The Crown Great Ellingham nr171le in Breckland

Been here many time and always look forward to going as I know the larger is cooled the wine selection is good and changing and the meals are top notch and we eat out 10/12 times a month so not said lightly Good atmosphere.the staff are learning :) .

First time visiting this pub for a birthday celebration meal. First impressions was that it was nice and warm. The bar area is a little dull, but down the steps to the tables and it was like being in a different place. Nice decor, comfortable seats and tables that don’t harbour bits of dropped food in the cracks. Big tick right there! The food was good as was the service, although they could have been a little more attentive at the end of the meal as we had to go up to the bar for more drinks and to ask for the bill. What we found very impressive was the condition of all their glasses used for drinks. They were immaculately clean and polished. Very enjoyable evening and we will return another time. Sadly forgot to take any pictures.

Excellent food and service, despite being very busy.

We visited mid week for a family wake. Lovely location with plenty of parking. We were greeted with a friendly smile and directed through to the back room, We had self serve unlimited tea / coffee, with access to the bar for cold drinks. Food wise we had a Buffett of warm sausage rolls (delicious) and a large array of yummy homemade cakes as requested, including vegan options. Staff were respectful of it being a wake and allowed us to have the space as long as needed. Nice relaxed environment and gave family / friends time to mix , mingle and remember a loved friend / family member.

Visited for the first time in several years this week and was very impressed. Friendly staff lovely atmosphere and tasty food. Would def visit again.

I attended a funeral tea at The Crown this week, amazing sausage rolls and beautiful cakes, all homemade and absolutely delicious! The service was spot on, discreet but attentive.

A big thank you for hosting us for my grandmothers wake on Wednesday. Every step of the way your staff were friendly and helpful especially in accommodating our request to reduce your set menu. The food was lovely with an amazing range of homemade cakes including Vegan ones and the warm sausage plait and rolls were mouth watering. Thank you for helping us give Nan a lovely send off and we will be recommending you to others. Karen xx

Went for a wake after a friends funeral and found the food disappointing. Some sausage rolls were good, the others looked as they had been frozen, from a packet and then cooked. Hot water urn with cups and tea bags, to help yourself, no service from the staff, very poor. The plates were in short supply when it came to the cakes. The soft drinks seemed expensive. What an opportunity for the Crown to impress and get revisits for further trade, seems to be an opportunity missed. Having been here for a meal before, which was poor then, we won’t be rushing back.

Great staff & service, excellent food !!

We live in the next village, but the Crown is our local. We drink here pretty much weekly. We eat here sporadically, but often wonder why we don't do so more often. Great Christmas fare. The usual attentive and cheerful service.

We had Christmas dinner there this year. The food was amazing. The service was outstanding. Everyone was so friendly and helpful and we are already planning to book next year. P

Another wonderful visit. Food fantastic as always

Delicious food and very pleasant staff. Lovely place!

Nice food, drinks are expensive. Very friendly staff, and a nice cosy atmosphere. Sunday lunch is good value.

Great pub, atmosphere and ambiance. 100% unpretentious. We have been here countless times in fact we've just come back from Sunday lunch yet again !!!. All the food (not forgetting the wine) we have had here have been amazing, we are just sooo glad they haven't got rooms because we would end up living there although we only live 5 miles away. So a massive thank you to Wil and all the team you are all very welcoming and attentive. Ian & Jo

Booked 2 days before as visiting family last minute plans. Sunday Roast was very nicely presented with a good selection of vegetables gravy and condiments. We had 2 courses the Lemon Meringue wasn't up to standard as the meringue was like mallow. However the Creme Brulé was gorgeous. Will go back just not for meringue!

Lovely meal, excellent value, good service and the venue is perfect for quiet evening (we went on Tuesday).

As good as you can expect in a small village. Friendly staff competent food, nice facility

They held a retirement party for us for around 35 people, they were all very helpful, lovely staff. Great food and service. A great area for functions at the back too. The pub itself is lovely too.

