‘Dining’
At The Crown At Bray
At The Crown, we cook the sort of food that makes us close our eyes mid-bite and mutter, “Oh yes.” Proper seasonal fare guaranteed. At the helm is Chef Simon Bonwick serving up classics done our way: generous, gutsy and gloriously full of flavour.
Our cosy pub hums along with an à la carte menu throughout the week — seasonal dishes that change as the mood (and the market) strikes. Sundays, however, are sacred. Our classic roast arrives with all the bits ’n’ bobs: golden potatoes, towering Yorkshires, rich gravy and all the trimmings marching across your plate.
And every now and then, we throw caution (and the rulebook) to the wind with a Choisi menu — five courses straight from Simon’s imagination to your fork. Expect bold flavours, playful touches and perhaps even a wine flight to keep the evening delightfully on course.
Service? Warm, genuine, and never stuffy. From your first smile at the door to your slightly reluctant goodbye, you’re not just visiting — you’re coming home. A “home away from home,” only with better gravy and someone else doing the washing up.
Families, friends, long-lost cousins and well-behaved furry companions (on leads, please — we run a tight but friendly ship) are welcomed with open arms and possibly a raised glass.
Come hungry. Leave happy and plotting your next visit.
Menu
The Gimlet (A Bonwick Favourite) 16
Starters
Pickled Majtec Herrings, Potato ‘n’ Dill 12
Marshland Beetroot, Sheeps Cheese and Walnuts (v)* 13
French Country Style Pâté 12
Leaf and Herb Salade (v) 10
Mains
Mama Beer Highland Beef “Lasagna” with Fries 29
Warm Root Vegetable Tart & French Brie (v) 27
Market Fish Simply Cooked with Flavours of the Pan 30
Poached Butter Chicken 28
Dessert Menu
Warm Syrup Sponge Vanilla Ice Cream 10
Michel Cluizel St Emillion Chocolate Pot 10
Cheese 18
To Finish
Please enquire with our servers for our selection of old vine Digestifs (50ml) and Dessert Wines(70ml).
(Children’s Portions Available Of Main Courses For Half Of The Price)
If you require information regarding food allergens please ask our management team.
A discretionary 12.5% service change will be added to your final bill. All our prices included VAT.
(v) Vegetarian *Contains nuts
Sunday Lunch (available from 12:00pm – 4:30pm)
Sunday Menu
The Gimlet (Simons Favourite) 14
MAINS
Roast “Organic” Chicken with all the Marlarky 30
Roast Highland Beef with all the Bits ‘N’ Bobs 30
Orchard Farm Pig, Apple ‘N’ Calvados 30
“Seasalter” Lamb, With Mint Sauce 30
Warm Vegetable Tart with New Potatoes (v) 30
Market Fish with Flavours of the Pan 30
DESSERT MENU
Warm Syrup Sponge With Vanilla Ice Cream 10
Michel Cluizel St Emillion Chocolate Pot 10
Cheese 18
Sunday Pudding Special 16
DIGESTIVES
50ml
Paul Giraud, Grand Champagne 1er Cru De Cognac 24
Janneau VSOP Armagnac 24
(Children’s Portions Available In All Main Courses For Half Of The Price)
If you require information regarding food allergens please ask our management team.
A discretionary 12.5% service charge will be added to your final bill. All our Prices Include VAT.
(V) Vegetarian *Contains Nuts
Choisi Menu Samplar
The Bread
Goose Liver Pate
Smoked Salmon, Pistachios ‘n’ Tarragon
Mignons of Highland Beef Fillet with a Rather Nice Sauce
Mango ‘Champagne’ Sorbet
Warm Fudge Nut Brownie with vanilla Ice-cream
Macaroons
Our Choisi menu is a spirited little creature — five thoughtful courses shaped entirely by the seasons and our inspiration. As such, it is always subject to availability; when the produce is exceptional, we cook, and when it isn’t, we patiently wait. You’ll never find it on a Sunday (the roast quite rightly holds court), but from Wednesday through to Saturday, when the mood strikes and the larder is brimming, it may well make an appearance. We follow the ingredients, not the calendar — and that’s precisely the point.
