The Crown Inn in South Somerset

Just had a wonderful family dinner at The Crown. The food, ambience, service was spot on. Very reasonably priced for such quality food and drinks. We’ll be back!

Fantastic! Food delightful, service & ambience first class. Nice and warm & cosy, puppies were welcome too. Will be back!

Came down for Sunday lunch yesterday. It was fully booked with some large parties. It was explained to us on sitting down with an apology that they were short staffed, fair enough if they tell you. Yes service was slow but you could see the staff were doing their best, and with a smile. When we got our dinner it was so worth the wait, delicious!! Food was beautifully cooked and fresh. Maybe a few more staff would be an idea but if staff ring in sick there's nothing you can do. Will certainly be back soon.

Had a wonderful Sunday Lunch today. Busy, vibrant village pub. Enjoyed a lovely couple of hours with a relaxed pleasant atmosphere. Food was excellent with great service. Would highly recommend.

Me and my Boyfriend decided to try out The Crown having heard good things about their Sunday lunch not sure if this was an off day but we were really disappointed with our experience. We booked for 1pm and didn’t have our order taken until 1:30pm, we ordered starters and mains. Our starters arrived at 2:00pm and our mains then followed at 2:50pm. This completely ruined our afternoon as we did have plans that we unfortunately had to cancel, you don’t expect to book a table for food at 1pm and receive your main meal 1 hour and 50 minutes after arrival, complete madness. The Food was actually really tasty which is why it’s even more of a shame because we unfortunately won’t be returning due to this experience. I’ve worked in hospitality myself and being fully booked is not an excuse for such slow service, you shouldn’t take in more than you can cope with. A real shame.

This pub is, quite rightly, often empty. As locals to Fivehead we used to visit regularly until the absolutely overbearing familiarity and sarcasm of the landlord got too much for us. Usually there are just a couple of regulars in there, one of whom falls asleep at the bar most nights.The food is quite bland, and with the bar often abandoned it's very hard to even order it. If a dispute about an order is entered into, then a "Landlord is always right" attitude is adopted.The fact that the landlord puts insulting messages to locals in the village newsletter because they don't frequent the pub doesn't help to make it more inviting.A big problem for disabled people is that the disabled toilet is actually used as a store room and is inaccessible without moving chairs and a table out of the way.