I really want to like The Rose and Crown more, but if you take away the huge creepy paintings of British royalty you wouldn't even know it's a British pub. You especially notice it after a visit to George and Dragon or Rosie McCaffrey's. Now that's not a big deal or anything, but it just doesn't feel like a British pub the way they do - Rosie's is Irish, I know.
A group of us came here for drinks after First Friday and relaxed on the porch with pints of brew and good company. I would go here again, I'm just not falling all over myself or getting wet with praise for the place.
2.5 stars rounding up to 3.