Please Note: This is just a sample menu. We also cannot make any modifications to our Choisi menu should you select it on the night.
Available on Mondays and Tuesdays from 4pm
2 Courses- £20 per person
Our ever-changing prix fixe menu is a bit of a culinary whim—two courses that might mean starter and main, depending entirely on what the seasons have conspired to offer. Rather than lazily borrowing from the à la carte, each dish is dreamt up properly, with a nod to classic pub fare. It changes often enough to keep even the regulars guessing (and mildly suspicious), which is exactly how we like it.
As such, we cannot tell you what will be on the menu each day but feel free to pop in and find out.
Wine List
Champagne & Sparkling Wines
Prosecco, Ca’ di Alte, Spumante Extra Dry, Veneto, Italy, NV 125ml 8.50 | Bottle 45.00
Rose Prosecco, Ca’ del Console, Veneto, Italy, NV 125ml 8.50 | Bottle 45.00
Champagne Devaux, Grande Reserve, France, NV 125ml 17.00 | Bottle 95.00
Krug Grande Cuvee 170eme Editon NV £395
Piper Heidsieck Rare Millesime 2008 £325
Tattinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blanc 2011 £375
Cristal Louis Roederer 2014 £695
White Wines by the Glass
Vermentino, Les Vignes de L’Eglise, IGP Pays dOc, France 2024 175ml 7.00 | 250ml 10.00 | Bottle 30.00
Rioja Blanco, El Coto, Rioja, Spain 2024 175ml 9.00 | 250ml 13.00 | Bottle 37.00
Pinot Grigio, Corte Giara, Veneto, Italy 2024 175ml 10.00 | 250ml 14.00 | Bottle 42.00
Sauvignon Blanc, Loire, France 2024 175ml 11.00 | 250ml 15.00 | Bottle 44.00
Gavi di Gavi, Broglia ‘La Meirana’, Piedmont, Italy 2023 175ml 13.50 | 250ml 19.00 | Bottle 55.00
Cellar Selection- White Wines By The Bottle
Conte Della Vipera Antinori Umbria Italy 2023 £95
Chablis 1er Cru Vaulorent J.P Benoit Droin 2019 £155
Clos Blanc de Vougeot 1er Cru Dom. Vougeraie 2019 £275
Meursault Desiree Domaine Comtes de Lafon Burgundy 2018 £495
Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Sous le Puits J.C. Bachelet 2017 £395
Rosé Wines By The Glass
Alpha Zeta, ‘R’ Rosato, Veneto Italy 2024 175ml 7.00 | Bottle 30.00
Château du Rouët, ‘Villa Estélle,’ Côtes de Provence, France, 2024 175ml 11.00 | Bottle 49.00
Red Wines by the Glass
Syrah/ Carignan, Monrouby, IGP Paysd’Oc, Eastern Langedoc, France 2022 175ml 7.00 | Bottle 30.00
Merlot/Cab. Sauv., Château des Antonins, Bordeaux Supérieur, France 2020 175ml 9.00 | Bottle 38.00
Pinot Noir, Laroche La Chevalière, IGP Pays, Western Lanuedoc, France 2024 175ml 9.50 | Bottle 40.00
Malbec, Pacheco Pereda, ‘Estirpe’, Meddoza, Argentina 2022 175ml 11.5 | Bottle 48.00
Tempranillo, Rioja Crianza, Gran Dominio, Rioja, Spain 2021 175ml 12.00 | Bottle 46.00
The Crown Cellar Selection- Red Wine By The Bottle
Zinfandel Lytton Spring Ridge Vineyards, California USA 2021 £154
Cabernet & Malbec Catena Zapata, Nicolas Mendoza Argentina 2016 £265
Rioja Prado Enea Grand Reserva, Bodegas Muga Spain 2016 £285
Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru Les Platieres Dom. Guyon Burgundy 2017 £375
Dessert Wines
Sauternes, Château Delmond, Bordeaux, France 2023 70ml £13 | 37.5cl Bottle £78
Rupy Re Vendemmia Tarvida, Trentino, Italy 2017 70ml £8 | 50cl Bottle £52
Menu subject to change. Please make us aware of any allergens, some wines may contain milk and may not be suitable for vegetarians or vegans. SO2 is present in wine.
