Crown and pepper croydon in Croydon

This is one of our favourite places to eat. It’s a pub/restaurant with both an Indian and Chinese menu, and the cooks do both cuisines perfectly. All staff are excellent and Harishma is often there with a warm welcome and friendly service! We definitely recommend! Reservations can often be necessary.

I love this pub the owners are very friendly and welcoming

Would like to thank Rohit soooo much! We had a booking for a birthday party, Rohit went above and boyond to make our night absolutely amazing! I cannot thank you enough for such a special night thank you so so much!!!

Thank you so much to rohit for making sisters birthday amazing, he was so kind and attentive to us thank you for making this birthday special

Curry, Chinese and beer.. the ultimate combo ❤️

Great pub. The Chinese food is amazing. I'm not a pub goer but come here for the food. Super tasty!

I recently dined at Crown & Pepper, and I must take a moment to highlight the exceptional service provided by one of the staff members. From the moment we were seated, Rohit went above and beyond to make our dining experience truly special. No matter how many questions we had about the menu, ingredients, or even recommendations, Rohit was always there with a friendly smile and a detailed answer. Their knowledge of the menu was impressive, and they patiently explained everything we needed to know, making sure we felt comfortable with our choices. Whether it was dietary restrictions, customization requests, or even just curious inquiries about the dishes, they were attentive and accommodating every step of the way. What really stood out was their genuine enthusiasm for making our experience enjoyable. They checked on us regularly, ensuring our needs were met without being overbearing. The level of care and attentiveness we received was truly above and beyond. It's rare to find someone so dedicated to customer satisfaction, and it made our meal all the more enjoyable. If you're looking for a dining experience where you feel truly taken care of, I highly recommend visiting crown & pepper and asking for Rohit. Their exceptional service made our visit memorable, and we will definitely be coming back thanks to their outstanding hospitality.

Lovely food, very good price, excellent service by HARISHMA

I kept my birthday dinner at Crown and Pepper Restaurant with family, friends, and staff. It was a great experience, and everyone had an amazing time. The foods were delicious foods and I was happy that everyone enjoyed the food. I will encourage everyone to use crown and pepper venue if you would like a friendly and warm environment. The staff demonstrated a friendly approach, and the atmosphere is great. Thank you, crown and pepper, for having us there. We have already booked our staff Christmas party there. I love Crown and Pepper Restaurant Croydon.

Food is always good and reasonably priced

Harishma was great. Good cocktails, lovely food.

Lovely staff and wonderful food

Superb food! Lunch menu is great and worth every penny! A must go!

Me and my family visited this restaurant and bar on Friday for a Halloween theme party. It was an amazing experience, the kids loved it and everyone had a great time together. Great staff and amazing food, would recommend for family’s and friends.

Great place good food and service

The food here was super tasty as always. There are so many vegan options, my favourites being the salt and pepper tofu, vegetable chow main and cauliflower manchurian! Harishma was really friendly and attentive with our service, and we were made to feel really welcome. Great food, great service and great atmosphere! Highly recommended!

Excellent food, service was great

Amazing food and great staff. The atmosphere was great with a nice mix of people. This was our 1st visit, we will definitely be back. David & Beverley

As always staff are amazing, food is amazing never had a bad day been coming here over 15 years every fridays.

The best food around . Quick and polite service. We literally drove from Chichester just to come here for lunch as it’s our favourite

Bhanu was amazing with his service, he was friendly and helpful throughout the whole night. He went above and beyond

We ordered a delivery... food was tasty but received prawn crackers in a plastic bag and a measly scoop of them too, barely enough for one at £3.30! shame as the rest of the food was tasty

CHARGED £3 FOR SAUCE without telling customers first 🥺 Food was good, service was ok. Atmosphere is cute, retirees taking turns singing while you eat.

Bhanu gave us excellent customer service from start to finish. The food is amazing.

Very friendly and good atmosphere definitely go back again

Bhanu provided an amazing service, the food was delicious. I love this this place the atmosphere is always great.

