Ye Olde Rose & Crown Theatre Pub in Waltham Forest

Cramped but content, enjoying great music in the upper room!

Good local with added live music and home cooked food.

Great pub. No TV. No music unless it's live. Great beer.

Real gem of a pub. First time there, definitely not my last. Not many of this kind left

Excellent community “theatre pub” with a real buzz about it. The only puzzling thing the last time I visited was that the bartenders didn’t seem to know the lineup for the shows. Serves an interesting range of beers and cask ales, including Extra Strong Bitter (the Three Legs Brewery version rather than the Fullers version). Cosy sofas, with a kids’ section at the back. Unfortunately no beer garden in the back, but theres a few benches in the front facing the road. There’s also a food menu with a lineup of rotating chefs (Afro-Caribbean on Tue, Thu and Sat; Roasts on Sundays). There are also numerous community advertisements, posters and flyers.

Nice crowd, good service & good selection of beers.

Nice pub with good atmosphere... but extremely disappointing roast. It's giving microwave meal. Jamie olivers school dinners would not allow this.

Lovely place. Smashing staff, good range of beers on and a cracking set of friendly regulars. Inconceivable, but a cracking boozer that happens to be a top notch venue too. Be transported back to the eighties, but in a good way! Well quick update, we're post covid and every time I've been back, still been cracking... Happily made it through troubled times for pubs intact. Another 2023 update, still the same great spot, lovely to see such a nice pub have a landmark "birthday" 2024 Update. Still rock solid with great people, great food and awesome range of quality drinks.

Nice pub. Very very friendly people :)

Excellent music venue though short of real ales yesterday

Excellent place. Definitely recommend

I went here to see the Diva Purple concert, it was amazing. Wide selection of drinks, kind and pleasant staff. I'll definitely be back and I absolutely recommend it.

Was in there for Beer Project evening. The service was very good for such a busy time. The Folk Club was playing in the background.

A top, family and dog friendly Pub. Great selection of beers, drinks and food. Family run establishment, with an excellent community caring vibe. Good music, bands etc, comedy - and a top-rated Panto each year too!

Charming pub with an amazing Granadian food menu on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays

The beating heart of Walthamstow's evening life. Great beer, great entertainment, great atmosphere. Superb food three nights a week from the Calabash Kitchen - exotic, colourful and remarkably healthy Grenadian food.

Was nice for a drink with friends. Good cider.

The furnishings are stylish, the service is fast and attentive. Main courses on the well-balanced Greene King menu range from £13 to £17. I choose the “Flat Iron Steak (14-day-aged flat iron steak served with house-seasoned fries and blistered vine tomatoes with peppercorn sauce)”. Very tasty, until the "Battered Halloumi (With chilli jam, sour cream and pickled watermelon) piques my curiosity. A delicious combination that I will certainly recreate at home. Conclusion: Perfect stopover after a long museum visit. Category: Moderate Ambiance: 5 stars Service: 5 stars Culinary: 5 stars Value for money: 5 stars Revisit factor: 5 stars

Rose and crown is a solid little pub that never lets me down. Standard and reliable.

probably one of the best pubs in Walthamstow. Interesting mix of old and young ...plus live music at weekends

Everyone loves the Rose. King of pubs!

One of the best pubs in Walthamstow. Great community, always feel welcome, doesn’t feel like a chain. Please please never ever shut down. X

Fabulous staff and always work hard, quick to clear tables and always helpful , nothing is ever to much, fabulous place, clean beer and great for live music

Great roast, great price. Love these humble boozers that still provide good service! Evening music was great also, and pints were cheap Defo will be back Hundred percent better than the local hipster ribbish

Great pub with live music on the weekends , not tried the food yet but it looks gorgeous. Went back and tried the food and it's very decent with generous portions.

Really lovely staff, and decent prices for good beer. Two pints of craft beer for less than a tenner in london is rare !! This venue is dog friendly and kid-friendly too. There was some live music but it wasnt so loud you couldn't still have a conversation. The gents toilets were a bit grim. I found the taps tempremental, and when i got caught out by my period realised there was no sanitary bin! Also, someone had tried to flush their undies (might have been avoided if there was a sanitary bin) which meant one of the cubicles was out of action - whichever member of staff had to deal with this deserves a pay rise!

