The Crown Inn in South Somerset

The Crown inn is under new ownership and now is the place to go if you want a warm friendly welcome, lovely staff, lovely atmosphere and friendly locals. They serve absolutely amazing food and cocktails Harry and Ellie are absolutely nailing it and are definitely think outside the box to make the Crown inn the best pub around. The service is fantastic the staff really go out there way to make every visit amazing they work so hard. We have visited on a number of occasions now the evening meals and the Sunday roast are quite frankly the best I have ever had. And the cocktails are well worth checking out they are amazing. It's the little extras I love so we had a dry ice table display on valentines and the rose my wife received on arrival was so thoughtful and we enjoyed the tasteful live music it just keeps getting better and better. We are so pleased you are part of our village now and keep up the hard work. Kind regards Stuart

We have been in the Crown several times now for lunch and it has been excellent. One was for a mid week lunch and the food was freshly cooked and well presented on nice hot plates. We have since been in for an impromptu Sunday lunch. The place was very busy but the atmosphere was good and the Sunday roast was excellent. Plenty of it, well presented and hot. The staff were very attentive and have definitely improved from our very first visit for one of the seafood and steak nights, it was so busy! We are going back this weekend to celebrate our wedding anniversary.

Having not arranged anything for Mothers Day and my wife deciding not to cook I rang the Crown during the morning of Sunday 30th March. The Crown was very helpful and managed to fit us in at 3.30pm for our family of four and 2-year old twins. Timing was great enabling us to get organised. The Crown was busy and we managed to find parking on the road outside (the car park is not huge). Lots of people sitting and drinking in the garden outside enjoying the sunshine and a good atmosphere. We were immediately made very welcome once inside and shown to our table. The staff were attentive and quickly brought menu’s and took our drinks order which arrived quickly. We asked for a jug of water and that to arrived quickly at which point we placed our orders. Everyone ordered the Sunday roast but there were other options including vegetarian. Parents can also choose from a children’s menu such as sausage and chips although for ours we ordered a single roast lunch which the staff were happy to split and bring on two separate plates. That was really helpful as they are not big eaters. The food arrived quickly afterwards and was absolutely delicious, really tasty and nicely proportioned - my wife said it was the best Sunday lunch she had had in ages. All the vegetables were not over cooked (separate dishes) and there were two additional pots of gravey. Overall very good experience and we will use the Crown again which deserves to succeed. Fully recommended.

I love this pub and the staff but Sunday lunch was a little disappointing Firstly as it was a beautiful day we sat outside for pre drinks, asked the staff to warn us in advance when to go to table as mobility impared guests, food was already on table getting cold, no potatoes on plates, no cracking with pork, extremely small portion and needed a magnifying glass to find veg that was hidden, side dish of cauliflower and potatoes brought to table but no spoons, nobody offered anymore drinks, or any sauces to accompany food, ordered jug of water that took extremely long time to arrive, staff are polite and atmosphere lovely but not worth the money

What a breath of fresh air! Congratulations on an amazing pub. Great food, wonderful staff and an amazing ambiance due to someone who has an amazing eye to detail. The epitome of a perfect English country pub. Never normally do reviews so shows how much I enjoyed it. I hope it continues to go from strength to strength, a tough gig these days. Thank you, Lenny.

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.