The Crabtree in Surrey Heath

Had a fantastic pub lunch today at Crabtree Frimley, and it was an all-around great experience! We were warmly greeted by Nick, which set a welcoming tone right away. Our server, Mathew, was very friendly and provided exceptional service throughout the meal. The food was absolutely delicious! The Tandoori Chicken Skewer was perfectly spiced and grilled to perfection, the Mac and Cheese was creamy and indulgent, and the Avocado Salad was fresh and refreshing—a great balance of flavors. Overall, a tasty meal with great service. Will definitely be coming back!

Visit here a lot when in the area. It is fantastic value, excellent staff and for always lovely and clean.

Staff super friendly Nic always gives excellent service

Very disappointing Sunday roast. Mass produced poor quality frozen Yorkshire pudding, incredibly poor tiny non roast potatoes. Appreciate it’s not easy to serve multiple covers but this was not good. Seemed understaffed. Just two ladies trying to run the bar, take orders and deliver food. They both were trying hard but just two staff for a venue of this size? Management need to think again

A blast from the past but a great family place to eat and socialise

Great service from Matthew helping with the App.

Wonderful service. Lovely decor, excellent food.

Had a lovely evening staff were efficient bar staff friendly buffet enjoyed love the fish gougons in particular . Great night see you again

Great Hen do, great food, we demolished the lot!

Came for a hen party . The buffet food was really good quality and quantity. Staff were all very friendly and helpful , offering to take photos etc

Hired the space for our friends hen party. Food was great, staff so helpful and friendly. Really lovely evening.

Always feels like an inconvenience to sit down and have some food.

Wow ! Another self service pub restaurant! Great idea to order at the bar and the lovely super friendly relaxed staff bring it to the table. Cuts down on overworked staff rushing around tables I love it. Went for lunch with a friend midweek which we prebooked and arrived quite early to a completely empty restaurant and within an hour it was rammed ! Full of families, couples and single diners - we were happy to be in there and will book for our family x10 for Easter when I expect it will be packed to the gunnels 🤗 Food was very nice too 👍👍

Great food. Staff Matthew and Colby are really friendly and professional. Had a lovely evening

Always welcoming , good service. Good menu choices. Pleasant atmosphere.

Nice friendly staff and warm atmosphere.

Mathew and Jade gave excellent service with their usual friendly manner and professionalism

The staff are always very friendly and the food always good.

Great friendly and helpful staff and amazing food

Really lovely food at such reasonable prices. Matthew, Bonnie and Nick were really helpful and courteous. Would definitely come again.

Food was lovely 5 onwards lovely and quiet can imagine it getting busier But it was a nice place to sit down and have some good food and drink

A great Ember Inn ..Great beers and friendly staff and clientele

Only popped in for a drink, we didn’t know the area. We didn’t expect Sunday lunch but it was available. We were really well looked after and we had a great meal. Really good meal and really good value. Thank you!

The staff were super friendly and helpful. Food excellent.

The standard of the food has really gone down hill. Went Boxing Day and it was the worst meal I have ever had there. As usually the food is excellent I gave them another chance. Went one evening mid week and again the meal was poor not to their usual standard.

Blonde server very nice man respectful and good service

Great food again , very friendly staff , highly recommend, Katie was very friendly and helpful 🙂

Great meal again tonight as always tonight, everything cooked perfectly and the amazing Katie took care of anything needed! Thank you as always Amy and the team x

Excellent food, reasonable price and Matt really looked after us - he was brilliant!

Food was fantastic and service was great. Matthew behind the bar was friendly and attentive.

Mathew was amazing and looked after us. We were a table of 16 and the food was quick to come out and they were very attentive. Food was delicious.

Big party of 16 and crying baby brilliantly handled by Matthew Polly & Jess 😁 thank you

Great family meal out - very organised with food for a big party and all the staff were lovely

Staff always make you welcome. Nice food served hot to your table.

