This is a "hidden secret". My husband and I are trying to go to new places. Came in for happy hour and will definitely be back for dinner. We were lucky to have Debbie at the bar. She was very friendly and made a delicious Paloma. We tried the Bleu Burger Crostini and they were fantastic. The only suggestion we have would be to have a sign so people can find this place. read more

[[HIGHLIGHT]]Four of us went in for a lunchtime snack on Sunday afternoon. Quiet when we entered but eventually got busy -- and there was only one person taking care of the entire bar and all the (quickly filling) tables.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] Kudos to her for trying to stay on top of everything -- while keeping a positive attitude -- but she needed help! Food was decent but not great. Fried green tomatoes were the best thing we had on the table. New Zealand Calamari were under fried (should have been crispier) and under seasoned. Cheesesteak egg roll was more "roll" than contents -- actually kind of hard to get down. Manhattan clam chowder needed more seasoning and needed to be warmer in temperature. I think the kitchen was really struggling to keep up with the number of people in the restaurant. read more

Bartender was great! Arrived for lunch and overstayed. Wife had the aperol spritz and I had the orange crush. The best!

The food is ok but not memorable. The waitress is nice and accommodating. [[HIGHLIGHT]]It is a want a be English pub.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] read more

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This is my second time, and the Mrs. third time. [[HIGHLIGHT]]This is a casual place for lunch or dinner.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] We made dinner reservations as it can sometimes be packed, but this time, it was not. [[HIGHLIGHT]]As far as dress is concerned, patrons come in jeans and sneakers to business casual and everything in-between.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] It has a limited menu, but the choices are good. We decided to try the Seafood Quesadilla as an appetizer and to be honest, we both enjoyed it so much, we wish we had ordered it for the main course. The Mrs. had the salmon with rice and veggies of the day. I had the Fish and Chips. Our server, Ashley, was pleasant and attentive. [[HIGHLIGHT]]Overall, a nice casual experience.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] read more

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Came in here for I don't know what. Not sure if what our goal or intent was but we sat down and figured it out. I had a glass of wine and my friend had a glass of whiskey. We decided to order the cheese plate for two as well. Came with manchego, brie, and an orange cheese I have never heard of, but was very unique and good. It also came with jam, little raisins, bread, veggies, and olives (pictured). It really hit the spot. The drinks and the food were exactly what we didn't know we wanted! The price for the portions was extremely reasonable. Our server, Violet was very attentive and kind. She was very well liked and appreciated by us :) Pro tip: If you check in, you get a 10% off coupon but they claim "not to take part in that." However, the manager still honored it today. Also don't drink the water, it tastes like its from the toilet. read more

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Arrived for lunch on Saturday at 11:30 Violet our server was great [[HIGHLIGHT]]we had the place to ourselves for about 15m[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] our first time here [[HIGHLIGHT]]really enjoyed the atmosphere[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] and the food was great we've been by before for dinner but they are usually very busy [[HIGHLIGHT]]the service & ambience are outstanding[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] we will be back read more

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OK A few years ago my wife and I stopped by here and while the food was good the service was poor and the features were worse At the time i said there was no real reason for anyone to come back. Well a few years later and we gave it a try and was pleased to see they had fixed the problems. The seats have been recovered and no longer are more patch than cover and they seem to have gotten rid of the clueless waitstaff and replaced them with someone who clearly knows what's she's doing. This isn't haute cuisine but it is good solid comfort/bar food at a good price. It always was that but since they've taken steps to fix the issues they had, it's well worth a stop. read more

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We popped in here right before the dinner menu clicked over. All of us really enjoyed our meals. I got the fish and chips and the fish tasted fresh and appeared to be made in house. Solid fries. Husband got a Reuben sandwich and he said it was the best he ever had. My daughter got a burger which was solid. Service friendly and attentive. Definitely would go back. read more

Although this Restaurant/bar is connected to the hotel it is open to the public. [[HIGHLIGHT]]Children friendly and large group friendly.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] Violet was our bartender and waitress. She was super attentive with our table. We ordered the portobello burger, salmon BLT and Ruben and all 3 were delicious. Would recommend for anyone passing through downtown Lewes! read more

