The Crown in Bath and North East Somerset

Visited for lunch one Friday afternoon,friendly welcome and served drinks and seated quickly. Fish & chips and faggots and mash from the lunch menu were ordered, arrived in 20 minutes and both were ok. Quick service friendly staff and ok food.

Friendly atmosphere and good food

I`m a local and visit fairly often and arranged to meet a friend for a quick lunch. She is "gluten free" and was pleased to see on the menu "ham egg and chips (gf)" and ordered it. We were both VERY disappointed when our meals arrived and hers had 3 new potatoes! When we complained were told that they couldn`t do gf chips because of "cross contamination" - fair enough, but our point was that the implication on the menu was that their chips WERE gf. No apology, nor reduction in price was offered. As my friend said, she`d have ordered something different if she`d known.

Stopped here for a coffee when out with a cycle group. Great coffee, and quick service for our group.

With family and friends we celebrated our Diamond Wedding Anniversary last night in the Buddha Room.The Buffet and the service from the wonderful staff could not have been better. Diamond service indeed.

We had a wonderful evening at The Crown on Friday, the 28th. A huge thank you to Ruby, Lottie, and Fran for taking such great care of us. Their service was exceptional, and we truly appreciated their attentiveness and warmth

Lovely food great atmosphere. Unfortunately very short staffed so we had a bit of a wait. The staff were very friendly and helpful. Dog friendly too. Would recommend.

Very good food so will return soon.

Wonderful meal last night with friends , celebrating my 70th The food was amazing , and the staff was lovely and nothing was too much trouble . Even the owner came over , to check that everything was ok . Can’t wait to go back

I took my grandmother and my family out to lunch here. Its convenient for her because she is 94 and can't walk very far. The food was pretty awful but she likes it, although the service was good. But I was then hit with a 100 pound parking fine (same cost as for lunch for 6 people), as my mother parked the car and then supported my grandmother straight to her table. She didn't see any signs. It clearly states on this website that there is free off-street parking. Absolutely disgraceful.

Pleasantly surprised by this place for a Monday lunch time. Very busy which was an encouraging sign.

I had eaten here once and everything was perfect I visited 2 weeks later and complete opposite! The food was not as described, the service was not at all good with one waitress clearly not wanting to be there. I complained but heard nothing back! As you can guess I will NOT be returning!! This review is not about wanting a refund!

The parking lets this wonderful pub down. DO NOT PARK in The Crown car park. I've been issued a parking fine £60 - £100. I used the parking registration inside the pub as I always do. They still issued me a fine! Of course, I'm going to appeal it, but I've got more chance of shaking hands with Elvis! Will not be dining here again.

Had a lovely Sunday lunch to celebrate a birthday, Food was amazing fresh seasonal veg cooked to perfection, beautiful cauliflower cheese which was extra money but well worth the price. Fantastic service . Will definitely be back very soon.

Had Sunday roast with the family. Everything spot on. Very nice

Came for a Sunday lunch as a family of 7. Food was delicious and lovely atmosphere, can see why they are always fully booked. Service was fantastic, reminding us to register our car on arrival & checking back throughout.

We were looking for a cozy warm pub after getting freezing cold watching a football match on Sunday. The main restaurant was fully booked, so the waitress kindly said that we could eat in the bar. It was very cold in there, the fire was unlit. We decided to stay as we were hungry. When I asked if the fire could be lit the waitress said that no wood had been chopped so no fire. We ordered two roast dinners and a main portion of calamari. The roasts were very bland, two slices of very tough, over cooked roast beef, pork that looked like it had been microwaved, watery, tasteless gravy and bland, overcooked veg, which we left. We had to ask for cutlery, condiments and lemon to go with the calamari. I appreciate that the waitresses were busy in the main restaurant. Very overpriced at £18.00 for the roast and 15.00 for 8 pieces of calamari. Very disappointing experience and a total waste of money.

