The Crown Caversham — Restaurant in Reading

Disgustingly racist pub. Went there with my pregnant partner (she is Chinese, I'm white British) before, she wanted to use the toilet, later on as we were leaving the owner came up to me aggressively said how he did not give permission for us to use his bathrooms and did not want our type there. I told him we did not mean any offence and she just needed to use the loo. Rather than be understanding, he instead went off on a tirade about how a pub is not a public house and putting a sign that says open does not mean open to the public and how he gets to decide who may enter his establishment and whether they can order or not. All this time his customers and him er giving the one Chinese woman around bad looks. Later some of his patrons came up to me and got in my face trying to intimidate me (Note I was not arguing with him or raising my voice but listening), his customers actually wanted to fight me over using a toilet (no mess made, just cause we dared to use it). I reported the incident to the police. Go here if you enjoy the company of neo-Nazis and overpriced...

We wondered in here spontaneously quite a while ago. This place seems to often be busy when sport is on, so it's probably a good place to watch the football. Our experience was mixed. The young staff behind the bar were nice, but a little inexperienced - probably a bit too focussed on their phones. The food was just okay and arguably a bit overpriced for what it was.

We were confused because the food menu outside didn't match the food menu inside at all. Apparently the menu outside was from years ago (which goes some way to explaining the lower prices on it). The staff said people were often confused by this, but it's apparently very difficult to remove this for reasons that didn't really sound plausible. At the very least the pub should cover up the old menu to avoid misleading customers.

This is probably a reasonable place to go if you want to watch a football game and have a drink, but I wouldn't recommend this pub for anything...

I never ever leave bad reviews, but I was so extremely surprised by the waitress serving food on the 31st May (she was wearing a red t shirt). I was having a great time with my friends until I ordered food. They got my order wrong, then after thanking her for the food, I politely said how I ordered a different side. Instead of apologising that they have got it wrong (to which I would have easily accepted as I am a very easy going person) she started arguing and shouting at me with a horrible tone?? I was very confused. I’m sure all the other staff there are polite, and the atmosphere was good, but I have never been served so rudely in the past. I was truly surprised considering it was so...