The Crown Bar And Venue — Restaurant in Bristol

I recently visited The Crown Pub in St. Nicholas Market, Bristol, and I must say that my experience was nothing short of disappointing. My friends and I went there with hopes of having a good time, but unfortunately, that was not the case.

We were enjoying our evening, before a rather unpleasant incident unfolded. We were all just sitting together, minding our own business. It was evident that there was some sort of issue, with the empty seats we had taken from another group and the matter was brought to the attention of the bar manager by a member of their group.

What followed left us utterly dismayed. We were asked to leave the premises, and it was deeply disheartening to see our evening take such a turn. It felt like discrimination was at play as two of us are of Indian descent. This incident truly made us question the ethos and inclusivity of The Crown Pub.

I believe that every establishment should strive to create a welcoming atmosphere for all patrons, regardless of their background. Sadly, this experience has made me rethink ever returning to The Crown Pub. Discrimination has no place in any setting, let alone a place that should be synonymous with good times and camaraderie.

In light of my experience, I can only rate The Crown Pub with 1 star. It's a reflection of the disappointing encounter I had during what was meant to be an enjoyable...

The Crown used to be a very lovely goth pub. Now it is extremely bland and my last couple of experiences there were just bad. They sold us a drink, only to abruptly, and very rudely kick everyone out a couple of minutes later. I think because they are mostly just targeting students' money, they don't care remotely about being respectful to their customers, or even the safety or wellbeing of the people they sell drinks to. If you run a pub, you should call "last orders" or "time at the bar", while giving people a vaguely reasonable amount of time to finish their drinks, before being kicked out onto the street. Otherwise it can lead to large numbers of people (many of whom are young women) being pressured to down their drinks and then have to make their way outside while all the booze goes into their system at once.

As I mentioned, the bouncer was extremely disrespectful to us when suddenly telling everyone to leave, and talked to us more unpleasantly than I would actually talk to a dog. I am not exaggerating.

The fact that extremely young adults are less likely to stick up for themselves, coupled with the promise of late hours (which was not even true), are the only reasons this place can carry on as it does.

Bring back...

Student mad.

Being outsiders, stepping into such a student affiliated pub/bar, this is exactly what you expect when you’re coming off of the main streets and spilling into the cobbled streets of Bristol.

The Music was relevant and surprisingly good, having been to a few bars that were playing some absolute clangers! First time I got up and danced during our 2 day stay.

It is a little run down, and clearly needs some renovation work, but depends what you like. Some would say this is a perfect, traditional English bar and you cannot argue with that.

Food I don’t try, so my rating may be a little inaccurate, but what I did like is the fact they sold Pizza slices and fast food from a food heater on the bar. Great idea for business and to stop people getting paralytic.

Bouncers in Bristol are friendly I’ve noticed. Most of them happy to help, willing to chat and very lenient and understanding that people are out to get drunk and be rowdy, so the security staff at the crown get an A star!

Nice space to dance and socialise.

If you’re looking for drinks.. after drinks, I’d certainly start...