The Crown in Wokingham

Really lovely pub! The food was delicious and the environment was very cool. Friendly staff and good company :) Seriously some of the best chips I've had in ages.

Lovely place with a good atmosphere and selection of ales and the usual drinks. The staff are really friendly and the service is great. A simple menu with good variety, well prepared and quick. The gents toilets were by far the nicest I've seen in any pub - clean, smelt fresh, all facilities functional, and nicely decorated. Yes - a well kept and decorated men's pub loo!! Unheard of!

Very nice pub, the food was amazing and the service was speedy

Popped in for a quick beer whilst waiting for my wife who was in the surgery opposite. As usual, nice friendly owner and a great sun trap out the front of the pub 👍

Place empty no atmosphere. Only 2 choices of meat for lunch, (both white) Vegetables very undercooked, beef bouguignon very nice. Probably will not return.

Good beer and food in a friendly village pub.

Lovely village pub, very friendly and helpful staff.

Popped in and shared a bottle of wine with my wife and there was a lovely big warm fire going. Makes all the difference. Cheers.

Good beer. Friendly, welcoming staff. Excellent local pub.

Lovely traditional local pub restaurant

On the real ale trail so visited a pub close to here but the staff were rude that we left cycled away and ended up in this gem. Staff so friendly, food was excellent and the place was really clean. What a lovely find. We will return soon. Thank you.

Love this pub, service is always good and the laid back feel is always an additional bonus

My son and I loved it very warm and friendly I would definitely recommend it.GREAT FOOD!!

Good food and friendly local pub.

Lovely helpful and friendly staff and wonderful food

Simple place, nothing special in the way of food, but it is spacious and it is vital to the local community, and I would be devistated to see it close, and I don't even live in swallowfield.

There on work nice place lock down over pull me a pint ta

If you are looking for simple pub grub then it's your go to. Very relaxed informal service. Said the burger was homemade but didn't really taste it. Had a frozen, cheap taste. Nice atmosphere of locals.

Nice and friendly, cold frost beers

Ordered a takeaway, Wayno's Wings followed by Cod and Chips with Peas. Very prompt service and good customer service from Wayne & Dawn. The Wings were very good and the fish and chips excellent. Very satisfied, I will be using them more often.

El personal es amistoso. Los baños están impecables. La zona exterior es bonita. Muchas mesas en el interior.

lovely veggie food and friendly staff. Covid precautions in place xx

Great Sunday lunch with good beer, bonus that the pub is dog friendly. Lovely service. Excellent find.

A cheeky supper this evening. Friendly staff. Good service and tasty food. Cosy atmosphere.

Our 1st visit was a really good experience! The pub is roomy, clean and a good atmosphere. The food we ordered was good pub food and I enjoyed it a lot!! We were made to feel welcome from the moment we walked in.. a nice friendly and welcoming place to go and welcomed our 9 month old too!! Will definitely be returning soon!!

I used to throughly enjoy The Crown, but over the last year I noticed the quality, service and atmosphere decline dramatically. Today I found out why - it’s changed owners and is now under the guidance of Breakspear. Before, a South African couple ran the pub and it was one of the best places in Reading. I was met with a bubbly atmosphere, classy low-rhythm jazz music, a menu that offered variety and intrigue, plus a sense of originality I couldn’t find elsewhere. Now I enter and am met with no atmosphere, mainstream pop music, a severe lack of service and food presentation that I couldn’t help criticising. The warm bread board - yeah the warm cheesy loaf is nice, but the centre was still cold and the accompanying smoked/roasted garlic was served cold. Come on, inject some personality and warmth into it, at least shove the smoked garlic into the oven at the same time as the loaf to unleash the smell and make it a little softer. The seating? Yeah, sit customers on a cold metal table next to the opening of the rowdy, loud kitchen. I’m terribly sad to have lost the personality of this place - a team who, before it changed hands, actually seemed to care from all angles. Instant points to change? Get the atmosphere right and change the music. Put on some nice acoustic or jazz music, it makes a big difference. Your food - more quality control. Your service? I know it takes time, but build a team that care. It’s hard to find good staff, but keep pressing on and weed out the people who pull it down or, better yet, give them a chance to change before doing so. I’ll come back in a couple of years, but for those expecting the same vibes as before it changes hands, you’ll be sorely disappointed.

