Crown & Horns

Crown & Horns reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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   Hugh

   Surrey4 reviews

   4.0

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Lovely meal, good service and chat from the bar lady. Company was great happy to go back again.
   

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   Nikki

   Berkshire2 reviews

   2.0

   Dined on March 29, 2025

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 1

   Thought we'd give the pub another go as we went about a year ago and it wasn't great. Sadly nothing has improved. One meal wasn't cooked and one was swimming in fat and had mixed herbs on the top that were so thick, that's all you could taste. We did mention it to the waiter who knocked some off the bill. Used to be such a great pub and it's a shame it's gone downhill.
   

   Crown & HornsResponded on April 2, 2025

   Dear Nikki, Thank you for giving us another chance and for sharing your feedback. We're sorry to hear that your recent visit didn't meet your expectations. Your comments about the food quality are concerning, and we'll address these issues with our kitchen team. We appreciate your honesty and hope you'll consider visiting us again in the future. Best regards, The Crown & Horns Team
   

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   Daisy

   Hampshire1 review

   5.0

   Dined on March 16, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Really fantastic service! Have been a few times and will definitely be back again!!
   

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   Kevin

   Berkshire1 review

   1.0

   Dined on February 23, 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   The pub was packed and once shown to our table there was a dog in the restaurant! We waited over an hour for our food, I requested an update on service with two of the staff. When the food eventually arrived it was Luke warm and not at the same time so once all 6 of us had our meals the first 4 plates were cold. We were told that as an apology the roast lunch es had double beef on them, this was not the case. Once the main courses were collected we were told that any puddings would be free of charge as an apology. Consequently we ordered our puddings and even they took ages to arrive. When I paid the bill the landlord / manager did apologise for reasons which really did not make the experience any better. Poor service and poor quality food. My Granddaughter even had her burger between two slices of toast because they had ‘run’ out of buns
   

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   Amanda

   Berkshire1 review

   3.0

   Dined on February 23, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   Booked a table for 4. Wanted to increase to 5 but OpenTable would not allow. Called twice to amend to 5 people. Turned up still as 4 people! Not good! No sourdough fir starters just cheap supermarket white sliced bread. Hardly any sauce on prawn cocktail. Roast beef meal however was good.
   

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   Mark

   Berkshire1 review

   4.0

   Dined on February 14, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   Wonderful and welcoming pub with a great atmosphere. The staff are very good and the service was at the right pace. The food was very good, the menu gave a nice choice and all at a reasonable price. I am sure we will return
   

   Crown & HornsResponded on February 18, 2025

   Dear Mark, Thank you for your lovely review! We're delighted to hear you enjoyed the atmosphere, service, and food at Crown & Horns. We look forward to welcoming you back soon. Best regards, The Crown & Horns Team
   

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   Vicky

   Berkshire1 review

   2.0

   Dined on February 1, 2025

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 1

   Having visited a few years ago and had a lovely time we decided to go again for our daughter’s birthday a bit last minute as she was visiting for the day. We arrived and the car park was quiet as we went in we were greeted and seated at the table we had booked, apart from people drinking at the bar the restaurant area was empty and felt a little cold. We ordered drinks and they hadn’t got Heineken 0 so had to have an alternative and my daughter had lemonade which didn’t smell like lemonade at all and didn’t taste like it either. We ordered starters which were ok, nice breaded calamari but one of our daughters ordered sourdough garlic bread which on arrival was sliced bread and didn’t look like sourdough. Our mains arrived hot which was good one of our daughters ordered the half a chicken which when she cut into it it leaked the watery juices over her plate which didn’t help the skin on fries which weren’t the best and her corn ribs which was a corn on the cob cut into half, my husband order extra veg which were more peas and some carrots and parsnips which seemed limp and didn’t taste great. For dessert one daughter had cookie dough which was just a melted cookie and myself and another daughter had the raspberry and apple crumble but neither of us could find any raspberries. All in all it just didn’t feel like we had the food and drink that we had ordered from the menu.
   

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   Julie

   London8 reviews

   2.0

   Dined on December 20, 2024

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 2

   Not a very warm welcome. Pub was empty and we still had slow service. No draught ales available “all gone” Offered Guinness but that wasn’t in the £12 light lunch offer so initially charged an extra £11 until we asked for it to be taken off the bill as no other drinks in the offer were available. This was done by a different member of staff. We had driven 1.5 hours to this pub to meet my brother but it was not up to its usual standard.
   

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   Graham

   Berkshire1 review

   5.0

   Dined on December 14, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Another wonerful meal at the Crown and Horns although our first Festive experience there.
   

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    Jane

    Oxford2 reviews

    1.0

    Dined on December 8, 2024

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 1

    Four friends met at The Crown and Horns as a convenient halfway point for (non-festive) Sunday lunch. The place was very cold and one of our party as well as someone on another table, asked for the heating to be put on. The fires had not been lit. Starters were OK but otherwise, I have never experienced such appalling food and service. One person's chicken schnitzel was acceptable having been freshly cooked. The roast beef and roast chicken meals were served with strangely ice cold food on cold plates! It was as if half-cooked food had been put on a plate to be reheated, possibly microwaved? On complaining, the plates were taken away to be heated and then the beef was so tough one person could not cut it but the other persevered and bent the knife! Roast potatoes were not crisp and tasted stale. I imagine they had been defrosted but not then properly cooked. Broccoli and carrots were al dente, which I like, but remained cold. The "roasted" parsnips had colour but were floppy. Microwaved, fully plated food does not work, especially on Yorkshire puddings which were inedible. We complained and asked to see a manager but none was available. We sat and talked for half an hour without being offered a dessert or coffee. Eventually on complaining again, a lady behind the bar reduced the price of the bill, which was st least something!
    

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