Another great evening @ The Crown! Great customer service from booking onwards. Food delicious across x4 starters and mains. Cannot recommend highly enough and can't wait to visit again soon. Lucky to be local! :)

Lovely roast dinner. Cooked beautifully and very tasty. The staff were very friendly and helpful 🙂

Just marvellous. Unpretentious and welcoming (but still smart and well presented). This place is a joy to go to. Accommodating for families, easygoing, professional. Staff were friendly. Prices were good. Local beer delicious… But the food?! My goodness. So hearty. Great range on the menu. Satisfying. Flavoursome. Well presented. The gentleman I met who runs the kitchen appears to be a modest fellow. He is a superstar. Our favourite pub/restaurant to eat in on a Norfolk holiday. Thank you team.

Hi I would just like to say that this place is amazing the bar staff are second to none they are beautiful,friendly and willing to help out as much as they can and the chef here is also second to none I've enjoyed the food so much that if it is within 20 miles of my digs then I will be travelling to get here . If you are passing pop in I just had a catsu curry which was amazing but I really do recommend the Asian pork, it was mind blowing . Thank you for reading and enjoy meal I know I did

Lovely meal, nice setting, staff were friendly and very helpful and patient with our requests.

Absolutely fantastic atmosphere, extremely friendly staff and gorgeous food. Tuesday night menu had a good choice off food and very good happy hour offers on drinks.

Amazing food very tasty and plenty to fill up my stomach , had no room for afters , the service was excellent , atmosphere was outstanding , great pub to have a nice meal with pleasant staff , highly recommend x

Celebrated our anniversary with family here. Yummy food, great staff, we had a wonderful time. Thank you, Ellingham Crown.

Beautiful building hidden away in a quiet village Delicious dishes, superb service Wide range of dishes available Modern decor very relaxing

Booked a table for a family meal, the service was very good from the young lady serving on the Saturday evening we went. The kids both ordered steak, cooked perfectly to their preference, the peppercorn sauce was incredible. My sister had the Katsu Chicken which looked amazing and she really enjoyed it. I went for the Lamb shank, which was very large and absolutely delicious too. The prices were reasonable for the quality. Perfect dinner and we all enjoyed it! Thanks.

We booked a table for a family meal, the service was very good from the young lady serving on the Saturday evening we went. The kids both ordered steak, cooked perfectly to their preference, the peppercorn sauce was incredible. My sister had the Katsu Chicken which looked amazing and she really enjoyed it. I went for the Lamb shank, which was very large and absolutely delicious too. The prices were reasonable for the quality. Perfect dinner and we all enjoyed it! Thanks.

Really friendly and welcoming staff, food lovely and generous portions. Joined in our family banter about paint colours - thankyou for backing the female line and confirming Taupe 😂😂 Icing on the cake has to be giving us your spare milk at the end of the night to save us having to find a late night shop - how amazing are you - thankyou 🙏 If we’re ever your way again we’ll be back!

Lovely food and service in idyllic village setting .

What a great little find, will definitely return. Sunday lunch was absolutely delicious. Turkey and beef were cooked perfectly. Lovely roast potatoes and vegetables also cooked perfectly. Can’t wait to return. Thank you.

Lovely cosy feeling pub, food excellent. Shall be treating ourselves again.

Wonderful place ... Highly recommended. Food fantastic as is the service and the place

I don’t usually write bad reviews and would normally just not go back if I have a bad experience but non of the staff there could care less that we were dissatisfied with our meal so I think I need to share our experience We were quite excited to see a good menu with fairly high price meals as we really don’t mind paying for a quality experience and good food. However when the food arrived we realised we were in for a disappointing meal. The food was misdescribed so what you think you are getting is far from what you end up with. When I complained I felt they were quite condescending and were not apologetic at all so we ate as much of the sub standard food as we could manage and paid in full and left. They need to either lower their prices or cook food that lives up to expectations. We won’t go back or recommend anyone to visit this place. I can see they don’t respond to complaints even on here so I’m guessing they will just carry on charging you all high prices for low value meals as long as they can get away with it

They went above and beyond for an unexpected vegan at a catered event. Delicious, thank you for accommodating me!

Great service lovely food. Pleasant staff

The Crown are currently running a £12 Tuesday promotion with a choice of main courses for £12. Starters/desserts £6 each. We went for lunch and thoroughly enjoyed a delicious meal. I had pork belly served with toasted potatoes, cauliflower cheeses, carrots cabbage gravy and topped with a Yorkshire pudding- a great plate of food for £12. The star of the show was a seasonal gooseberry fool served with a shortbread biscuit. There are also various discounts on drinks which makes this a lovely mid week treat. Definitely returning .

