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    The Old Crown

    3.6 (33 reviews)
    ModeratePubs, Burgers, Cocktail Bars
    Open 10:00 am - 11:30 pm

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    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Classy
    Good for groups
    Outdoor seating

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    Dry, small, well done burger (i asked for medium)
    Ebony J.

    After work and not eating all day I was STARVING so I searched for a place close to eat. I found this place yelp and the pictures looked amazing and the reviews weren't bad so I gave it a shot (after all it was 3 blocks away). I walked in and it was SO cute and cozy so I'm super excited and ready to eat. I ordered the "Old Crown Burger" medium and the hand cut chips. NOW, here's where the trill was lost. the burger was tiny, dry, and more than well done. the fries had NO sign of being hand cut, they looked like the came out of a freezer bag. My heart sunk...HOWEVER after not eating ALL day i forced it down and paid my tab. McDonald's was two doors down and would have been a MUCH better decision. I'm not sure where the burger from the pictures above was but i never tasted it. This was a HUGE NEVER AGAIN for me. After closer review the woman who posted those AMAZING burger pics also posted lots of interior pictures so she probably works there....The food doesn't look anything like that in real life.

    Way too rare. Worst cooked burger ever.
    Linzi M.

    @Burger_Breakout at The Old Crown - avoid it! So in the recent influx of amazing burger joints springing up all over London, I've tried to make my way around to them all. So when I saw on the Twitter that a place called @Burger_Breakout had launched a residency at The Old Crown, i had to try it out. Someone called him a 'Burger Genius'. I made a reservation with the friendly chap on Twitter and headed over. The sign outside reads something about Best Burgers in London. Right, yeah, aren't they all? The staff were friendly and informed us that all burgers were served medium rare. Is this a new thing? Because when i worked in restaurants this wasn't allowed, for health reasons. So my boyfriend ordered the Whiskey Burger (Dry Aged Orkney Beef, treacle cured bacon, Strathdon blue cheese and whiskey mustard) - he wanted it medium well. The waitress said the chef could only do medium rare or well done. How's that? He doesn't know how to cook medium well or just can't be bothered? Mine was The Swine Time (Rare breed pork patty, 24hr hour cooked pulled pork, Dairylea slice and jalapeno mayo). I asked if this was served rare too and she said 'it's pork', which I took to mean it was cooked properly, as I don't believe pork is meant to be served rare. Correct me if I'm wrong. Suffice to say, they spent more time concocting this overhyped menu than actually paying attention to the food. Let's start with the chips - massively mediocre. They were described as smoked horseradish salted, they were just dime a dozen pub steak cut chips and just so pedestrian. I've eaten better chips out of a van. And the burgers were awful. I'm sorry but they just were. Mine was totally rare on the inside and burnt on the outside, cold and uneatable. The Dairylea slice covering a few scraps of pulled pork was terribly misplaced on a burger. Dairylea, really? When I dared ask why it was so rare, she said since it was such high quality meat, the chef liked to cook it rare. Or not at all.* And then just walked away. My boyfriend hated his, said it was the worst burger he'd ever had.** The waitress avoided us for the rest of the time we were there, even though it was obvious that we weren't eating. Eventually she came to take the food away and didn't even comment on the fact that my entire burger had been left on the plate, I'd only eaten around the outside like a mouse. The only thing we did eat was the equally overhyped BBQ Battered Onion Rings with Four Roses Dipping Sauce.... The sauce was just mustard - stop trying to sound like it isn't just mustard!! And the onion rings were just burnt. It cost £41.20 - the burgers are £12 each. So massively overpriced for such mediocre and egotistical food. I think a lot of these pop ups are just churning out crap these days and yuppies and hipsters are too caught up in 'the concept' that they don't realise. * In case you think I am just a complainer, the burger i got at Tommis was rare for me but so delicious i ate the whole thing. I am still thinking about it. ** Honestly we wanted to love it.

    Corinna H.

    This is one of my favourite pubs in the West End. It's a total haven from the hustle and bustle of street life and the interior design is very handsome too, all in all it's the perfect setting for escaping the crowds. The atmosphere is always classy yet unpretentious and vibrant. But I will mention that it's only a small pub, so during lunchtime it can be quite impossible to get a table as everyone else who knows about this little gem wants a piece of the action between 12-3.30pm. The menu is a crossover of British/International and the barman tells me that they do their best to source local produce, that's probably why it tastes so great. I've tried the pan fried steak sandwich and the cottage pie, both of which were super tasty. In the evening the menu changes for the 5.30-11pm serving and there are some really delicious canapes and platters on offer. Many of teh drinks are also from independent distilleries, so there's an interesting choice of both draught and bottled beers. I most recently went on a Friday night to 'The Old Crown Jewels' where you'll find a DJ spinning a mixture of reggae, soul, funk and hiphop, which goes down surprisingly well. They also have a life drawing class on a Monday night from 7pm and for only £7 (paper included) in one of the lounge rooms it's great value and a really nice mix of people attend.

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    Stopped into this Pub for a drink. I remember the selection including many cask conditioned ales. Good place.

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    Great crowd on weekends, crappy crowd weekdays, super nice staff (though some are a bit inexperienced).

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    Great pub. Fantastic staff and tasty food.

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    Great pub with great food - if your craving a juicy burger this is your place. Friendly staff and nice atmosphere.

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    Flight Club

    4.4(33 reviews)
    1.7 miLiverpool Street / Broadgate
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    4.3(100 reviews)
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    Between a 3 and 4, but going with four because the food was above average pub grub and the drinks…read morewere good even if they were better looking than tasting. Came here for pre-theater anniversary dinner with my wife. The ambiance was somewhere between that of a trendy club and nice bar. There was a mad scientist vibe with the lights being industrial vibe and some metal decor. The music was thumpy and loud enough to remind you it was there. It made me feel a bit out-of-place as somebody well past my 20s, but also a bit cool or being there. You really come here for the drinks. We got the pipe dream, smokey old fashioned, honeypot picante, and one other I can't remember the name of, but which came in a flower pot. The pipe dream and smokey old fashioned were likely the best. Overall the drinks were more visually appealing than traditionally good and the visually appealing ones tended to have ingredients that weren't as top shelf and/or they were just too sweet. Not bad, but disappointing for what we'd hope. The food was the opposite. I had low expectations and the food wasn't amazing, but was better than average. We got the bao buns, crispy duck pancakes, panko halloumi, katsu curry, and hot honey pork tacos. They arranged for it all to come out in time for us to make our theater show, which was nice. The bao buns and pork tacos were probably the best. Neither blew me away, but both were solid. The katsu curry and halloumi were standard of what you might expect. The crispy duck pancakes was maybe as advertised, but it would have been nice to have some moistness or substance to the dug vs. it basically being crunchy salty bits of something. Overall, this wasn't a bad meal, but it wasn't quite what I was hoping for either. We may be back, but we'll probably try other things first.

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