Crown and Anchor in Barnsley

I was told if I haven't got anything nice to say don't say owt

Too busy to accommodate us for teatime. We will come back and try again. Must be good if its that busy

Food was amazing, had the stake an ale pie 👌🏼 Seating felt really cozy an chilled Drinks an food priced reasonably Will for sure be back at some point

Proper pub with tasty food, real ale & great service from friendly staff. It's very popular & has a great atmosphere, love the real fires on a cold day/evening.

Been coming to this place for many years now, food is delicious, prices good, never booked always just walked in. New policy now!! To be aware of!! NO WALK INS ARE SERVED FOOD??? So despite a journey from Wakefield to a regular place we eat, the jobs worth policy has cost them not just our custom but I imagine quite a few more. Poor show guys especially as 4 empty tables in the bar area!!

Attended for a Sunday carvery £15.00 for a standard. Couldn't fault the food at all other than the stuffing which wasn't to my taste. I am however nit picking with this and I am ashamed to say I piled my plate up and have never eaten as much in one sitting. Staff were all great, pub is dog friendly which I like to see. Atmosphere was great with locals and visitors. Location by the sea is also a winner.

Staff rushed off their feet .nice pub .

We brought my in laws for a Sunday lunch. We had a pie, 2 beef and a pork belly. We all absolutely enjoyed it and will definitely be back

Great beer, fast service, very covid safe

Great out of town / former coaching inn, pub & restaurant. Food was excellent, great service. Recommend booking ahead. Prices reflect the higher standard product.

Always a pleasure. Great pub with great food and friendly staff.

Amazing food atmosphere and service we would highly recommend

I had a beef sandwich and it was good my wife had fish and chips which was excellent. I would definitely recommend you go. The staff were very attentive and knowable they had a great attitude as well which is hard to find these days

Food was lovely, good atmosphere too.

Absolutely great in all counts.

Lovely food, great atmosphere and lovely friendly staff. Would highly recommend

Booked a table for 9, great service and food, accommodating, good choice for vegetarians

Big groups need better seating plans

We did the quiz night and pie night. It is really good and the pie was very tasty. It was also expensive for a pie ! There’s amazing pie places that you can have a great pie chips and peas for way less. It is good and it’s a great pub - but the prices mean it’s a treat place to eat

Visited last night and we usually visit around every 6month ish or sooner if we can 😆 Not many places where you can never fault any aspect of anything ❤️ or you are still talking and thinking about how nice the food is the morning after 🤣! Always guaranteed beautiful food, quality cocktails and drinks and friendly service even when the place is packed! Thank you to all of you and Merry Christmas 🎅 x

We had a fantastic time here last night , the food was delicious and nothing was too much trouble fir the staff , we even got a free drink because we booked in August . We will definitely be back to sample some more if the top class good & service Thankyou

Lovely food, great service by Amelie. 3 adults and one child. We had Korean chicken lollipops, and baked camembert for starters, festive pie and chicken burgers for mains. Food service was good. Drinks service a little slow though. Overall, really enjoyable. Big thank you to our server Amelie, she was polite and friendly.

Booked for a Christmas evening with Carol singers. We were made aware the singers had cancelled but a singer was appearing & would be singing Christmas songs. We ordered the Christmas meal but were disappointed when it arrived. 2 sprouts , 1 pig in blanket, 2 very small roast potatoes…. It was very poor compared with previous meals we have had there. They brought cranberry sauce for 3 of us in a small dish no bigger than a tomato sauce lid. 2 of us used it & asked for some more to be told they had none. They did however turn up with some near the end of our food. We had puddings, custard came in the tiniest jug I’ve ever seen. The singer came on & sang everything except Christmas songs. It was a very disappointing , expensive night. Not like it has been in the past.

Ok food, good service. Rather cold inside at lunchtime visit.

Upon a recommendatin, 9 of us went to the Crown and Anchor for lunch. To say we were impressed was an understatement. Great pub with a good selection of beers but the food is simply out of this world. Fish and chips was superb, the pies were proper pies (not just a pie dish with a lid) and everything else we had was top notch. Highly recommend this to anyone wanting great food - not just the usual plastic immitation we've all become used to.

Such a lovely pub! The staff were so nice and friendly. 9 of us had main meals and we all loved our meals. Very tasty, hot and great portions. Definitely would return. Thank you.

Fantastic place lovely atmosphere food Fantastic thw cocktails 😋😋😋😋 in recommend this place for families friends gathering or dinner dates.

New menu today we only had small plates of food, it was lovely and service great couldn't fault it Can recommend pigs in blankets and goose fat roast potatoes 😁

From the outside the pub looks a bit shabby and run down. Was really shocked by the great hubbub of happy customers when we walked in. Food was great. Massive portions and great selection. I got a venison hot dog and you actually get 2! Would highly recomend.