This menu is subject to a discretionary 12.5% service charge. All prices include VAT.
Drinks Menu
Cocktails
Negroni £15
Beefeater Dry Gin, Campari, Sweet Vermouth
Old Fashioned £15
Bourbon, Orange Bitters, Brown Sugar
Amaretto Sours £15
Disaronno Liqueur, Lemon Juice, Gomme, Angostura Bitters, Ms. Better’s Miraculous Foamer
Paloma Twist £15
Tequila, Grapefruit and Rosemary Tonic, Fresh Lime
Madame Marmalade £15
Chase Marmalade Vodka, Elderflower, Apple Juice, Lemon
Margarita £15
Tequila, Cointreau, Lime, Salt
Dark and Stormy £15
Dark Rum, Lime, Ginger Beer
Aperol Sours £15
Gin, Aperol, Lemon Juice, Gomme, Ms. Better’s Miraculous Foamer
Cosmopolitan £15
Vodka, Cranberry, Cointreau, Lime
The Crown No & Low
Virgin Mary
Lemon Juice, Tomato Spice Mix
10.00
Skittle Burst
Tanquary 0.0, Blackcurrent, Soda, Lemon
10.00
Spiced and Stormy
Captain Morgons Spiced 0.0%, Lime, Ginger Beer
10.00
Draught Beers & Cider
Cruz Campo, 4.1%
Pint 7 Half 3.8
Kronenbourg 1664, Larger, 4.6%
Pint 7 Half 3.8
Birra Morretti 4.6%
Pint 7 Half 3.8
Inches Cider, 4.5%
Pint 7 Half 3.8
Guinness, 4.1%
Pint 7.5 Half 3.8
Cask Ale Selection
Pint 6 Half 3
Bottled Beers & Cider
Sol, Lager (330 ml), 4.5% £5.00
Estrella Damm, Lager (330ml), 4.6% £5.00
Birra Morretti, 0.0% Alcohol-Free Lager (330ml), 0.0% £5.00
Guinness 0.0, Stout (475ml) , 0.0% £6.40
Gin (25ml)
Beefeater London £5.00
Plymouth £6.00
Copperhead £6.00
Tanquary £6.00
Sipsmith Chilli and Lime £5.00
Chase Pink Grapefruit £6.00
Moor Hall £8.00
Ki No Bi Kyoto £8.00
Vodka (25ml)
Smirnoff Red £4.90
Reyka £5.80
Grey Goose £7.25
Rum (25ml)
Sailor Jerry Spiced £4.00
Havana Club Original 3 year £4.00
Aluna Coconut White £5.00
Dead Man’s Fingers, Spiced £5.00
Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva £6.00
Captain Morgans, Black, Spiced £6.00
Brugal 1888 Gran Reserva £7.00
Plantation £8.00
Whisky (25ml)
Famous Grouse £4.00
Jameson £4.00
Jack Daniels £4.00
Monkey Shoulder £5.00
Alberfedy 12 Yr. £6.00
Woodford Reserve Bourbon £6.00
Glenmorangie 12 Yr. £6.00
Glenkinchie 12 Yr. £7.00
Bruichladdich, The Classic Laddie £7.00
Auchentoshan £5.00
Teeling £6.00
Toki, Suntory £8.00
Chivas Regal £5.00
Glenfiddich 12 Yr. £8.00
Glenfiddich 15 Yr. £10.00
Glenfiddich 18 Yr. £18.00
Digestif (25ml)
Vecchia Romagne Black Label (Italian Brandy) £4.50
Chateau de Beaulon 12yr Cognac, XO £7.40
Paul Giraud ‘Napoleon’, Grand Champagne 1er Cru de Cognac £12.00
Janneau VSOP Armagnac £12.00
Pere Magloire VSOP Pays d’Auge, Calvados £6.00
Menu subject to change. Please make us aware of any allergens, some wines may contain milk and may not be suitable for vegetarians. SO2 is present in wine.
This menu is subject to a discretionary 12.5% service charge. All prices include VAT.