The Crown Point

Unfortunately the food wasnt what I expected, i ordered the whisky bbq duck salad (can't remember it's full name-but was told its like TGIfridays duck salad) and when it arrived with wraps and a butterfly duck breast on onions and peppers and world's smallest pinch of salad I had to check with the staff 'is this the duck salad.. Yes they said'. It was basically duck wraps and I didn't even see them on the menu.. Albeit, it did taste OK. The staff were nice and polite but the service seemed a bit slow. We got told to not have the carvery as its 'seen better days' 😂 the dessert was good.

Staff are really friendly. The food is good and plenty of it. There's a good selection of beers, wines and spirits. It's a large pub with various seating areas including a good sized beer garden at the back that is proper garden and very pleasant on a sunny afternoon. Think it's a chain but looks, feels and works very much like a local country pub. There's also the Oldbury campsite 10 minutes away that I'd recommend. The combination of the two makes for a really nice stay for a couple of nights.

Maybe it was just a one off bad night!
The score would be lower but the staff were very friendly and apologetic - they made amends with a free drink (Pity I was driving)

On arrival - there was no alcohol free beer - so the designated driver had coffee (a Latte) - it was very frothy - more like cappuccino- and watery - gin was not tasty and the gin drinker switched to Lager- Guinness (drunk by someone who likes Guinness) was poor enough that he switched to lager

The Hop House 13 lager was good :-)

We three all ordered vegetarian curry - with a side of naan bread / samosas / vegetarian pakora and onion bajee

The rice with the curry was cold

Worst was that the vegetarian sides were like chicken nuggets - and we couldn’t actually identify anything other than the naan bread - we tried a pub quiz identification, but no one could find a samosa or identify anything except the naan bread

The chef did come out and apologise - apparently he opened the wrong packet
But we couldn’t really tell what the sides left over were - so they were all left on the side

The restaurant didn’t charge for the 3 meals

Btw the toilets were a bit dirty and there didn’t seem to be any soap in the dispensers

Beautiful pub setting, so relaxing. Friendly staff and great food!

We stopped off here after a lovely walk in the woods with our 2 children and puppy. They welcomed us all, including the dog and even brought him over some off cuts from the carvery. The food was delicious; generous portions for a very reasonable price. We had the carvery which was cooked to perfection with a vast selection of vegetables to choose from. The puddings were huge and went down a treat. We can't wait to visit again, it's a 30 minute drive from where we live but well worth it. Thank you to all the staff for a perfect end to an enjoyable day out.

This place used to be 5 stars, now I'd avoid at all costs. We visited today 27/10/19, a large party of 23 which we booked months in advance. We booked as you could never normally get in on a Sunday for a carvery. Today the alarm bells should have rung as at 1345 we could have got a table for all of us 2 or 3 times over.

The issues were numerous unfortunately, only Turkey left on the carvery at 1400 on a Sunday and mass unavailability on the main menu. They ran out of gammon, steak and a few other things. The manager said they hadn't ordered as much meat for the menu as the carvery was on. She also said they had run out of beef, gammon and pork in the carvery as they hadn't anticipated so many people choosing those options.

The service at the bar was slow and poor. The managers husband had to look at the front of the bar to work out which beer was in which pump. The manager when taking an order for a child's desert was asked to leave the ice-cream off as the child had an allergy. She then said well I'm not happy about giving them anything they might die, look I have a folder.

The food came out at wildly different times (large party so excusable). However the dishes were inconsistent, 4 people ordered the same dish all 4 looked different, 2 contained raw onions as a bed for the meat the others had cooked onions.

Such a shame that the place has gone down hill as it was great and had a great carvery with decent service.

The crown point restaurant in seal is my favourite restaurant in Sevenoaks because this is where I had my eighteenth birthday party there and the food is delicious. My favourite meal would have to be the southern fried chicken stack burger and staff is so friendly too.

Unfortunately The Crown Point Pub has now closed and is looking for new owners.