I run a local Women's Institute group, and we had lunch together at the Crabtree a few months ago. Subsequently, we decided to return for our annual Christmas lunch last month. There were 35 of us, and as we had preordered, we were hoping not to have to wait too long to be served. The service was a little intermittent and a bit disorganised as the food didn't all come out of the kitchen at the same time so that a number of people had finished eating before others had even started. To be fair, there were very few staff serving and they worked very hard and with good humour. The food was tasty and well presented but there were a couple of ladies who were served last who said their food was cold. We do accept that serving 35 people all at the same time is a massive undertaking and we thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon anyway. We were allowed to run a raffle and a Secret Santa and were given plenty of time to pack up and leave despite the fact that another party was due to arrive after us. Our sincere thanks to the manager and staff for their kindness and hospitality from us all at Cove Village Friends WI.

Would not recommend this place at all. ❌Awful food, went here for Christmas dinner and never had a worse meal in my life. Got given 2 slithers of meat, 4 tiny tiny potatoes, and an eggcups worth of veg & gravy with a cremated Yorkshire pudding, was truly awful when paying about £14 for that, shocking. Then came again for a steak which was mostly fat, had a starter of prawns and they only gave me 2 !! 2 tiny battered prawns for like £6? honestly never coming back again for anything, food used to be good back in the day but has now slipped into crap.

The food was good and the staff are always helpful and friendly.

Great roast with excellent roast potatoes at a good price! Good portion size and I got the deal with the starter and pudding thrown in for an extra £5. Lovely staff and a nice peaceful atmosphere, perfect for a quiet rainy Sunday!

Very prompt and polite service, quiet and relaxing atmosphere, staff warm and welcoming with time to converse nothing too much trouble. Our server Matthew was very polite, helpful and answered questions regarding menu choices which prompted us to stay for pudding :). Having never been to an Ember Inn previously after today's experience will happily return.

Lovely pub, decent food but the service and atmosphere make the place somewhere I enjoy visiting with my family. If your looking for somewhere, relaxed and welcoming with comfort food this is the place to go.

Boxing Day Lunch/Dinner 2024 Wasn't up to The Crabtree's usual standard. We were very disappointed with the quality of the food that day, mushy carrots, hard Brie Wedges, small portions of cheese on the cheese platter, no selection of biscuits (all the same type) dirty glasses

The whole service was great from start to finish

Very dull and food was horrible

We are regulars at the Crabtree. Amy (manager) and the team are lovely. Food good, service is great and atmosphere is friendly. Thanks 🙂 Adding more as we spent Christmas Eve at Crabtree. Thank you Amy and team for being friendly as we sang Christmas Carols on Christmas Eve - we love this new tradition. 🎄

Great food, great staff, fantastic management.👍

DO NOT GO HERE…… Amy the general manager is rude, aggressive, unwelcoming and unable to communicate clearly in a respectable manner. All customers be aware you will be turned away from an empty restaurant, as the tables are booked with no reserved signs. She will move you from every table saying and not explaining the table is reserved but instead offering you to sit outside on a cold and dark December day with a baby. Her lack of friendly communication or even a smile was intimidating. We were not welcomed or explained too that she was unable to accommodate us but made it rather awkward for us instead. Her lack of training in managerial situations is disgusting, with a vile attitude. AVOID AVOID AVOID.

Was here for a Christmas meal. Nice pub to pop in too.

I ate a Christmas lunch here yesterday with a large group of friends. The dinner was absolutely delicious, turkey especially very tasty and very generous with all the veggies etc. Pudding lovely too!

Good atmosphere, friendly staff, good choice of food and good quality

Welcoming, a wide range of beers and elegant pub food.

We had breakfast with Santa… a wonderful experience, staff all very helpful and friendly… breakfast excellent and Father Christmas made my Sons Day… such a warm welcome from Mrs Christmas.. would highly recommend

We have been to the crabtree now for a number of years and everytime we go it gets better and better each time . Are food came out and it was piping hot - well done to the kitchen team . Keep up this fantastic work . Plus front of house - again amazing to have plenty of staff on duty last night . The manager at this venue is doing a fantastic job of delivering great customer service and bringing their team together , to deliver a brilliant customer experience.

