Jenny Watts in North Down

Went to Jenny Watts tonight for dinner with visiting family. Lovely Irish pub, friendly welcome and good to see a coal fire lit on a chilly evening. Food arrived quickly and was very tasty, great fella served us, welcoming and brilliant to see a friendly Irish person after our bad visit to The Dark Horse in Belfast. Great night out and we would happily return for food or drinks.

Fantastic old-style boozer in Bangor...highly recommended.

This is a pub in my local town. If you want an authentic place to drink that’s not a franchise or owned by a brewery then this is the place. A great selection of beer on the bar. Some excellent food favourites on the menu and the team are always fast, friendly and super helpful. In some nights there’s also live music from local talent. If you are visiting and want authenticity, then this is the place.

Jenny watts has been revamped inside and out ! New staff seemed very pleasant. Best of all Ken Haddock back playing on a Thursday!

Bangor's oldest and probably best pub. Could do with better veg options.

Our favourite spot for a drink, food with friendly and attentive, fabulous staff. They really go above and beyond to accommodate, and are wonderfully kind.

Brilliant pub, staff are excellent, food is lovely and you don't have a long waiting time either! Nice little beer garden out the back. There is pay and display parking to the rear of the pub.

Cracking pub this. Friendly staff with a good atmosphere. Music was good too and not overly loud. It was classy acoustic sounds which mix well with the pub and mean you can still hear yourself think and talk to your friends. Great Guinness too.

Fantastic service and atmosphere- lovely staff and a cracking pint of Guinness. Would go there again in a heartbeat!

Very good pub food and a very nice bar ruined by dogs.. Would not eat here again. Dogs wandering around unchecked. Owners letting them off the lead to go to punters that do not want them - some afraid of dogs including children. Dogs on seats. Pretty disgusting really.

We were there for a Celebration of Marriage that took place overseas and it was a Great Night Great Food and Company and Disco .

Really tasty food and friendly service. Nice atmosphere and overall just a really nice place to come for a bite to eat. Much better than your typical pub food.

Went for drinks on a Saturday night was lovely.. Live music on great wee group.. Staff so friendly

Home from home. Reasonable pub grub. But for what it lacks in Michelin star quality food it makes up for in service, atmosphere and drinks. Honestly as a writer, it's my fave place to go n work, especially in the winter when the fires roaring. Dog and people friendly it's a great place to drop in ❤️

Just called in for a pint of Guinness on our way to the County Down coast. We know this pub well and sometimes go to listen to live music.

Probably the best bar in Bangor. Great guinness and lovely atmosphere. The staff are great and there's music most nights you're in, Lasagne is mighty too.

Great local friendly staff . I go here on a Wednesday and Sunday .employees always try hard to look after you. Food is great always up there .no visit to Bangor complete with out going to Jenny watts

Oldest pub in Bangor, Guinness on tap and great mini bottles of Prosecco. Bar staff very friendly and made you feel very welcome

A meeting of the of our Clan for an evening of catching up. Very welcoming staff and Dog friendly

Lovely friendly pub with fantastic food and great staff.

Great place, nice beer garden, friendly staff

We held our wedding reception in ‘The Lounge’ which is upstairs in Jenny Watts. We had a fantastic time which was made so enjoyable thanks to the staff and catering. The team went over and above, they took notice of the small details, for example: a pregnant guest dietary requirements which was met at short notice. Decorating and serving the wedding cheese cake, a bespoke cocktail package, drinks reception and all night bar. The management of the event was exceptional . We would highly recommend using Jenny Watts for a large function regardless of occasion.

You used to be able to come in for lunch and there was so much food on the plate and food was amazing. I don't know what's happened but came in for lunch and had the club sandwich which has always been amazing any time I have visited. It was like a greasy cheese toastie..barely any chicken, no bacon, and one shrivelled up lettuce leaf. No coleslaw or garnish on the side? Hubby got the burger...used to be huge with an onion ring...he got a burger with no relish...bap was hard..no garnish...and a few chips on the plate. 40 odd quid later....food quality is going down and prices going up! Dinner might be better? But don't think I'll be coming for food again. Service at least was dead on, did not even feel like complaining as the waiting staff were attentive.

