Local Reviews
In June 2019, duncanrgeorge70 said about The Crown, Hartest
A typical rural pub with a great choice and great service. Very busy and parking challenging, however, good service and food wonderful!
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In June 2019, Paula W said about The Crown, Hartest
Went with friends for Sunday roast and was blown away. Lovely surroundings, excellent service and the best roast for miles. Melt in the mouth pink roast beef with crispy roasties with fluffy insides, a massive yorkie, generous serving of parsnips, carrots, cabbage and leeks. Delicious gravy-extra jug provided without having to ask & pokey horseradish. For those not wanting roast there are big meal alternatives and interesting sarnies. Lovely garden to chill out in. Lived up to it's excellent reputation.
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In July 2019, PAUL N said about The Crown, Hartest
Firstly, the pub and grounds are really lovely. And the area the pub is situated is in a gorgeous part of England. Fair selection of beers and a huge beer garden to use during the warm months. I was very impressed.
We went to eat there on a Saturday night mid June. The food on the menu was very appealing and we were excited with the menu choices. Although the food was nice in my opinion it is slightly overpriced. My sirloin steak although cooked as I asked and indeed juicy and tender was not very big and for £22 I expected a larger cut. My wife's bream nicoise was also very good but again the portion size not great.Did it spoil our visit? Well considering we came from London we still thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. But i would reiterate portion sizes could have been better.
Total bill for 4 adults as follows: 3 drinks each, starter main and dessert £230. It depends on your view as to whether that's a fair price but ultimately we were in a pub even if it was a posh one and that's why I thought the bill a tad OTT.
To finish I would go there again, even if just for a drink as the setting is lovely.
We went to eat there on a Saturday night mid June. The food on the menu was very appealing and we were excited with the menu choices. Although the food was nice in my opinion it is slightly overpriced. My sirloin steak although cooked as I asked and indeed juicy and tender was not very big and for £22 I expected a larger cut. My wife's bream nicoise was also very good but again the portion size not great.Did it spoil our visit? Well considering we came from London we still thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. But i would reiterate portion sizes could have been better.
Total bill for 4 adults as follows: 3 drinks each, starter main and dessert £230. It depends on your view as to whether that's a fair price but ultimately we were in a pub even if it was a posh one and that's why I thought the bill a tad OTT.
To finish I would go there again, even if just for a drink as the setting is lovely.
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In July 2019, MootHouse said about The Crown, Hartest
We were a large group on a summer office trip. Beautiful pub, lovely garden. Good choice of wines and beers at the bar. We found the dining room a bit hot (mid summer warm evening) and with a large group the room we were in was a bit loud due to lots of bare walls, so people had to raise voices to compete to be heard.
The food was generous to a fault; with 3 courses, after wine and beer we were all stuffed, almost uncomfortably, so no complaints on portion size as some have said. The food arrived quickly, hot and was tasty enough. I noticed however that many of the meals were deep fried, with breadcrumb crusts; perhaps it was chance on our choices, but it felt like the chef had a deep fat fryer for Christmas and was eager to show it off!
With generous portions, deep fried there were many calories. My whitebait was deep fried in breadcrumbs, crispy and tasty. My duck was breadcrumbed and deep fried, big portion, getting repetitive, but thankfully the chocolate and ice cream pudding was not battered or deep fried. I would go back, and choose more carefully, avoiding deep fried.
On a sunny warm evening, with friends and preferably a driver, hard to beat.
The food was generous to a fault; with 3 courses, after wine and beer we were all stuffed, almost uncomfortably, so no complaints on portion size as some have said. The food arrived quickly, hot and was tasty enough. I noticed however that many of the meals were deep fried, with breadcrumb crusts; perhaps it was chance on our choices, but it felt like the chef had a deep fat fryer for Christmas and was eager to show it off!
With generous portions, deep fried there were many calories. My whitebait was deep fried in breadcrumbs, crispy and tasty. My duck was breadcrumbed and deep fried, big portion, getting repetitive, but thankfully the chocolate and ice cream pudding was not battered or deep fried. I would go back, and choose more carefully, avoiding deep fried.
On a sunny warm evening, with friends and preferably a driver, hard to beat.
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In July 2019, Ipswich21 said about The Crown, Hartest
Highly recommended for the excellent quality of the food. The bread served warm and in a bag. Nice little touch. The starters were served quickly. The Lamb was excellent and so were the garlic mushrooms. Our group had the roast beef and the pork. A great Sunday roast. Huge Yorkshire puddings. The vegetables were great. I liked that extra gravy was served with your food. The only reason I did not mark 5 out of 5. Was the huge variation of service. From one waitress being excellent to others that were very poor. That however didn't effect our meal but was very noticeable.
