Ye Olde Crown — Restaurant in Sevenoaks

Stayed one night here. A lovely pub in the High St. A real "Olde Worlde" gem of a place with a lovely relaxed ambience.|Access for the pub car park is on another road via the entrance to the Waitrose supermarket car park, at the rear of the pub. As I was arriving I phoned the pub to find out where the access was. A lovely, friendly and very helpful lady called Claire answered the phone. Claire said she could see me outside so actually came out of the pub and gave me directions to the car park. After parking up I went inside to meet Claire again who then booked me in and showed me to my room. Excellent service from a really nice and friendly person!|The room was fine, clean and quiet despite being right next to the rear courtyard / beer garden. It had a TV, tea and coffee making facilities and its own bathroom. I was a single guest occupier and im 6ft 2. The "double bed" was fine for me but would have been a bit of a squeeze for two. The bar staff were polite and attentive, Fosters was £5 a pint, a bottle of Chardonnay was £18.|The next morning I was met again by the brilliant Claire, who sorted out my Breakfast order which was included in the room price. The choice of breakfast menu options was excellent and varied, and the food was hot, fresh, it arrived quickly and was lovely to eat too, as was the large Latte accompanying it.|My one negative was that the owners allowed their dogs to roam free around the bar / restaurant area. Not everyone loves dogs, especially if you are trying to eat a meal and the dogs start to push against your legs, nudging you to give them food!! Please, no dogs in the restaurant or eating areas.|Would I stay there again? Absolutely! Would I recommend it? Again, absolutely. Its a lovely pub with very helpful and friendly staff. Hope to go back there...

Stayed one night here. A lovely pub in the High St. A real "Olde Worlde" gem of a place with a lovely relaxed ambience. Access for the pub car park is on another road via the entrance to the Waitrose supermarket car park, at the rear of the pub. As I was arriving I phoned the pub to find out where the access was. A lovely, friendly and very helpful lady called Claire answered the phone. Claire said she could see me outside so actually came out of the pub and gave me directions to the car park. After parking up I went inside to meet Claire again who then booked me in and showed me to my room. Excellent service from a really nice and friendly person! The room was fine, clean and quiet despite being right next to the rear courtyard / beer garden. It had a TV, tea and coffee making facilities and its own bathroom. I was a single guest occupier and im 6ft 2. The "double bed" was fine for me but would have been a bit of a squeeze for two. The bar staff were polite and attentive, Fosters was £5 a pint, a bottle of Chardonnay was £18. The next morning I was met again by the brilliant Claire, who sorted out my Breakfast order which was included in the room price. The choice of breakfast menu options was excellent and varied, and the food was hot, fresh, arrived quickly and was lovely to eat too, as was the large Latte accompanying it. My one negative was that the owners allowed their dogs to roam free around the bar / restaurant area. Not everyone loves dogs, especially if you are trying to eat a meal and the dogs start to push against your legs, nudging you to give them food!! Please, no dogs in the restaurant or eating areas. Would I stay there again? Absolutely! Would I recommend it? Again, absolutely. Its a lovely pub with very helpful and friendly staff. Hope to go back there...

This review is only about the restaurant.

We came here more or less by chance after visiting Hever Castle, not wanting to pay the inflated prices that they charge in the castle grounds.

It was mid-afternoon on a Sunday and the place seemed quite busy. I asked at the bar about the possibility of getting some food. The reply was that there should be no problem although it didn't seem exactly welcoming. Nevertheless we were soon shown to a table.

We had our orders taken and waited for a while, but this wasn't a problem; as I said it was quite busy and a large table nearby had ordered well before us. Anyway it was worth waiting for. In particular I'd like to mention that the roast beef was superb and served in generous quantities. You can also get wine by the glass, which is a great advantage when only one person will drink anything alcoholic.

Having taken our time over the main course, we sat with empty plates for the best part of half an hour, completely ignored by every member of staff, all of whom could clearly see that we'd finished. No one asked if we wanted anything else and no one seemed to be bothered. One of us even went to the bar and asked for someone to come and help us. There was no clear reaction to this. Only after more than 30 minutes did we manage to call a waitress over, who then asked us if we wanted anything else. By that time it was too late for us to get any desserts, as we had to leave. We complained, politely I think, to the waitress about how long we'd been left sitting, and that we now only had time for the bill. She apologised but that was all.

This unfortunate episode brought a rather abrupt and unpleasant end to what started out as an...