Jolly Scotchman Reviews Summary

Category: Pub

Address: Lincoln Rd, Holdingham Roundabout, Sleaford NG34 8NP, United Kingdom

Phone: +441529304864

Rating: 4.2
based on 159 reviews.

Staff and Service

Pros:

  • "The staff did a remarkable job and was pleasant to customers that in my opinion, were unreasonable."
  • "Staff were all happy, helpful and attentive."
  • "Professional, attentive, and welcoming bar staff."
  • "Staff were amazing, especially the big guy with blonde/red hair, he was so friendly, top marks all round xx"
  • "Service was first class lovely, polite waiting staff, and brought drinks straight away."
  • "Staff attentive but not intrusive."
  • "Very friendly staff at this one too!"

Cons:

  • "I Called on the 23rd September to book a table for the next day. Was told quite rudely that 'we’re not taking bookings for tomorrow' and hung up on."
  • "from my experience with the amount of wasps and the poor beer that I experienced I didn't fully enjoy my experience."
  • "Really disappointed! Very over priced (food and alcohol), wasn't impressed by the quality of food either almost seemed microwaved."
  • "Granddaughter couldn't eat chicken balls as very slimey and chewy."
  • "Makes Mc Donnalds seem like a Michelin star restaurant, if you like the smell of stale cat urine you will love the Jolly Scotchman."
  • "We were disappointed that one of our dishes was missing Pico de Gallo when it was served."
  • "Second time we have had family birthday here this time service was even slower than time before nearly 2hour wait and we pre ordered 2 weeks before going."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Good beer, food and something happening, what more could you ask for?"
  • "The food was lovely and the staff were so nice and friendly, really made the birthday special."
  • "The food was very good as was the service."
  • "Fabulous food and service as always, great choice of food at reasonable prices."
  • "Food was superb service excellent if you're in the area I highly recommend."
  • "The mac and cheese was delish!"
  • "The food piping hot & delicious."

Cons:

  • "Had a roast dinner here, if you like frozen veg then this is definitely for you."
  • "Unfortunately the roast was average at best."
  • "Only gave this one star as couldn't give none. To be fair, it was busy but we waited over an hour for our food."
  • "The fish was completely over battered and over cooked. Totally average pub food. And no taste."
  • "Not sure what the weird jelly thing was on my plate as it certainly wasn't a grilled chicken breast... Also missing onion rings, wouldn't return. Terrible service too."
  • "The batter on the onion rings was soggy and soft and the garlic ciabatta was too over cooked that I couldn't even taste any garlic on it."
  • "Twelve of us ate here today food was plastic and tasteless the mushroom pie was like a bullet could not eat."

Ambiance and Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "Indoor and outdoor seating with great atmosphere/ ambiance."
  • "Decor and ambience is a bit rough around the edges but the overall experience is good and family friendly in the restaurant area."
  • "The HUGE challenges are a great addition to the menu and the cool music in the background is quite comforting."
  • "Nice clean pub. Huge beer garden."
  • "A lovely pub that has a nice friendly atmosphere."
  • "It's a very nice place, interior is very good and looks very friendly."
  • "The pub has a warm and friendly feel."

Cons:

  • "Walls need bleaching and the windows were smeared with dirt and hand prints."
  • "The pub in my opinion is in need of a refurb as its looking tired."
  • "The toilets, both men and ladies were really bad with wet floors in ladies and sticky floors in the men’s."
  • "The place was full of fly's and I won't be returning."
  • "Slight downside with the outside beer garden is quite a few wasps flying around."
  • "The downside was this afternoon at 4.00pm ish it was full of very small kids running around the bar, which really spoilt a great pub."
  • "The potato skins were dreadful."

Value and Pricing

Pros:

  • "We found the meal pricing to be very fair, (definitely favourable as compared with prices of other 'pub-chain' menus)."
  • "Drinks are standard prices."
  • "Oh and the prices are reasonable especially if you have the daily deals."
  • "The prices amazing."
  • "Food is reasonable, and priced accordingly."
  • "They offer cheaper prices on many meals during weekdays."
  • "The price was reasonable too."

Cons:

  • "Parking at busy times is a bit of an issue."
  • "Garden only for dogs no matter what the weather."
  • "And then when I complain about the size of the meal I get told 'not my problem I don’t do the portion sizes' not good at all."
  • "We didn't think it was good value for money. We would have been better with the 2 meals for £8.99 or whatever the price is."
  • "Advertised surf and turf and the Steak was about 2oz underweight and 4 scampi, borderline stingy imho."
  • "Overall a long and hungry night with a poor steak and a manager sorely lacking in the most requisite of customer service skills."
  • "What I got was one piece of very dry corn, I could have gone to Iceland and bought a bag of 6 for £1 !!!!!!!"

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