Not enough seating but can be good fun

Six of us ordered food, it arrived 1 hour and 50 minutes later, around 10 pm. The food was unappetising both visually and in taste. It was £13 which is reasonable I suppose. Although it was busy there wasn't much atmosphere, a bit flat. Drinks price above average for the area. The band was good but a bit loud at first but it eventually levelled out. It didn't charge admission for the music which is a plus.

Great local pub. Massive, so you can always get a table. Brilliant, friendly atmosphere. Everyone is here - from the cool kids to your nan. Low key excellence.

One of the best in Walthamstow.

Had a great time here. Good beer & nice place

Decent real ale choices and some live bands

Lovely local with friendly character.

Went to PANTO Saturday , and as always wonderful, if you want a Bonnie Bonnie sausage put in the oven for your tea , Dont miss it

Really like it here. The nights where they have food it is phenomenal. Hot Pepper Lamb was my fav but the curried goat was also a hit.

Love this pub. I moved to the other side of London 2 years ago but still come here on occasion to drink with friends. Massively unpretentious and keeps it simple. Prices are still good too.

A Clash tribute band were on but they were just warming up when we arrived so we had a chance to chat and catch up. My friend stayed on for the band but it was too loud for me, so I left.

Amazing experience. Have eaten here multiple times, especially for the Sunday roast. 100% recommned. Staff is very friendly and quick service.

Tried the food from their 'Cala-Bash kitchen' Generous portion and much going on (sides etc). Highly recommended.

Amazing night at Ye Old Rose and Crown with Miss Aisles and drag bingo.

Always get a great pint here. Always a great cask beer choice, usually an ELB beer which are second to none and Woodfords werry on quite often which is brilliant for a low ABV

Friendly, old fashion pub. You must try it. Good food, relaxed atmosphere.

Good ol' pub, one of the last standing! Bit of an old man pub but it's great for entertainment and reasonably priced beer (for London ...). They have a rotating selection of chefs so sometimes foods available, others not.

Perfect pub and the food by Calabash Kitchen is sensational Highly recommend.

We love it here. Super super friendly, they allow children in they don't have a curfew like most pubs in and around walthamstow which is nice especially when they have a band in my daughter loves a good boogie!

Lovely local pub with great atmosphere. They have music usually on Friday and Saturday Eve. Food was great. Give it a try, we will definitely come back again.

An enjoyable experience. Staff were very pleasant. They have a good selection of beers on tap and the live music was excellent!

Lovely, unpretentious pub with ridiculously good and reasonable food. Staff are friendly, the space is great and the food by Calabash Kitchen is sensational - I can only speak to the vegan options but wow, delicious and good portion sizes too. Highly recommend.

Good pub but heaving and difficult to find seats in

PukkA all I can say also the barwoman I met is a undercover model I think

Great band,in a fantastic atmosphere.We will be back.Thanks.

A great pub and has great bands and of course the theatre upstairs. Long may it continue to stay the same

I didn't eat there. I went to the small theater upstairs. They had a folk singing troupe doing their singing upstairs. They sang beautiful, sad songs about the fishing accident, which killed 58 men in the 60's.

Great pub. Friendly. Saw an amazing band 'Swingtime Serenaders', which was old jazz classics. Singer was superb. Will be back!

Traditional victorian pub with good range of local real ales. Good live music on Saturdays. Theatre upstairs. Back of pub could do with smartening up. Front very nice in a traditional way.

I had my birthday party at Ye Olde Rose and Crown last Sunday I would definitely recommend it , lovely room and the staff so helpful. Thank you

Wonderful friendly pub with a real community of welcoming locals. A proper boozer with a changing variety of superbly kept ales. Upstairs there's a surprisingly large venue, regularly used for comedy nights including some big names.

Fabulous night out, great staff, great music !

We go every week, staff is great, food amazing 💙

Lovely old boozer, the dogs were a bonus!!

Just a decent no frills boozer. Staff are friendly, clientele are varied but sound.

Nice traditional pub with art on display. Friendly staff, clean loos.

An immediate favourite. Classic, untouched original interior. A great selection of drinks, not just your typical big brand badges, but good local stuff, keg and cask. Minimalist menu with a choice just 5 different roasts and a few deserts, which I personally love. Swing band playing also. Such a great vibe.

Fantastic vegan food and always a friendly vibe. I’ve been at Ye Olde Rose & Crown many times for a curry by Calabash Kitchen or for the Sunday roast, and they never fail to impress—delicious food with a home-cooked vibe, plenty of vegan options, and great value for money. I’ve also brought my non-vegan friends here, and they loved the meat & fish options. Probably the best pub for vegans in Walthamstow.

