The Crown & Anchor Pub

Wings are seemingly always cheap and the beer is always cold. Plenty of flavours to choose from on both fronts.
The claw machine in the back has sex toys in it. What else do you need to know?
The Crown and Anchor comes exactly as advertised. Good pub food, friendly staff and lots of TVs for sports. Stop in for beer and wings and leave satisfied. It’s worth noting they serve spaghetti.

I came here to celebrate a friend’s birthday. It is your typical neighborhood bar with slot machines and pool tables and a jukebox. Good old tunes from the 90’s were playing. The owners were bartending and were friendly. Our first server was not very personable and didn’t check in on us much but our second server was great.
Drinks seem standard as well as the prices. I didn’t have anything to eat but my friend had the mini sliders and said they were awesome.
The place wasn’t very clean. Even though our Table had been wiped, it was still sticky. I think the stickiness is permanently there. Not a place I would regularly come to but I can see it’s appeal for those who just want to get out and share a beer with their buddies.

I’ve lived on the North side for five years, and have visited this pub on many occasions, usually making it in at least once every two weeks.
Unfortunately, the new owners who took over in 2015 seem to be in over their heads. Three visits in a row we’ve endured flat beer and slow service.
While the food was never extraordinary, it is now completely undesirable. Last night, I ordered my favourite item: the Teriyaki Chicken Burger. The chicken breast was a thin, bland, barely warmed slab that was completely lost in the oversized bun. The tomato and lettuce were actually withered and limp.
Unfortunately, we are on the hunt for a new neighbourhood pub.

As good as any other English pub on St. Patrick’s Day! They have Guinness and Fish and Chips and far fewer line ups than the Irish places. What else could you want, decent music, a bathroom with some way to dry your hands, and servers that showed up hourly. But it is St. Pats and it is packed! I have had worse beer and worse good but not today.

We were here last Friday night for a fundraiser, while the hockey game was on. The place was packed and it was obvious that the staff was overwhelmed completely.
It seems like a nice little pub — clean, nice washrooms, etc. Roast beef or chicken, with friends and veg was included with our ticket. It took 45 minutes to come but it was actually better than I expected. We also ordered wings but they took an hour and seemed a little over done.
I think this is the kind of place though that you give a second chance — on a night that wasn’t so busy, so that the kitchen and wait staff have a chance to catch up. But even saying that, I’m not rushing back (it’s also on the other side of the city from us so it’s not a place we would just drop into).
Our server though, despite how busy she was, was absolutely fantastic. I would give her 5 stars for sure, for keeping her cool, being extremely pleasant and apologetic. There was a waitress through who wasn’t as cool, yelling across the bar to other employees, but you could tell that she was still working extremely hard.

The Crown & Anchor is a good neighbourhood boozer. Offering happy hour and rotating food specials of moderate value, it is staffed by friendly and attentive folks. It’s recommended if you’re in the area and you want to hit up a pub.

Oh my gawsh. So many excellent memories of the Crown & Anchor!
This is place is so out of the way, and I never ever would have discovered it if a friend of mine hadn’t been bartending for a short period in university. It’s kinda north-​east and in a little strip mall. Definitely not in a spot you would expect a fun bar to be, but there it is.
Drinks were good and cheap (although maybe that’s just because we had connections to the bartender), there were plenty of tables, and its run down-​ness is kind of charming, really. We always order greasy pub food, too. Yum. Greasy.
Usually once we have enough drink in us, we’ll end up playing Buck Hunter, one of the video games in the corner. So bad at it. But so much fun!

Crown & Anchor Pub is really out of my way but one night I was dragged here by a friend who loves it. The place is like any other neighbourhood pub. Not the nicest looking place and not the best service but not the worst.
Like many pubs Crown & Anchor strikes me as a place that grows on you. My friend knew a lot of the staff here and most of the patrons. This led me to believe that it is more of a comfort kind of place but it’s not my thing.

There is nothing special about this neighbourhood watering hole.
My boyfriend grew up in castledowns and he always wants to go here when we are in the north side. I always roll my eyes because I don’t get the appeal.
The service is fine, not horrible, not great, the drinks are always made right and this place has gotten a little rowdy on the weekends. I’ve never had a bad time here, but again, it is just a regular old pub.
If you live in the north side, sure, check it out. I would not recommend anyone go out of their way to have a beer at The Crown & Anchor though.