The Crown

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   Ed

   Oxford

   1 review

   2.0

   1 review

   Dined on 12 February 2025

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   The Crown was ok. It does seem expensive for what it is. My sandwich had very ordinary sliced white bread, one corner of which was slightly stale! The filling was nice as was the slaw and fries. It just felt like new management from when I had much more enjoyed it in the past. So, ok only.
   

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   Mark

   Norfolk/Suffolk

   14 reviews

   5.0

   14 reviews

   Dined on 2 February 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Good tasty roast beef but served warm not hot on a cold plate. Ambience of the Crown is bare boards.
   

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   Nick

   Oxford

   4 reviews

   3.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on 30 January 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 4

   Over 45 minutes wait for snacks soup was warm nit hot. We have been many time and never had these issues
   

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   Rod

   Cambridge

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on 25 January 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 3

   We love The Crown but this was a poor evening. We booked out table two days beforehand. Ordered starters and pizzas - no worries. Then the waiter told us the kitchen was busy they wouldn't be starting to cook pizzas for 45mins. We said that was OK. Then the waiter came back and said they couldn't do my order of Padron Peppers so I had to order a different starter. They arrived and my wife was given the wrong starter. Given the wait she just ate it - but it was totally overloaded with garlic. Then the waiter told me they were starting pizzas but couldn't do my order of Pizza Bianca and I had to order something else. The Pizzas arrived (two different kinds) and they were horrible. Pizza isn't that difficult! Limp cold base, hardly any topping, no tomatoe, and some sort of stone-cold shop-bought ultra-sweet sauce squeezed all over. Almost like sweet raspberry. They were horrible. Bill was over £80. Waiter did his best - he was nice. We've always loved The Crown's ambience and I don't like to moan but this was really terrible.
   

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   ALAN

   VIP

   Oxford

   6 reviews

   1.0

   6 reviews

   Dined on 5 January 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 2

   Everything fairly awful and too expensive. The absolute low was one of the staff deciding to clean all the kids chairs with foul smelling chemicals in front of 3/4 tables. Why during Sunday lunch?
   

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   Sue

   Oxford

   4 reviews

   4.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on 27 December 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   We visited crown on 27/12. I always have a good experience here. Today no exception. The only thing was this time due to season they were very busy so took a bit longer for food to arrive but worth the wait. Staff very polite and apologetic. Good atmosphere. Pineapple and carrot cake a must
   

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   Chris

   London

   6 reviews

   5.0

   6 reviews

   Dined on 24 December 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   It was a very, very busy Christmas Eve. Staff were brilliant! We booked a table, it was reserved. Food choice good. Beer too.
   

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   Daniel

   Berkshire

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 21 December 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great character pub with very nice food. Thank you.
   

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   Rachel

   Oxford

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 14 December 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Lovely place, personable and relaxing. Staff friendly and helpful. Food lovely.
   

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    James

    Gloucestershire

    3 reviews

    2.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on 13 December 2024

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 3

    The sandwiches on the lunch menu are very disappointing. The main problem is the bread which is semi-toasted which presumably is because it has been defrosted in a microwave. The chef should visit the Blenheim Sandwich Bar and see how really fresh nutritious sandwiches and filled rolls are prepared.
    

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