Lively pub with good food, don't bother with the cocktails even at 2-4-1. Good vib but local gangs frequent and get a bit lively but if your from South London/ Croydon it's all a part of the charm lol

Great food and an amazing place to watch sports. The service is top especially from Rohit. Without doubt one of the best pubs in London. Somehow caters for vegans too!

Best restaurant in the whole of croydon. Amazing service, homely vibes

My go too place for good food and good vibes

Lovely food and staff and amazing drinks. Would definitely come back

Great food and large portions, great staff too. Would go again.

Great atmosphere, busy venue great to meet with friends for good food.

We held a 40th birthday party for my partner here a couple of days ago in the Buddha Lounge and it was everything we could have asked for. The atmosphere was great, the room layout was fantastic and everyone enjoyed their food. Thanks again to the team and everyone that helped set up and serve us on the night. I’d highly recommend hiring out the Buddha Lounge for an event!

Very tasty food and service was excellent

We held my son' 40th birthday at this venue. Theres a big function room with a bar. Really nice atmosphere, staff were friendly and obliging. Almost everyone enjoyed their food. The food was great though & served quickly. Would recommend this venue to friendly/colleagues.

Bhanu was a lovely host/waiter very kind friendly and humble guy

Love this place, I travel from hastings to eat here whenever I can. I only eat the Chinese food which is some of the best i've had

Okay and cheap food and beer. Some outdoor garden place. Very busy Friday and Saturday night. A bit run down. Private function rooms on the first floor.

Wow that was one of the best Indians I have had , and I have many would deffo recommend , strange environment but it works

Nice place.... defo changed since I last visited... Can't belive how deceiving it looks from the front... Got a nice large function room at the rear which you can hire Garden area too Will have to go back to sample the food... looks fantastic 👌🏾 Keep up the good work.. P.s. if you go this month think they got 15% off your bills fir their 15yr celebration 🍾

My family and I had the best time celebrating my neice's birthday. Thank you Harishma for looking after us and thank you to all the staff for the amazing service as always!

Great Food - Indo-Chinese/Indian Cuisine At Its Finest Superb Ambience Amazing Cocktails Perfect venue to come either for lunch or dinner, and the atmosphere is amazing for all sports matches! Highly Recommend!

Amazing food, karaoke was loads of fun. Good prices. Left early with this absolute weapon. Good times!!!

Harishma and Artan are very friendly and polite and their service is great… exceptional … a big credit to you all !!! Timir & Shila

Perfect spot to relax. Food, service, the ambience, the crowd was amazing. Was lively. Would recommend anyone to visit.

Harishma had very nice smile , good service we enjoyed .

The food here is unreal. A great variety of both Chinese and Indian. The Salt & Pepper Squid is the best by far. 100% recommend. Always welcoming and friendly 😊

Marinated Meat for BBQ Didn’t actually eat in the pub this time but when I do I always enjoy. This time I ordered pre marinated Lamb Chops for a BBQ at home and was perfect. Service great, food very tasty, the chops themselves were very generous in size!

What a nice food 😋 and drink place! Always recommend 👌 👍

What a pleasant surprise! This pub is a bit of a hidden jewel. Looks dull and drab on the outside, but inside, it is huge and welcoming with a really lovely outdoor space. Food was amazing and great value for money. Finally, a pub with a decent selection of whiskies too! The only fault was the bar service, which was a little slow, but to be fair, the place was busy. Will definitely return.

Best in Indian Food and Pan Asian good Service and good staff, will visit again and again. Rohit Harishma And Jaimin are very friendly and helpful in suggesting what to eat and good choice of drinks too.

They were prompt, professional, and efficient in fixing my electrical issues. I especially appreciated their thorough explanation of what needed to be done. Highly recommend

The lamb Briyani was really good however many dishes like the panner which was heavily drenched in sweet chilli sauce plus the butter chicken was too much on the sweet side

This is myself and families favourite place for a meal, the service is efficient and the staff are incredibly helpful. The atmosphere has a good vibe especially on a Friday and Saturday night.