Matthew served us and he went above and beyond and answered all of our questions. He was a diligent bartender and even recommended drinks for us to purchase which we did.

Being honest, we only came here because the carvery we wanted to go to was fully booked, but we are so glad we ended up at The Crabtree! The staff were all lovely, efficient and friendly. The food was absolutely top quality. Good ingredients, perfectly cooked and presented, and exceptional value. I genuinely don't know how you do it for the price, it was all delicious. Highly recommend the rib of beef Sunday roast, and don't hesitate to add the cauliflower cheese as this was piping hot and perfectly cheesy. We will be back, well done and thanks to all the staff, you made our family meal special indeed.

Nice meal, fast service, very affordable

Came in to check out their Sunday roasts and was genuinely impressed at the menu and quality of food here. All of the turkey, gammon and beef were delicious and cooked nicely. Excellent Yorkshire puddings and the cauliflower cheese was spot on. Generous portions at a very reasonable price. Professional and friendly service. Will be recommending to others and returning!

Could have a little more on the plate, but food quality was good. Friendly staff too

Grania is amazing . Great service

Grainne was amazing serving me. Very enthusiastic and sociable.

My friend and I meet here every Friday for ou bubbles fizzz and we love it 🥂 xxx

Booked for a family birthday meal, friendly and polite staff. Quick service, easy from start to finish.

Amy and the team were fantastic helping us have the best family experience. The staff were friendly and the food was great. Not a thing left from the whole table. Thank you for such a wonderful time.

The welcome and service was excellent. The food was amazing. Our group enjoyed the quality of the food and the cooking. My own gammon steak was thick and cooked to perfection, accompanied by two fried eggs, peas and chips. A great atmosphere. I would certainly come back again. Thank you for making our evening enjoyable and memorable.

Welcoming staff and friendly atmosphere- great choice of food. We all had something different and each meal was great! Thank you so much!

Lovely little pub, lots to choose from and the food is incredible, 3 courses for £12.99 was a really nice surprise also, the food on this menu was plated and cooked incredibly. Really would recommend I went for lunch on a Wednesday so it was nice and quiet, not sure what it's like in peak however

Lovely lunch with the family. Good service and food.

Nice pub food average value for money ok

Never been here before but will not return. Had sirlion steak which was very chewy so had to leave most of it. Only one mushroom and the ring onions were not they were just fried scraps! chips OK. I complained to staff and asked for compensation suggesting a dessert which I got. Had to take my plate up to the bar as was waiting a long time for anybody to clear our table, my husbands sausage was not very well cooked also. Dissapointed not worth the money.

Awful service, lack of care when handling food. Manager is ok with food being left on the wrong table possibly tampered with and then delivered to the correct table, which is exactly my experience this evening.

First time trying this pub, at a glance the pub is clean, and quiet for a Saturday evening. We ordered the tandoori chicken, ribs with Mac and cheese and a chicken, bacon and avocado salad totalling £68. The food came relatively quickly within 20 minutes but one order was incorrect and was supposed to be for the table opposite us. The server had at this time already left leaving someone else's food in our care unattended, she then came back to collect it and delivered it to the correct table. I am shocked at the lack of care this pub takes when handling food. I mentioned my concerns to the manager and she brazenly told me that no law prevented this practice. luckily for the other costumer, my nephew didn't sneeze or add additional seasoning to the wrong order because the absence of care from the staff her was abundant. We did eventually get the order correct but it just got worse. If you're looking for authentic tandoori this is not the place. It was dry, sour and the accompanying bread could remove a filing. The salad was ok but not nearly worth it's £12 price tag and if sub par food wasn't enough, you could always speak to the manager and that will be enough to make you never want to return. She did agree to refund the cost of the tandoori chicken but the service she gave us was so appalling that I wouldn't even consider a second chance. What a shame.

