Crown inn pilton in Mendip

Fantastic! Absolutely superb food. There was 11 of us (5 children) and we all had delicious food. I'm surprised this place has any negative reviews, we couldn't fault it! Two steaks cooked to perfection, pork belly was divine, fish and chips amazing and cleared plates from all the kids. Wonderful service and atmosphere. Highly recommend and will definitely return if we visit the area again. Keep it up guys, you're doing a wonderful job!

Have been here several times and the food and service are always top notch. Fantastic buzz inside in the pub in the evening. On a sunny day the garden is a great place to sit out , kids can safely run around and stay in sight. During the summer months make sure you check the smoker outside as well as what’s on the main menu.

It has got to be tried. Great pub will definitely be going back my be for my birthday

Great food, great staff Will go again

Absolutely wonderful lunch, the food was delicious cooked to perfection, the service was excellent, atmosphere was chilled, HIGHLY recommended

I had such high expectations for this Sunday roast, but it was very average. The service was not good. We were forgotten about for the first 10 minutes, with multiple tables around us getting menus / service before us, despite being seated after us 😅 I ordered red cabbage as a side, as the roast did not state it came with any. It arrived with loads of red cabbage already on the plate 😂 The gravy was very oily, and the food was just nothing special, and even a bit bland.

Very tasty food, all the staff were friendly and the atmosphere was just right - a bit of energy but not too loud.

Had Sunday lunch today 5 of us ( 2 adults 3 kids) it was absolutely perfect

Lovely old pub in pretty Pilton. The fish and chips were outstanding - very light herby batter on the fish and crispy delicious chips without a hint of being greasy. The best bit was the staff though - they were all extremely warm and friendly. Well done for running such a lovely hospitable pub and being a very agreeable lunchtime stopover for us on our way home from Cornwall. We’ll visit again when we’re next in the area. 🙏

The service and food were exceptional, the basics were done well. Servers were attentive, food was warm, very tasty and on time. Bar staff knew about local brews. All in all another restaurant I would highly recommend.

We needed to find a destination for a Sunday lunch easily accessed halfway between our Daughter and family in Keynsham and our holiday caravan site near Crewkerne We picked on The Crown and had a friendly welcome when we phoned to book and we were not disappointed when we arrived. Outside the place looked quite small with a large car park but the restaurant had been totally rebuilt and was huge. The car park soon filled. The two grandchildren had the child roast portions and the 4 adults had the beef or the belly pork. The meals were beautifully presented and all the portions more than enough for us. Lovely medium rare beef of delicious pork with a great choice of veg topped with an excellent Yorkshire pudding. This place is an absolute gem and the keen staff and quality food deserve to succeed. Really recommend to anyone.

Friendly hospitable pub and returning to being a community hub. 👍🏻

Stumbled across this place on a bike ride and it was great. Good range of beers and drinks. The food was great. Good portion sizes and all around good find

Had dinner here. Food great with generous portions and beautiful quirky decor. Will be back

Lunch stop on the way back from Wales, not many light options on the menu or sandwiches so had Fish and Chips which were excellent, very light tempura type batter.

Tried the smoke shack in the garden of the pub. Amazing smash burgers and cauli bites. Great for that evening pint watching the sunset.

What a lovely pub we were staying nearby at a hotel which wasn't up to standard so wanted to venture out this pub was 5-10 mins away . Greeted with a warm welcome , locals friendly , great atmosphere. Food and service was fabulous Dog friendly

Went here for dinner. Lovely food with decent portion sizes. Quirky decor and reasonably priced. Bought by Banksky a few years ago. Highly recommended. Great service and staff.

Great pub with fantastic food. Has an intuition that this would be a standout location - and lived up to the hype. Cannot wait to go back again.

Came to the pub on a recommendation. Was not disappointed at all. The staff were amazing, very welcoming and friendly. Great tasting food for us and the kids. Definitely returning when we're up that way again!

