Crusader

My husband had the monkfish here Saturday night and has not stopped raving about it ever since! Friendly and welcoming staff. Would definitely recommend and re-visit when we are in the area again.

We (a couple) walked in the Crusader about 13:00 and was greeted at the bar with “was you planning on eating?” yes we replied, “there could be an hour wait, we are expecting a party of 11” so we just had a drink, as we was there for over an hour, in that time I could see there was in total of about 10 or 11 diners in the whole restaurant! I'm guessing there was more than 40 dinning settings available! We plan to eat out tomorrow, in Roydon, in one of the other two pubs! The Crusader is incompetent !

So, I went to Roydon again for a pub lunch, It's been a few days since my bad experience with the Crusader so I headed to the new inn but found I couldn't get into the car park because of a delivery to the pub, no parking spaces on the road, so I span around and said to the person I was with “shall we give the Crusader another chance” and we agreed to go back there! So In we go! Greeted by the barstaff. . . . couldn't had been better, lovely woman, ordered food, all going well, food served in a short time, great! The fish and chips was fine, my sausage and mash was awful! You know when you forget to get the sausages out the oven and they end up with just a thin core of pink meat in the center? The sausages served to me didn't even have a pink core! They were beyond belief! I'm 54 and have never complained in a restaurant before, it was embarrassing! The bar staff apologized and said she would have a word with the chef, she came back with the chefs excuse “it wasn't me, it wasn't me” but it was you that served it! Wasn't it!

I got a refund for the meal,
I was embarrassed complaining in front of my company and to the staff
and I went home hungry!

Great food. Friendly staff. Reasonably priced. Fast service. I keep coming back here. Try

Quick serving, friendly staff and tasty food. It was a quick lunch visit during the working week and we'd definitely go back. Of course the glorious sunshine (for 1 day) and sitting outside is always an added bonus.

Enjoyed a good pint of Guinness in a relaxed environment. You can also eat here. There's a smallish car park area at the back. Nice to sit at the front on a hot day!

We arrived at the Crusader, It was a cold autumn afternoon aproximatly 3:37pm. I reversed the car into one of the far spaces towards the back of the pub along a row of trees. We walked in through the back entrance to find a group of locals sitting at the table nearest to the bar. They looked, we looked, we were not familiar faces but they could recognise we ment no harm. The bar maid greeted us with a smile, her energy was warm and pure. She poured me a stout and an IPA for my companion then we ordered chips. We sat down at the dinning area by the window on the soft seating provided. It was cosy, before much time had passed the food arrived and we tucked into the tastey grub. After that well-needed feast we set to work writing poetry and sketching Junkyard Mermaids on the pages of our handmade books from scraps. The time had crept upon us, and we had to depart. Before leaving I used the facilities which where warm, very warm. The whole experience was warm on that cold Autumn afternoon.

Good service. Great food. Parking available. Good village pub. Separate dining area. Helpful friendly staff

We sat outside to eat in the sunshine. Food nice. Drinks nice. Staff nice. Every ones a winner.👍