This is the best place for indo- Chinese food served fresh with tremendous authentic spices and flavours. The owners and staff went out of their way to make our evening a great success and the overall friendly atmosphere, food and drink was first class.

It was amazing the food was absolutely delicious and service was excellent along with that ambience was incredible in which the beer garden was lovely.

Been here with a group of friends and it’s one of my favourite place to go in the Croydon.The food was amazing and they got a wide range of options for both Indian and Chinese dishes. The chicken kebabs are highly recommended. Though it was busy, we still got a table in the lovely garden as requested and the service was really great. The staff were friendly and helpful. It’s a perfect spot to come down and have a 2 4 1 cocktails with good food. Highly recommended and will be back again.

Highly recommended!! Great atmosphere manager was amazing character and great service from all staffs.

This is my friends' and my favorite spot for a meal. The food is always served quickly and to a high standard. The portion sizes are generous, and I never leave without being completely satisfied. The staff are friendly and welcoming, which adds to the overall great experience. I will be returning very soon!

A great pub/restaurant with friendly staff, great food and ideal place to hold a party/gathering. I am a regular at Crown and food and drinks are always nice, atmosphere during live sports (especially football) is great. The function room is also very spacious and is a great place to hold a private event. Recently held my Dad’s birthday party in the function room, and everything was flawlessly organised by the staff and with excellent food. Have also used Crown for catering external events, as well as their marinated food for BBQs which is ideal for these great summer evenings. Thanks!

Been to this place over 5 years ago.. was going through Croydon. Thought we should pop in for a meal.. effortless to say the salt and pepper dishes are how I remembered them.. Will be making a monthly visit great food and vibes!!!

Always welcoming and the food is incredible! The staff are always so friendly and nothing is too much trouble. Pay them a visit!

The staff are nice enough, I found it lacked any lustre and was unimpressive.

Only had the Chinese menu but the food was so fresh and tasty. Mocktails are great too! So good I’d go just to get the takeaway as all their tables seems booked for the evening.

Used to go here a lot when I lived in Croydon few years back. I was in the area so thought to grab some food which was a complete disappointment no flavour in any of the food. Got an Indian mixed platter all meat was dry and chewy, Jeera Chicken wings was basically bone not much chicken on it. Chilli Paneer has to be the worst I have ever had, cut into small peices and overcooked. Got a Lamb Curry, the lamb was smelly and was full of fat and oil! We ordered the Naga chicken on the bone curry which if you know what Naga chilli is this dish was bland, no spice and was more sweet than spicy. On to the staff one of them was behind the bar serving drinks to other customers so he asked one of his colleagues to take my order and as I was walking up to him another staff member said to him 'she can wait' and for him to go and give drinks to one of the tables which I found extremely rude when he was just standing there and could have done so himself. This used to be my go to restaurant for food & drinks with friends and family but I will not be going back there which is a shame!

The moment you walk into the place someone runs out from behind the bar and aggressively asks "can I help you?!". You're then faced with many questions as to who you're with and why you’re there. Answers are met with disbelief and suspicion, and you have to prove that you're with others and be followed. There's no justification for this and it’s happened here before. Usually, you can enter a pub on your own and enjoy a drink. Not here!! If I was not with a larger group, then I'd probably be sent away. It's appalling. Clearly no hospitality experience or skills whatsoever, just a focus on making money. The food was poor, serving cold mushy stir fired rice, more like mash potato. The ambience was so so - even with the Euro's on. My advice would be to avoid here totally, as I suspect profiling takes place. Also, if you do pass the aggressive door vetting process, then avoid the food. If like me, you like a welcoming environment where you can eat, drink, and socialise, then forget here. The focus is on money grabbing rather than polite, professional service. Cleary the owners have acquired a pub, come restaurant and shisha bar and have no idea about the hospitality industry.

