The Crown

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   Ed

   Oxford1 review

   2.0

   Dined on February 12, 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/Suffolk14 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on February 2, 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

   Oxford4 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on January 30, 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

   Cambridge1 review

   1.0

   Dined on January 25, 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

   Oxford6 reviews

   1.0

   Dined on January 5, 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

   Oxford4 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on December 27, 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

   London6 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on December 24, 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

   Berkshire1 review

   5.0

   Dined on December 21, 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

   Oxford1 review

   5.0

   Dined on December 14, 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

    Gloucestershire3 reviews

    2.0

    Dined on December 13, 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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