please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Visited this place on a weekday afternoon May 2017. J D Wetherspoon have taken this over. Need to do a lot better. The staff need to take more interest in serving customers and also clearing tables of clutter. Ordered fish and chips for two with glasses of white wine. Not the best by any means. Will not be back.
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Now a Wetherspoons, which on this occasion is a pleasant change! Previously it was a pub that was dark, dingy, uncomfortable and a bit rough.
Now it is bright, clean and comfortable. We ordered a traditional breakfast and were happy with the food. The staff were friendly polite and efficient. We were brought our meal in timely fashion and it represented great value for money.
Usual lineup of beers from Ruddles, Adnams etc but OK.
There is a small issue with parking, there were only a few spaces. However we can recommend a visit
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"Crowborough is the chav capital of Sussex"??
So sad. I can only assume "anonymous" is from the well-heeled doghole of *uckfield. Jealousy's a curse you know...
The Cross USED to be the best place in Crowborough to go - admittedly not what you'd call a difficult benchmark but still valid all the same. The split-levels meant different groups tended to congregate in the different areas, and all was well with the world. The magnificent Len (R.I.P.) and Rose ran the place with aplomb.
Which isn't a plumbing tool, anonymous.
Then I'm afraid something happened (as with most who grew up in Crowborough, I left for the bright lights and big city), and now the place is a hellhole with bouncers on the door, a stupidly loud "disco", godawful drink and no front door.
The place has sold out and lost any soul it ever once had, though it still has many fond memories for me.
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Harvey's Best is one of the great beers, but you'd never know it in here. I tried it in the daytime, knowing better than to risk this place out of school hours. I won't be going back.
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Not a nice pub. The music is too loud. If you order a cider, it looks like they just made it in the toilet. The taste might be like that too, can't be far off.
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Crowborough is the "Chav Capital" of Sussex and the Cross is the "Chav Capital" of Crowborough. Nice place to wear your white shell suit and take your 14 year old pregnant girlfriends but avoid otherwise. You really would be better off drinking meths on a park bench.
anonymous - 19 Sep 2006 14:30 |
Wizard - if you walked past The Cross and thought, "Hmmn, I think I'll take my girlfriend in there for a romantic night out", might I suggest it won't be long before you're looking for a new bird?
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wow, what can i say about the cross??? i am from crowborough and have many great memorys of the pub. i have spent many a night there with my girlfriends and love the fact that you know eveyone in there, after all its the people around you that make nights so memorable. the music can be a bit dodgy and and its not the cleanest place in the world but the staff are awlays fantastic as is the atmosphere.
anonymous - 23 Sep 2005 01:45 |
AVOID!...its the local meat market. Don't go their with your girlfriend for a romantic night out. Aweful music, very smokey and very crowded. It was hell when we visited. Never again.
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can be good up there depending on what nights everyone goes there from beacon and is phat
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the cross pub is a very well known pub by people from beacon it hasnt anymore got under 18s in there any more you can get a seat and every thursday a dj plays up there its a freinly place.tracy
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Well if you are from crowborough and go to beacon i should imagine its the best social place you have ever been too. However if you are an outsider to this small group of people the pub is very cold and everyone in there isnt interested meeting anyone unless they are from the crowborough crowd. Dont go there unless you want to feel like you have crashed someones party.
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Been there during the day - but would never go there in the evening.
In the evening the place is populated by kids from the local
comprehensive (Beacon Community College) who seem to incestuously congregate at the Cross every evening without ever going anywhere else (thank God).
So great if you went to Beacon otherwise I would seriously advise you go somewhere else.
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It's a good pub i'd say the best in Crowborough.
With 2 pool tables and various machines to play on there is plenty to do, also the food is good and the service is friendly
a winner in my books
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Great on a Sunday.
Also home to the finest pub football team in the world.
Graham Thomas - 9 Oct 2003 11:10 |
I am a regular visitor. I think that the cross is a lively and friendly pub with a fantastic atmosphere and staff. Even though it has a reputation do not judge it until you experience the full potential. Why do you keep slagging it off when you keep coming back?! it's a good pub!
Chloe Smith - 26 Jun 2003 10:41 |
Situated on Crowborough Cross Road, I haven't had a chance to go in there, but I've heard it's okay, but can get a bit rowdy.
Tom - 16 May 2003 00:22 |
