The Crown At Theale in West Berkshire

I visited the Crown with family and friends although I didn't eat I was told that the food was nice, the staff were really friendly and helpful and the atmosphere was really good so personally I would definitely recommend.

Stopped at the pub for a drink after going for a walk. The staff were very friendly. Plenty of beer, wine and spirit choices. Wonderfully big garden with plenty of shaded area if needed If in the area again will try to pop in for food next time.

Enjoyed my food at this place, well worth a visit if you are in the area and looking for somewhere to dine

Historic public house. Butch as pubs come. Welcome to everyone though. Good vibe and always warm in the winter. Decent tunes and well used darts area. Smoking quarters and substantial car parking, sense of humour too, there's a tented (non smoking) outdoor area for polite summer meet ups. Good Guinness and ordinary prices. The village would certainly be poorer without it.

Didn't eat but, enjoyed a lovely evening with family for a drink 😊

Popped in for a Guinness and seemed a popular pub. Nice pint of Guinness shame I couldn't spend a bit longer in there.

A warm welcome from management and staff, a proper pub, we'll be back

Rock and Roll Bingo is the way forward!

Didn’t eat there but they have beautiful outside inclosed marquee.

Lovely lady behind the bar, quality real ale 👍

A local pub in the High Street. There is a range of real ales, lager, cider on draught. There is a garden which is also a venue for live music

Quite busy . Lot of chips and burgers being served . ... what else do you expect !

Cozy little place, beer was good. Seven of us went and nobody had any issues with their orders.

Great food, beer and service all put together under a wonderful canopy covered external decking. Excellent!!

Great Pub with good drink selection, screens for watching sports and a dart board. Nice snack choices with the chilli spirals being a favourite.

Rating this pub based on how amazing the staff were, to give our friends an incredible experience for their wedding reception last September. They were let down by another pub and The Crown stepped in at only 1 week's notice. They produced wonderful food and helped us plan and decorate the garden and decking area. Everything was perfect. Thank you so much!

We went there for lunch. The food was tasty and the staff were polite.

Closed when we got there but soon opened and the barman was thrilled to see us and was very welcoming! Lovely start to the day.

Nice little pub. Friendly staff.

Clive at The Crown stepped in and organised our wedding reception, a week before the wedding( when our previous venue let us down). He and the team were amazing, they couldn’t do enough for us and we are so grateful. The venue has a lovely outside area with a tipi and festoon lighting. The band they recommended were wonderful, food was great, plentiful and catered extremely well to veggies, gluten-free and even an onion free. We had a perfect day, thank you all for doing so much to make our special day, even more special.

A friendly local, with a mix of cask ales and keg lagers. The Otter Ale was in condition and the staff were very friendly.

Our friends held their wedding event here yesterday and it really was a great place, lovely decking canopy area and garden, excellent grub and such attentive conscientious hard working staff. Well done guys thumbs up from many of us.

Great food and friendly staff. We ate outside and it was a cosy place. 100% recommend.

Really nice little pub. Friendly staff. Had a cheeseburger and fries. Really tasty food at a reasonable price

Cosy friendly pub, lovely ales too!

Great for a beer and a nice sheltered outdoor seating area

Really great atmosphere on Saturday evening, the gang worked really hard all night and the entertainment was great. Thank you.

Amazing covered outdoor function area available to hire. Excellent staff.

Great place , cocktails on tap, great staff, great outside garden and patio.

Great pub, food and service.....excellent.

Wonderful what they have done with the refurb, however, it's gown from Theale's most affordable to most expensive pub. Many of the regulars no longer drink there. Good beers and staff.

Good old fashioned village pub, plenty of free parking, outdoor seated space undercover with heaters, cosy interior and plenty of selection at the bar. We visited with a few friends this week and the bar staff were quick and efficient and the 23:30 closing time was made aware in a friendly way.

At the Crown at Theale I exchanged money for food and alcholic beverages and I enjoyed both the food and the alcoholic beverages very much

Really friendly, looks fresh and inviting, fabulous covered outside seating area.

Lovely place and friendly staff

Only had drinks but was very comfortable. Social distancing in place. Great staff. Would go again.

Had a fantastic time with friends sitting outside under the stretched canopy - like sitting indoors. Currently table service due to the pandemic, but such brilliant service from the waiters and waitresses. Orders are taken on PDAs and processed at the bar. Great selection of ales and lagers, great ambience, didn't try the food but will be back. Refurbished throughout and as always Mark and his team were fantastic. Totally recommend.

Good place to watch football..nice ambience and friendly staff

Really happy with the refurb, excellent staff and very welcoming. Good to be back. Loving it.

Nice pub handy when you got to wait for the bus after work

Nice pub to go to friendly staff and a nice size decking outside with patio heaters grate place to go to.👍🍺🍷

Really friendly people and staff. Nice selection of bitters and lagers. I had an 'old rosie', it tasted beautiful and was full bodied. The proprietor was named, Tom who was both friendly and informative. It was truly a very pleasant experience and atmosphere. Well worth a visit.

Food was good, but service was slow. Kitchen struggled with only a few meals to process.