Lovely food and great beer. Really pleasant bar staff too. Definitely worth a visit.

Been working my way around the pubs trying out their Sunday lunches. The crown is definitely up there with the best. Generous portions, perfectly cooked and a great size kids roast too. The only little snag was we had to ask for more gravy, but...

Great burger here. Well worth a visit. Lovely pub with a nice big garden.

Great food and excellent service! Thanks.

My husband and I were due to arrive on Sunday lunch time so decided the day before to book via email, all confirmed back very quickly, table booked for 2.30pm. Very warm welcome for us both & our dog. We both enjoyed our starters, I...

This is a very good country pub, lovely balance of locals having a beer at the bar and people dining. Food is superb, bill was small.

Such a shame they have changed their chef and menu!

Great lunch, good choice of high-quality food and drink, welcoming attentive staff with great service. Nice ambience, Sat inside but garden looked very good.

Great pub with a relaxed atmosphere. The staff are friendly and welcoming, and the food is excellent. Highly recommended

Very disappointed with the standard of the food. My wife and I ate there last night with another couple and the ribs that my wife and her friend ordered were inedible. It was basically a plate of fat. I ordered a chicken burger, as did my wife's friend's husband, and both were overcooked. I requested no coleslaw, and when the meals arrived neither of us had coleslaw, and when we queried this the waitress said it didn't look very nice so didn't give it either of us. My wife's friend's ribs were not served at the same time as my wife's as they said it had fallen on the floor! They did arrive a couple of minutes later though, so they obviously had more ready to go (I hope). The mash was lumpy, and as my wife ordered new potatoes she was served a plate of undercooked green potatoes. As I said the ribs were cold and inedible, and we refused to pay for them. We did pay for the burgers grudgingly, but it is not an experience we will be repeating.

I love this pub. The atmosphere is great, the food excellent, the staff friendly. In the winter there is a roaring fire and the garden and patio in the sunshine make it a great place to relax with friends. Plus it's totally dog friendly.

Wow what a find on a weekend away! Amazing food it was superb and lovely service from great girls A must if in the area

Very good food and at a good price. The staff are lovely as well as the atmosphere. Highly recommend.

Very friendly people always a kind greeting.

Excellent roast dinner & fabulous service.

Wonderful pub and food in the village of Great Ellingham

There was a group of 11 adults and 2 children. The service was prompt, accurate and polite. The food was very good in fact excellent. Ambiance in the pub was also very nice and at at a reasonable price. A slightly limited menu but what...

Great service, there were 6 of us for dinner and everything was delivered to our table at the perfect pace. The roast beef was perfectly cooked (if you like it slightly pink - as we do). Good sized portions on all plates. Great value for money. Cheers guys!

Beautiful pub with great friendly staff. Food was delicious as was dessert. We have booked Christmas dinner here for when we are next in the area.

We had, sadly, a very disappointing experience here 😔 We had high hopes, and had heard very good things, but unfortunately we won't return. The food was excellent, no complaints at all, but the service was abysmal. We were seated for nearly 20 minutes before a server reluctantly came over, after I had made eye contact. She gave a little eye-roll to announce her irritation. Once we had had our mains, there was another delay. A different server came to ask if we wanted pudding, but left without taking our order as we still hadn't had our plates cleared. Another person then cleared our plates, but still no return of a server to take our pudding requests. After another 10 minutes or so, I did politely ask Miss Eye Roll if we could order pudding. She replied, yes I'll be there in a minute. She didn't return. Finally finally yet another server came, and we completed our meal. Such a shame ☹️

Sunday Lunch at The Crown was always the best… Today it just got better…. Pork Belly followed by Brownie Sundae Well done Will,Rob and Team

A lovely meal out with friends. Food is good value for money and all the food we had was excellent well worth a visit.

Second time we have had Sunday Roast at the Crown and both times it's has been fantastic. Lovely food, great service and a nice atmosphere in the pub

Unbelievable dinner beef shin and chicken supreme fantastic

Absolutely delicious. If you're gluten free this is a dream, there was one main meal, ONE, that wasn't gluten free or able to be made gluten free. For then first time in a very long time, I was spoilt for choice. Service was great, food was fantastic. Will definitely come again!

a friendly landlord and excellent staff who coped well with us , were well prepared and food no one had issues with . Well, the sticky toffee pudding was not to hot but this was instantly remedied so not a deal breaker. Good wines

We met and came together as Caston Art Club, this was our annual lunch, some 14 of us made it. We were made to feel very welcome nothing was too much trouble, despite a very busy bar and the other rooms hosting wakes our food...