Great pub. Looked after our group of 70 really well. We had the upstairs room with our own bar. Good food. Jenny's IPA is fabulous.

Great service and excellent food. We had the vegan curry and the club sandwich. Both were really good and the service was great. A fantastic venue for a drink or a casual meal.

We had a really nice meal with great service. Vegan curry and a club sandwich. Highly recommended for casual dining or just a drink.

Poor sums it up, which is a shame, as the food here used to be great. My Chicken Fillet Burger was disappointing, to say the least. Every component, from the bap to the burger, bacon, and cheese, was dry, tough, and lacked flavour. It seemed like they had been prepared beforehand and kept warm under a heat lamp. The tomato and mayo dip could have made a difference, but unfortunately, it wasn't served. This isn't the first time I've had a bad meal here in just a few months. While I initially thought it was just a one-off bad day in the kitchen, I now believe that this place may not be the best option. There are many other pubs and restaurants nearby that are a better choice.

Amazing staff and upstairs venue is perfect for any function!

Great bar for the people with gluten free meal options, which sadly I need.

Into watch Ireland Match. Why oh why so little bar staff on upstairs. Poor barman flat out. Then another bar man on ,then leaves. Big day to make money but obviously don't want to pay extra staff. Crazy.

Decent pub, decent but expensive beer. Pity about the guy at the bar swearing continuously while talking to the barman. Not what you want to hear when you're with the family.

Visited here with a friend I was staying with in Bangor. We found the pub had a lovely atmosphere and the waiter serving us was lovely. I ordered the lasagne, which was deliciously prepared however maybe a little overdone but still tasty. My friend had the steak ciabatta, the temp was perfect and both our plates were scraped. Would certainly return for another visit to this local pub.

Excellent food and excellent friendly service,staff and atmosphere

Not the best Guinness I've had but not the worst but the food was really nice

The food was excellent. Jazz music live in the background. Service was great. The ambience was welcoming. Nothing was negative. The price was reasonable.

I used to love here but was stuffy and VERY loud music whilst trying to eat

Wow what has happened to the service in this bar ? The ladies behind the bar had no welcoming personality at all… hair hanging round the face , 1 had a dirty fleece on …. when we ordered our drinks we weren’t even acknowledged with a reply or even a smile … waited for the drinks at our table … in the end I went back to the bar to get them only to find out drinks sitting on the bar what happened to table service? We had pub grub which was good but have to say the staff have put me right off going there again… Shame as it was the top place to go for many years ..

Called in for a Saturday tipple and I’ve never been served by 2 bar staff with absolutely NO personality or finesse. They did their job but that was it!!!! Will not be rushing back or recommending it to friends. A smile and friendly word goes a long way!! Money wasted.

Amazing food and amazing drink. We went as a group of 4 walk ins and we where treated like locals to the bar. We love it and we will be back.

The food was amazing especially for the price however the table next to us were making as much noise as humanly possible I'm surprised they never broke a table they were banging it so hard. Couldn't hold a thought to even try have a conversation staff did nothing about it completely ruined the night ate as quick as we could and left!

We just had the 3 course christmas menu and the food was spectacular and the service amazing. Only managed to get a picture of the dessert 🍨. Totally recommended 👍

Was quiet but still great service as always

Humble setting great service and fab food

We popped in for tea. We choose 1 from weekday deal menu and a couple of starters. Really poor excuse for chicken Caesar very little dressing, obviously a frozen packet of bacon and chicken pieces. Drinks with meal offer were exclusively certain ones, when ordered a Guinness no mention this wasn’t part of the deal. When we questioned the bill waitress said everyone makes same mistake as the menu details are written so small. She could have mentioned at the time of ordering but didn’t. Wonder why…….? Poor …won’t be back. Food standards have dramatically dropped.

Our server was very friendly and accommodating. We sat outside under the heat lamps until a table opened up (very busy). The pub had a really cozy feel to it and the drinks and food were not expensive. We went two nights in a row it was that enjoyable. Primarily went for drinks with a few starters.

