The Crown Inn in Fareham

Reasonable food for price. Good staff and quick service

We went to this Wetherspoons as they’d sold The Lord Arthur Lee where we usually go when in Fareham. Dim lighting, packed at 12 noon so a job to find a table. The small portion of fish and chips was just that, in fact the fish was about 1.5” wide, yes that’s right, one and a half inches. It was tasty but certainly not enough to fill us up! No room to swing a cat in the ladies’ cubicles, unless you want to wipe your clothes round the toilet 😖 we wont be going back, very disappointing!

Nice hot food at a reasonable price, quickly served!

Good meeting place Very busy around lunchtime inside plenty tables outside good service & friendly staff fab curry with free drink great price

It's a wetherspoons, good prices, reasonable food, you know exactly what to expect with a Spoons..

I had the delicious Katsu chicken curry not the breaded version. Previous reviewer gave bad review got the wrong version they wanted the breaded one, havent tried that but grilled version is healthier imo and it's so delicious. No need for their awful review. My partner loved the new Korean sticky chicken dish with rice. Lovely staff as always.

This wrap is not 12", was same length as my 7" phone

burger came out with cheese asked without so they cooked another one, value for money food with drink included. Bar side ok, restaurant bit too cramped too many tables, chairs to cram as many people in, not wheelchair friendly.

A slightly cramped 'Spoons, normal excellent value food. The chef had obviously been on the 'how to fry eggs properly' course ... fully cooked whites and real runny yolks ... impressed

A small spoonies in a small town. Great little bar. Friendly staff and locals. Seems to be always packed. So finding a table to sit at can be difficult on any day/time of the week.

In town pub. Heineken run lagers so I had a Guinness. Great old pub, very popular.

Went in on Saturday very busy as usual but the hand basin in gents toilet was closed (out of order) so nowhere to wash hands after using the toilet. A bottle of hand sanitiser would have been good but there did not offer any option.

Always busy. Good food. Quick service. Handy for shopping centre.

Always stop off here when visiting

Bustling town centre Wetherspoons. Good food, good beer, good service, good price. So..... Good.

Great place to go for breakfast,lunch, dinner or snack!! Amazing!

I like it here as they now have a nice outside area. Always quick service.

Can’t give a review, since we were ejected because we had the temerity to come with a dog. Despite no signs at the entrances or advice on the website to advise that no dogs are not allowed.

Love the food +it's always packed in there so that in itself says everything

Food was good staff worked hard

Not a lot of room between tables

My husband ordered “breaded” Katsu Curry, received curried Dog food instead (this is how it’s been boxed). The lady at the bar (platinum blonde hair) won’t change it, and asked us to pay more if wanting a breaded one. She was very rude and argumentative. We love the crown, but not coming back if this member of staff is on. 😓

On the worse end of the spectrum for a spoons.

Food was very slow and plates were missing parts of what should of been on them.

Food very good, excellent for lunchtime stop off from shopping .

Banging breakfast (with added bacon)

Can you get better than a plate of spoons chicken wings with a pint ?

what on gods green earth is the customer service! so bad!!!!!

Breakfast was decent and quick. Staff friendly. Toilets clean. No complaints.

Great menu, cheap as chips, if your strapped for cash then head here for a cheap night out. Very busy, and popular with locals. Additional seating outside available in summer months.

Only popped in for a pint and coffee for the wife .nice looking out onto the outside space.to cold to sit out but nice

Very busy but quick food service

Smelt of sick and there were lots of drunks. It was a Saturday night so didnt expect much else! 🤣

Nice breakfast 😋 and good service

Friend got an alcoholic beverage. He had Id however myself and my partner did not , therefore we were kicked out and did not get a refund on the drinks and food ordered. Would not recommend

It does what it says like all whether spoons :) good priced drinks :)

Lucy, the landlady of The Crown Inn, With her team of waitresses, all pretty and thin. They serve up drinks with a smile and a wink, Their customer service is always in sync. In their aprons and trays, they glide through the pub, Making sure everyone has a drink in their club. With laughter and banter, they light up the room, Their service is more like a dance than a zoom. So raise your glass to Lucy and her crew, The best in the business, that much is true. At The Crown Inn, they always shine, Their service is top-notch, like a fine wine A stop off for oldies and shoppers round town it’s the best Wetherspoons They win it hands down!

Used the crown tonight and food is nowhere near as good as TLAL was, the service was rubbish and felt like every time you slide your chair out your smashing into someone

Don’t usually write reviews. But if in a rush don’t come here. Bar staff horrendously slow. Couldn’t even receive a clean glass after returning first one.

Visited on a Monday lunch time, very busy. On my own so found a table at the window with a view of the high street. Food came quickly and was the standard you expect from a wetherspoon pub. The bar was clean and bright and the staff were friendly. A lot of tables in a smaller space.

