The Jolly Fisherman Inn Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Magnificent seafood. Premium quality!"
• "I had a special of prawn and crayfish cocktail which had loads of meat for under a tenner and was very tasty."
• "Very tasty food, the sea shells were sensational and fresh."
• "Firstly, my fish pie was a magical mystery tour of various delicious seafood, and an absolute taste sensation."
• "The first time we had the lobster which was lovely, and this time the seafood pie was equally delicious."
• "Food is always great here. Fantastic fresh seafood."
• "We had crab sandwiches which were absolutely delicious."

Cons:

• "The food for us not as tasty as we would have liked."
• "Food good but portions are fairly small."
• "Food disappointing- starters were fine but main course was just okay."
• "However top left of the photo is my hubby’s fish pie. Burnt on top, overcooked and nothing fancy."
• "Crab sandwich was a bit of a disappointment due to the bland and spongy bread."
• "Very disappointed with the food. The fish finger sandwich turned up with a big hair inside it."
• "£11 for 5 battered monkfish bites which contained no monkfish - just over cooked oily batter."

Service

Pros:

• "Thank you to Sam, the Chefs and all the staff at the Jolly Fisherman for making our evening as wonderful as it was."
• "Good service, friendly staff and worth a visit."
• "Staff are really friendly and all the current Covid measures are followed."
• "Good friendly service too."
• "Service was friendly and efficient."
• "Our server in particular; Sam, was fantastic. Knowledgeable of the menu, exceptionally friendly and polite and generally pleasure to have serve us."
• "Staff very welcoming. Very very dog friendly!"

Cons:

• "Service was OK, but wasn't the most engaging."
• "Minus one star for intrusive Muzak."
• "Our order seemed to have been forgotten for quite a while."
• "The waitress came to take the drinks order and then gave me an obvious dirty look when I asked to see the drinks menu."
• "Unfortunately his colleague who was preparing the orders was rude had no manners and tossed (literally) my order onto on the counter!!"
• "Service very slow, had to get up and go to bar to order drinks as no one asked us the whole time we were there if we wanted drinks."
• "The barman was abrupt and when I asked for drinks he was rude."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "Only stayed for a couple of pints but very enjoyable, awesome view and peaceful surroundings."
• "Eaten with a beer in the beer garden overlooking a stormy sea - perfect!"
• "The views over the sea are perfect, definitely worth sitting outside with a drink if the weather permits."
• "Beautiful view of the sea from our table."
• "The garden is great as it overlooks the sea and in the distance you can see the castle."
• "Fab location looking out to sea."
• "The restaurant has a great view of the sea too."

Cons:

• "Not pram or wheelchair friendly in section of the pub."
• "Very very popular on a sunny day, we ended up getting food from the outside van because there was no tables left."
• "Big shame that there are no heaters outside as you can't sit inside unless you booked to eat."
• "There were little sheltered cubicles to sit in but those had to be pre booked."
• "Called in for a late lunch, it has a great view from the garden but other than that disappointing."
• "Only slight problem if you are only having a drink you are not allowed to sit in the terrace overlooking the sea."
• "Booked table in advance (with dogs) but found we couldn't eat on restaurant deck."