Band were poor and little atmosphere as a result

First time in Northern Ireland and what a boozer this is. Character, amazing food and the most welcoming staff and locals. Spent a god few hours feeling just like at home. Hopefully will return sooner rather than later.

My favourite pub in Bangor. The Guinness tastes amazing and the staff care about making it nice! I took my family for lunch here last Sunday for the jazz and we had 4 lovely lunches. Jenny watts is also great for sport and offer good promos as well as a nice snack menu 😋

Great pub, an old haunt I used to go to when I lived in Bangor, Guinness is 2nd to none

Had the meal deal - £15.95 for main course and a drink (wine/beer/soft drink). Food was very good - our party had the chicken gougons, lasagne, burger and chicken burger, good choice of selection of sides with the meal. Service efficient and friendly. Good atmosphere, didn’t know dogs are welcome.

Simply the boss has it right staff all happy and helpful you get what you want and then on top you're supposed bye how they all go the extra mile!! The place is spotless and I always look forward to the next time I will get chance to go in .very comfortable and relaxing and also a great happy atmosphere with people who actually listen when you speak!

A proper pub. Good beer, decent food.

Lovely friendly bar, with excellent food

First time back in a very long time. Glad it has survived. Popped in on a Monday night and it was empty.

Great local place with super nice staff and amazing atmosphere..

Sunday evening pint, very relaxed atmosphere, friendly staff, nice IPA on tap, definitely five star 👍

It's my favourite place. The staff are wonderful and make you feel really welcome. The craic is different every day/night. Just depends when you visit. But regardless of when you visit it's always fantastic. I've eaten a meal in Jenny's a couple times and both times were amazing! I'm allergic to dairy but they were wonderful about it. They didn't make me feel awkward or like it was a hassle and I was able to enjoy meals from the 'normal' menu with all the condiments and all the 'fun' bits of the meal too instead of just having things taken out of it, And it was absolutely delicious both times!! Dog friendly too, which is great. Can't recommend it enough. When I call in, it always feels like a home from home. Plus fantastic local musicians playing multiple nights of the week too! ❤️

Great pub, friendly atmosphere and helpful staff. Great Guinness and always sport on and live music. Miss the nightclub though that used to be upstairs.

Brilliant amazing place. So much history and there's photos and ornaments to sat this pub is from 1700's

This is a classic British pub with a wide array of food and a solid beer and wine list. Malbec bottle is a great. The lasagna wasn't the best but the stacked chicken, burgers, chips...perfect. The guiness pours are also perfect here. We played board games on a massive table and they were fine with it ! And I even spilled my food but they didn't complain. Nicest staff ever !

Made a reservation for a table and arrived to be told that another group was sitting at it but they’d find another one. We ended up sitting down the back, to our amazement the back door was latched open (it was blowing a gale and raining) so needless to say there was a draft. We asked for it to be closed and the waitress obliged, which we were grateful for. Food was good, no complaints there. Asked for a dessert menu and the blackboard was set in front of us, by presumably a senior member of staff (wasn’t wearing a uniform) no pleasantries whatsoever. Nobody returned to take our order so we got our bill and left. Very disappointing to see how things have changed from a service standpoint compared to years gone by. Was quite excited to see what the new management were going to do with the place, given their good track record with venues in Belfast. Upstairs is good for sport but still a long way to go.

Lovely old pub in Bangor City. Friendliest staff we met on our trip, gorgeous homemade food & great beers. Jazz on Sunday is laidback. Definitely reccommended 💯

So out dated to go in for a beer. Staff very friendly

If you are after an old school Irish pub, this is it. I'm cruising around Ireland looking for these sort of pubs, and I like this as much as any of them.

Great food, great atmosphere, dog friendly.

You would think a club sandwich is a simple enough meal to make, but Jenny Watts have managed to ruin this classic. A limp tasteless offering with under cooked chips as a side. I would advise anyone to eat elsewhere as this place has really gone downhill

Wonderful lunchtime visit. Food was reasonably priced and the portions were huge! Lovely staff and efficient service.