Went here for the first time on the weekend. Lovely atmosphere, we sat underneath the beautiful lit up tree, which my children loved. No children’s menus, which I was very surprised about. Ended up ordering my children pizza, but they only do these as normal size, not children’s sizes. Also, no children’s drinks like cartons or fruit shoots. Service was a little slow, but it did become quite busy, so this was understandable. Food was lovely, everyone enjoyed what they had. Sign outside said it was a Greene king pub, which is on the bluelight card app for 15% discount. But was told by the waitress, because it’s a privately owned pub, they don’t do the discount, which was disappointing. Overall, nice place to go for a meal, just not ideal for families with children in my opinion. Would visit again, without the kids!

As a group we were able to have a meal in the Buddha Barn. There were 17 of us and everyone enjoyed their meal, the service was really good and the food was nice and hot. Excellent value for money. The Buddha Lounge looked great, very light and pretty with flower walls.

Turned up Saturday lunchtime not having booked. We were shown to a table no problem. Everything decorated for Christmas, had a lovely vibe. Staff were welcoming. Have been here before and had the pie and felt a bit underwhelmed. Not so today. Okay the two chicken pies were sold out, we plumped for the steak and ale. It was delicious. The beef was slow cooked for about a day apparently. Well filled pies, al denté vegetables, perfect chips soft on the inside with extra gravy. Could not fault. Desserts of toffee apple pie and jammy roly poly devoured and given full marks. Definitely will be back. Outdoor space looks inviting for a summer's evening.

Went here for a Christmas meL with work friends. For what we paid and got to eat its very poor. Very disappointed coffee and mince pies werent included in the amount we paid. Party of 20 of us split on 2 tables main courses were brought out then there was a wait for veg which was very small 2 slices if carrots each! Surely doing 1 table at a time to ensure our food stayed hot would of been better. We asked for more veg but never got it. We got extra gravy to warm our meals up. Very pricey evening on both food and drinks.

Lovely atmosphere and their food is really nice 👍. I always order the soup of the day which comes with ciabatta bread and I've ordered a chocoholic desert and a banana split desert before which were delicious 😋

This was the 2nd time in the last year I've eaten there, and if consistency is what your after, they didn't let me down! 1st time was awful, and this time was at least, equally as bad. Tiny portion size, flavourless, over priced pig swill. I cannot however fault the waitresses, and the fantastic company I had, those two things saved the day. They seem to spend a lot of time and effort in presenting something you wouldn't give your dog look nice. Best wishes Anna Rexy

Love this place! Great environment, atmosphere, staff, food, a place I visit a lot, highly recommended!

The pub was empty and they moved my whole family of 4 because the table was reserved in a couple of hours. My pint was flat and not cold, they said they would bring a different fresh pint to my table, they bought the same pint in a different glass. The staff looked miserable and come across uncaring. Used to like this pub, not sure what has happened, menu has changed. Won't be going back again...

A warm friendly welcome was received on this frosty lunchtime with Mother.Super clean tidy vibrant warm eating area. Lauren the hospitality Manger was fabulous vey kind with mother 91.Our food was hot and delicious and very reasonably priced within our budget Thank You all at The Crown we can’t wait to return at Christmas time

The atmosphere in the pub was nothing to speak of & service was very slow, but my biggest issue is that I've been issued with a parking fine, despite being a customer of the pub! I met with a friend & didn't notice that we had to register our vehicle licence plates at the bar because it was pretty busy & the signs in the car park weren't that obvious in the dark if you didn't know you had to register your vehicle at 7pm at night! Despite providing evidence of being a customer, I'm still being charged by the car parking company, with a really threatening letter about whether I choose to appeal or not. All in all, a terrible experience & I certainly won't ever go back to the Crown...

Excellent meal, efficient and friendly service, reasonably priced very pleasant surroundings with plenty of parking.