Well pleased with buffet food for wake

Good quality food served in pleasant surroundings by friendly attentive staff.

Lovely food and great service

Lovely cosy pub! Staff are welcoming and the food is delicious!

What can I say? Lovely place, lovely staff, good food, excellent Guinness, and not full of not interested Norfolk locals. You read this, you go there...got it!

A big thank you to the Crown at Great Ellingham for a wonderful meal on Christmas Day. From the moment we walked in to be welcomed with friendly staff offering canapés and a choice of fizz the whole visit was perfect. We were a party...

Just been there for a Christmas lunch. Food was lovely, service was brilliant and the overall ambience of the place was great, would definitely go again.

Great food and drink, always a great welcome

I love how low-key the pub is inside. The menu has varying dishes and left us so satisfied. Very kid and dog friendly!

The Crown recently did a "wake" for me. Lovely pub anx atmosphere. Food was good. Lots of compliments from people attending. Highly recommended.

Delicious food, friendly staff. Going back for lunch on Sunday!

Had dinner here this time. I was a little bit unsure of how it would be, but I needn't have worried it was lovely. Service was a little slow but they were quite busy so all was forgiven. Would definitely recommend.

Excelent food, good quality and portion size for the price

Nice place and people. Good food.

Great food and service as usual

Great food, pleasant service,reasonable price. Thank you for a pleasant night.

Cozy country pub who welcomed Dogs with friendly staff. The food was great with a varied menu to choose from, definitely not disappointed.

We went to The Crown for the first time as they were participating in Norfolk Restaurant week, which seemed like a good opportunity to try different places. We were not disappointed. From the moment we walked in we were made to feel welcome. The menu...

Great food, great atmosphere and friendly staff.....

We recently ate at The Crown. The food and service was excellent. They were able to accommodate my food allergies easily, which I really appreciated. I had the chicken breast and the crème brûlée and my husband had the fish pie. We definitely recommend this...

Great food, good fine wines, interesting beer.

Lovely interior and friendly staff. The light lunch was amazing and I will definitely go again.

I can honestly say that I've never had a better pub Sunday lunch....from the delicious cheese souffle to start through the perfect pork belly roast to the spot on STP for dessert everything was excellent. Wonderful venue...superb staff...faultless!!!

We stopped off for a pint on a cycle ride and the pub is mainly a dining pub rather than a drinkers pub. The food looked great,beer selection limited. Staff were very friendly but the bar area is small and we felt like we were imposing on the diners experience. Would recommend eating there but not for a casual visit. Decor very tasteful car park large and beer garden very good.

A lovely country pub with great food and friendly staff.

Went for Sunday lunch, nice atmosphere, starters were nice, Sunday roast really wasn't very good. Yorkshires were cold, skins on roast potatoes were chewy instead of crispy, the cabbage was so undercooked it was still very crunchy. Cauliflower cheese was dry. gravy was extremely watery....

Well set out country pub/restaurant Food is delicious Staff are friendly and helpful Well deserved And we will return again

We went on a Tuesday evening, so it was pretty quiet. We were served efficiently and food was nice. We had the lobster balls & crab balls for starters, followed by the duck & chicken supreme for mains, then the sticky toffee pudding for dessert....

The Crown provided an excellent buffet plus a super set-up for a surprise party back in March this year thanks to William & his staff. Best attention was given right from initial enquiry, throughout leading arrangements & organisation on the night itself.

Just enjoyed a fab Sunday lunch at The Crown in Great Ellingham. Wow!! If you like a proper (non plastic) pub this is the place for you. As first timers we enjoyed a very warm welcome The food was awesome we especially loved the seafood...

Yet another lovely meal here. The quality of food and service is second to none. My brother who lives over 200 miles away asked if we were coming to The Crown again, and he remarked that the food was just as good as the last time we brought him there.

William and his team were fantastic, the food was superb and nothing was too much effort. Thoroughly recommended to anyone who visits the area. 10 out of 10

Good food and wonderful kind and helpful staff

Very nice place, meals for me were too big but we'll presented and tasty. The only downside is there is always flies buzzing around!