Walsall
The Crown

The Crown

Anchor Rd, WS9 8PT, Walsall, United Kingdom

Pubs • Full • Steak • Lunch


"On the 3rd June I went to the Crown to meet old school friends. I parked my car and went into the pub for a few hours. I didn't see the small Pay Display sign which is adjacent to the entrance of the car-park. My attention was fixed on not trying to run people over or crash into any other parks cars. Yes, I accept it was partly may fault, I should have noticed the sign. It is there but its positioned right at the point where youre concentrating on not killing other customers and is easy to miss, I checked on Google Street View. I didn't see any other signs displayed (have you paid diaplayed) either on the entry into the pub or inside.....I cant see any on Street View either. To be honest, I cant see any pay display meters either on Street View. What a great way to treat new customers! Slap them with an £85 fine for the pleasure of visiting their venue. What I find even more annoying than me missing the small sign, is the Crown's own security staff watched me park and walk straight to the pub without warning me of the parking charge! A pub I shall not visit again for obvious reasons and I would seriously advise prospective new customers to be aware of the parking fines there. I've paid the fine as I did park there and didn't get a ticket. But dear Crown, you really need to make the signage better with repeater signs such as other reputable car-parks use. I feel like I've been fleeced!"

Creams

Creams

Unit 8, Waterfront, Wolverhampton Street, WS2 8LR, Walsall, United Kingdom

❄️ • Seafood • Asiatic • Bundles


"Had to wait a couple of minutes to be seated as staff were busy. Not sure why there’s a requirement for the staff need to seat you, when you have to go up to the till yourself to order food drinks, rather than it being table service. The table wasn’t clean but the server spotted this before we did and wiped it over. Quite a lot of choice on the menu which was good. When we ordered, it was irritating that they wouldn’t swap a gelato flavour in a sundae. At the end of placing the order, only then were we told there would be quite a long wait for the desserts (in the end, we waited even longer than the length of time they advised). Took over 20 minutes for staff to bring us just some tap water. They were busy but seemed to be prioritising takeaway/delivery orders rather than customers there in person. My Mum and brother both ordered sundaes, these arrived first with several minutes between. 10 minutes later, my waffle had still not arrived. By this point, my brother had finished his dessert obviously he couldn’t delay eating due to the ice cream melting! I asked one of the staff how long the waffle would be, she was clueless so we had to check with someone else. I commented that people on another table who didn’t go into Creams until half an hour after we did and ordered way after us had got their waffles before me! Staff could not explain this. The waffle was a high price point at £9, so for that cost I didn’t expect to be waiting 45 minutes and lose the opportunity to eat dessert at the same time as my family. Understandably, I complained. The manager was apologetic and explained the delay was due to them having to make more waffle mixture. I suggested they should have put the sundaes together once the waffle was nearly ready, so the desserts could have come out together common sense for a small party to be served their food altogether, surely?! They offered a free drink by way of an apology. The desserts tasted very nice and were generous portions. It was a real shame because the slow service and lengthy wait between the first third desserts being served impacted on our experience of enjoying pudding out as a family. Cutlery wasn’t the cleanest either."

Afrikana Aldridge

Afrikana Aldridge

7 High St, Aldridge, Walsall, United Kingdom

Grill • African • Jamaican • Caribbean


"lil afrikana is the smaller, business-oriented two-g of the Afrikana brand with larger restaurants in birmingham, cardiff, blackburn, dalston, leicester and derby. it is the only one of its kind. as such, there are only 6 tables for immersion. the menu is a smaller selection of the normal restaurants, but still has all its most important core offers. the location is located on the high road in aldridge with parking right in front of it. the interieur and outer of the ortes was beautiful with beautiful touches on the wall, including a grazal outline of the African continental and the customized glass lighting. when I came to the place, I could immediately feel the smell in the air of this tastefully grilled chicken. the prices are very reasonable and cheaper in view of the situation as nandos and on a par with his next competitor pepes piri piri piri piri. they also do delivery over just eat that I observed when it was. main butterfly chicken with fries I decided because I didn't want to mess with the bones today. I chose mixed peri peri taste, which is their medium flavor. the size was bigger than expected, which was a good thing. the chicken inside was juicy without it being dry. the mixed peri had a small and sunken kick. overall it was very good. fries were well salted and crispy. page plan I love a planin. this sweet juicy taste. that was obvious today. it is not as sweet as some Jamaican takeouts or restaurants, but it was beautiful either away. the location also makes floorless drinks for £2.95, where they can refill as often as they want. Among the drinks are sunkist lemon lime, sunkist orange, vimto and vimto still, pepsi diet and pepsi. glass bottles are also available if they prefer. it is pointed out that there is no ice dispenser, but the drinks are suitable for cooling. I was immediately greeted by the host, who was kind to her wise and although I ask some about the menu that they were unsafe, they were able to get the answer immediately. toilets and location was clean and well maintained. Overall the situation impressed me and I will definitely visit again, as it is nice that it is a bit more peaceful than its main restaurant counterpart."