Food was mediocre at best. We tried a few items. Margarita flat bread, it was soggy, spicy sauce, plopped on cheese, and the presentation was awful. Rib sliders were absolutely dry & burnt. Worst potatoes salad. I tasted the mushroom soup, it was oily. No go. I ordered the cheddar cheese & broccoli. I was given Mushroom soup. Had to send it back. The Cheddar & Broccoli was good. We had Ice tea it was good. The sugar square was not filled we had to ask for sugar. I was given a bag to take home my items and it had a huge hole in it. Violet our waitress was very nice. The time was about 1 p.m. not very busy. I hope their new chef can improve on their very limited menu. We will be back to see how he improves on this menu. read more

Absolutely fabulous! I had the grilled 6oz filet and it was perfect. I highly recommend this place if you are in the area. Magnificent!!! read more

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I hosted a dinner for 19 people in their private room, and it could not have been better. The service was outstanding, and the food was delicious. I received a number of compliments about the food and how well they handled serving so many people. They have a parking lot next to the building, but you do have to pay for parking, and it is monitored. read more

We are here twice. Once in the summer midday and it was mediocre. Second time was in the winter 2024 for dinner. The margarita flatbread tasted like a bad stouffers frozen pizza. I had the scallops and pasta. It smelled like dishwater and to this day I feel ill thinking about it. My husbands dish was less unappealing but was mediocre at best. With so many other restaurant options, I would recommend eating elsewhere. The management of this restaurant needs to take more seriously the menu and food quality. Service was acceptable and we were glad to get a table. read more

Good hot food, served extremely fresh and large portions. Desserts were disappointing. Chocolate lava cake was moist and piping hot but the apple pie was served cold and was unappetizing. Mask wearing indoors was so-so. Strong AC but there is no outdoor dining so I'd hope to see staff taking better precautions. We dined in around 4pm expecting it to be quiet. But there was football on.... read more

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Service was windy and the food was amazing. One of those places I can't wait to go again.

High tourist prices but very delicious food in swanky "Hotel Rodney" decor. This serves as Hotel Rodney's in-house restaurant. A great selection of local and craft beers. $8 - $12 cocktails. High-end grilled cheese with decadently creamy tomato soup was $12. As enormous dinner-sized salad chock full of good things was $16. Ashleigh (sp??) our server was terrific, too. read more

Had a wonderful lunch there last weekend. First off we love the vibe of this place. There is a mix of pieces salvaged from an old church in Philadelphia that was being demolished, along with a MCM decor. The bar is beautiful, and the drinks very good. I had the thanksgiving sandwich with apple slaw, my husband had soup and the burger. Everything was fresh and delicious, and my husband is a burger snob ! We had excellent service from our bartender, prices were fair, and it was overall great experience. I see us returning many times in the future. read more

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Food was really good. We had a waiter who was funny, smart and a great server. Kept our drinks filled. You should ask for John to wait on you. read more

Went for happy hour tonight. Ugh. Not great. We sat at the bar for a good 15 minutes before the one poor bartender acknowledged us and cleaned away the dirty dishes on the bar. Three to four wait staff stood around, arms crossed doing nothing, while one bartender did all the work. I ordered an vodka tonic. Instead I got a vodka with water. I sent it back. We ordered mussels and nachos without chili from the happy hour menu. With got mussels and nachos with chili. While the mussels were big and good, the nachos were pathetic. Store bought chips with a sprinkling of cheese, a blob of sour cream and a blob of tasteless guacamole. The ambiance was sort of 'waiting to die'. Ambivalent waitstaff and no energy in the room. We won't be back. read more

If I could, I would give Rose & Crown 3.5 stars. I thought this place was super cute, loved the decor, however the food did not stand out to me. I got the shrimp bisque and it was disappointing. Upon getting it, it looked like milk- it was very liquidy and pale. The taste was somewhat sweet and it was most definitely thin. But the waitress was really nice and took it off the tab as I told her I did not like it. I also got a Caesar salad with salmon and it was good, but nothing special. As for their drinks, also good but nothing special. read more

