!!! will never be the same.
kay moult - 1 Aug 2003 14:47 |
amazing, it has nbow been taken over by new management an dteh food is exceptional, very rare to get pub graub that tastes... its modern european good prices lovelt people.... you HAVE to go.......
Tracey Nevin - 2 Jun 2003 11:07 |
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