Cannot go wrong with a wetherspoons breakfast. Quick friendly service. Does fill up quickly

Only go in because princess are very low.

Great place good food and very helpful staff

It's the usual offer. Very popular and competitively priced food and drink

The real deal English pub. Beautiful, clean, tasty and filling food. Fair price.

Nice little pub with great service

Spoons is spoons!! Some are very good! Some not so! Depends on where you go.

Stopped off on our way from Wales to Portsmouth and must say, thanks for some excellent food and drink.

Good breakfast at reasonable price.

If you frequent this lovely old pub be sure to make sure that they are not doing any renovations when you plan to visit. Don’t go here if you want a quiet and peaceful non toxic smelling environment. On a number of times that my family and I have been here they have been painting the inside inches from people eating, drilling around the bar with dust going everywhere while people are eating, painting and spraying the outside in the summer with toxic fumes entering the pub. Very unpleasant. We understand work needs to be done but how about when the business is closed.

Went in for breakfast great for the price and free refill coffee

This is a small wether spoons and the bar maid is always saying "move away from the bar" not very friendly at all....prefer the lord Arthur lee further up the road... but unfortunately they are selling the bigger pub!!!! Try using The Fareham pub up the road....lager £3.70 a pint and very friendly

Food was warm, quickly remedied. Always busy

No pizzas on offer, otherwise 5 stars

You get what you know. Quick food. Staff are lovely. Go back most times I visit Fareham.

Abandoned this pub years ago due to terrible rude staff however I thought today I’d give this place another go Well wish I hadn’t ! Went for breakfast and the woman serving was the most grumpiest rude woman I’ve ever met Where do Wetherspoons get these idiots from!

Is using a glass straight out of a washing machine without wiping before puring in the wine is cosidering clean.

Great pub. Ordering was easy. Food was served hot, fast and by friendly staff. Amazing value too.

It's a weatherspoons,,, what do you need to ask ,

Enjoyed a light lunch and the meal was lovely.

It's a wetherspoons, not much to say.

Decent value pub. Food always fine and older patrons so usually a chilled atmosphere.

Polite staff and the food was nice.

The waitresses are really friendly. When it gets really busy it gets so hot because it's a small area. It says you can't book but when we walked in there were 3tables reserved so I'm not sure if you have to call or what.

Another good visit to the Crown. Bar staff always friendly and behind the bar serving. Food arrived and was good. All be it mine looked very plain and unattractive, veggie burger and chips, not a sign of anything green to make it look anything other than beige! But it tasted ok and, like the beer it was reasonably priced. In fact the beer prices were amazing, I was drinking shipyard pale ale and it was around £2.60 a pint. Brill. We only had a few but enjoyed a busy atmosphere and the plates were cleared away quite quickly and a good time was had.

Apparently admitting fault and replacing an item when they’ve made a mistake isn’t worth losing a couple of pounds. Staff seem to be up for a fight & love getting their attitude on. I’ve tried here several times now and every time the same “edgy” haired waitress is misery personified. Wish her personality was as bright as her nails, but to no avail. There’s no C, Q or S here. Last I heard , it was closing down - good riddance.

Great prices and choice of beverage. Went on a Sunday evening so quite but we had fun!

Full of teenagers, the positive is the cheap beer, the negative is it tastes weirdly chlorinated

Lovely little pub in a charming old building.

Cane for breakfast very good food. Hot on arrival. Service was quick. No atmosphere needed some background music.

Good service and good price with the alcohols

Typical Weatherspoons. Friendly staff good service

A nice pub to while away some time whilst waiting for the National Express to arrive. Warm and friendly and the usual Wetherspoons prices.

Went for a meal as some free time me & the wife, great service, food & very quick service

Usual good value - quite full. Good location in the town centre. Friendly staff.

Ordered a jacket potato for lunch which I have done in various Weatherspoons in the past numerous times. This time however the potato was tiny. As such I made a polite complaint to my waiter who said they would get the manager The manager arrived a few minutes later and I explained the situation but found her response very rude. She told me that the potato was the size it was. I said that I apologise that potatoes come in different sizes but that my potato had always been a reasonable size at Weatherspoons before and said if they knew it was small they always had the option of giving me an additional half to make up the size. She told me that the menu says one jacket potato (which it doesn't) regardless of size. She clearly wasn't going to budge and the only option she gave me was to take the potato away and give me a refund but that was no good as I needs a quick lunch and had already been waiting. There was no negotiation and just a stand offish attitude. The lady next to me also complained about her chips being cold but at least she got more hot chips brought out to her. She later complained to those on her table that the burger wasn't very nice. I heard this as the tables were so close together that we were almost sat on top of each other. Due to the small portion size and attitude of the manager I certainly won't be going to that Weatherspoons again.

