The Downsman — Restaurant in Crawley

Have only give it two stars for a few reasons.

We rang up with about 2 hours before they said they could fit us in great. However, We turned up and their is no social distance tables the are people playing pool. The staff are wearing face masks and refused someone behind us for not having a mask which was good but then they have got people walking around with no masks. They didnt really have a space for us they put is under the pool table lights and it was just very uncomfortable like they didnt really have a table but didnt want to turn us away. Their was also 3 tables of 6 right next to us and they were all blokes that were all mates so no same households but they were happy for them to all mix with each other.

We then were told we could not order a drink until we ordered food which I I understand however we sat their for 15 minutes and no one came to take our order. Unfortunately we decided to leave because it was just not comfortable.

I would try it again maybe for lunch or a weeknight but I would not do a weekend again it's a shame as we have been told the food is so good and the...

I may have given 'only' three stars but don't let that deter you; this place is certainly worthy of a visit and I will definitely be returning. Let me explain ... The Downsman is ostensibly a pub, and a very popular one, which offers Indian cuisine as part of a restaurant service. The menu is very broad and can be viewed on the pub's website, the food is delicious and pricing keen, the experience is good value. Once you've decided what you want you need to place your order at the bar; now, it's in the nature of this cuisine that your choice will include various dishes the number of which will rapidly increase with the size of your group and the number of courses - at least take a pen and use a napkin to make a list. The menu doesn't carry much of an explanation of individual dishes and the opportunity to get one before making your choice of limited, especially when the place is busy. Service, on my visit at least, was slow. Some aspects of this side of the business definitely need tweeking but not to the point of putting me off going again. It's wonderfully vibrant, a very popular local...

We usually eat in at the downsman but yesterday we got a takeaway and truth be known the food was absolutely dreadful and all 4 of us were so disappointed, I’ve been raving about the food to my wife for years that’s it’s one of the best curry’s I’ve ever had, and spending over 100 pounds you would of thought so but we were definitely disappointed and puts a dealt in my mind to eat there again, the nan bread was undercooked the rice and chicken wings were dry, I wanted to have my usual Vindaloo and my wife with a chicken tikka korma but this was not on the menu and when we asked if we could order this the girl didn’t understand, Very...