Great place to eat good food atmosphere Great staff.

Bonfire night - gorgeous food and brilliant value for money and happy, friendly staff. Little ones loved the kids fireworks

Family of 4 for Pie Night - we enjoyed a few pints and the 2 adults had pies and the 2 kids chose from kids menu. Everyone was happy, nice staff, nice atmosphere - give it a try.

Good pies made their meal was with mushpeas and potato chips big then ihàd cheese cake we will be going again

Went here whilst in the area. Nice location. Good size car park. Premises good decor. We at3 in the pub area as we had a dog with us. The food was fine and what you would expect.

Yet again excellent food and drinks . Always more than happy with everything we get here . Food looks too good to eat as you can see . Very good Guinness too .

Took my friend for lunch today. Very impressed. A lovely setting with a friendly, warm welcome. We chose fish, chips and minted mushy peas from the lunchtime menu. The food was hot, absolutely delicious and served on a warm plate. The choice of sweet is limited but the sticky toffee pudding and fruit crumble were both beautifully presented and again, delicious! The service was outstanding and the pricing is excellent value for money. Overall a lovely birthday celebration for my friend. I highly recommend the Crown and Anchor. We will definitely be back.

Nice food, nice selection of beer,ciders etc

Reece was so lovely and food was absolutely delicious!

Used to regularly enjoy the pie nights here so thought we would try out the Sunday Lunch. We were a group of 4 adults and 2 young children. Staff were attentive, professional and efficient. Starters of calamari and chicken lollipops were okay but not amazing. Sunday lunches were really tasty, piping hot and nicely presented. There was a spilt drink/smashed glass incident mid-meal which staff were really good about - cleared up immediately and even replaced the pint of beer free of charge - a really lovely touch which was thoroughly appreciated. Great for a casual, reliable Sunday lunch.

As a group of 4 we had lunch today. My sister and I had a dish from the new menu, Belly pork served on a bed of pork cassoulet with green beans. What a fabulous meal! Our husbands had the chicken, leek and bacon pie and battered fish and chips. We finished with sticky toffee puds and a cheesecake . All the food was fabulous and the service was second to none. Well done Crown and Anchor!

Lovely pub, went for crownfest which was fab, definitely be coming back for food and drinks

Great meal out. Sunday lunch in the evening. Great value for money. Would do it again. 11 of us in the party, but all came out together.

If you want an average pub meal then this is the place for you. The menu is typically pub type & is very reasonable - nothing outstanding. There is a good choice of menu so there is plenty to choose from. There is an excellent variety of beers, lagers, ciders, cocktails available at the bar. In conclusion good selection of drinks but ordinary pub grub.

Called in mid Sunday afternoon for a bite to eat. Nice big beer garden at rear, plenty of seats and very dog friendly inside and out. We grabbed a table in the bar area with our dog. Both had the pies: steak & ale, chicken bacon & leek, with chips gravy & minted mushy peas. Very generous filling in the pies and tasty. Chips were a little too crispy a bit like “scraggy” ends you sometimes get at fish shop not chunky enough for me. We enjoyed the meal apart from below par chips and would try this pub again when in the area.

Great meal, Tim is a very good chef, and very tall

Brilliant pub. Staff are lovely and helpful.

Lovely view in the beer garden Food was not as good as expected, maybe I ordered the wrong thing. A lack of vegetables on the Sunday lunch was the major disappointment

Had Sunday lunch yesterday, I had the herb roasted chicken, which was a butterfly chicken breast?not a lot of taste and didn't resemble any roast chicken I've had before ,my wife had the vegetarian loaf which was a bit too spicy even for me who likes a kick ,anyway other than that place is very nice staff are helpful and friendly

Visited for lunch on Sunday would highly recommend, very tasty and well presented, waitress very helpful.

Good burger of the week & cajun burger, kids mac and cheese & sausage and mash went down well. Service was spot on, thanks all! Will call again!

Good burger of the week & cajun burger, kids mac and cheese & sausage and mash went down well. Service was spot on, thanks all! Will call again!

Great food friendly staff bar snacks need a rethink

Really great food. Lots of choice and the flavours were amazing. Staff could have been more attentive and informative, they forgot one dish and didn’t tell us there was an hour wait on food so just didn’t take our order leaving us wondering how to actually order, as it was a first visit. They seemed very young tho so may be their first job. Wouldn’t affect us returning as the food was that good.

Didn't have food, went for a birthday

First time visiting will not be last, great atmosphere, nice staff and the food was excellent 👍👍

The chef needs to learn how to cook. Low quality budget ingredients, no seasoning, no taste, no flavours. Pesto tastes like water, cheesy mushroom balls taste nothing like cheese and mushroom but cardboard. Chicken supreme had a broken bone in it and again, zero flavours. One of the most disgusting meals I've ever had!

