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Although this fusion of two Victorian pubs is certainly large, the Crown & Greyhound is also surprisingly cosy, split up as it is into various dark wood-panelled rooms with robust tables, carved wooden seating and nicotined ceilings.
Black and red tiles chequer the floor around the semi-circular bar, where a guest ale sits alongside London Pride, Sharp's Doom Bar and Harveys Sussex Best to tempt the all-and-sundry collection of mums, nippers, builders, students and tourists who gather here.
At the rear, alongside a restaurant section with a nice conservatory, solid outdoor tables make light work of the substantial portions of food brought by the amiable staff (there's also a Sunday carvery).
Two black-hooded barbecues await orders when summer brings hordes to a back garden in which an enormous, seen-it-all-before horse chestnut tree holds sway.
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Open 11am-11pm Mon-Wed; 11am-midnight Thur-Sat; 11am-10.30pm Sun. Food served noon-10pm Mon-Thur; noon-11pm Fri, Sat; noon-9.30pm Sun
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Tables outdoors ( 50, garden ), Babies and children admitted ( until 9pm ), Function room ( 100 capacity ), Disabled ( toilet ), Entertainment ( chess club 8pm Mon; life-drawing class 6pm Tue; wine club 6pm Thur )Would really help if the staff new how to serve be polite
This place has really gone downhill. The food is absolutely dreadful, the beer remains ok but the place is a fraction as good as it could be and the food is badly letting it down. Please improve guys!
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