The John Paul Jones in Scarborough

General pub food, unfortunately when it’s busy it’s very hit & miss with the quality of food turned out. Staff are friendly but not enough of them. You should book if you want a specific time but I think once you been you would not return. The bay are really missing an opportunity here for great food in a great location. Over price for the quality of food not enough healthy options. You can take your dog in with you.

Overpriced food and drink. Arrived late after 6 hour journey so it was the only place to eat. Being within the holiday park it’s easy pickings. Ordered food after 7:30pm and it wasn’t very busy and the food took 40 minutes to arrive. Would expect it within 20/25 minutes maximum. Table next to us ordered 10 minutes after us and had food at the same time! Very loud customers, who could be heard across the room, thinking they were the only people there. They also had a dog that kept barking. Another dog ran to ours as we were leaving, it wasn’t on a lead. Children not being watched, one boy kept moving from one chair to another while his parents stuffed their faces. Not caring that he was annoying others trying to eat. It was even that late that people could have drunk that much. Specialist burger not that special, very small plate for £15. Pint of beer £6+ nonalcoholic beer £5.70! Mocktails over £6 Glass wine £9 Two meals and two drinks £47!

Location of this place to caravans chalets and apartments is spot on And you don't really have a choice with no other pubs around Called Saturday, as it was local to us However I wouldn't really recommend this place Overpriced food , portions where very small And ok tasting Maybe if meals where a few pound cheaper and pints where not over 6 quid Then I would go back

A well oiled money maker. When you’ve nowhere else to go whilst staying onsite there’s this place, it needs a good deep clean in the short term but the dog enjoyed the floor snacks from previous customers and that was at 2pm on a Monday. The staff are friendly enough, serving hugely overpriced drinks in glasses that need binning and terrible food that’s below average. Thank the earth that whilst you’re staying in this complex there are local businesses that deliver if you fancy a night off cooking. This place needs closing down and starting again, it could be great but should be avoided at all costs in its current form so someone does something about it!

On site pub at The Bay in Filey, could be better, little to no atmosphere and if you go on Sunday night in tge winter months, beware it closes early as in 9pm !! Dissapointed

Meals worth £3 priced at £15+. Absolute daylight robbery. 5 different 'dishes' ordered all awful. Cost me £100 with a few drinks. The quality of the food was so low it reminded me of the 'creations' my teenage children bring home from food tech. Total joke. Why do British people put up with rubbish like this. I don't know how the staff served it with a straight face. I travel a lot and it just wouldn't be tolerated in Europe. Avoid this place like the plague. Everything wrong with this country under one roof.

Great food , really tasty and value for money

The staff have everything in hand. Food rushing out of the kitchen. Bar staff totally ahead of the curve. A place for dog owners. Recommended

Went for Christmas day drinks -post beach walk as usual here , we were told you cant go in the pub if you havent reserved a Christmas dinner, (even though it appeared to be half empty) you have to order in the cafe next door , it was full, so had to sit in the courtyard and drink our (expensive) drinks from plastic beakers, how very unfestive!

Hadn't eaten here for ages due to expensive, poor quality meals. Sadly no change!

Lovely staff. But the prices are close on extortion!! Total rip off. And get the kitchen staff to clean their uniforms at least twice a week. Few changes and this place could be amazing.

Came to Filey for a funeral, walked to the pub and the lovely staff made us feel very welcomed, they even accommodated our unusual drink orders ❤️ 10/10 recommend visiting when in Filey Bay.

We didn't eat here, we only had a couple of drinks. The food that other people were eating looked good. The bar service was good quick and friendly.

Lovely food great service thank you

I feel sorry for the staff working in this place. They are the best thing about it. Food is basic and stupidly priced. Drinks are very very expensive. Despite most tables being reserved, we were there over an hour and told to sit away from reserved tables which were not used. Almost none of the tables were in use even after all that time. People were told to go sit outside in the cold courtyard. Makes no sense and means there's no atmosphere. This place must just keep going because of its first time customers who leave similar reviews to this one. It opens late in the day and now it does not serve breakfast it means there's nowhere on The Bay to have a cooked breakfast. Why do the people who own the cottages and apartments allow this to continue? Don't they have a say? Their service charges are enormous and this awful pub is a key facility. It could be a wonderful, comfortable hub after a day on the beach or out walking. Someone do something! It puts you off coming back to The Bay and is not in keeping with the rest of the site.

