yags Posted February 27, 2017 #1 Share Posted February 27, 2017 I enjoy typical English comfort food served in their pubs. What's the food like in the Crown English Pub? is it worth a trip for lunch or dinner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF - retired RRT Posted February 27, 2017 #2 Share Posted February 27, 2017 We were on the Crown for 43 days in Nov/Dec '16 and I don't recall seeing the Pub at all. Watched for it in the Patter and never saw it listed. The fare is the same (more or less) on all Princess ships. Battered fried fish (cod?) Battered friedshrimp Thick cut french fries Steak & kidney pie Scotch egg Ploughman's lunch etc. The menu rotates. So, if you have fish and scotch egg one time, the second lunch will be shrimp and kidney pie. That's if it's offered at all. Only available at lunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beg3yrs Posted February 27, 2017 #3 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Pub lunch is typically held only on sea days. It isn't a specific venue but usually takes place in the Wheelhouse Bar. There's no extra charge for it either so if it is being offered, give it a go. Like you we got our taste for "pub grub" over in the UK and IMHO this is a very good representation of pub fare. We like it, others don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candigirl41 Posted February 27, 2017 #4 Share Posted February 27, 2017 It is only offered once or twice a week on sea days. When I was on the Crown they served it in the Crown Grill. They had fish and chips, bangers and mash ploughmans lunch. The second day they had scotch eggs. The food is good in my opinion and I had English parents and have been to pubs in England. It was a nice change. Candi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted February 27, 2017 #5 Share Posted February 27, 2017 We were on the Crown for 43 days in Nov/Dec '16 and I don't recall seeing the Pub at all. Watched for it in the Patter and never saw it listed.The fare is the same (more or less) on all Princess ships. Battered fried fish (cod?) Battered fried shrimp Thick cut french fries Steak & kidney pie Scotch egg Ploughman's lunch etc. The menu rotates. So, if you have fish and scotch egg one time, the second lunch will be shrimp and kidney pie. That's if it's offered at all. Only available at lunch. There is usually Bangers and Mash as well. I have yet to actually see the shrimp offered. I've looked every time but so far it hasn't been available on any of our cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted February 27, 2017 #6 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Only on select days as stated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1emerald1 Posted February 27, 2017 #7 Share Posted February 27, 2017 I enjoy typical English comfort food served in their pubs. What's the food like in the Crown English Pub? is it worth a trip for lunch or dinner?I had it on the Crown, Wheelhouse Bar, ordered the fish and chips and it was totally soggy. Maybe a bad day? Other reviews are positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seafish Posted February 27, 2017 #8 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Have previously done Pub Lunch on several P Ships. Recently did on Regal - very packed wait seating - menu same as before but portions much less - not all that good fast-food - back to MDR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyancho Posted February 27, 2017 #9 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Tried it on the crown. Steak and kidney pie, Mushy peas. Some kind of sticky pudding. Tried it once. Reminded me of the food in the UK. And that's not a compliment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribill Posted February 28, 2017 #10 Share Posted February 28, 2017 We were on the Crown for 43 days in Nov/Dec '16 and I don't recall seeing the Pub at all. Watched for it in the Patter and never saw it listed. It is often not very obvious in the Patter. It is not with the dining part on the back page. It is listed on the inside where all the daily activities are listed. Easy to miss seeing it. Look in the 11 AM to Noon section to find if it is offered that sea day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowzz Posted February 28, 2017 #11 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Just wanted to say that squashing cooked frozen peas and declaring them to be 'mushy peas' is wrong! Sent from my SM-T700 using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outatown Posted February 28, 2017 #12 Share Posted February 28, 2017 The shrimps are wonderful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccio Posted February 28, 2017 #13 Share Posted February 28, 2017 We were on the Crown for 43 days in Nov/Dec '16 and I don't recall seeing the Pub at all. Watched for it in the Patter and never saw it listed.The fare is the same (more or less) on all Princess ships. Battered fried fish (cod?) Battered friedshrimp Thick cut french fries Steak & kidney pie Scotch egg Ploughman's lunch etc. The menu rotates. So, if you have fish and scotch egg one time, the second lunch will be shrimp and kidney pie. That's if it's offered at all. Only available at lunch. We were on the Crown for 31 days (December 4, 2016 - January 4, 2017) on a B2b where the Pub Lunch was offered a number of times in the Crown Grill. It was listed in the Patter plus they put out a table with the menu and the beer selections in front of the Crown Grill in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar1950 Posted February 28, 2017 #14 Share Posted February 28, 2017 The shrimps are wonderful! I would say that depends. I had them a couple of times, once they were pretty good, the other time soggy and under cooked, couldn't eat them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted February 28, 2017 #15 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Tried it on the crown. Steak and kidney pie, Mushy peas. Some kind of sticky pudding. Tried it once. Reminded me of the food in the UK. And that's not a compliment. You mean figgy pudding......:o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newport dave Posted February 28, 2017 #16 Share Posted February 28, 2017 You mean figgy pudding......:o Probably Sticky toffee pudding Sent from my VFD 900 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Flyer Posted February 28, 2017 #17 Share Posted February 28, 2017 We were on the Crown for 31 days (December 4, 2016 - January 4, 2017) on a B2b where the Pub Lunch was offered a number of times in the Crown Grill. It was listed in the Patter plus they put out a table with the menu and the beer selections in front of the Crown Grill in the morning. We sailed the Crown to Hawaii after your cruise & during 9 sea days it was only available in the Crown Grill twice which is less often than on other cruises & maybe it's another cutback. Our fish & prawns with chips were good this time but our experiences have been that preparation & service will vary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easyboy Posted February 28, 2017 #18 Share Posted February 28, 2017 We were on the Crown for 31 days (December 4, 2016 - January 4, 2017) on a B2b where the Pub Lunch was offered a number of times in the Crown Grill. It was listed in the Patter plus they put out a table with the menu and the beer selections in front of the Crown Grill in the morning. The same thing was done on the Emerald last May. It was just at the Wheelhouse Bar though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky TGO Posted March 1, 2017 #19 Share Posted March 1, 2017 We all had the shrimp & chips it was really good. This was the first time It was on the Pub Lunch menu for me. Someone said they had fish,shrimp & chips. I did not know you could order that. Next time for sure. :) Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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