Literally the best crafted toilets I've ever had the pleasure to use. Just amazing

Lunch with friends who had a 3 r old. Amazing outdoor space with great service and the most amazing food!! I had the fantastic veggie burger and friends had the steak sandwich. Chips were to die for! Am heading back next week!! Highly recommended

Wonderful stay, amazing foods and homemade pork scratches. All the staff were so welcoming and friendly. The room is lush, but needs a fan, as if you have the window open to cool down the traffic noise is constant, day and night. The beer garden is definitely the best ever, fire pit and big tables. Going to have return stay when we see one of there events, they look fun 🤩

Beautiful and exciting interior. Great drinks great friendly efficienct service. Pretty terrible food. Such a pity

Good food with locally brewed beer inside a historical pub.

Great pub for beers atmosphere and food. Large groups catered for.

I've eaten here quite a few times and I've noticed every time that although the vegan food is very nice and i'm glad to have the options available, the portions are noticeably smaller than the meat & veggie options.

Steak was delicious as were the chips but so expensive and to be charging £3 for pepper sauce on the side meant it was a real treat and not somewhere you could go often. The fish sharing platter was also really disappointing - one fish cake between two and 4 small goujons. It didn’t really feed one person let alone share. Just a plate of sauce. Everything else was great. Best duck salad. Great Guinness. Beef Burger, Chicken wings and pork belly were sold out unfortunately.

Had a few jars here on the way back from glasto, lovely bar and staff... highly recommend 👌

Brilliant pub for England match 👍

Deceptively big! The building itself is bloody gorgeous with a beautiful outside area and firepit too. The staff were incredible. Very knowledgeable and you could tell they cared. On our table of 12, a few mentioned that their steaks were not cooked to their liking, however most enjoyed their meals.

Adhoc visit on a day out, food was amazing and staff were first class. Lovely pub, loads of tables, outside seating and parking.

Amazing food, great beers, friendly and helpful staff. Would be 5 stars if they hadn’t decided to charge a 10% surcharge for the staff, which is not announced anywhere on the menu and included in your bill by default. I want the staff to be paid properly and I don’t mind that being accounted for in the menu prices, but these practices should not be allowed to be honest.

Busy, quirky and stylish pub with very helpfull team at the bat. Food is brilliant and a massive range of drinks on tap - superb garden area with smoke house bbq and fire pit and loads of space.

A brief stop here on holiday, suggested by my friend who knew the area and was local to Glastonbury. Pub on corner and on a hill. Can be well seen from the main road. Ample parking. Looked very inviting. A cosy bar with seating additional seating adjacent and a dining area. A varied and reasonably priced menu, especially for Glastonbury area, as hotspot for tourists. An atmospheric and chilled vibe. Staff very knowledgeable about local beers and menu. Only had a side order, but the service was excellent! Eclectic, hippy and homely decor inside, and western type cowboy themed seating overhang outside in garden. Very spacious garden. Tepee climbing area for kids, and looks like they do BBQs in summer too. Plenty of seating in garden. Relaxing music played over speaker outside. Although we had no time to visit, we were invited to see a "museum" or art upstairs above pub, but short of time. Visit next time. Extremely knowledgeable and friendly staff and very helpful to visitors. I imagine during summer season this is very busy inn, so book in advance for lunch or evening meal. Highly recommend.

Delicious Sunday roast lunch, one of the best I’ve had for a while. Healthy portions of meat served with roast vegetables and a red wine gravy. Bit pricier than other roasts at around £20 but absolutely delicious.

First visit since it has been under new management. Friendly staff, and good selection of drinks. Great sociable outside space.

Sunday lunch was exquisite, trio if beets to start followed by the beef and brownie to finish.

A very different pub allegedly own by Banksy. Food good staff friendly. Decor off the wall.

Tapas Friday and Saturday afternoons 2:30 until 5:30. Awesome

These days if you dont support local pubs they wont be there next time. On the road today doing calls I endured a meeting at Costa on Bristol just awful and expensive. I needed somewhere to do some work and fancied a new pub so headed for The Crown..good car park good atmosphere ans good low alcohol beer..interesting mix of clients ladies who lunch contractors and locals. No time to eat but menu looked good

A must.!!!..driven past this place many of times, thinking I must find the time to go in..And sure glad we did, the bar is full of atmosphere and fun, the staff are welcoming which is always a great start, especially when we had two hungry children in tow..you can eat in the bar or the restaurant area.. which is fun and wacky design features!!! Food amazing best food we had in a long while !!! A must for anyone even if it's for a quick drink and a chat.. but definitely stop for food !!! Thanks The crown 👑 be back soon.. 👍

Beautiful pub in a beautiful area. Recent renovations are fabulous.

