Crown, Shirley - pub details
Address: 28 Wickham Road, Shirley, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 8BA [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 13885) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Eden Park (1.8 miles), East Croydon (1.8 miles), West Wickham (1.9 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Real ale
- Outside seating
> Current user rating: 5.8/10 (rated by 26 users)
other pubs nearby:
Shirley Inn, Shirley (0.2 miles), Surprise, Croydon (0.4 miles), Sandrock Hotel, Shirley (0.4 miles), Cricketers, Croydon (0.6 miles), Claret Free House, Addiscombe (0.9 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of Crown, Shirley
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| Identi-kit Ember inn doing decent food and most of the time decent beer. It's not going to be full of individual character but what it does it generally does fairly well. Service is 100 times better than the Shirley Inn down the road. terenced - 3 Feb 2014 11:59 |
| Agree with slerpy's comments,but the quality of the real ale is not always as it should be.I wonder if this is down to poor cellar-work,or that the ales d'ont turn around fast enough.Comments please. delstefan - 15 May 2013 08:36 |
| That last poster is on something. The Car park is £1.00 refundable on ANY purchase, the pub would have the world and his wife blocking the car park otherwise, it is a shame but it is probably the only solution.Downton's chocolate and Orange stout is to die for. Clearly should be in the guide but not many of the arthritic CAMRA gang get out of Central Croydon hence the Town Centre dominance in the GBG. slerpy - 29 Nov 2012 17:02 |
| The Crown is a peaceful upmarket pub which concentrates it efforts on good food and very reasonably priced real ale.The garden is probably the best in the Borough.There are always five real ales available,London Pride, Adnams Broadside, Harvey's Best Bitter appear regularly alongside guest ales such as Rudgate Ruby Mild and Ubu from Purity.Whenever I have stopped for a pint the Crown has been really busy, food probably dominates but not to such an extent that a drinker feels out of place. slerpy - 25 Jan 2011 15:37 |
| This pub now has a New and Experienced Manager. What a difference it is making. There have been some changes to the way Ember is conducting its business and what it is trying to achieve. This pub now has a dining area where you can get table service if you want it but you can also still just go into the bar area and have a drink. The yob element that so many complain about is being stamped out. As with anything new, there is some learning curves for both Staff and the customers that have been in the pub since before the changes. All in all I have to say the pub is changing for the better. The prices are still good value and you don't feel under pressure to eat up quickly because they need the table. I look forward to seeing this pub in 3 months time once the manager has finished her magic. BioGuyver - 19 Sep 2010 10:52 |
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