Good food and service, all freshly made and independent. Good drinks menu as well. Would recommend!

We chose from the lunch club menu and the food was delicious and the portion sizes were just right. Two empty plates went back to the kitchen. The staff were friendly, efficient, and very welcoming. I gave 4 stars for atmosphere only because it was quiet at the end we sat at.

Awesome food and dog friendly what more do you need

Great Sunday Lunch and great service.

Great service and lovely food for a walk in Sunday dinner. Nothing to fault at all

Great pub restaurant can't do enough for customers keep it up

Excellent food served hot even though the pub was busy for Sunday lunch really enjoyed itwill deffo be going back

Great dog friendly pub. Food lovely, would recommend

Unfortunately, after supporting the Crown and Anchor for many years now, this has come to end. The staff are really letting the place down, there are a select few who really do go out of their way to provide good service, but the majority provide the absolute minimum basic service. It's a shame as the food is still great, but there's a real lack of professionalism and genuine customer service across the team now. A lot of the younger staff spend most of their time chatting and using work as their chance to socialise, not realising there is food waiting to go our, customers wanting to ask for the billor order more drinks etc... The last few times we've been in now over the last few months the service has been very slow and very poor and most of the waitresses don't have the basic customer service skills to address an issue when it's raised. We had one occasion where we visited in May, where there was a hair in a family members food. This meal was replaced however there was no mention of an apology from the waitress who took it away, she just handed her a menu and said you'll have to choose something else we've ran out of what you ordered. The meal was taken off the bill but again nobody actually came to speak to us to let us know this was the case, checked if everyone else's food was OK etc, there was just a general lack of service! This used to be the place I'd be more than happy to recommend to family and friends and take them for meals when they visited, but not anymore. It really is a shame to see if going downhill! From reading some of the other reviews I can see I'm not the only one who feels this way, I really hope that things change and we can get back to enjoying our once great local place to eat, drink and socialise!

Gorgeous burger in the beer garden

Excellent place highly recommended

Called in Sunday lunchtime and hadn’t booked! It was busy but we were pleased to get some lunch, Sunday roast dinner was absolutely gorgeous, hubby had pie roast, award winning pie and he said he couldn’t remember when he’d had a pie so tasty! I did indulge in a chocolate brownie which was Devine!… All the staff are very friendly and welcoming, Definitely do recommend.

Nice pub and food. Sadly the service wasn't attentive, compounded by never fetched the requested dessert menu. So left without ordering anything else. This could be a one off experience and we will be trying again.

It's a shame to write this, but I think the owners should know what their staff are doing with their investment. I'm very local to the Crown, so I'd love to use it (at the very least) weekly or bi-weekly. The trouble is that the service is bad around 3 out of every 5 times you go. It's always around the 4pm area I'd go on a weekday and the staff are just not trying or paying attention a large amount of the time. This isn't me picking a random time - this is a consistent thing that stretches over 12 months at least. I live in Barugh Green and we used to spend fortunes in the Crown on cocktails (the zombie being a favourite) and food, but over the years, the consistently bad service has got me to the point where I simply cannot go back. It wasn't long ago I said I wouldn't go in again because at least every other time you go, the service is poor. But, recently I've been trying to give it a go again and it's STILL exactly the same. The young staff members are just chatting like it's a social club and paying no attention to what is happening around them. Example - The last time we went I ordered a pint and a kids meal. We sat for 45 minutes before I had to go for a refund and leave. The place was dead and I know how long that kids meal takes because I've ordered it many times before. It had simply not been put through. These things happen (especially at The Crown it seems), but I was sat on a table a the viewing end of the bar. Not once did the chatting kids notice for a second 'oh yeah, that guy and his child have been sat there the best part of an hour and no food has come'. They didn't even look up from their social session. It's just pathetic and would be sacking behaviour if I owned the place. This isn't exclusive to the younger end. This is totally typical. I remember recently sitting with finished plates for a long time, wanting to order a desert, just watching the guy (styled brown hair - maybe early 30s) so the exact same thing. Desperately trying to make eye contact with someone in an empty pub and sat with cold leftovers in front of me. I just hope the owner cracks the whip because there's no reason a pub should be dead like that all the time during off peak hours and service like that will be a massive contributing factor.