I just wanted to say what a lovely time we had on Easter Sunday. It was a late booking for the whole family, but the staff went above and beyond to fit us all in. The food and all the staff were amazing. Highly recommend - thank you so much.

Been before had a good Sunday Lunch, we had 2x Pork and 2x Chicken and both was very good, sadly for me the portion size was too large as was the other pork dish. The two chicken dishes were demolished. Good selection of Ales, allegedly owned by Banksy and the decor is definitely of he's style. All in all an enjoyable lunch.

Good service and good value for money lovely garden area. My surname should be Reynolds hey ho still best pub for miles.

Best lamb roast we've had in ages. Great service and atmosphere too. Decorated with taste and has a beautiful back garden, with a lovely little playground for kids. A little gem.

Lovely Sunday roast cooked to perfection! Not so lovely (optional) 12.5% service charge added to the bill…

Visited this pub as just staying not far away not impressed the chicken wing starter just tasted of powder at nearly £10 for 4 wings should of been better, then had fish platter for 2 fish was nice but stack of bread & nothing to dip it in for the price was disappointing for us not worth the price & £12 for glass of wine expensive was only £12.50 in the ivy we went to next day for a pub very high price on leaving was asked by a member of staff was everything ok & we said no then they just walked away poor customer service wouldn’t return

Great quirky pub Good Beer 🍺 & Food reasonably priced

Amazing food. Highly recommended it. Friendly and welcoming and great tasting food.

We had a lovely roast dinner. Food and service was above and beyond. Couldn't have been more helpful. Vibrant atmosphere too

Met friends here for Sunday lunch which was excellent. Friendly staff. Great draught beer too.

Lovely,welcoming staff. Happy for you to just come and have a drink unlike another local pub . Great food and atmosphere. Good but unpretentious menu. Ham, egg and chips best I have had. Great for locals and visitors. May have to move to Pilton to be within walking distance! Well done guys 💕

Great Sunday Roast , lovely atmosphere and really really nice staff .

Totally unexpected. The gluten free fried haddock in batter is outstanding. Well worth the visit.

Great food, great beer, great atmosphere

Mum said let's stop in for some gluten free fish and chips which obviously I thought would be a travesty as gluten free anything is always an exercise in good will and steely mouths. The evening ended up being tricky for me as I had a tough time leaving due to so much egg on my face. The food was absolutely, hands down, the best gluten-free fayre I've had anywhere, which I know is mental but it's BLOODY WELL TRUE. Walked in and the staff were such a delight, the place was packed with friendly faces, the dining room was clean as a whistle and yes, the food totally exceptional. I joked too many times with the staff that I thought they were poisoning us with the fake GF food, so much so I alienated myself from the crew and mum told me off. Anyway, social destruction aside it was truly wonderful and I can't wait to go back in disguise.

Great place full of local people .. Food is amazing and staff and locals great to chat with !

Lack of organisation and communication contributing to very poor customer service. At the bar others arriving at the bar after us were being served before us. Shown to our table we had to ask for menus and only given 3 when there were 4 of us. We had to ask the waiter if they would take our order having waited quite some time for them to come to us.They had run out of burger of the day, pakora,and the chicken dish that 3 of us had ordered. Observing and experiencing the chaos we decided to leave. We were asked if we had paid for our drinks and were told we were being rude. This was meant to have been a special night out celebrating 2 birthdays and Christmas. I'm unable to comment on food as we didn't get that far. It is likely they missed out on a possible bill of around £150! I will not be returning nor I'm sure will the other 3 in my party.

Great beer, staff and lovely food. I hope they keep the Joy of Sesh on as it's one of my favourite pints.