Firstly the food, first class, prices more than reasonable, the premises itself is pleasant and has a great ambience. The staff are absolutely superb, and very attentive and helpful. Highly Recommended 👍👍👍👍👍

Ordered a prawn cocktail that was lovely.. the steak however was extremely bland was not rested long enough and was very anaemic looking, ordered a side order of vegetables that again were very bland and tasted like they had just come out of the microwave... my partner ordered the ribs and he was impressed with them... Will not be going back sadly

WOW! This place was amazing, from the time we walked in to the time we left,nothing was too much trouble for the 2 young ladies on duty. Our food was delicious (and that coming from a chef who had was on a day off!),plenty of everything. The decor was breathtaking, definitely had the wow factor. Will be on my recommended list,thank you x

We like the atmosphere year round in this pub but the menu changes really let it down now. Why mess about with classics? Mushy peas with scampi and chips? Pickled rainbow veg? Pickled cucumber with a prawn cocktail?… sorry but just no! And where did your fabulous pork belly go? The tartar sauce was horrible as well. Also for £15 the portion size was small too. All such a shame when things were so good in the past.

Had a 50th birthday and apart from very limited parking it was a good night. Good food at reasonable prices.

Lovely food, fair prices, and the staff are absolutely lovely! Very nice, and will definitely keep returning.

Had a lovely sunday lunch with family today to celebrate a birthday, we all went for the roast beef which came with plenty of veg and potatoes. The staff were friendly and attentive. We will definitely be returning very soon.

Went for afternoon tea for a birthday party. The food was beautiful, Service by the staff was atrocious, glasses absolutely filty, tea pots dirty.

I would have rated this experience as excellent as the food was some of if not the best pub food I have had recently, it is a shame that the exceptional food was not replicated with exceptional service as we felt that anything we asked for (which should have been standard) like extra cutlery and condiments seemed like an effort to provide especially as the pub wasn’t exceptionally busy . Great food but perhaps an off night for service .

EDIT to correct pub response below - I’ve never, ever, used the pub to park and get the bus anywhere - I’ve used it to come to the pub only! Which is what I said on the phone (before she hung up!) This business seem to want to lose customers by being extremely rude and lying. Weird. Further, I described the parking system as ‘newer’, not new. I haven’t been while it’s been in place, unsure why that is even worth a comment from you to be honest. Last edit to say, I think the worst part of this is that your barmaid spoke the way she did and you have not even commented on it let alone apologised. Thanks for the £20 fine in order to spend money in your pub. Really really poor behaviour from you. Parking fine for visiting the pub. Just had a terrible call with a member of staff here. My friend and I came in on a Saturday evening. We had one pint each and then left. We had parked in the carpark, as we have before, but not seen the newer signs saying you have to let the bar staff know your registration number when you go in. The bar staff also didn't ask us for our car reg (the rude woman on the phone just told me they are supposed to, but 'sometimes one slips through'). On Monday I got a letter from an aggressive parking company demanding money for not parking within the parking regulations (ie giving them my reg). I called the pub on Monday and explained we had been customers and spent money in there so we should be able to park - I was told to provide evidence of our custom to the enforcement company and it would be cancelled, which I did yesterday. The enforcement company just replied saying I still have to pay a fine despite the evidence of payment to the pub on the night. I just called the pub to ask them to help, and the woman who answered said no. I said I thought it was embarrassing of them to make customers have to pay enforcement fines despite having spent money in the pub, and she said she's not embarrassed and that they don't care anyway as they're always fully booked!!!! (again, they were practically empty on the Saturday night we went in - there was no one else sat in the main bar and only one other couple sat in the fireplace area). Then she hung up on me! It's such an odd way for a company to behave. I can totally understand not wanting people to use the carpark if they're not using the pub, but we did use it and have before - my friend lives right near them in the village! We're two intelligent people and we didn't notice the signs either when entering or exiting. The staff didn't mention the new rule either. If there's no flexibility on this then you should be ashamed.

Popped in for lunch on Thursday (5th Sept) Absolutely amazing food and some of the best service I've ever recieved from from the lady who greeted me upon arrival. Luckily she reminded me to give her my car registration! I'll definitely be back and will recommend this pub to friends and family the next time we get together. The staff are a credit to the pub and make this place feel like a home away from home. Look forward to my next visit!

Very friendly staff good food and excellent price 👌

Came in for afternoon tea with a couple of my friends. Staff were amazing had countless check backs for more teas and coffee. No faults. Was also reminded when entering and leaving about having to put my car reg in.

