Crown & Thistle — Restaurant in Newcastle-under-Lyme

It's nice to see a pub busy these days, this place gets a few in on a Friday night and for good reason. So many pubs started to shift their focus too far towards food and suffered for it, I like that this pub does the basics extremely well and keeps it's standards up. There are always plenty of ales on offer and they refresh their line up regularly, always without impacting upon the quality of what they offer.

I think of this place as somewhere that leans more to the traditional image of a pub. It's layout and decor conform to that without being run down, it preserves what many feel a pub should be; homely, welcoming and comfortable.

This place is hidden gem, at least to those who dont live locally. Having moved to Kidsgrove recently i'm really pleased this place is on my doorstep, i'm just sad I didn't find out...

Nice pub and a good variety of larger, ales, gins etc...However, myself and a group of friends didn't enjoy our most recent visit. Pub was relatively quiet and we had a table at the back with a view of the television. We asked for the England v Netherlands game on as we were the only people sat there at the time, to be told we couldn't have it on. With no real explanation for it, we finished our drinks...

No pool table no TV no sport no jukebox no live music no pub quiz the music they do play sounds like the crappy music they play in the supermarkets and you have to watch your language if you swear once they threaten to bar you this place is really boring and slowly going downhill. You would do better going to the Plough down the road for a...