Everything excellent as usual not had a bad meal ever while dining here

Pre ordered. Told them about an egg allergy. When the food came an egg was on top of the meat. When we told the chef, he was extremely rude & totally unapologetic. Told us we couldn't have a replacement quickly & really upset my mum with his attitude & lack of care. Also ordered a burger with no lettuce which came covered in it. There was 17 of us (2nd time we had all come in a few weeks) but we won't be coming again.

attended a 90th birthday celebration

The pie was bussin the portions are so big i could only manage half 😩

Dropped in here for a quick pint pit-stop en route for a nearby curry. I was pleasantly surprised by the tidy, inviting beer garden. I didn't eat but all plates coming out looked delightful. Wouldn't hesitate to recommend.

My first visit to the pub and was very impressed

Great Food, Great Quality Beers and Brilliant Atmosphere

Went for a birthday dinner for the wife and was brilliant from the food to the service and nothing was to much will definitely be going again

First time I visited will recommend to-family and friends when visiting Barnsley. Excellent buffet in private room. And must say very dog friendly brilliant.

Came here with my Mum on Saturday afternoon with her little dog. Welcomed and seated in no time. Drinks ordered as the bar area bustled with life! Ordered our meals and well... What an amazing meal!! The beer is great, the food is even better and the service 2nd to none! Everyone need to sample this place, will definitely be back! If only for the bone marrow gravy!

First came for Sunday lunch, first impressions on arrival absolutely stunning pub. Welcomed felt comfortable. The food is absolutely gorgeous. Would 100% recommend the Crown & Anchor. Came back yesterday. I had Fish & Chips wow again amazing. Will definitely be back again.

Could be a little warmer quite chilly when eating .

Seem to have less vegan options than previously. My vegan burger wasn't great, everyone else (non vegans) enjoyed their food. Friendly staff & very accommodating as I'd booked the wrong date online but they managed to fit our group of 7 in after a short wait.

Great place to eat, lovely homemade food, ample portions all served by pleasant staff. Can highly recommend 👌

Visited here as a large family group. All meals had to be preordered from the main menu. On arrival with my father in law who has poor mobility we noticed there are no disabled parking spaces and the car park was reasonably full so had to park a fair distance away from the entrance. Which is ok for us but not great for my father in law. He refuses to be dropped at the door due to principle but that’s a whole other story not for here. Entered to be greeted by front of house and shown to our table. Ordered drinks and once everyone was here food was brought out. Having heard lots of good things about the food here I had high expectations. Only to be very disappointed. My partner has the gammon which looked very over cooked for my liking. He does like his food well done compared to me but said even by his standards it was a little overcooked and dry. I had the house burger. The burger it self was lovely however the fries were just like crispy strips of nothing. Nice and crispy on the outside but air on the inside not even a glimpse of potato. So all in all a very disappointing visit. The staff are lovely and it has a good atmosphere but I won’t be returning.

Always a nice atmosphere and service!

It was really well for all Food and staff was so good.

We enjoy going there as it is local and good prices

The service was excellent. The food was amazing. Unfortunately, a member of staff thought it was OK to kick a football against the bar. He continued to do this for a good 45 minutes. I did complain to another member of staff, and he stopped. Thy thought I was being petty because they were laughing at me. Shame they spoilt a lovely evening with friends.

Went with my husband for a date night, food was amazing as always and wider choice of cocktails than I realised. The 2 for £12 cocktails were very welcome, would always recommend getting the pies for the main meal but plenty of other menu options, saw someone else get fish and chips with the biggest fish I’ve ever seen!

Great food and service. Good selection of beers, cocktails etc

Called in for a drink with friends ,very expensive, felt like we were in a kennel with the amount of dogs in there .

Fantastic food good price excellent staff. 👌

Beautiful food, well presented and very tasty, attentive staff and fair prices on both food and drink. We have booked to go again following our first visit ☺️

9 of us wrnt for Mothers Day lunch. We were seated straight away. Thr food was delicious, garlic mushrooms and roast turkey ! The yorkshire puddings and the roast potatoes are to die for! Finished off with a Brownie Sundae! 10 out of 10 once again Crown and Anchor!

We ate here on a Wednesday night assuming it would be quieter - glad we booked as it was rammed. Service was very friendly from both the young man and the young lady who served us. We both enjoyed our meals (famous fish pie and steak and ale pie) and they were both excellent which was nice to see as the kitchen staff / serving staff were flat out. Would recommend and will return.

Had a lovely meal today. I had the chicken roast and the portion of chicken is huge! My only criticism is that there isn’t enough vegetables on the plate for the amount of meat. A few more veggies without paying additional would make a perfect meal. It came out hot and the gravy was really nice. My boyfriend had pie which was packed out with meat and delicious. Highly recommend for good pub grub.

Lovely food, their pies are on point. Service was slack though. The waitress walked past me several times when I was trying to make eye contact and serving people who came in after me.

A bit too noisy ....some squawking children but it can't be helped..... parents should take responsibility

We had a lovely meal. The pulled pork and kimchi bon bon we delicious,as was the rest of the meal. We will be back