Have visited with family and friends on numerous occasions over the last twenty years or so and the craic has never faltered. Traditional and welcoming ambience, good range of quality food, served promptly and hot, generous portion sizes at reasonable price. Very courteous and amenable staff Visited both midweek and weekend . Good for both a quiet pint, or a lively family meal. Extensive range of beer and wines, Try the Rockshore Lager if you are not a Guinness drinker. My wife really enjoyed the Wooly Sheep wine. Would recommend the Sunday Lunch. Where time has stood still for the better!

Gorgeous food, Guinness and buzz for our family meal at 6pm. Service from staff was perfect.

Fantastic place for food and drinks! Staff very friendly and easy to talk to! Food was absolutely amazing.

Really friendly atmosphere with good food and good portion sizes. Keenly priced and staff were very friendly and helpful. Dogs are welcome at your table also

Best pint off Guinness in Co.down service from Alana was fantastic

My husband and I went here for a quiet meal and that it was. Service was quick, staff were friendly and our meal was delicious! I had the steak ciabatta and my husband had the scampi. Both meals were lovely. I have to say the pepper sauce is the best iv ever had!

Went to watch the rugby, staff were brilliant food was amazing!!!! Will certainly be back

A quick stop for us during the afternoon for drinks only. Staff were pleasant and friendly and prices were reasonable. All was good and we would return.

Fabulous home brewed ale however the interior was dark looked liked a old nicotine stained paint work the lighting was disappointing

First time at Jenny Watts in April and it was fantastic! Myself and three other friends came for some lunch and drinks. The food was gorgeous and very reasonably priced. The staff were so lovely and made us all feel at home. A waitress called Charlotte served us and she was a credit to the restaurant. She was so attentive and lovely. Anything we asked for was no bother at all. We ordered a bottle of Prosecco too, normally most places will just set the bottle down and you help yourself but Charlotte opened the bottle and poured it for us! It’s little things like this that make social outings even more better. Such a lovely touch. We will absolutely be back! Fantastic spot x

JW has always been one of the pub gems in Bangor but the food is so very disappointing. Dry dry burgers in dry buns with a bit of lettuce and a handful of chips, we weren’t even offered some tomato sauce to lubricate it a bit. It was hard to swallow, literally. The staff were nice but we really felt no-one cared about the food. If you’re going here, grab a burger somewhere else first and get a drink in JW. We’ll not be back for a long time.

Booked a table for Sunday Jazz lunch. Food was reasonably priced and surprisingly tasty. The steak sandwich actually had a full steak and not just strips of beef. Free jazz music playing for two hours was very enjoyable and the place had a great atmosphere. A nice welcome with an open fire so was nice and warm. Would highly recommend Jenny's for a pub lunch, will be back soon.

Steak ciabatta was very disappointing, 1/2 of it was returned as it was full of gristle. Jenny Watts desserts used to be homemade but the chocolate fudge cake I got definitely was not. Overall we thought it was very poor pub grub and sadly could not recommend it.

Terrible service Young man with long hair behind bar too busy talking to his friend both bar tenders chatted the whole time we were there when we wanted service it was like we were interrupting thenSmall dark hair man even rolled his eyesWe won't be back

Awesome pub, not only gluten free options buy also dog friendly 🐾❤️ Service was fantastic and friendly - definitely recommend 👍🏻

We gave it another chance to see if it had got any better, but to be brutally honest? It hadn’t. The menu still hasn’t changed, except for the addition of maybe two new dishes. Seabass with risotto? Strange combination, that one. No thanks. The service is where it’s also being let down. Very young staff who simply haven’t been trained and aren’t being managed. Not their fault, mind you. No management. Manager on duty on this occasion saw fit to vanish during lunch service, then reappear with a takeaway lunch for himself which he decided to eat on the customers side of the bar in full view of his customers. Whilst scrolling through Facebook on his phone. All whilst lunch service was going on around him.