Great food, fish platter is above normal pub standards. Lovely warm welcome and nice time it by the fire

Brilliant meal.Quiet and great service we will be back.

Lovely pub ,friendly staff, and a warm welcome.

We love this pub. Dog friendly in the bar too.

Loved it. Sadly, I arrived too late for food but will definitely go back to try.

Fantastic food and service. Very polite and friendly staff

Nice pub... But THE most expensive beer prices outside of London. I can see why most people go to the Pilton Club.

Amazing place, great decor, very friendly and helpful staff. Prawn linguine is delicious

Had a lovely meal here with family. The service was excellent - staff were extremely friendly, accommodating and attentive without being overbearing. Great choice of drinks and tasty food with quick service! The pub itself is quirky and has a great atmosphere. Overall great experience. Will definitely be returning!

A really popular and atmospheric little watering hole. The car park was very busy which normally indicates something is good. Walking into the beer garden I couldn't believe how quirky it was. Some great covered and heated outdoor spaces with arm chairs and photos on the wall to mimic an indoor sitting room. Then there was a massive hand carved wooden table and what I could only describe as dining thrones. Just next to this was a well surrounded by benches. There was plenty of spaces to sit outdoors. Inside was nice and cooling with a buzzing busy atmosphere but no tables available. Staff were incredibly friendly and offered suggestions on what drink to try. The food serving station outside offered very welcome shade in the heat whilst drinking my beer and contemplating an evening meal. I didn't pop in to eat but seeing some of the plates being served swayed me. This was clearly a step up from normal pub grub. I enjoyed a really nice and different ice cold lager. Then had a stunning burger, skin on fries and slaw served on a board. Delicious!!!

Staff very friendly and the food to die for. I can recommend the fish and chips.

Really, really didn’t enjoy our meal here, so much so that in spite of it being the closest pub to home, we will not return. The food here is aggressive and overdone. Simple bruschetta ruined by the use of soggy “sundried” tomatoes and worse, a spread of such a heavy, pungent herb paste that it overpowered everything and made a dish that is hard to ruin, truly inedible. The Caesar salad was so overloaded with sardines that one could scarcely hazard a bite without a mouthful of old, foul-smelling fish. To say this kitchen is over-eager is perhaps the generous attitude. More realistically, I would call it arrogantly unskilled and not worth a second visit. Service was polite but disinterested, having an incredulous attitude that one was not fawning over the food. I hope they consider pulling back and doing more with less — simplicity and humility are the fundamentals of a great kitchen.

Quirky place - loved the interesting decor and artwork displayed. Staff all very helpful and attentive. Food was great with vegan and gluten free options. Fish and chips were fantastic. Good choice of ciders.

Great place, good vibes, ace interior.

Nice food and nice staff. Worth a visit.

Great food great staff great pub

Quality Sunday Roast. The Chef really knows their Gravy. Funky place. Cool artwork. Great Staff. Highly recommend. Will definitely be back for more.

This is a great place I love to visit each time we're down in Glasto. Beautiful garden for eating and to have a good drink and chill in. Well recomend a visit to. Will be down in Glasto/Pilton again very soon. Food is lovely and a great barby in the garden with beautiful food. Bit pricey but worth it.

Staff were really friendly and helpful. The whole place was lovely and clean. I ordered off the special board and my food came with potatoes with rosemary and i couldnt eat them, they were overpowered with rosemary. I would return as it was a pleasant outing.

Had two fabulous trips here whilst on a local holiday. Gorgeous pub with incredible food (and a smoker in the garden) and lovely knowledgeable staff. We came one evening and ate from the smoker and had such a fab experience we returned for lunch the next day. Could not recommend highly enough! Can’t wait to return. Thank you team!

What used to be a classic 70s village pub has been updated rather well. It's attractive, has an excellent garden, a really good range of beers and ciders, knowledgeable staff and a really good kitchen - I had the best fish & chips I have had in years and years.

An incredible pub. Full of different aspects and things to look at. The atmosphere was warm and welcoming, the staff were excellent and helpful, nothing a bother for them. The outside space is a thing to see. Only wish it wasn't raining as we'd all be out there. Lastly, the food was top draw. After a feed like that I needed a knap. We'll be back. Thank you to the staff.