Lovely pub in the middle of the highstreet to have a drink at. The food can be good but there are times that it is not the best. The staff are lovely and service is ok. It can be busy on the weekends but overall the atmosphere is excellent here and very pleasant. Plus there is a gorgeous view when sitting out the front.

It's an easy pub to be in, staff are on the ball prices are obviously going to be Ok it does what a pub should do and it works

Food and drink was fine but was fed up with hearing the older woman shout and moan at the poor lad in the kitchen not sure if she realised how loud she was being every time the door opened he didn’t look Older than about 15 … disgusting way to treat young staff

The Crown always a great place to go and meet the family and their friends. Beer however is over a pound cheaper than the Dolphin and anchor in Chichester, why? Not everyone in Chichester is loaded with the Kings coin.

A lovely little spoons in the middle of Fareham with a small seating area out the front. It feels much smaller and cozier once you get inside though. The staff were lovely and friendly, both with the customers and each other. The all day brunch was as fantastic as always and the Guinness was excellent

What can you say at these prices, it just good

I had been in line a while and it was my turn and the girl with tattoos kept purposely avoiding me only serving regulars I’m guessing as she knew their names and was chatting with them And they seemed to all know each other and when asked who was next in line just she shrugged and said “one of these I don’t know” just thought it was really rude considering I’d been there 20 minutes and had spent a lot of money there. I get it’s spoons but as I always say if you’re gonna be miserable at your job or behave like that towards people go somewhere where you aren’t seen or heard because its just unnecessary.

Food wasn't great even for a Spoons. I do like this pub though so 4 stars

Only went in for a coffee on our way out but after looking at the prices and seeing what was served, we will definitely eat there next time, all coffees are 1.50 with free refils, cant beat that, and its good coffee, very popular place, and the spirits are served with mixers included! Excellent

Smaller more compact than the usual Spoons. Seating and tables at the front in the pedestrian area, and the loos are on the ground floor. All in all a better than average spoons.

After reading reviews, you always worry, but everywhere has some bad reviews. On this occasion, we were pleasantly surprised. It was an impromptu dinner out with my wife and three kids and we decided to chose this Wetherspoons pub, rather than the other one in Fareham. It was fairly quiet inside, which is good, as there isn't a massive amount of seating. We ordered our food and the food came out really quickly and all the food was piping hot. I ordered the large mixed grill and all the meat was fantastic. You normally get at least one piece of meat that is poor standard, but it wasn't. The egg was cooked to perfection and the fries were amazing. Well done to the kitchen staff. The only let down was the Ultimate Burger my son chose. It was not really too ultimate in all of our opinions, but it was ok and what you pay, including alcohol, was pretty good for a cheap dinner out. All in all, 5 meals and 4 desserts, with 5 alcoholic drinks and 2 soft drinks, came to around £80.

Tables dirty ,but food was good for the price and quick service

Although busy found a table. Food came promptly. Beautifully cooked .

Have eaten twice here in the last two weeks. First a normal curry, on Thursday, the portion has shrunk and nit worth the price paid. Second day, today, Wednesday, cider and chips and a pint , charged £11.15, very small piece of fish which was overcooked, just about edible, very small amount of chips and peas . Very poor value for money. Was offered a change or money back halfway . Did not take up the offer. Too much hassle. Will not be dining in Weatherspoons again. The size of portions and quality of cooking has definitely deteriorated this last few months. I was a fish fryer for40 years so I know what I am talking about!!

Awful service. Waited ages at bar without apology. Staff not very friendly. Ordered chicken and bacon salad which came in a soup bowl and was size of a starter but priced as a main. No check in from staff if food was OK. Seems corners are being cut. Won't be returning

Had a small breakfast (late morning). Everything had clearly been under a heat lamp for some time. The beans were also tasteless. I understand that their breakfasts are priced cheaply, but if cooked to order, they could be a lot better.

Excellent wetherspoons. Typical range of guest beers at under £2.50. Nice seating, sticky tables. VFM meals. Good ambience. Continues to provide vfm

Very good public house , friendly staff , good service and reasonable prices 👍👍🍺

A typical Wetherspoons reasonable food and drink at a good price.

Very busy when we arrived had one drink and left. Young people are getting drunk and very loud. It's not my thing anymore. However, it is very entertaining ....

Unusually for a 'Spoonies this has always been a pub. It was closed for a long time before becoming a 'Spoons and re-opened I guess 10 years ago.?.. It's in dire need of a refresh however and as ever, the beer is cheap.

No food today but met friends for coffee

Came here for a light bite lunch today and shared the large American pancakes with syrup and ice cream. As usual this small but very significant Wetherspoon did not disappoint in any of it's service and quality of food.

Typical Wetherspoons -cheap and cheerful. If you can get a table! Always busy. Service is quick and staff are friendly