Visited today with friends and ordered vegan risotto. Absolutely excellent. Somebody in the kitchen knows what they’re doing!

Jenny's under new management. Looks the same which is good but spruced up. Big difference the food. Had the Sea Bass Risotto and Bang Bang chicken. Both excellent. Well done and more power to you in these difficult times.

I had lunch on Friday afternoon with a few friends. We ordered from the Christmas menu and the food was great. Good choices and we found the staff friendly and efficient. Great atmosphere and I would recommend . good value for both drinks and food. I will be back!

I attended Jenny watts bar on sat past after getting the train down from killyleagh all I could I think about on my journey was a pint of the finest Irish stout around my lips when I arrived I was greeted by a a young man who responded what’s up dog you in for a sip of our fine nectar? I was taken to the table which wasn’t to comfy round the buttocks I ordered a pint of stout which I was told was unbelievable as the staff couldn’t change a keg as they didn’t know how I offered to show them but I was told I wasn’t allowed because of health and safety I then ordered a half pint of shandy instead which was served in a rocks glass with a spring of mint safe to say I’ll stick to drinking in hop house as the doormen are tasty too look at nice big an tan my type while In Jenny there was older man called bill who kept giving me eyes think he may of fancied me

Closed for weeks for ‘improvements’ with the long-standing landlord, his managers and all of his old staff having moved to The Esplanade, it’s been taken back under the wing of Beannchor and we thought we’d have a look and see what, if anything, was different. Well, to put it bluntly? Very little has changed. The plastic Covid screens have gone, the beer fonts have changed and the prices have gone up. The menu is now on a clipboard and with the addition of [maybe two] unseasonal new food offerings, the menu is exactly the same as it’s been for years, but again, the prices have gone up considerably. Toilets have had a makeover, but they’re bleak and although they’re an improvement, they weren’t exactly finished when we visited. A gaping hole where a second sink should be in the Gents for example. The big table at the rear of the bar by the glass doors has been replaced, as has the big table by the window onto the street. The rear being replaced with pretty grim wooden tables of two. A quick look out into the beer garden and it doesn’t look any different either. So, where has the improvements money been spent? Looks like a new till system and CCTV has been installed which is hardly of benefit to its clientele, but asides from that, it’s the Jenny Watt’s I’ve known for years. Menu really needs to be addressed and it’s all very well having a ‘Jenny Watt’s classics’ section, but there then needs to be sections that are new. Adding a vegan option to its year old Jenny Watt’s curry offering is hardly new. It won’t stop us using it now and again once its service issues are sorted out as they’re all new, all very nervous and all need some serious front-facing customer service training to make customers feel that they’re wanted there and not just a nuisance.

Went in for some food with my friend , we have been regular here for years ,asked if we could have some food and drinks , was shown to a table that we didnt want to sit at so moved to another which the girl said we could have for an hour so that suited us , she then didn't come back to ask us what we would like , so a young guy starting there took our order , food then arrived with no knife or fork then 5 mins in she came back over and said you will have to move now , so onto our second table went to bar asked for two drinks and said can you put it on the bill , she said no you pay for it here at the bar , then after food which is pretty expensive for all we got we went out to the beer garden and she appeared again saying you have to pay your bill my friend said we honestly arent going to not pay , like really watching like a hawk, then bk in again or table was taken so sat somewhere else while she was standing at the side with a cloth and sanitizer watching to see when we were leaving , me and my friend decided to leave and has really put us off to come back and spend our money here the way we were treated , she said was everything ok for you two today , definately not , me and my friends always loved Jenny watts it's not the same and the girl with the Yorkshire accent needs to improve customer service , very disappointing

I love this bar and have done for a long time.I cut my teeth here. First pint of Guinness. Poured magnificently by the majestic Frank.The ribs nights on Tuesday followed by the fiddlydee. The history is there. But....The time has long since passed when then owner needed to decide if he is prepared to continue running it in the manner it deserves or not. It doesn't need a 2m£ refurb into a New York cocktail bar. It needs TLC from someone who loves it the way I do. The menu needs a kick up the..., the staff need to learn their trade, management need to be present now and again. I heard the rumours like a lot have. I hope they aren't true. Great bars are a real rarity and Jenny's is the best bar in Bangor on a good day and goodness knows Bangor doesn't need another empty unit.

