The Crown — Restaurant in Hastings

Two years later and we're still going to the Crown pub!

The food is as incredible as ever. I had the pan fried skate and it was so beautifully cooked. Fell off the bone and was perfectly seasoned. The roast vegetables were roasted perfectly and went wonderfully with the fish.

Phil had the braised bacon chop with 2 fried eggs, chips and brown sauce, which was in his words, "the best fancy bacon egg and chips you'll come across."

Dog friendly, people friendly, all in all, still one of the best places to eat bar none.

We've been coming here for years and every single time the food has been Outstanding. Literally the best plates of food we've ever had.

Today I had Roast Place on the bone with Kohlrabi fondant, a cuttlefish carrot salad and mussel cream. The fish was perfectly cooked; soft and flaky and worked perfectly with the Kohlrabi and cream. The salad was cold and a good slightly sweet and sour counterpoint to the rich sauce. Phil had the pan fried chicken, which he said, and I quote "was the best chicken (I've) ever eaten." It was perfectly cooked to be moist inside but with a good skin and worked very well with the accompaniments.

We were both drinking the on tap cider, a perfectly crisp, dry and not too sweet Night Bird Cider.

I let them know I have serve allergies and they told me exactly what they use in the kitchen and what would be okay for me to eat and what might be contaminated so I could eat safe in the knowledge I would be okay.

Wonderful staff, a lovely little put and incredible value for money. We absolutely always come here whenever we're...

After given abrupt runaround & made to feel unworthy of our custom by the smiley but rude manageress for half an hour we finally got a table. Elements of snobbery marred our determination to eat at this place I’d not been to in two decades. To its credit there was a really good eclectic well thought out music playlist though it was food we’d come for. The starters were good. The mains though were not so. No specials on a board. No Sunday lunch/roast to choose from & the cod with clams smelt a week old & certainly not fresh. With only three token clams you’d hardly have noticed & tough old sprouting broccoli not helping the dish. Asked for chilli sauce hoping to perhaps enhance or disguise the flavour as hungry & informed it would take an hour to cook & the kitchen would close shortly. All they had by way of spicy condiments was Tabasco. Felt one had to almost grovel to earn the respect of the staff. Didn’t expect this on a day trip out of season to catch up with old friends in this otherwise lovely part of the world at trendy...

Whenever in Hastings, The Crown is our place for lunch. But on 8th August four of us felt very let down with our mains. We all plumped for the fish finger sandwich. But they were very disappointing. It will not stop us visiting again and this comment is offered for consideration. The 3 fish finger pieces we had are presented as though scampi. Not fingers at all, rather like fat thumbs. Far too much batter. It could not be eaten as a sandwich. The three heavily battered pieces, (disappointingly with little fish within them) layed on top of a thin slice of ciabatta. The top slice could not create a sandwich. We offer this comment in the hope the chef will consider the expectations of diners when ordering 'a fish sandwich '. Not, with respect, a culinary interpretation of one. However, having said that we were delighted with the four different...