Went for an evening meal in the week. Food was very good, generous portions. The ribs were superb and ham my friend had was thick and tasty. Staff were all very pleasant and personable. Took another friend on Sunday as I was impressed by previous visit. Roast dinners were not hot, food was lacking in taste, pork had no taste at all. Asked for gravy without alcohol content( some places have now flagged this on menu as an 'Allergy' and provide alternative non alcoholic gravy). Veg was small for 3 people and watery. One of my roast potatoes was black inside which I pointed out to server. Staff were all very pleasant and no complaints there. Hope this was an aberration as we like the environment, and had a cracking meal previously. 8.5/10 for first visit. 4.5/10 for second visit. Will try again in a couple weeks!

I have to be honest and say I was not looking forward to our meal as I have had a previous bad experience but everyone deserves a second chance and boy was I glad I went. The pub was clean and welcoming, staff were extremely helpful and the food was absolutely delicious, all in all a great experience and I will definitely be back and recommending to others .

I booked afternoon tea for my Mum's birthday celebration. She turned 82 on 24 Aug this year. A party of 8 of us were seated in the refurbished Buddha Barn whilst surroundings looked lovely we were the only ones there!! No atmosphere. Then the stands came, not impressed at £21.95 per head I expected better. Value for money it was not, no choice of sandwich fillings and they were the cheapest sandwich fillings you could imagine ham, cheese, tuna and egg. The service was not brilliant either 1 pot of tea between 6 as 2 had soft drinks. I have emailed The Crown with a complaint and no response. Extremely disappointed will not be going back there for some time.

Came here to celebrate my mother in law's 88th birthday, and from start to finish, we received really excellent service. We had a range of dishes, all of which were nicely cooked and good portions. The reason for the 4 stars instead of 5 is simply because the steaks two of us ordered were just tasteless, such a shame. Despite that, I would highly recommend the Crown for everything else. Especially the staff who were simply lovely. Fab setting and great value for money.

Nice garden. Rubbish pint of thatchers .

Went for a weekday lunch with friends. Great food and service. They are dog friendly.

Came for lunch, great food and great service from Lauren

Great food. Generous portions. Reasonably priced.

Love this place. Super friendly staff especially LAUREN. Menu is good pub grub... all the usual suspects plus some. And Dog friendly too.

Had a lovely Sunday roast in a very nice setting

Lovely bitter, cracking pie! Called in on spec en route home from late hospital appointment. Last visited in 2019. Top quality chicken, ham,leek and stilton pie, great chips, nice little selection of veg with it. All piping hot as it should be. And a nice best bitter at £4.40 a pint. Friendly service, I'm not normally a pie eater but this was IMHO about as good as it gets! Well done!

We had afternoon tea for my daughter’s baby shower in the Buddha tea rooms and couldn’t wish for anything better. The room was so pretty and the food amazing and plenty of it . Staff couldn’t do enough for us, they were lovely . We had such a perfect afternoon , everyone really enjoyed it .

Very nice, lovely staff, reasonably priced, will go again

Went for afternoon tea at the Buddha Barn, the afternoon tea was gorgeous sandwiches nice fresh, scones were mouthwatering plenty of jam and cream, cakes were lovely. Service was lovely nothing too much problem, our waitress was Lauren

Been here a few times and its a good reliable place to get a meal. OK, the menu is "typical pub grub" but the staff there are really friendly, give prompt attentive service and the prices are reasonable. It's a great place for a Sunday night meal after having been walking or cycling whereas many pubs have shut for food (after Sunday lunch). So well done Crown. We will I'm sure, see you again this summer.

Very disappointed first we asked for campari then martini rossi told you had none,FOOD had to fetch our own menus went to order lasagna again told you had none ,those something else, i asked for ham egg &chips again very disappointed both eggs were hard the ham fatty, agian i'm very sorry i have to write this, in the past it as been spot on

Afternoon tea expensive and not enjoyable due to mix up.between vegetarian and vegan. Booked vegetarian with no dressing. Had to ask for scone as told vegan scones available! Asked if cakes were then vegan told yes this was not the case but neither of us were vegan just one vegetarian. Cannot recommend

Happy helpful staff plenty of room to sit inside and there is garden seating ad well as a patio area to eat and drink in

Food was excellent, as was the service even though it was very busy.