Landlord and landlady are very welcoming

Fastastic place. Recently under new management and the landlord & lady are very friendly and welcoming. I highly recommend a visit

Gr8 place top friendly landlord shame has to leave early

Great place to go now the new staff and landlord are there. Thank God for a NO drama atmosphere once again. Update. August 2019. Returning to the Crown for a nice quiet drink only to find yet another landlord has taken over obviously from Newcastle as there is a large in your face Newcastle United plate behind the bar! Cigarette ends in the gutter at front of pub ? Please tell me this is a one off? Not sure I'll return. Shame really.

Great local pub, good selection of beers and the staff are lovely 😁

Always handy if you want a quick pint while waiting for the bus

Nice cheerful pub, lovely atmosphere.

Wonderful place full of character. Good food too.

Friendly staff. Good beer. Good food. Great atmosphere

Good staff, no food in the evening, tho one table seemed to be eating??

Popped into the crown, was absolutely starving and ordered chill nachos... Wow they were amazing. Very tasty, came with salsa, sour cream and the portion size was massive. Great value for money, great staff, great service and a lovely welcome. Grata variety on the menu and the land lady Mel was so accommodating. Will defo be visiting again and can highly recommend the chilli nachos!!

Often visit in lunch hours as short walk from work, very friendly staff and decent prices for a nice lunch.

Alllfull beer staff not very helpful won't be going there again

A small pub, fairly empty (at least on a Friday lunchtime), making it a quiet lunch stop. Menu not the most varied but serves expected staples like burgers, jacked potatoes and such. Chilli con Carne was spicy and served in good amount.

Went into this pub before Christmas, bought a sandwich for my friend, it tasted a bit odd to her. I ate it and felt the same. The chef from this pub, it transpired later, had sprayed multi surface cleaner into the sandwich when he made it. The response of the management initially showed promise, but I have never really received any satisfactory response to my issues. I now have the chef sending me abusive messages. Time to notify the Police about the attempt to poison me, and Environmental Health about the lack of safety in the food preparation areas. Crown Inn, you had the chance to put it right - you failed.

Always been a good proper pub but such ashame that they no longer do any decent cider and are charging £4.50 for Strongbow.

Typical pub menu. Had a breakfast was quick service, reasonably priced.

Great Little Pub, Love Playing Darts here, and the menu is great.

Nice old pub with good food and nice staff

Had full all day breakfast served till 3pm really good food

Delightful pub with quant and clean outside deck and beer garden.New management starring mid- October 2018.Apparantly BBQ's and Hog Roasts on sport Saturdays coming up for the winter season with new menu and open for functions.

They have new people there running it . It is still a very good pub with real ales and all sports channels but the food side is very ,very limited.

Local watering hole. Good service.

The crown is a very nice pub staff are vrery friendly and you can smoke on the decking unlike other pubs in the area

Nice cozy little pub by the train station, Great for if you're waiting for a train. Serves Heniken on tap. Serves fresh coffee along with hit and cold food

Nice pub atmosphere with a TV for watching the games, no food is served

Friendly staff and pub, great open Mic' every second Wednesday.

The pub had really nice outdoor seating, perfect for a pheasant summer afternoon's meal. I had the chicken Caesar salad and enjoyed it. Two of my colleagues had a very large, double-pattied burger. One of them took the top patty off and claimed he now had a burger and a steak, both at a decent size. The burgers were good, as well. All in all, a nice pub.

I always get the cheesey chilli chips.

A nice little pub. A tad pricey maybe.

Nice and cosy place for quite drink

Great food. Lovely staff. Will be going there more often on nights out

I would highly recommend you do NOT go to this pub. Staff are disrespected by 1 manager in particular. Customers do not get apologies when things go wrong. Kitchen staff were paid well under minimum wage.

This is one of the worst pubs I have ever went to let alone worked in. I'm there latest chef. Call it slave labour if you want. Was working for way under minimum wage. Staff are expected just to work for no decent outcome. Anyone looking to go there, food and drink is over priced and existing staff are rude to he max. Going down hill now as no one wants to work for nothing no more

Went to the crown today for lunch, was very disappointed with the service we had to wait 40 minutes to get a burger and chips. No sorry or anything, had good experience at this pub in the past, but after today not going back.

Food is some of the best I've ever had from a pub. But unfortunately they only seem to offer it on a Friday afternoon when it's busy and they are all over the place!

Brilliant pub with a good selection of drinks, good mix of pop music and music was the right volume.

Good food. Fun atmosphere. A little warm that day

Nice simple old school pub, polite staff and good food

First experience of a pub in Theale and it made a good impression. Pleasant rustic olde worlde feel to the place made for an enjoyable visit, but most importantly the real ale available was clearly well-kept and well-served. Didn't sample the food myself but others seemed satisfied with their choices. All in all, a nice Berkshire pub. A return visit highly likely and may see if this warrants a 5 star rating.

Not been for a few weeks but food always good if occasionally a little hard to find a table.

Not a good place to go since the current owners took over. The service is poor and they let a lot of unsavoury people in, doing things they shouldn't be.

Great food and tardis of a beer garden - was warned off the place as it used to have terrible food... new managers have really upped it - Burgers are amazing

Don't normally take the time to write reviews but felt the need after a visit to The Crown on Friday with the family. What a fantastic pub with a great atmosphere ! We all Loved the food, obviously they must have a great chief. Also very friendly staff (lovely waitress) They had a great selection of beers/ciders as, Enjoyed the 'Old Rosie' ! will be going back again, A good old well run British Pub ! The Hugill's