Nice family friendly local but they don’t let dogs in so if you’re taking Fido then you’ll need to sit outside. But there are heaters outside so it’s not the end of the world.

Very good food & service by mathew . Bit cold in pub though .

Very friendly service helpful, big thanks to Curtis.

Absolute diamond of a pub and I’m thrilled it’s here in Camberley. Food is delicious and the staff are helpful and friendly.

Lost a star because the drinks glasses were all dirty. Other than that, it's a nice place to go.

Very good pub, would come again

First time visiting the Crabtree. It seemed nice enough inside but we felt a little letdown by the food. The rainbow lasagne I had was either cooked too long or left under the heat lamp, but either way it was a touch dried out. It tasted better than it looked though. I was told that the other meal, the sausage and mash, also seemed a little dry. It was all okay, but I hoped for better.

Nice atmosphere and nice food! I recommend

Matthew was very attentive and great customer service at this Ember Inns

Amazing, super fast service and food what lovely

I really appreciate Mathew excellent hospitality. Whenever im here always best service , good food & great atmosphere .

Amazing sunday roast. I’m a firm believer that nailing roast potatoes is crucial to a solid roast and the Crabtree absolutely delivered on this front. Drinks were served cold and promptly, always ideal. And the staff were all incredibly attentive and chatty. Overall would highly recommend.

Great little place , lovely food, staff very nice to deal with and friendly..Will definitely be back and recommend

Being going here for years, always friendly and efficient, sometimes gets very busy, but always get served, and food is tasty, and great value, Curtis, Katie, Amy and Matthew are great 👍

Great staff and excellent customer service and excellent food

Great service (by Matthew) and good food at a good price

Food was great and so was the service. One of the waiters even bowed to me.

Went to this pub for the first time for our anniversary, so it was supposed to be a romantic meal. We were Given a table next to a door despite making a reservation 3 days prior, so it was freezing cold every time someone walked in. The starters were small portions, the mains we both chose they couldn’t make so had to choose something else. I ordered a vegan burger that came out looking like a kids meal, it was tiny , and completely tasteless and with no accompanying sauces such a vegan mayonnaise. The salt containers were empty so we had to take one off another table and that was empty too. My husband’s meal was bland too. I had the biscotti dessert, sadly it was filled with nothing but whipped cream with half a tablespoon of ice cream that was already melted by the time it arrived at the table . Overall terrible, tasteless meal. I do not recommend.

Good enough pub serving standard pub classics well. Been here twice recently and only downgraded slightly as one of rhe bar staff ignored me to serve regulars instead and then just shrugged at me when I pointed out she had served two groups who had arrived at the bar after me. Shame because the lady who was on the second time couldn't have been more pleasant amd fun.

amazing pub! definitely recommend if you haven’t been here before. food was extraordinary, coming again! 👌

Popped into Crab Tree with inlaws as spurs of moment thing had lovely meal and Mathew the waiters was very friendly and helpful. Will definitely go again.

Great staff, and enjoyed the food and drink. Amy and Clint/Cliff (sorry I forgot your name!) made this a great evening and will return.

Great atmosphere for our staff party.

This pub use to be my local. We had our very informatl wedding reception there 50 years ago and decided to return. We invited a few friends and the evening went very well, the service and food were all great (we had the platinum buffet) at a very good price. All in all no complaints or reservations at all.

Great food and service - would highly recommend!

Dara was amazing and very polite 😍 thanks for everything. You are a star 🌟

I liked how Dara looked after us during dinner at the restaurant.

Enjoyed the food and very good service by Dara.

Have not been there before but enjoy my visit 😊

Another enjoyable evening at the Crab. We had food and drinks and did the quiz, as we have been doing for many years. Curtis and Jade working hard as usual making the whole evening a pleasurable one.