I'm not a lover of the decor but the beer was ok.

Great place, well kep beer, good food, good service makes this place an ideal village pub. Well worth a visit.

Never had a bad experience here! Craic is good and Louise is the best barmaid in the county!!!

There was nothing on the menu I could eat. No fresh food. I then asked for a sandwich and was told they had no bread. It was a pub from the past.

Great pub in an unassuming village. We were on a walk and chanced upon this place. It looked very welcoming so we stepped in. The interior is very large with three areas for guests. The bar serves the usual branded lager and also some ale. The seating is very comfortable along the windows at the front. After a couple of drinks we decided to extend our stay and ordered a meal. Usual pub stuff served elegantly. And it was tasty. I'm sure I'll come again.

Nice local pub on "The Street" street at the heart of Swallowfield village, an easy half-hour cycle ride or 15 minute drive from Lower Earley, Reading. Small but good selection of real ales, plus all the other usual drinks. Nice range of good quality food, in generous portions, and at a fair prices. Visited on a quiet Saturday lunchtime, and service was friendly & excellent. Probably much busier with local customers in the evenings, of course. Good clean toilets. Sunny, roadside seating out front (fairly quiet road & #7 bus to Reading station) and there was also a beer garden at the side/back, along with a reasonable size parking area. Highly recommended for a relaxed lunch & drinks on a sunny Saturday afternoon!

Lovely country pub, very friendly and welcoming. A gorgeous and well behaved German Sheppard pub dog

Old world pub that always has a warm welcome

Nice friendly atmosphere and meal was good home cooking.

We were really disappointed, I ordered the bean chilli, absolutely no flavour, rice lumpy and tasteless. My partner ordered the steak pie, pasty hard and the gravy bland. Will not be returning!

Good village pub great atmosphere

Pleasant pub with good parking and you can park opposite in the evening.

Visited here for a quiet drink with friends. Good selection of drinks, food did look good too! The pub is nice inside and there is plenty seating outside for the summer days!

Great place lovely atmosphere... Lovely live band

We enjoyed our meals with a pint or two last evening. Nice fish and chips and a great burger. Good service, friendly pub, and they know how to look after the beer. We'll be back!

Always a welcoming atmosphere with good food and beer. Worth a visit.

I wanted a place to watch the six nations without it being mobbed. They're showing every game on a projected screen. The staff brought our drinks to the table despite not officially having table service, which was really nice. A great place to watch sports in a comfortable country pub setting

Nice atmosphere here foods great.

BOOM !! This is how a local should be great staff,great beer food to die for forget any other pub in the area this is true value for money

Charming interior, stylish Pub, friendly staff. A nice place to stop by for a drink. Based on the street in Swallowfield. It has a calming atmosphere which is Dog friendly.

Good service, well priced and friendly atmosphere. Well worth a visit

We tried this place on a Sunday,as we drove around the country one weekend.Seemed a nice friendly quite place.Plenty of parking spaces.Seemed quite a popular place with the locals.The sunday lunch was good as was the wine choice,friendly staff and good ambiance.Would we come here again? yes of course if we are in the area.

We had a lovely evening at the Crown, theme night( Last Night Of The Proms) 14 of us sat down and enjoyed Braised Beef ( cooked perfectly) followed by a huge selection of cheese while watching the Proms on a 8ft screen. Great beer and wine selection. Very enjoyable night.a big Thank you to all of the staff, look forward to future events.

We had varied dishes including roast lamb; ham, egg and chips and linguine. The food was tasty and very reasonably priced. Overall a pleasant experience.

Great place to stop off for a bite to eat, friendly and helpful staff with a good choice of food. Well worth the short drive off the motorway to get away from the crowded service stations

Lovely quick drink - moving into the area. Good wine and friendly ambience.

This was my first experience with an English pub and it set the bar high, I had a hamburger and a dessert and both were exceptional, the staff were extremely friendly and polite and even the patrons were great conversation and added to the friendly atmosphere, I can't recommend highly enough!

It was a pleasant and enjoyable visit. The lovely staff members (including the cook) were very friendly but at the same time kept a reasonable distance from us. The rooms are at an average bit that's because it's a bed and breakfast. The breakfast was...

