A traditional pub serving the finest home made food prepared by professional chefs.
We have a variety of food menus available throughout the whole week.
Hello Widnes
We are super excited to head into the festive season. Our Festive menus are now available to view and will be available from 18th November – 23rd December. Christmas Party Nights, Menus and Information can be found below.
Please head to the menu link & BOOK NOW it’s never too early!
Christmas 2026
We are OPEN
Monday 21st December & Tuesday 22nd December
Monday 28th December & Tuesday 29th December
We are ClOSED
25th & 26th December and 1st January
We’re shifting to autumn/winter mode in a big way and there will be hearty, heartwarming big hitters all winter long. Unfortunately, It’s time to say goodbye to some of our summer favs but don’t worry Chef John has planned Winter Warmers galore. Chef Specials will be changing weekly and available Thursday – Saturday from 5pm and will run alongside our main menus. There will also be a dessert overhaul, if you haven’t tried a giant slab of Chef Ben’s Sticky Toffee Pudding you haven’t lived, it’s perfection.
Pop in for a coffee, catch up over tea & toast – We now serve Breakfast every Thursday & Friday from 9am then Saturdays from 10am. We are serving our famous roasts every Sunday 12- 6pm and dont forget Sunday Night Quiz, it is a great way to get out during the cooler months. Quiz starts at 7pm every Sunday and is the perfect way to round off the weekend.
We know how much you guys are craving something different, so with that in mind we are planning some great special events and big days. Starting with our Outdoor mini Food & Drinks Festival on 5th December, join us in the garden room. We have live music from 2pm, lots of Mulled Wine, Beers & Bratwurst – Be sure to wrap up and enjoy the Christmas Feels.
Now we do summer well but there’s just something about the old place during the winter months. The heatings cranked up, the candles lit, the leaves have fallen and it’s super cosy inside. The Garden Room is still the perfect spot for a cheeky pint after walking the dogs around Vicky on those crisp, clear, sunny days.
Opening Hours
No Mondays or Tuesdays round here, for now it’s five fabulous days a week.
Food served Wednesday – Open 12-3pm / 5pm-8pm
Thursday & Friday 9am – 8pm
Saturday 10am – 8pm and
Sunday 12- 6pm , Drinks till late.
Please note our Christmas Opening Hours will differ.
We are OPEN
Monday & Tuesday 21st & 22nd / 28th & 29th December.
We will be CLOSED
25th & 26th December and 1st January.
Reservations
We won’t be at the phone Mondays or Tuesdays but we now have a new online booking system, you can BOOK ONLINE by clicking the link below or through Google.
Please note – to avoid any surprises the system will not accept same day bookings or tables over 8 for same day bookings you can still call us directly from Wednesday onwards Tel: 0151 4244077
If you would like to make a general enquiry you can drop us a message through the contact form or via our socials, please note when on shift we don’t always get a chance to check our messages and it can take up to 48hrs for us to get back in touch, if you need us urgently please call us on the number above.
Larger group bookings of 10 or more will be required to pay a non refundable deposit of £10pp that will be taken from your bill. You can pay over the phone or by dropping into the pub, for ease of service a pre-order of your meal choices would be greatly appreciated three days in advance.
We do understand sometimes it’s a last minute plan to meet up so we will always do our best to accommodate walk-ins and groups that have not pre-booked. We also have a large heated garden room that is available for walk-ins and for those wanting to bring well behaved dogs along.
Our dishes are freshly prepared whilst you wait, from butcher to grill, We are very proud to offer you some of the best quality produce around.
We have a fantastic brigade of qualified Chefs who get creative producing some of the best homemade food in Widnes – Chef Ben, Chef John, Chef Antony Chef Adam & Chef Ste.
Available at the following times:
From 5pm (Thursday & Friday)
From 12pm (Saturday)
Available at the following times:
9am – 12pm (Thursday & Friday)
10am – 12pm (Saturday)
Available from:
18th November – 23rd December
Our festive menu is not available Sundays please see our Sunday menu.
