The Crown Inn Arford - East Hampshire

Having fond memories of The Crown as a cozy and inviting village pub from my time in Headley several years ago, my party and I decided to book a table for Saturday lunch at 2pm. Despite there being only one other table occupied, there was a delay in receiving our food. However, the biggest disappointment came when we tried to order dessert (2 affogatos) and were abruptly informed that the pub would be closing in just 5 minutes. The service was cold and unwelcoming, the food was lackluster, and overall, the experience was not worth the price. It's a pity to see a once charming establishment fall short of expectations.

Me, the wife and the dog, dropped in here as we 'd been out walking locally. What a lovely pub this is! It just felt so cosy and friendly. The staff were really nice and the bar lady paid special attention to Bert, our dog, bringing him a bowl of water and a couple of dog biscuit treats. Of course that meant that he had to show off his 'roll over ' trick, to get the second treat. She loved that! So we both had the roast pork dinner. This looked amazing, with a nice amount of meat, veggies, roast spuds. Just the right amount in our opinions. And it tasted superb! Spuds done perfectly, some pork crackling on the side and delicious gravy. My wife even commented to the lady that it was the best roast dinner she had eaten for many, many years, and that is a compliment. I would definitely have given 5 stars but it was quite expensive at £58 for two single course dinners and two pints, but that said, I 'd pay that again for what we had. We will be back for sure

Special event My wife’s special event The Crown went out of their way to make it just this special. Thank you for making our Christmas.

We were excited to order the roast beef, a dish we had enjoyed in the past. However, we were disappointed to find that the beef was tough and lower quality than previous experiences. The table we were seated at was not clean, with spiders on the chair and spider webs covering the table and windowsill. This was not the standard we expected when dining out.

Lovely pub, not a lovely experience . Sunday Lunch Before we visited we looked up the menu for Sunday lunch The download menu states £19.50 , I think for Beef or lamb. But if you just check Sunday lunch menu at the top of pubs website, it states £21.00 Beef or Pork When you arrive they fancy their chances by charging £24.50 , Beef or lamb Also says you get cauliflower cheese, we didn 't , but we did get one and a half carrots , and the beef for the price was well over cooked . Overall the meal was poor. We wanted sticky toffee pudding for dessert , they had no sticky toffee pudding. Landlord was rude too, serving staff were pleasant. Overall, not recommended , maybe an off day on the food front, but no excuse for the misleading, varied prices depending on where you happen to look. If the Crown thinks it can push its prices for close to £25 , or £21 or £19.50 for a basic roast dinner, it needs to be the best pub Sunday lunch in the area, it 's nowhere near , maybe go back to £15.00 , and work up from there until the offering is representative of the price. Poor experience ....