A friend and I popped in to the Crown for a beer on Saturday evening, what a lovely pub! Its the first time I've been since it's been refurbished and they've done an excellent Job! We didn't eat but just sat in the bar area which has been really nicely refurbished still with a proper nice cosy pub feel to it. The staff were really friendly, welcoming and helpful. I'll definitely be going back again soon, hopefully next time for food as well.

An atmospheric pub an imperium of interesting artefacts everywhere you look. The garden suitable for families covered areas, play area for children with outside bar and bbq in good weather.

You can't get any more quirky than the Crown at Pilton! Good range of ciders and beers and a brilliant beer garden.

Great food and service, well worth a visit. Looks great too

I don't know if we were just unlucky but today's Sunday roast lunch was really disappointing. I was expecting excellence but what we received was far from that. The meat had a reheated in the mic look about it and it was not great. Too little veg and the red wine gravy was so salty you wouldn't know wine had been added. Overall, pretty poor!

Two of the most disappointing dishes I have ever ordered. Packed out Saturday night, but service still poor. No WiFi, one waiter hit me with a child's chair, but didn't feel the need to apologise . Otherwise service just by the numbers. Deep fried feta exactly that, a slab of salty dairy with little garnish. Mackerel nicoise would have Escoffier turning in his grave. Take away the carrot ribbons, little gem leaves, red onion, and you're left with some smoked mackerel scrapings, skin on, 4 or 5 olives and two undressed potatoes and a nearly hard boiled egg. £17 perlease, get a grip

Definitely worth a visit, especially on a sunny day as they have a huge beer garden

James the manager was really friendly and has a good sense of humour, made us all laugh. I absolutely loved the decorations and the overall vibe. It has a Glastonbury festival feeling which is exactly what you want from a pub in Pilton. I really enjoyed the roast dinner, I thought it was tasty and had a good twist to it serving beetroot and beans as the vegetables. My parents were less impressed because they felt it wasn't traditional....but if your open minded to something a bit different you'll love it as much as I do. Would definitely recommend!!!

Ecstatic! We had no words to express how amazingly this place has been turned around. Lovely, atmospheric, fresh and original. Stuff is superb, friendly, kind and attentive. Great family orientated pub suitable for a young group of friends, couple seeking nice evening out or a family wanting to spend some time together. Garden is lovely arranged with plenty of seating and separate areas. Manu is designed to cater for different needs, vegans, vegetarians and celiacs, with locally sourced ingredients. Definitely worth a visit!

Lunch no sandwiches had a sharer very nice bear good

Table of 4. All had a faultless meal. Service was excellent. Also drank some local cider, which went down a treat! The new refurbishment of the crown is very well presented. We will be visiting again.

Lovely place with nice food. Nice staff too. Had a pleasant time.

Great pub, great staff, great food. The end.

Amazing food, attentive staff and pretty quirky decor, what’s not to like… is this owned by banksy?! Who knows, but you’ll love it! Ps. Mini pyramid stage playground is 👌

What a fantastic little pub! Stopped off here for dinner en route home last week and will be finding excuses to visit here again thats for sure! Fantastic food, great service, a Glastonbury Festival themed play park for the kids and a lovely low alco draught from the Bristol Beer Factory (Clear Head) for the driver to enjoy in the gorgeous sunlit garden. Super cool decor and a really good buzz about the place. Well done guys and thank you for a wonderful visit. See you soon!!

Having had a hard day working. To find this jem of a place was amazing. The staff were excellent, food was fantastic. Definitely recommend 👍 oh and I'm gf, there was a really good choice too. Well done everyone at the Crown. 👍👍

What an amazing Pub. Staff super friendly and helpful, the food was amazing, the drinks selection was brilliant. The atmosphere every time I have been there was superb. A real good lively buzz about the place, happy faces everywhere. Child and pet friendly. The decor and layout is inspiring. All in all one of the best pubs I’ve ever been to, inside and out, could not ask for more, and in an iconic pub. Well done to the owners and staff there you are all doing an amazing job, you’ll be seeing me and my family again.