Lovely pie and lovely service! Will be back.

Staff were all lovely. They made us feel welcome and they ensured the occasion worked. Decor is a work in progress, with evident refurbishment ongoing. Sunday lunch was ok, but the Nut Roast didn’t sing and the Roast Beef was competent, not exciting. Vegetables plentiful, though overcooked. Perhaps we caught the chef on an off day? The Crown - under new owners? - has promise.

Avoid if you want a decent afternoon tea! Visited here before it was lovely attended my nieces bday here today was told last minute we would not have use of the tea barn area as promised due to it being under construction. Was sat in the pub lacked that birthday hire feel as other people obviously sat there. Anyway.. the afternoon tea was horrendous four choices of cheap fillings on cheap thin bread- 2 triangles with the crusts cut off per filling for two people - £40.00 for a cheap sandwich suitable for a baby, 3 bite sized cakes and a scone each. Not enough tea service, cutlery, or crockery put out for our party so some went without. Tried overcharging us for food, which was rectified in the end but no management around to chat to us, customer service was non existent and the whole pub is half painted covered in duct tape where they’re trying to save a few pounds on the decorating ruined the birthday And not a sorry in sight! I’d avoid!!

Attended an afternoon tea for my nieces birthday. Rubbish for the price cheap thin bread only had 2 ham traingles , 2 cheese and 2 tuna and cucumber as a choice tiny amount more like a kids size but ment for two adults for almost £40 per 2 adults disgusting with a few cake options and a scone each. Not enough to go round only two pots of tea for 13 of us so some went without then over charged for us to correct them at the end no manager of any type to discuss the poor quality of food and lack of service , won’t return or recommend to anyone.

We stopped off for dinner after a busy, unexpected trip to Bristol and to avoid a traffic delay. It was very quiet when we arrived. The staff were friendly and polite, our food arrived in good time, was well cooked and reasonably priced.

Love the garden here. So we'll kept, large and pretty

We were running late and the kitchen very kindly prepared our food for us ready for when we arrived. Chicken wings were amazing and so was the rest of the food. Staff were friendly and looked after us al night. We will definitely come back . Thanks guys :)

Nice pub with lovely beer garden.

Very nice pub, good food and friendly staff 👍

We had a small roast which was delicious, gravy might have been thicker but always a good meal.

We came with my husband last Friday and Saturday for dinner, everything was very good, the lasagna, fish and chips and the chef's ribs. Very warm welcome, very pleasant setting. We are from Bordeaux and will return to the Crown.

Really lovely food, all dishes are made to a high standard and tast amazing. Only downfall is they don't have a childrens menu or side dishes.

Hazel was so lovely & very attentive to our table. Brilliant night. Thankyou.

We had a lovely meal and the food, staff was excellent, would recommend this place

First time visit. Quick drink after work of a Friday. Place seemed full of life :) will be back.

Great atmosphere, good food, good service.

Spent a lot of money in this pub to then get a parking fine for using the pub car park!!! Disgraceful and will not be attending again. The pub doesn’t care and just say it’s got nothing to do with them and that there were signs. I did not see any signs.

Good food Good Service. Only downside was the sight of a large amount of a large dogs mess outside the Kitchen back door on the way in.

fantastic food at a very good price

Good value, nice setting, limited lunch menu, a bit chilly but good food. Service lets it down. Rather a long wait for our main course. After waiting for sometime for someone to clear our table I finally went to the bar to ask if there was a dessert menu!! Waitress handed 2 over ( there were 4 of us ) & finally cleared the table. Luckily there was no service charge !

Lovely meal, beautiful gardens, and very friendly and pleasant staff. Will definitely recommend, thankyou, Steve.

DO NOT VISIT THIS PUB...!! They employee cowboys to run the car park and you will be charged £100...!!!! .....absolutely disgusting.

