Jolly Sailor Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Staff were excellent and very responsive."
• "The staff from entering the building were already helping me."
• "All of the staff who worked on the afternoon/evening of our wedding were wonderful!"
• "Although the staff were young we thought they were amazing very polite and couldn’t do enough for you."
• "The staff are excellent. Very friendly and polite."
• "The staff here are obviously well trained as this was 5 star treatment in a pub!!"
• "The staff are really welcoming and efficient."

Cons:

• "When arriving at the 'jolly sailor'... the service and ambiance was atrocious."
• "Stealth service charge added for doing their job is absolutely disgusting."
• "The woman who said she was the supervisor probable mid 60's small with short 'blond' hair was so unwelcoming."
• "Service terrible half of us eat our food then 20 minutes the other of the table got there's food."
• "Service was poor, table was dirty, no menus given."
• "Service wasn’t up to standard, staff took too long to even ask us for a drink."
• "Service terrible... Paying your bill took forever manager was very rude."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The meat was excellent however the veg was a little dry and the cauliflower cheese didn't have enough sauce in it."
• "Absolutely fantastic Sunday roast even the vegetables are seasoned as I usually find them boring."
• "The carvery is probably the best I've ever had. Great value for the quality."
• "Good quality ingredients and well cooked."
• "Second visit in five weeks for a meal on both occasion's food was excellent."
• "Our burgers were delicious and the G&T even better!"
• "Food is delicious especially the home made pate mmmmmmmm."

Cons:

• "Friends recommended this place as it's dog friendly and we thought we would pop in before a 3 hour journey home only to be turned away as no dogs allowed on a Sunday."
• "The kids nugget meals, had 5 nuggets and about 7 chips - considering these were £7 i was expecting something better."
• "Food was fairly overpriced at nearly £14 for the Carvery and roughly the same for fish and chips."
• "Even the cheapest vegetarian sandwich was £7.50!!"
• "The two roast dinners for £13 each did not come with cauliflower cheese, mash or stuffing."
• "The curry was very dry, chicken with it thin and dry."
• "The pizza I ordered was very greasy. & my husbands Berger was cold in the middle."

Ambiance and Decor

Pros:

• "Busy and lovely atmosphere."
• "Has a great atmosphere, lovely food and polite helpful staff."
• "Looked lovely, it's been done up really well."
• "The decor is very on trend and welcoming."
• "They have done a great job completely renovating the Jolly, looks great 👍."
• "The decor is first class with comfortable seating around tables large enough to hold food and drinks."
• "Lovely decor with comfortable chairs. Coat/bag pegs near each table."

Cons:

• "Overpriced wine, overpriced beers with a pitiful selection."
• "For £128 the food was definitely not worth it and we would have preferred to go somewhere else!"
• "Would not be returning."
• "2 cheese and onion pies, 2 desserts, 2 soft drinks come to £40 which is a bit pricey."
• "Like a lot of modern pubs there's an absence of sound deadening materials."
• "Dissapointed.Pub was closed for long time for complete refurbisment that took ages Expected more modern decoration cos looks too vintage old fashion to me."
• "Feels more like a boozer than a relaxed local pub."