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Reviews of The Crown at Playhatch

3 out of 5
The Crown at Playhatch
Foxhill Lane, Playhatch, Reading, England

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 99 out of 161 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 43 out of 161 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 15 out of 161 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 161 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 161 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

H

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
convenient but needs some refurbishment now
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christina

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Claire

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tracey

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed for two nights. Amazing staff, amazing stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

James Alan

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay. Good food. Warm and friendly staff. Good clean and well presented bedroom.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Martin

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel and food
Really nice pub, rooms separate away from the pub itself so nice and quiet. Clean, well decorated and comfy. Excellent breakfast too
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Claire

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We loved our dinners on 2 nights, breakfasts were very good also. The decor was interesting & authentic. Parking was very good.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Martin

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel and pub
Brilliant location, nice room, small but had everything, great breakfast and friendly staff. The only thing I can think of that wasn’t perfect was the fact I couldn’t seem to turn the outside light off but other than that it was brilliant. Will be back
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness
The coffee was very good… most of the staff were charming but unfortunately some were not! The dinner was ok but a bit rich and fussy, the breakfast disappointing and the staff serving breakfast seemed inconvenienced by us showing up on time! The rooms in converted stables were cozy though the bed sank in the middle. Be warned they use a booking system EVIIVO that takes out the room fee a few days before arrival and puts it in pending in your account. It then stays in pending for several days after you’ve settled your bill which basically means you pay twice for your room for at over a week! I phoned The Crown and asked for the pending payment to be removed and was told it takes between 3 to 5 working days which frankly is a scam!
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
5 star review all round definitely worth the stay
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I was so impressed with the friendliness of the staff so helpful and polite. It seemed to me that nothing was too much trouble. That staff friendliness was so important to me and made my stay so good
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Andrea

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Bedroom stank of bleach … upon investigation this wasn’t coming from bathroom …hideous Safety light above door to room shone so green all night as to thwart decent sleep One of pair of bedside lamps was broken (lampshade propped unconvingsing on top of lamp base) Towel rail in bathroom corroded and rusty
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely room, very clean, comfortable and quiet. Overall great value, especially as room rate included breakfast. We’d stay here again if we are in the area
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Gordon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Spacious rooms
Lovely big spacious room. Good shower good service. I found the bed a little soft but still slept well
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Enjoyable nights stay, room was nice. Bed was below average. Would recommend at this price
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Charming but needs some care
The design of the room and the decor of the whole place is lovely. The amenities are great especially the fudge with good selection of tea and coffee in the room. There were stains in the bathroom and shower which can be resolved by renovation or renewing some of the interiors. Breakfast was nice.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

T

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
What a find
Cute ,cosy , quaint , boutique and would come back with a gouup pf friends . Loved it . What a wee find
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

6/10 Okay

David

Liked: Staff & service
Staff were great and very helpful. Room was a bit tired.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A number of problems before we even got there, they had us booked in for the wrong date and down with the wrong address. Room very disappointing, over-rated in reviews and not worth the cost
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

4/10 Poor

Forrest

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Worst place we stayed in the UK
Found about a dozen short curly dark hair in the sheets. Can’t turn on the lights in the bathroom without turning on the lights in the bedroom which is a real problem if someone else is sleeping. Porch light is too bright inside the too and there is no way to shut it off. Door lock has to be jimmied to get open; took servers minutes each time to unlock the door...
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Thoroughly enjoyed or stay, excellent food too.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
We enjoyed staying there. Nice place. Food was OK. Staff really helpful. Rooms nice - clock didn't work.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The rooms are very very nice, they are clean and have a lot of character. The food within the restaurant looked lovely, however, we didn’t manage to get round to trying any. Unfortunately, the staff are quite rude, except for one which we didn’t get his name. On arrival there was no warm welcome other than 4 staff in front of us whispering and gossiping about who should tell us something- no offence but you lot are not invisible we can see and hear you. But on a lighter note, the bar staff are friendly and the surrounding outside area is perfect!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Navreet

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the outdoor space for each room. Room needed a little maintenance ( bathroom door didn’t shut) and no extraction or window in the bathroom. Lovely staff. Super location just 3 miles from the centre of Reading
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The atmosphere, room, staff and food were excellent
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Mrs Patricia A

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Emmanuella

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place to visit.
Very nice friendly staff. Great food
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great getaway break.
Pleasant ambiance and character to the hotel and a great location to explore the surrounding countryside. Staff were extremely helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Old and well maintained, has charm with original beams
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good Pub
Great character property with a good selection of ales.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Peaceful area and pleasant , comfortable accommodation serving excellent food, both evening meal and breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A quiet, relaxing stay.
We used to live in Reading and had eaten at The Crown and its sister restaurant in Nettlebed in the past, so when we needed to travel from the Midlands for a funeral locally, we decided to stay at The Crown. The room was very pleasant, with a lovely comfortable bed and a modern bathroom, all of which were spotlessly clean. The 'information' folder, didn't have much information, though it did have some details of interesting local walks e.g. by the River Thames. However, what we really would have found useful was some information on putting the heating on in the room and how to get to the bathroom in the night without putting on all the lights and waking one's spouse! Also, I am only 150 cms tall and I couldn't reach to hang my clothes up, and couldn't see even the top of my head in the bathroom mirror. I'd have to have been at least 10cms taller to do that and to reach the hangers, The place was clearly designed by a man or a tall woman. It's little things like that which make all the difference and can lift a stay from being 'good enough' to 'very good indeed'. The evening meal was delicious, with a varied menu and a young waiter who was extremely helpful and pleasant, and breakfast the next morning was good too - coooked to order and delicious. We would stay here again. Well done - but please lower the mirror a little in the bathroom and leave some instructions about the lights!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A fantastic friendly Inn, food was great and the rooms were excellent.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Clive

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely room with high quality bed linen and big bath towels. The only minor thing is that the TV is too high on the wall - by far. Super nice staff and good food too.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Adrian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Tim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018