Recently visited here with my sister and parents as reunion, we always go to Jenny Watts as we know the service and food is always good. It's a little tradition in our family before we part ways. However, this time we didn't get the service we quite expected. My sister tried to book a table and was told on the phone that they were booked up for the number of reservations they could take anymore but they could come down to try and bag a table that's not reserved and that this would be okay. So that's what we did, admittedly the pub was heaving but we managed to find a table and a man on the next table offered a chair to allow my parents to sit down with us, only needing on extra one. Then a member of staff came up and said that we weren't allowed an extra chair at that table. Even though the table could accomodate it, rudely she made a fuss and we left, taking our custom with us. We are now very unlikely to return to Jenny Watts after this rude encounter and totally unprofessional behaviour from this member of staff. This rule was nothing to do with COVID, this was just spite as after we left another person moved a chair to another table and nobody batted an eyelid. The whole idea was to sit and have drinks around this table and wait for a suitable table to become availble to have food at, which was explained, to obviously fall on deaf ears. Purely unprofessional, but thanks for the heads up in this "unprecedented time" where many businesses are struggling to make ends meet and though everything is opening back up it's more important than ever to have a good time, when needing to decide where to spend our hard earned cash, we will now spend money at other pubs who make us feel welcome and don't have staff with attitude probelms. It's a competitve time right now, perhaps retraining your staff might help you.

Nice traditional pub, with a beer garden.We popped in for a drink, and decided to have dinner there. A good decision. A lovely meal, very tasty, although we waited quite a while for it to arrive. It was worth the wait. Recommended.

When we walked into the dark pub I was taken back. As we were going to our seat I could see a beautiful outdoor area. Once seating and waiting for our meal, which was a reasonable sized menu, I spotted a sign saying built-in the 1700s. Well that explained to me the darkness. I imagined the men come in from their boats to have a pint or 3 after spending months at sea. I could hear the singing and see them. Dance. The photos on the wall full of history. The serving staff where friendly and the food was beautiful. I will definitely visit again when in Bangor.

Nice meals good service great pint of Guinness. Traditional Irish no bells or whistles just popper harty food.

The food was average, nothing particularly wrong with it but could have made the same at home. The service was pretty poor though, asked for another drink and it never came, asked for ketchup and it never came, asked for the bill and it came but was 5 mins later when they came back with the card machine

Needed a break from Christmas shopping so dropped into Jenny Watts at lunchtime and luckily got one of the few unreserved tables.Drinks served quickly and as we already knew what we wanted ordered the Turkey&Ham with all the trimmings(changed the mash to chunky chips).The place is a bit dark and dated with old fashioned wall decoration but food is tasty and the service great.

I visited Jenny Watts on the Sunday night for a couple of drinks and was told at the end of the night about the specials menu they do Monday to Wednesday. So I went back Monday, then again on Tuesday as it was amazing. Had the garlic mushrooms for starter with the beef burger with cheese and bacon and hand cut chips on the Monday. On Tuesday it was the mushrooms again followed but bang bang chicken with garlic cubed potatoes. Both fantastic meals both nights. The special menu is 2 courses for £10.95. Essentially a free starter. The staff worked well doing the table service and keeping the drinks flowing. Amazing tasting Guinness there and I got talked into trying the "Bush" and that too went down well. A special shout out of thanks to Nick the chef and Kyle from behind the bar. The other staff were amazing as well! I will be back!

Hi there, I found this great little pub through TripAdvisor with it's great reviews just had to try it. The food was very good, big portions and in these trying times they did very well. I will definitely recommend this place and would love to return

Great food ...fab wine list ....and very friendly staff... good pub grub and lots of choice and eating area outside

Called in at lunchtime. Menu had a great choice and very reasonably priced. Staff were welcoming and nice atmosphere. Parking nearby in a car park