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The Crown Hotel Manningtree Essex

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Venue Details

Address: 51 High Street
Town/City: Manningtree
County: Essex
Postcode: CO11 1AH
Tel No.: 01206 396 333
Website: http://www.crownhotel-manningtree.co.uk/
The Crown Hotel in Manningtree is a 16th century coaching inn that features the award-winning River restaurant and bar.

Overlooking the river stour, the river restaurant offers a range of dishes alongside a fine selection of wines.

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Average user rating from: 6 user(s)

Overall rating
7.7
Overall
8.0
Food
7.3
Service
7.2
Ambience
8.0
Value
7.7
Toilets
8.3
Recommend
7.2
 

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

Our stay 27/02/2010, Sunday, 28 February 2010

Written by S millar

Overall rating
10.0
Overall
10.0
Food
10.0
Service
10.0
Ambience
10.0
Value
10.0
Toilets
10.0
Recommend
10.0
Aftering recieving a very harty welcome, we enjoyed fine food and ale. The accomodation was first class in a refurbished property across the road and was extremely comfortable. A full breakfast set us up for our journey home and would reccomend a stay at the Crown Hotel to the masses.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

load of rubbish, Wednesday, 25 November 2009

Written by wishy

Overall rating
3.6
Overall
6.0
Food
4.0
Service
1.0
Ambience
6.0
Value
3.0
Toilets
4.0
Recommend
1.0
this pubs food is not what you expect. forget the 'waterfront location'. The food and the service is very poor for what you pay for. I am 65 and retired and I really thought this was a lovely place to eat. The staff are not friendly and the food is 'home made' by a mother that hasn't got the war rations or is pre-occupied by the gents to pay attention to cooking it properly. VERY very disapointing. The whole thing I would give a 3/10
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful

an enjoyable stay, Tuesday, 29 September 2009

Written by terry clarke

Overall rating
9.0
Overall
9.0
Food
8.0
Service
10.0
Ambience
9.0
Value
9.0
Toilets
9.0
Recommend
9.0
Wife & I stayed for two nights at the crown & our room was very clean & comfortable the food was very good especially the full breakfast,for the evening meal I had steak & kidney pudding stated as homemade but suspect was bought in none the less was very tasty veg was well cooked as I like it.all in a very pleasant hotel with on the whole friendly staff would recommend & visit again
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful

want to know the REAL Crown?, Wednesday, 09 September 2009

Written by secretshopper

Overall rating
4.3
Overall
4.0
Food
3.0
Service
2.0
Ambience
6.0
Value
5.0
Toilets
7.0
Recommend
3.0
food - fresh produce bought locally, good quality. High proportion low cost, poor quality frozen goods such as apple pies. meat top quality, locally sourced. poor hygeine methods in kitchen, food often served to customers after having been on the floor.

food sampled on visit one- sirloin steak. steak slightly overcooked. came with chips,onion rings, mushrooms, tomato and peas and carrots. The peas and carrots very overcooked, with no taste or nutrition in them. 6/10

food sampled visit two- cottage 'pie'. shepherds pie served with choice of new potatoes or chips and veg. Vegetables cooked as above. Pie had an overwhelming flavour of Worcester sauce and had virtually no peas, carrots or onion in it. The mash was nice, with melted grilled cheese on the top. 4/10


service - there are some good staff at the Crown. However, several of them have been there for donkeys years and are very surly and disatisfied, and can be downright rude, unhelpful and unfriendly.You would not go to the Crown for good service. The landlady can be very friendly, especially to locals, but should a complaint arise, her customer service skills are non-existent. All staff could benefit from customer service training, to make this establishment more successful.

ambience - on a busy night,the ambience can be very good. there is often live music, usually of a cabaret type

value - bearing in mind the comments this professional secret shopper has made regarding the food and service, it is felt that the standard of food recieved and lack of good customer service is reason to believe that it is of at least average value for money. Drinks are markedly more expensive here than in other pubs in the town.

toilets - the toilets are in generally good state of repair and kept clean and tidy.

This establishment would not be considered for recommendation.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful

Lovely Sunday lunch, Monday, 31 August 2009

Written by Chris

Overall rating
9.6
Overall
10.0
Food
10.0
Service
10.0
Ambience
7.0
Value
10.0
Toilets
10.0
Recommend
10.0
Had lunch (August bank holiday Sunday) with elderly Mum, sister and brother in law. We were on our way to Flatford and found the Crown at Manningtree after looking for somewhere for lunch. The Sunday roast was excellent, three courses for £9.95. Food cooked to perfection and served hot. All service was done with a smile, nothing seemed to much trouble. The Crown was busy and we were warned there was a wait for food, but it really wasn't that long. Once we had a drink and sat chatting the time went quite quickly. We would have liked to sit outside for lunch but there were only backless benches available for seating. We sat in the Haven room that didn't have many people inside, so I have marked the ambience down a bit for that reason. Would recommend the Crown, though. Will certainly go back when we're next in the area.
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