The Crown & Anchor Hotel, Newcastle NSW

I've been to this bar for a scotch fillet steak & a beer a number of times now since new owners had taken over prior to Xmas 2023.
Cons: The first experience was surprisingly very good and made me return . However, each successive visit has been worse and worse. The portions visibly smaller & smaller and are now actually quite feeble, not even close to the stated size of 300gm? ,price remaining the same (with a stock standard tooheys new $39).
Service is fair but slow, tables a little grubby & v sticky and noise levels uncomfortable, with more than its share of rowdy patrons.
Started out promising but think it's losing track again, and there is plenty of competition nearby without the ultra tacky karaoke night, etc.
On a positive note the restaurant upstairs is good , has a different menu. Some of the items are excellent, but not all , and again, all 'getting there' , kind of?
Concl: needs direction , especially staff and experience. And please keep consistency, dont ever chinz-out the portion size and quality.

Great customer service ex specially from Sharmaine WOW the best hospitality service I have ever received actually and the food was great and big portions. I'll definitely be back!

We stayed at crown and anchor for two days and seriously the food and the service was amazing. The bar staff were friendly and quick to serve. Would travel there just for the food

An absolute hidden gem of Newcastle, We have enjoyed a pub meal here a few times but last night we had treated ourselves to sprout dining upstairs and we were left speechless. The atmosphere was exactly what we needed after a busy week, we chose the sirloin steaks that were honestly the best steaks we have EVER had alongside our desserts and cocktails that we will be back for. Hats off to the chefs who prepared our meals infront of us, the fast & polite table service & the extra touches that just made us feel like royalty. I cannot recommend this place enough, I'm so glad we stumbled upon it.

Had dinner here recently with a couple of friends, Ordered from the Pub menu not the restaurant upstairs. The young bar staff lady who served me was very friendly, had a nice smile and was open to talk about the menu items and what she'd recommend. The drinks on tap were an amazing selection of Beers, Ipa's, Bilsons, Canadian Club, and an alcoholic Lemon squash.

The place was reasonably busy for a Thursday, and a few people were milling around.

The food was ordered and delivered in a timely manner, I got the double Beef and Bacon Burger with Aioli on the side, Burger was amazing, Chips - hot and nicely salted. One friend had the Scotch Fillet Steak, it was cooked beautifully they said, but they choose Chips and Salad as they wern't a big Veg fan and thought the Galette wouldn't have been quite filling enough. The other friend had the Nacho's, everything about them was 1 delicious bite after another they said and that Guacamole looked house made was superb, and the Sour Cream was really nice.

All in all 5 out of 5, will definitely be back.