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Eat and drink
The Crown Inn, Harbury
A village dining pub on Crown Street in Harbury, near Southam, placed 26th in the Good Food Guide's 100 Best Pubs 2026, with a seasonal menu, bar snacks and Sunday lunch.
A pub worth the drive for the cooking, at the far north of our patch: a short seasonal menu at fair prices and bar snacks worth ordering with a pint. The kitchen keeps tight hours, with no lunch on Wednesdays, only bar snacks and street food on Tuesdays and no Monday hours published, so book and check the times.
- Good: Number 26 in the Good Food Guide's 100 Best Pubs 2026
- Good: Mains from £17 for fish and chips to £25 for bavette
- Good: Bar snacks from £3, and Street Food Tuesdays from 5pm
- Good: Online table booking
- Worth knowing: No Monday hours published, and lunch only from Thursday
- Worth knowing: Dishes are not marked for diets: tell the team about allergies
About
The Crown Inn is on Crown Street in Harbury, a large village between Southam and Leamington, about 13 miles north of Banbury. It is a dining pub with a bar, and the Good Food Guide placed it 26th, a new entry, in its 100 Best Pubs 2026, published on 2 November 2026.
The menu is short and changes, and the pub posts the current one on Facebook. A sample shows spiced cauliflower soup with an onion bhaji at £7.50, market fish and chips at £17, an Old Spot pork chop with hispi cabbage and cider jus at £23, bavette steak with peppercorn sauce at £25, roast cauliflower with hummus at £17.50, and sticky toffee pudding at £8. Bar snacks such as Marmite and Cheddar pinwheels start at £3. There is a Sunday lunch menu, and on Tuesdays street food from 5pm to eat in or take away.
Lunch is from Thursday to Sunday and dinner from Wednesday to Saturday, ending at 8pm, so it suits an early evening. Dishes are not marked for diets; the pub asks you to tell the team about allergies and says it will try to help. Book online or by phone.
Opening hours and season
Closed, opens Tue 17, 16:00
| Mon | Opening | Food served |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Closed | Closed |
| Tuesday | 16:00 to 22:00 | Closed |
| Wednesday | 16:00 to 23:00 | 17:00 to 20:00 |
| Thursday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 15:00, 17:00 to 20:00 |
| Friday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 15:00, 17:00 to 20:00 |
| Saturday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 15:00, 17:00 to 20:00 |
| Sunday | 12:00 to 20:00 | 12:00 to 16:00 |
Food served: Bar snacks on Tuesdays, and Street Food Tuesdays from 5pm, eat in or take away.
No Monday hours are published.
The details
- Food
- Modern British · Pub classics
- Serving
- Lunch · Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Booking a table
- Booking recommended
- Features
- Bar · Restaurant
Photos
A bap and a pint 
Beef and salad 
A Scotch egg 
A sausage roll
Location