I've just had a meal at The Crown, Swallowfield for the first time in about seventeen years. The pub has changed quite a bit for the better and is well laid out. It has a relaxing atmosphere and the interior looks charming. There was a...

Expensive and very little atmosphere

Nit a great experience considering the owners used to run a popular establishment with good class food. Maybe looking for cheap retirement option. Sorry but not great

I am so pleased to see food back at The Crown, and great honest food at that. Myself and family have eaten here a number of times and haven't had a complaint yet. Last night, after slaving away over the Christmas tree (!) my mother...

We stopped here for a late lunch on our way back from London - completely unplanned - service was friendly and swift - there was a good selection on the menu one of us had fish and chips the other three of us had roast...

I rang to book for today. Opeing times are on the website but not the hours the restaurant is open. It turns out that the restaurant was open for only one hour today. The place was cold and cheerless with no atmosphere at all and...

Made last minute decision to have a roast here today. The owner kindly sorted a table for us quickly. 4 of us ordered a beef roast, and my dad a lamb Wellington. The roast was very disappointing, the Yorkshire pudding was raw in the middle...

The Crown is a good example of a British Village pub, friendly staff, a good range of beers and a really good menu, of which I have partaken on multiple occasions. The atmosphere is relaxed and uncomplicated. I love it.

Had a fantastic afternoon/evening here Sun.14th.Aug Live music and BBQ in the garden, the landlords and staff were very friendly and the food and drink excellent

Wanted a reasonable, but good quality meal, so the Kids and I thought we'd give this a try. Very welcoming, food was limited menu but reasonable and all tastes covered. Very nice evening and we will be back.

Had a tasty lunch at the Crown, all the usual stuff on the menu but they seem to be taking some care over the ingredients so the sausages are wild boar, the burger is locally sourced (and looked good, perhaps a shade over cooked) and...

£7.90 for a double gin and tonic?!?! I questioned it with the bar staff and both members of management who all told me that it was correct. 😡😡 £2.90 per shot of gin and £2 for one tiny bottle of tonic. Doesn't even add up...

Really gorgeous place and you can sense how it might have been as a 17th century inn, with all those little rooms where people might have slammed tankards down on rusticated tables. Hungry travellers might have been very grateful for some sustenance but the quality...

I took the kids in for dinner as it was my turn to cook! The welcome couldn't have been friendlier and the food couldn't have been better. It's great to see the kitchen open again, the new beers on offer are well kept and the...

I am pleased to report that this pub is now under new management and food has returned. I have high hopes but have yet to try the food. First reviews look very encouraging.

We had a family meal here! The food was SUPERB! We all had different, ranging from Ham, egg and chips, Steak and the lovely Lamb Wellington! All beautifully cooked and well presented. Staff were lovely and very friendly. Would definitely recommend and WILL be going...

If you like good honest food you have to visit The Crown in Swallowfield Village!!! New Managers Wayne and his wife Dawn and Dexter the very lovable dog are new to the village but it feels like they have been apart of the community for...

A traditional locals pub. Lately there has been a board up apologising that they are not doing food. Hopefully they will find a new chef soon. So do check before making a visit.

Fantastic roast dinner would definitely return! Staff very welcoming and friendly! A hidden little gem! Puddings were delicious too! Even my fussy little eater cleared his plate what more can I say!

Smiles when you walk in and a relaxed atmosphere with a well kept cellar and good food. What more could you want. Good family pub with very friendly staff and owners! Great little Gem and good value to boot.

Lovely roast dinner, not much for vegetarians though. Good service and accommodating for large groups.

Great Asian & English fusion food. One of the best Thai chicken curries I have had. While the standard pub food, such as my sons ham, egg and chips were also excellent. Definitely recommend.

We were out in a bit of a pub crawl and the Crown was our last stop of the night. It wasn't busy and it might have been close to there closing but they were more than happy to stick around and serve us for...

Family meal for 8 of us! Everyone was very satisfied with the food. Varied menu, all looked lovely and we couldn't make our minds up! Chef was very helpful and we would all be very happy to have a meal there again. Highly recommended.

This must be a great local for the residents but as someone from further afield reading great reviews about the food we were disappointed with the pub environment. We didn't stick around for food as the decor and general feel was quite dull and not...