Very good food. Beer a little pricy

Food is very tasty, and the salt and pepper prawns are to die, for you definitely need to try them if you haven't yet done so. The cocktails in here are also very lush and is everything a cocktail should be. It's not too expensive either, and most of the dishes can be shared which is always a good thing if you like to try different things.

Food always tastes great, there's always going on in the pub too from parties to karaoke. Great vibe.

Friendly staff, excellent food and a staple of mine when I visit London.

My niece had arrived from Ireland to go and see her friend who she hasn't seen for a while. They decided to go to for a meal at this establishment. She ordered crispy noodles and mixed vegatables with a side of salt and pepper nuggets. The meal was visibly burnt and, stale and unedible. She politely asked the girl server if she could replace it and was told she could but may have to pay the difference. Not even 2 minutes later the same server comes with what looked like a manager (as he did not announce himself) AND with the same plate of food which she had carried around the whole bar before presenting it back to her table. He began to justify the burnt plate of noodles, took his fingers around the rim of the plate to further make his point about how its prepared, talking over the food and cohoursing her to eat it as that's the way the dish was prepared. Despite both the girl server who brought the food and the guy behind the bar who all agreed the food was unedible. Even after she had complained it was inedible, he then encouraged her to order and buy aomething else of the menu if she didn't like it as thats how the meal.is prepared. She paid 18pounds for salt and pepper nuggets ABSOLUTE CON! Crown and pepper is a cash cow! Because where theres booze (no matter how overpriced) and stoggy overpriced food, unsophisticated people will plough in . Customer service is poor, owner unethical and clearly only cares about money and the punters that drink their taste buds away around the bar. As clearly they are the only ones that can eat burnt noodles!!! The business may do well now but with ethics and a manager like that, it's only a matter of Time before people wise up. If I could give no stars I would!

We typically order from here on deliveroo but visited for dinner a few weeks ago. Good food with reasonable prices. Dog friendly in the garden, but it was a bit odd that they didn't even let us walk to the garden from the main entrance and made us walk through the back door to get to the garden with our dog. Felt a bit awkward being denied entry at the main entrance - the dog was on a tight lead after all. But other than that, the servers were lovely (and apologied for the delay in the food coming) and we enjoyed our dinner.

Looks are very deceiving. I have lived in Croydon for over 40 years and I'm not a pun person however, The Crown and Pepper has changed my mind. The Buddah Lounge at the back hosted the best Hip Hop brunch from 1pm-5pm or 3pm'5pm, you can stay and dance the evening away - food was amazing, Chinese and Indian, super tasty and well seasined, service first class, music lively - going to London for brunch isn't going to be an option for me - would absolutely 100% recommend, will bring the girls next time. Thank you for a fab afternoon 😊

The food smelt lovely. I went on Sunday to do karaoke

I had my daughters Bridal Shower there. The organiser was great. The menu was perfect and the food was delicious. The service was good. There was a live singer and the atmosphere was buzzing. We all had an amazing time and would definitely book other events there.

I ate until my stomach hurt. 2 for 1 deals on cocktails, really nice down to earth staff and loads of food. They have a lovely outdoor area (great shout for the summer) sports on the TV and karaoke (check when before going, if that's your thing). Limited vegan options but definitely enough for me to feel absolutely stuffed so ... Yeh defo worth a visit!

Visited the restaurant for the third time, but unfortunately, the chicken sweetcorn soup tasted different each visit. First time included veggies, second only egg and chicken. Asked for veggies, got charged extra this time. Also, noticed dirty water jugs and glasses with water marks. Disappointed with the inconsistency and unfair charges

Ordered Chilli paneer and it was just too sweet. Full of digae

Lovely food, great value, wonderful service from Bhai, thank you

Great food with a wide range of Indian and Chinese options. The service was outstanding, especially from our waiter Rohit.

Great place for drinks and bites!!