Decent beer, good vibes and nice atmosphere. Takes AGESto get served though.

Absolutely top pub. Couple of decent casks on and a great band

Top class comedy acts upstairs at Red Imp Comedy Club, TV names

Easily the best pub in walthamstow, and one of the last proper pubs left! Great food and drinks, really friendly landlord and staff, it really is great.

A great selection of real ales, nice staff and atmosphere. Food from Calabash kitchen on certain days which is delicious (the vegan platter is amazing, and huge!). Live music and other entertainment (panto, comedy etc) upstairs. Recent beer festival was top notch.

Proper pub with occasional beer festivals and entertainment.

My favourite Walthamstow pub. Visited with friend as was also location for West Country beer festival. Packed out as you would expect.

Old Victorian spacious pub that retains a certain quaintness. Was there for some west country real ales which were enjoyed by all.

Excellent beer festival coming to an end. A fine community pub with good beer.

Old school boozer in the best way. Good beers, only thing I would say is that my girlfriend’s spirit + mixer was really expensive which seemed out of kilter with beer I was getting

Lovely pub, heart of Walthamstow. Great little theatre upstairs

Nice pub, mixed group of users. Staff friendly.

Great pub, nice staff and a good selection of drinks. A big fan of the food from Calabash kitchen!

this place is potentially the best pub in walthamstow but it has a funny smell like you are always in the toilet if they could solve their aromatic challenges it would be perfect

This place is very nice 😍👌 I recommend this pub ❤️😘

A great local community pub. The staff were so friendly even though they were under a considerable amount of stress.

Un lugar chulo que merece la pena conocer. Muy agradables y comida original.

As most of old London pubs are closing so fast and day to day it's less and less such nice and classical London bubs where anyone can come to socialise with interesting people and enjoy the pint. The Ye Olde Rose &Crawn can be the right choice.

Great atmosphere, great beer, superb food. Great entertainment, friendly staff and customers. A proper local.

The food was fantastic. Sizeable portions and excellent flavour.

The Granadan food is some of the best food I've had in London and the people that cook it are super friendly. I highly recommend it!

Comfortable pub with a good selection of beers and spirits. Only a five minute walk from Walthamstow Central.

One of my favourite pubs in Walthamstow. Yes - the decor is a bit outdated, but the beer selection is good and the staff is friendly. They also have different food options depending on the day - calabash kitchen on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays is one of my favourite food options in the area and worth a visit on its own.

Good prices, at least for what I had

Very good pub not far from Walthamstow Central Station. Five cask beers on handpump when I last visited including a chocolate stout. Frequently has music on Friday and Saturday evenings. A few tables outside. The pub also has a theatre upstairs where, amongst other things, Walthamstow Folk Club operates every Sunday evening.

Complete waste of time, came with disabled friend from Edinburgh, arrived just after 3pm, no sign of anyone, no one answered phone, took hours to get here just to find closed doors, even after checking website several times, opening at 3pm, apparently not, never again

Probably the best pub in Walthamstow. Still a proper boozer. Good pop-up food offering. Decent range of cask. Live band now and then. Theatre upstairs that I must go to. Open late. Long may it stay open and stay the same.

Cracking old school London theatre pub. Lots of space with nooks and crannies and real ales on tap.

Great evening launching the Walthamstow Beer Project 'green hopped ale' made in conjunction with East London Brewery. Pub was packed!

Nice atmosphere other than how brightly lit it was.

Very decent pub. A strong aroma of gammon or bacon hung in the air which made my other half stop 0.75kg of smoked bacon on the way back. (Must have been good) £18.50 for two pins two pints and a double spirit and mixer. Typical Walthamstow prices. Nice artwork, friendly staff. Shall come again.

Come on. Classic pub. My only regret is I didn’t look closer at the pictures on the walls.

Good choice of beers, friendly staff. Would have liked to try the food, menu looked good and very reasonable

The best local pub in Walthamstow- Hands down!!

An absolute pleasure to have a drink here, staff are wonderful and the prices are good too. 26/07/23 still serves a good pint, lovely friendly staff

Exceptional community pub. Perfectly-kept real ale, served efficiently but with a smile. Strikes the perfect balance of retaining character, without being a dive. Fabulous Caribbean food served some days too. Long live the R&C!