Absolutely terrible management and poor customer service!! Hired the gazebo for a baby shower and we were assured we could come 45minutes early to set up, when we arrived and people were still eating in the gazebo and ordering food we spoke to the manager and she assured us that we would have the room for 2pm but I said that wasn’t good enough as we were told we’d have the room to decorate, it got to 2pm people were still eating, all our guests had turned up but had nowhere to sit the room a mess, we had to stall my sister as the room wasn’t ready for her surprise, we finally had our tables all given to us by 2.15pm, we then very stressed had to rush to set up the tables and decorations we didn’t have time to put up even a fraction of the decorations we had to put up wasting at least £100 on unused decorations, the manager was short in her responses rude in my opinion and didn’t even apologise, appalling DO NOT hire if you want a stress free event and decent customer service!!!!

Great food! Great staff! Will be back

Went today for lunch with friend. Ordered our meals but after a while told that my choice was not available. When it came it was ok, it was a cheap meal so didn't have huge expectations. Imagine my dismay when at the end of the meal I found a hair on my plate. I informed the waitress when she took the plates away and she asked if I wanted anything else but I didn't want anything else to eat. We were charged the full price for the meal. Disappointed ☹️

Booked a table for 10 and got a table of 8 there were no other tables available to someone had to cram in at the end of the table whilst my baby sat just about in between me and my partner. The beef was life leather, had to return a drink because the glass had a sticky brown residual substance around the rim, the table was sticky so got a wet wipe from my babies bag and wiped it, the wipe was filthy. The toast served with the dry Pate was just cheap bread and wasn't thick at all. And as previously mentioned the beef was so tough we had to ask for a steak knife, even then it was inedible, we ended up just taking it back for the dog. We won't be returning.

Stopped for a meeting, Was inside for just over an hour with some friends. Today received a lovely £100 parking charge, Phoned up and told its not anything to do with them. Needless to say I will not be returning

5 of us put on a table for 4 heating only put just before the pub opened got one drink wrong and one dessert wrong having said that the Sunday roast was very good

Excellent evening very good service good atmosphere food served good value very welcoming

Absolutely beautiful! We really enjoyed our evening meal and big gold star to Fran our waitress who went above and beyond to help us. She's a credit to the restaurant. Thank you again Fran for your help.

Wonderful food & Service. Car Park available - Don't forget to add you reg to the console inside the pub.

Steak was ok but husbands battered fish not cook but to top it all dog turned up sat on same seating as customers in good clothes didn’t know they were allowed in restaurant won’t come agsin

Lovely friendly staff, nothing is too much trouble we always enjoy our meal even when it's busy it's always fairly quick

Lovely time attending a baby shower. Unfortunately I have been issued with a parking fine. I did not register my car registration at the bar as I couldn’t get a parking space. At the end i parked on the car park to collect the mother to be and her presents. I have sent a bank statement as evidence I was there and bought drinks at the bar. Yet my appeal was unsuccessful. So moral of this tale is register your car at the bar. Otherwise don’t go to this pub as you get ripped off with a parking fine

Decent pint of abbot and Butcombe. Dud not have food

Went with sister-in-law,had beautiful faggots and mash,staff friendly and helpful,lovely atmosphere, 1st been in there for years,will certainly go again at some stage 👍👍

Lovely place and staff but food, sorry 1 star do not like complaining and blame waitresses as i know they not cook and probably Sheff just tierd over Christmas hopefully next time food be amazing 😁

I stoped in for lunch and received a £60 parking fine for parking in the customer car park. I called the pub but their response was unhelpful. They said it was not their responsibility and they have a sign up saying cars need to be registered. It feels a bit like a scam for the parking company to make money from unsuspecting customers. Lunch ended up costing me £80 instead of £20…. The sign in the car park says customer parking only with no notice of having to sign in.

I stoped with my boyfriend in for delicious lunch. All is really nice but you need to sort out your parking place for your customers! We received a £60 parking fine in your customer car park!!!! How is this even possible??? We called you but your response was unhelpful and you dont care at all. You said it was not your responsibility and you have a sign up saying cars need to be registered. Who reads this? It feels a bit like a scam for the parking company to make money from unsuspecting customers. And dont tell me I should read everything in the world carefully. C’ mon. Please, do something with this.

Beautiful cute little pub, locals are known to the staff who are cheery, hard working and lovely. Lots of drink choices and good food