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A group of 6 tried to dine there tonight. We were seated just inside the door and sat there for nearly 30 minutes. Not once were we acknowledged. The one waiter we saw was too busy with a demanding table next to us and everyone else in the room, he never even made eye contact with us. I guess we were just invisible ???? Finally, we went to the bar to get our own drinks. Still not one person came to the table. After we drank our drinks, we just got up and left. Several people were coming in the door as we were leaving and we told them good luck getting waited on. They too decided to go elsewhere. What a disappointment. I know help is hard to find but we could have at least be acknowledged !! Knock this place off the list for sure. read more

Beware. Beware! Yelp - 1st check in shows a 10% discount - when we tried to use it when we got our checkit, the manager said the owner said she never authorized any Yelp discount and refused to honor it. Food was "OK" just very disappointed that our nearly $300 check was not covered - don't think I'll ever go back. read more

Great atmosphere; comfortable and the food is tasty!! Hummus to start then Chili and Fish and Chips! read more

Nice spot good atmosphere. It's connected to the Hotel Rodney. Seemed a little understaffed but understandable under the circumstances of COVID. Beer was good, food was good and staff was very friendly. read more

we're visiting this beautiful part of the country and wanted to grab lunch close. we went at 4pm on a Friday, the bar had two people, and one occupied table. we had to seat ourselves as no one greeted us. After 10 mins of not even being acknowledged.. we left... and won't be back..good luck to the next person. read more

Unique restaurant. Friendly. Great food and good menu. Bartender soo nice ! Sometimes too many flies but not terrible.

We had a fabulous crab cake platter, and Violet our waitress was the best. I highly recommend this for anyone in the Lewes DE area.

Love coming to this place. We stay regularly at Hotel Rodney and always come here on our first evening. Great atmosphere, great decor, always great beer choices (Big Oyster) and always had a great meal. Being British and having lived in the US for 19 years it's a welcome place to frequent. read more

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Have been a few time but Ellie is the only bartender they have worth going in for the dude bronco is totally clueless slow and no personality and the other chick Susan has an attitude and can't make a drink food is good but I would not go if Ellie isn't there good luck to this place if they don't upgrade staff read more

Food and service were both wonderful! Fast service and delicious food! The burger was delicious!

Three of us went for lunch here, it was a little late and the place was nearly empty. The food was brilliant and even better than the first time I was here. You know how you come to a restaurant near the end of service and the staff are too busy cleaning up and in the kitchen chatting to wait on the two tables that have customers? Yes that is what happened here. It wasn't horrible, only slightly annoying. Two of us ordered the fish and chips. The fish was incredible, it was piping hot, and it was cod, not haddock or hake. Perfectly cooked. The batter was light and crispy. Some of the very best fish and chips I have had in the USA. Really. Except for the chips. You could get the chips two ways, with potato or sweet potato. Get the sweet potato. Nice and crisp on the outside and perfect on the inside. Big pieces, in other words, real chip size. The potato version wasn't chip-sized, they were french fries which weren't cooked properly, a bit greasy and slathered in a mayo based sauce. This made them soggy in addition to greasy. Cole slaw on the side was interesting, it had golden raisins. Another one of us ordered the grilled cheese and tomato soup. Grilled cheese was classic, just fine and the soup was a little bland but not bad. They have some of the classic beers from the British Isles which of course went great with the fish and chips. I'll be back for the fish and sweet potato chips, it's a Tuesday lunch special. read more

We stopped in for dinner. The restaurant was pleasant. We were hoping for Banger's -n- mash but unfortunately they were not offering it. We had a nice salad instead. I'd tecommend this restaurant. read more

It sounded so good from the reviews so we tried it on a Saturday night. Our first clue was the place was pretty empty. Service was slow and a lot of things listed as their specialties were not on the menu. We ordered the mussels and they were very good but the accompanying bread was basically a slider roll toasted instead of the crunchy bread you usually get. The fish tacos were bland and uninspired and the red potato salad - totally unappealing and not made with red potatoes. I see no reason to return. read more