I had a lovely lunch today at the crown and pepper! The customer service was top-notch, and the overall food and service exceeded my expectations. I highly recommend them to anyone looking for quality food, drink and excellent service. Rohit today was more than helpful and got us everything we needed and made our visit a pleasure. Thanks

During my recent visit with my all lovely colleague (PARK GARAGE GROUP across the road) to Crown & Pepper at Croydon, I had the pleasure of being served by BHANU who truly enhanced my dining experience. Their professionalism, friendly demeanour, and impeccable attentiveness stood out from the moment I was seated. BHANU was knowledgeable about the menu, but they also provided excellent recommendations that perfectly suited my & all colleague's preferences. BHANU ensured that every aspect of during our stay of 6 hours as we all were drinking and had lunch . I sincerely appreciate BHANU's exceptional service and highly recommend them to anyone looking for an outstanding dining experience at Crown & Pepper. BHANU was really looking after us when we had lunch inside and later we went outside in garden for drinks and to be fair the garden was closed but BHANU arranged a seats for us out side and we been looked after by BHANU for 6 hours.

Terrible food. I complained again the oil and the chilli's they are putting too much. The food has gone from bad to terrible.

Great food, great place, thanks

Lovely food, service was good. The waitress was very attentive. It was very noisy as extremely busy. We sat in the middle of the restaurant. Maybe, it would have been better sitting in booth around the edge.

One of my favourite pubs, I have been coming here for many years now! I often visit with a group of friends to watch the football, have a beer and most of all eat. The menu is extensive with a great range of Indian and Chinese dishes - and the chinese food is so irresistable that I have never tried the indian options. A good level of flavour and spice in all dishes, it keeps me coming back. Service is always great, and wherever you sit, you'll see a TV for the sport. Maybe not the place to bring your partner for a romantic date night, but certainly the spot if you're looking to watch the football, eat fantastic food and neck a few pints! Good atmosphere, and they have an events room for hire at the back of the pub which is a little ore upmarket than inside the pub!

Good food menu and choices. It has a decent bar offering and also has cocktails and runs offers like 2-4-1 all day on Thursday. Venue does show sports matches (mainly football) so worth checking if you are dining on match days although the atmosphere is always really good.

Lovely atmosphere and friendly staff. The only drawback is that the chicken & black bean sauce dish had way too much sauce.

I have been ordering delivery via UberEats for the last couple of months regularly. Keep noticing the portions of food is getting smaller & smaller every time. Very disappointed. Won’t be ordering anymore.

First time really nice lovely food and great atmosphere

Looks like a pub from the outside but then have plenty of dining space at the back of the restaurant. There lunch time special 2 meals for £13 is a bargain. Not the largest portions but was more than enough. Highly recommend and will be back again.

First time eating here. It was great. Atmosphere, food, cocktails. Try the passion fruit mai tai it's delicious. Salt and pepper chicken wings also delicious 😋 will definitely return.

My first time at Crown and Pepper. Food and service both first class. My server Rohit was very attentive and was interested in what I was wanting to eat and gave recommendations. The great thing about Crown and Pepper is you can mix between Chinese and Indian dishes and on my experience the quality of both was top class. They run a 2 for 1 cocktails between 1600 to 1900 which I took advantage of. All in all a great experience food nicely spiced and seasoned Chill Shredded Lamb and Chicken Dumpling soup. Highly recommened

We are lucky to have the Crown and Pepper in South Croydon. It has many great assets but I just want to mention the amazing lamb chops 😄 They are juicy, massive, and amazing. Sports, Indian and Chinese Food, beers, clean, friendly, etc. They are running a really good show 🙏🏾

Lovely local pub, wonderful service and very great food.

Solid drinking hole. Could defo do with a real ale on tap.

The Crown and Pepper was too busy so couldn't get any service went to a different location.

An amazing place. Hooked after my first visit. All the staff are very friendly and helpful. The food is great quality and good value.....the clincher is it's a pub 😁👍.