The Jolly Roger Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was good."
• "Great food, friendly servers, fantastic views."
• "the food tastes like gorden ramsey have been cooking in there the food is great so much better than my cooking"
• "The pork belly roast which was priced at roughly £15 each and it was cooked to absolutely perfection."
• "The food we both had was excellent in quality and ample in portion size."
• "Had a first take away roast dinner from here today, absolutely amazing the meat was very juicy and the veg was amazing."
• "The food was freshly cooked and delicious."

Cons:

• "The place was quite dirty and needed cleaning."
• "The roast dinner had clearly been microwaved (minus the meat) before it was brought out."
• "Eventual food being disappointing, over cooked, under seasoned or just tasteless."
• "Sticky chicken wings were far from sticky."
• "Unfortunately the food was very poor."
• "The food however was awful."
• "The food wasn’t good."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff is really kind and toilet is clean."
• "Service was warm and friendly."
• "Everyone was welcoming and friendly."
• "Staff were brilliant and very professional."
• "The staff were very welcoming and the locals friendly and talkative too."
• "Service was great but the food was awful chicken strips were so hard they were not edible."
• "The serving staff were very helpful and super friendly!"

Cons:

• "Exceptionally poor reception to an almost empty restaurant."
• "The service is poor and inattentive."
• "The staff were overwhelmed."
• "Absolutely shocking!!!! Run by children!!!!"
• "No apologies from the waiter about how long it took the food to arrive."
• "Felt like begging for bill as the service was slow."
• "Service was hit and miss."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "Great view of the harbour."
• "I'm new to the area and am so happy that this is my local."
• "Lots of space, inside or outside."
• "During the summer months parking can be a nightmare but it is easily reached from the town centre along the Millennium Walk and past the Explosion Museum as the views are beautiful inside or out."
• "People came from all over the country and was wowed by the location of the pub as well as it's hospitality."
• "Fantastic atmosphere and of course the views make this venue!"
• "What a wonderful breathe of fresh air, I was in the area after embarking a ferry from Portsmouth and happened to stumble upon this gem of an establishment with breathtaking views of Portsmouth Harbour."

Cons:

• "It seems as if they are trying to run the place into the ground to sell it for housing development."
• "The beer garden is a little small though and in the summer it's a little too hot to sit inside."
• "nothing great to say about an establishment that breaches covid rules."
• "It was so bad in the place we had to keep our coats scarves and hats on to eat our meal."
• "Sat outside, sadly no sun spots available."
• "Lovely outlook, interesting interior...but this place was absolutely FREEZING!!!"
• "It's right on the road."

Value

Pros:

• "reasonably priced"
• "Caters for vegetarians and vegans."
• "We had the Silver buffet which was reasonably priced and of great quality."
• "Food is... not too badly priced."
• "Prices were good as well as service."
• "We had the 2 course Sunday roast, which was well presented, a good sized portion and was very tasty"
• "The food was amazing value and was also the best quality food I've had in a long time."

Cons:

• "it's not somewhere I will rush to return to"
• "Expensive bill at the end as well, not worth the money at all."
• "For 2 adults and 1 child we paid £92.50."
• "Tad expensive for that kind of service at just shy of £60 for 2 people!"
• "Very disappointed and poor value for money."
• "it did seem very expensive for what we had portion size wise"
• "Not a lot of live music anymore either."