The Crown just loves putting on fabulous spread, our buffet menus are all about serving up gorgeous food to be shared amongst friends and loved ones.
If you have any food allergy or intolerance, then please tell a member of our team before ordering or consuming any item of food from our menus.
Formal & Informal Events – We can cater for a min of twenty to a max of forty guests (larger parties will be considered) Please discuss personally with a member of the team.
PLEASE NOTE – Our kitchen is small and our food is cooked to order occasionally during extremely busy periods our chefs might shut the kitchen for an hour mid day to prep for evening service.
We have an incredible lineup of LIVE MUSIC throughout the Spring/Summer to get you in the mood come and soak up the atmosphere and have a little sing along to all those feel good classics you know & love 🎶
Sat 17th – Matt Earle – Feel good covers
Sat 24th – A tribute to Freddie – All the classic Queen songs you know & love
Sat 31st – Mischief – Three piece party band singing all the classic hits you know & love
Sat 7th – Adam Garitty – Feel Good Cover
Sat 14th – Edward Jones – Feel Good Covers
Sat 21st Jay Smith – Feel Good Covers
Sat 28th Funky Town – Three piece Disco Band – Singing all thoses classic floor fillers
Sat 5th – Tommy Washington Gig & Outdoor Mini Christmas Food & Drinks Festival Live Music at 2pm
Sat th 9pm – Tommy Washington – Feel Good Covers
Sat 12th 9pm – The Sax Pistols – Feel Good covers/ Live Vocals & Sax
Sat 19th 9pm – Adam Cafferty (From The Acoustic Odds) Brillant live vocals Adam will be belting out all those classics you know & love
Thursday 31st 9pm – The fantastic Ste Kelly will be singing us into the New Year. Here’s to 2027
Sat 30th – Young Lionel – Come and sing along to the fantastic hits of Lionel Richie, a brilliant show covering all the classic songs you know and love.
7pm Start – Free entry
Cash prizes
Play your cards right
Grab a team for a great night out
Ben & Michelle would like to welcome you to our family run business.
We are a Traditional Pub serving the Good Stuff – Homemade fresh seasonal food, a quality pint, great wine, an extensive gin bar, live sport & live Music.
A social hub in this sociable town, we offer true hospitality to friends & strangers alike.
Who’s ready for lighter nights, sunshine and the beer garden. We love al fresco dining and our beer garden is open all year round.
We are so lucky to have a wonderful outdoor space, this year we will be making the most of our outdoor kitchen. Come and enjoy our Garden Room & pergola. & outdoor bar. We continue to operate on a first come, first seated basis for our outdoor area.
Our Woodfired Pizza Oven, BBQ & GARDEN MENU is now available.
The Crown Inn now has gift vouchers available for use all year around, give your loved ones or pals a really good evening out. Vouchers are available in £10 & £20 denominations.
Ask a member of staff for further details.
Our food is cooked to order so it is recommended that parties of ten or more pre-order their meal choices in advance. Once your booking is secured with the time of arrival and food service agreed please use the party planner PDF below.
Every person within the party will need to fill out their individual meal choices on the party planner below. Please make your reservation before filling out the form to ensure we have availability for your requirements.
In order to ensure the best quality of product and services we require the full choice of menu three days in advance. In the unlikely event product availability becomes a problem we reserve the right to change of the dishes listed, we will make every effort to ensure alternatives are substituted accordingly of similar or better value.
Games falling on a Saturday night will have live music before kick-off to get you in the mood.
Live Sport, Homemade fresh food and a quality pint!
We are very proud to announce that The Crown Inn have been entered into Trip Advisor’s Hall of Fame after earning a Certificate of Excellence every year for the past five years.
We have almost 500 reviews on Trip Advisor with an incredible average of 4.5/5 stars.
Thank you to our amazing customers for the feedback, and to our extremely hard working team of Chefs and front of house team – you guys are the best!
Feel free to leave a review about your visit to The Crown Inn on Trip Advisor.
Ben & Michelle
You are invited to use the below contact form to send us an email or get in touch via our social media channels if you wish to make any general enquiries.