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In July 2019, acurd7 said about The Crown, Hartest
OMG! If you’ve not had a pizza at The Hartest Crown then get ya arse there!!!!!!!!!
Bloody delicious 😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋Cooked to 👌 perfection 😊
£8 and it’s gorgeous From the time we arrived last evening, greeted with a lovely warm welcome at the pizza shed\ bar by two very happy staff ‘Ben & Maxine’ we felt very relaxed. Ben took our order and nothing was to much trouble, Maxine the pizza chef was very obliging with our choices on our pizza. Given a ‘buzzer’ we then went into the Crown for a drink whilst we waited for our pizza. Again extremely smiley staff ‘Fiona’ greeted us asking what we’d like to drink and said we could sit at any table that hadn’t already been reserved. We found a lovely comfortable table with large cozy benches to relax and enjoy our drinks whilst we waited.
It wasn’t long at all before our ‘buzzer’ alerted us to let us know our pizzas were ready! Well.. just delicious!
We had pudding too..... sticky toffee pud with honeycomb ice cream for me 😋 .. mixture of homemade ice cream for him 😋Yeah..... puds are good too! Thank you chef!
So authentic with fresh ingredients.Thank you to all the staff at the Crown 😘
I believe the owner is called ‘Dave’ ... ‘Well Dave you’ve got it just right! And I’m sure you already know, but your staff are perfect, look after them’We’ll be back ❤️❤️
Bloody delicious 😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋Cooked to 👌 perfection 😊
£8 and it’s gorgeous From the time we arrived last evening, greeted with a lovely warm welcome at the pizza shed\ bar by two very happy staff ‘Ben & Maxine’ we felt very relaxed. Ben took our order and nothing was to much trouble, Maxine the pizza chef was very obliging with our choices on our pizza. Given a ‘buzzer’ we then went into the Crown for a drink whilst we waited for our pizza. Again extremely smiley staff ‘Fiona’ greeted us asking what we’d like to drink and said we could sit at any table that hadn’t already been reserved. We found a lovely comfortable table with large cozy benches to relax and enjoy our drinks whilst we waited.
It wasn’t long at all before our ‘buzzer’ alerted us to let us know our pizzas were ready! Well.. just delicious!
We had pudding too..... sticky toffee pud with honeycomb ice cream for me 😋 .. mixture of homemade ice cream for him 😋Yeah..... puds are good too! Thank you chef!
So authentic with fresh ingredients.Thank you to all the staff at the Crown 😘
I believe the owner is called ‘Dave’ ... ‘Well Dave you’ve got it just right! And I’m sure you already know, but your staff are perfect, look after them’We’ll be back ❤️❤️
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In July 2019, angelasT4274PI said about The Crown, Hartest
Super lunch at The Crown. Lovely ambiance and friendly and efficient staff. The set menu was excellent value at £14.50 for 2 courses. My husband had a superb piece of hake and my chilli beef was delicious. The pub was very busy for a Tuesday lunchtime so we would recommend getting there early. We will be going again and are happy to recommend.
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In August 2019, getna2018 said about The Crown, Hartest
Sunday lunch for 4. What a day to chose ,a post wedding party and a birthday party too. Didn't matter though as the meal we had was fresh,so well cooked and served just to order. The girls were terrific and a credit to the Pub. Our girl,that served the drinks at the bar, even gave great advice on the gins on offer and what mixed well. Even though there was a lot going on we had a great lunch and enjoyed the atmosphere. Great food, great service,great venue. Highly recommend The Crown 👍.
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In August 2019, ThamesSailingbarge said about The Crown, Hartest
A very late Sunday lunch but still busy. Excellent service and good selection on menu. Wine list good as well along with well kept draught beers.
Highly recommended - worth the journey
Highly recommended - worth the journey
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In August 2019, Malcolm P said about The Crown, Hartest
Planning this outing for 54 ramblers took numerous emails and Lucy could not have been more helpful. On the day, 37 members were served their pre-selected lunches in a reserved part of the dining area by efficient and cheerful staff. The food was of a good standard and was praised by several in the group. Meanwhile the picnickers enjoyed the use of the patio area behind the Crown. The whole visit was a great success and I would highly recommend this fine pub as a base for anyone wishing to use the many footpaths in this gorgeous area of Suffolk.
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