A Great Local Pub with character and many local characters with a Good selection of Local Beers serving Meals but have not yet tried the Cuisine.

Just a baguette ? Came with chips and garnish and was huge. Chicken Satay with peanut sauce was lovely. Would definitely go back.

What a lovely pub. Great ales, very tasty food at fantastic prices and friendly staff / locals. This was a lovey family meal and I am still getting over how reasonable it was. Well worth a trip and in such a nice village.

Nine of us lunched at the Crown, a modest village pub, in November 2013. The welcome was warm, as was the bar itself. The menu was large and varied, but decidedly carnivorous – there was only one purely vegetarian main-course (which was very good) and...

I ate here on my own whilst away working and, as a woman, that can vary as an experience! However it was friendly and helpful and I felt perfectly at ease even though it is clearly a 'local' and many people in there knew each...

A group of nine ate there one November lunchtime, only my second time there. The pub was surprisingly quiet, but it was well-appointed, clean and warm, with a roaring stove in the corner. The welcome, too, was friendly and genuine. Our meal was excellent - good food, all apparently freshly cooked; portions if anything rather too large (particularly the piri-piri chicken). The price was remarkable - nine main courses, eight deserts, nine coffees, three bottles of house wine and a 10% tip for £20 a head. We will be back.

We have visited The Crown on numerous occasions since Martin Wheeler started and have been unfailingly impressed. We have been both mid-week for his fabulous Wednesday night buffets and at the weekends and enjoyed his locally sourced A la Carte menu. He is incredibly friendly...

Martin Wheeler is now the chef at The Crown. We had a lovely meal at The Crown on Saturday evening. Martin the chef came out to talk to us about the menu (lots of choice). I can recommend the toad in the hole, very tasty.

We visited this pub after reading several current positive reviews about the food and were not disappointed. There is a new chef who came to talk to us and asked for feedback - we found this a very refreshing approach. All the meals were piping...

Went for evening meal with a couple of friends Although quiet had nice tasty meals in good local pub atmosphere. Reasonable prices. Slightly dippy waitress (new? Or just not sure what she was doing). Was surprised I asked for mint sauce for my lamb and...

We took the last star off as the meat wasnt as special as we were hoping. We had the roast beef an it was a bit thinly cut and with not enough pink in for our liking. Odd really as when Kim ran the George...

We have returned many times for dinner at The Crown, quite the best in the area. Lovely atmosphere and of course great food, that's what we go out for isn't it?. If you are thinking about perhaps to try it out, don't hesitate, you won't...

The Crown provides good food and beer /wine in a quiet village setting. The excellent food is prepared on the premises by Chef Kim, who is well known to people in the Reading area. There is always a good choice and the menu changes regularly....

Always a pleasure to stop by at The Crown, friendly locals and staff with a good selection of well maintained ales on the 3 hand pumps all year round. (not eaten anything there other than crisps and a pepperami, so can't comment!)

Lovely fresh food and a friendly atmosphere. Chatty locals, good ales and locally produced food is what this village pub offers. Friday nights seem to be the more popular night and I even noticed they are doing a special burger and pint for the football....

Well what can i say, we went to the Jubilee street party, enjoyed the BBQ and the Russell Players performance the atmosphere was great so my boyfriend and I went for a evening meal (Chicken Strips & Smoked Haddock) very good. We shall be going...

Went in today and had a lovely lunch, beautiful Eggs Benedict, Beef Burger and a super indulgent Dark Chocolate Terrine all off their set lunch menu which offers an amazing two or three course lunch at great value. Basically the best business expense report I'll...

I've eaten at the crown for a number of months now, trying everything from their amazingly priced set lunch menu, the unbeatable choices on their evening menu, and even the superb Sunday lunches, even if you're eating on your own or with friends/family the bar...

We have visited the Crown over a number of years and I have to say that the food is now the best in the area. The menu is full and varied and every dish is beautifully cooked and full of flavour. You receive a warm...

Very nice atmosphere, friendly staff and great value superb food...

The Crown has upped the stakes by cleverly rewarding its stalwart "keep our village pub open" regulars with an additional surprise... Local culinary legend Kim Parker has been placed at the kitchens helm. His task of transforming the little local has worked. The food is...