Rose & Crown is a British gastropub located in the Rodney Hotel. It looks hip and trendy and has a rustic and Irish pub type of decor. The walls are exposed brick and black painted wood panels. We were seated right away but that was the end of the good service. We placed orders for salad and soups and our lunch entrees. In the meantime, the tables filled up around us. We waited and waited and waited for our soups and salads and saw the people who came in after us getting served. Finally, after 40 minutes we got them. I had the endive salad and it was good. It had pumpkin seeds and some English Stilton or Blue cheese in it. My husband had the French Onion soup and he liked it. It had some red roasted peppers and olives in it which made it unique. Then we got our entrees but the server had taken away all of our silverware so we had to ask for a new set. I ordered the lobster sliders. It was 3 little brioche buns with a lobster salad inside. The lobster tasted fresh and had a hint of Old Bay seasoning. I thought it was good. My husband had a grilled chicken sandwich on a ciabatta bun. He liked it a lot. My brother in law had the short rib sliders. It came with cheese melted on it. He said it was delicious. BONUS: when I checked in on Yelp, I unlocked a deal to get a free dessert with any entree. I ordered a chocolate cheesecake but they were out so I ordered a brownie a la mode. The brownie was warm and melted in my mouth. I would come back here again because the food was very good. Hopefully next time the service will be better. read more

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We popped in after a morning on the beach for a snack and drinks. Couldn't be more pleased with Rose & Crown. From the cozy atmosphere to satisfying grub we left with intentions to re The service was quick, but we were one of three people dining in. I would assume on busier days there will be a wait. We ordered blacken salmon tacos and calamari with drinks. Everything was good- definitely recommend checking Rose & Crown out! read more

First time at Rose & crown. I was immediately seated in a booth by the bar. It's a cute place ! Has a fun pub feel to the place. I ordered the calamari and best damn bacon burger with parm. garlic fries. The calamari was tasteless and tasted like rubber. It only tasted decent when there was the mayo based sauce on top of certain pieces.I also noticed some parts of the calamari rings were stuck together and didnt cook properly (Last time I order calamari from a place that is NOT from Carrabbas). Liz the bartender could tell I didn't like it so she took it away and took it off my bill for me. She was fantastic and made sure I was taken care of. I ordered medium rare for my burger and when I got it I got sweet potato fries instead of the parm garlic I ordered. It was an easy fix though then I tried the burger. I saw the bacon was overcooked a little burnt but still tasted crispy. The fries were good but there was grease that gather at the bottom of my plate (and bled into my ketchup :/). The burger was overcooked ( more on the well done side ) but the meat tasted good with the Vermont cheddar melted on top. Overall decent burger and customer service! read more

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My first two visits here were okay. Nothing special about the food and the drinks aren't great. The atmosphere and interior design are really the best part. Here's my story about why the staff is pretty awful... My 3rd and LAST visit was for a weekend drink with a party of 4. The place was pretty empty. We were told the tables were wobbly and to be careful. An entire drink fell off the table and into my friends lap, smashing to pieces on the ground (she hadn't touched the drink or table for minutes). Our waitress NEVER came over to check on us. We had to go find her for the check, and ASK to have the drink taken off, in which we were asked "Was it the entire drink? Yeah, I told you the table was wobbly"... Then get rid of the table!? The hostess came with a broom saying nothing. I had to get napkins myself to clean up my friend. She said "yeah this happens all the time." We told her we were spooked because no one was touching it, she said "Um, thanks a lot, I still have to work here" She them proceeded to sit on her phone at the hostess stand while my friend had to sit in a soaked seat. No one ever apologized, checked on us, or even seemed to care. read more

Great food and service. Service was quick and attentive. The seafood chowder was thick, rich and full of seafood. The Mediterranean cold plate was equally impressive. read more

A gem in Lewes. Excellent service, especially at the bar. Savannah is the greatest!! Her drinks are creative and delicious. The food is also excellent. I recommend the poppers, garlic fries and flatbread. Great atmosphere and seating choices. Nice for groups, couples, travelers, and everyone else. read more