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The Crown

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The Crown
"Cosy up at The Crown in Colchester, your charming country pub serving up classic and hearty dishes, cask ales and fine wines in a relaxed, traditional atmosphere."
Address: Old Ipswich Rd, Ardleigh, Colchester CO7 7QR, UK
Phone: 01206 231946
State: Essex
City: Colchester
Zip Code: CO7 7QR

opening times

Monday: 11:30 AM – 11:00 PM
Tuesday: 11:30 AM – 11:00 PM
Wednesday: 11:30 AM – 11:00 PM
Thursday: 11:30 AM – 11:00 PM
Friday: 11:30 AM – 11:00 PM
Saturday: 11:30 AM – 11:00 PM
Sunday: 11:00 AM – 10:30 PM

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Reviews
First visit, Friday evening, we loved our Lasagna & Sea Bass Mains, excellent value using promotional voucher. Wide choice of dishes from the menu, including beverages, I liked the use of smaller intimate dining areas. Will definitely be returning.
Menu varied, but not too big. Service outstanding. Our server was very intuitive, conscientious and attentive. The food unfortunately came to us cool rather than hot but by no fault of our server as she was the only one we saw serving many tables . Therefore, more staff would have ensured hot meals and less stress on the remaining staff. Having said that, our server showed no stress at all which is all credit to her and we had a fantastic night regardless. The atmosphere is lovely and warm. The decor is relaxing and a great place to meet with friends and catch up.
Visited this pub today. We have been looking for a local pub that does a good roast dinner. On arrival, all of the staff are extremely warm and inviting. We had the kids with us too, nothing was a problem for them and even offered us if they would like the kids food first. Result! We did not have to wait for the two year old to finish dinner after we had!! We chose the ‘Sunday trio’ Roast dinner. So pleased with the food that was delivered to our table. Amazing quality, portion sizing was spot on. Great ambience, sweet staff and scrumptious food. So glad to have found this place. We will be back again next weekend and maybe even a cheeky date night during the week. The other food looked amazing too. Thank you very much.
We had fabulous meals I would recommend the pork or Hunter chicken. If you like a chocolate dessert try the chocolate flower pot with edible flowers. It was so beautiful and delicious.
We arrived, were seated and a drinks order taken. 20 minutes passed and I had to ask where it was to be told its on its way, another 5 minutes, then had to get them to take our food order, another half an hour and the starters arrived, warm soup. 20 minutes to half an hour later our mains turned up .. see picture, a luke warm lasagne, sent back and nuked beyond recognition. There were others near us having similar issues and being asked if they wanted the chicken curry they'd ordered but without the chicken as they'd run out!! It was cold in there with no heating and three people trying to run a busy service. My husband said to the bar lady/manager? You need more staff and she curtly replied "well we all need more staff". I said I was prepared to pay part of the bill only. Due to the complaint and showing her a photo of my lasagne, she took that and our drinks, 2 x G&T off the bill. Its not the server's faults and they have a difficult job but give the place a chance of survival at least. All in all a Poor experience, we came away very disappointed as we were looking forward to a rare lunch out together. We won't be going back.
This was the first time I ever visit colchester and I was happy I found a place that was cozy and homey , we were a party of 5 and we were welcomed by who I assumed was the owner ،he was both charming and funny . The waitress was a beautiful young lady who was very patient with us since we didn't know what to order and kept changing our minds , she was all smiles and was genuinely helpful. What really impressed me that a couple of the orders we made we asked them to be without bacon and five minutes later they came to the table and explained that the other plates we ordered had bacon in the sauce and wanted to make sure if we knew that and if not they were happy to make a whole new sauce . As for the food it was really good and we enjoyed it very much . The dessert was just amazing and it was a perfect ending to a amazing dinner.
My family and I have been eating here for nearly 20 years and for the most part it's been a good experience. Sunday night was sadly not one of them. England were playing Senegal that night so there weren't many customers around however we arrived and stood at the bar for 2-3 minutes being ignored by 3 members of staff doing a shift handover. When we were served, everything got better. Our waitress was amazing, the food came quickly and tasted delicious. Lesson to learn here is don't do your 'back of house' in front of your customers because when they arrive, they should be your focus.
The service from start to finish was excellent. Our hostess for the evening was Joanna from Poland. Oh my gosh, talk about above and beyond. She didn't stop for one moment, she had time to engage with us, was very attentive, polite, came to our table just the right amount of times, she even had time to chat with us, as I asked her a few questions. Amazing, She deserves a bottle of champagne or some flowers. Seriously. Sadly, the food was running out, things were off the menu making choices limited. This is probably the fourth visit I've had where this has happened, which is why I've given a 7. Also, my Mother and I were very warm and having to fan ourselves with the drinks menu......
A gorgeous pub! Excellent, high-quality food. Delicious- will definitely return! We was in a group of 6 and we all really enjoyed our food. Starters included calamari and the pate, everyone enjoyed there mains - beef lasagne, hunters chicken and the gammon which I had all really tasty and the chips were also very good and very hot
Big pub, food led, plenty of space both inside and out. Was lovely to sit in the garden as the sun went down. Drinks wise, it’s a fairly standard macro offering - Peroni, Amstel, Stella, Pravha, Guinness, Sharps Atlantic and then some cask beers. Could do with a few more staff when busy but those who were there were friendly and welcoming
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