This place has risen again, the quality of the food went downhill earlier in the year but we went last night for the first time in quite a while and have to say the food is back to being five star. Spicy chicken wings were incredible!! The inferno burger was exactly as describe and the Mrs enjoyed her scampi and chips. All washed down with some drinks of which there is a good selection. It was a cosy atmosphere and they had the fire lit which was a welcome sight when we can in from the literal sub-zero temperatures outside. The staff are all good and friendly but this place is absolutely made by George and Shelley, too incredibly welcoming, warm and friendly people. They make all patrons feel special and put their heart and soul into the pub. Highly recommended if you’re visiting The Bay. EDIT: 01/11/24 WOW, what went wrong here? We used to really enjoy this place but rhis has seriously gone down hill. The front of staff who came to greet us at the door, left us stood for 6 or 7 mins without acknowledging us. When asked if we needed to be stood there to be seated, his response was “yes you do but I’m busy”!! Wow! Never come across such terrible customer service manner anywhere. Wait another 4 or 5 mins and he eventually came back and by now a longer queue had formed. He was curt, impolite and lacked any sort of customer service. The place was busy and is seriously short staffed, the queue for the bar was a further 10 minutes to place our order. All in all a really horrible experience. We will continue to visit The Bay as it’s a great destination but until The Joy Paul Jones staffs up and trains their staff, I would avoid. We certainly will be from now….

Nice pub on The Bay holiday park although being the only one they do have the monopoly. We went for dinner a few days ago and had an ok chicken and mushroom pie (although we did both order steak pie) with potatoes and veg that were both a little over cooked Reasonable prices and friendly staff but really need to improve their food.

Shocking, ordered Gluten Free tuna ciabbata and sausage ciabbatta. Young staff. Came wrong 2 tuna fillings, 1 roll 1 ciabbata. Which one is GF. Told them 1 was supposed to be sausage ciabbatta. Asked which was GF. Its that one???? Then heard the member of staff say, he does not want this??? 10 mins layer a sausage ciabbata came out. Not much sausage. Cost £30 2× non alcohol drinks, J 2 o n coke. RIP OFF. On a site where you have no choice when you arrive, avoid at all cost.

Went in for a drink. Booze a bit pricy but good seats and soft music.

Over priced beer . Over priced poor food Don’t bother.

Clean, friendly, well priced and good service. We don't have a dog but this is also definitely a dog friendly pub. Good choice of traditional British dishes on the menu. Could do with some more selections of bitter but I enjoyed my pint of Thwaits

The pub is actually quite nice and the staff are very helpful and friendly. Unfortunately, the food is very overpriced for what you get and some of the meals looked like they were straight out of a supermarket freezer section. I had the fish and chunky chips which both looked like a frozen meal. Such a shame when you have fishing towns like Whitby and Bridlington just around the corner.

Food was delicious, but expensive, also the drinks are over priced. Didn't have our first choice of meal.

Always been a favourite spot for us, staying at the bay a few times a year we’d eat here most nights during our visit. Staff are lovely and always make us feel welcome, good food and drink, especially the pizzas. However the recent decision to cram all the pups into the tiny space in the front room is a major let down for us. Really off putting as it’s adding stress to all the dogs on top of each other, even on busy nights previously dogs sat happily with the owners around the full pub. The change imposed now, creates a busy / uncomfortable atmosphere, and is resulting in staff turning away large family groups with pets due to lack of seating in the front room, which silly for a site that thrives as family and pet orientated.

Spent a lot of time here recently and now because a few snooty people have probably moaned dogs are no longer allowed in the larger, more spacious area. Now all the dogs are crammed into one small area which makes it a lot worse. For a place where people come, who the majority have dogs seems a stupid policy to implement. A lot of groups are being turned away or left because of this. I can imagine the profits will take a tumble.

We were on holiday 20th September it didn't open while 4 no food after long journey and we were told no dogs so we kept away.i have been many times and always enjoyed the pub we had bad weather so it would have been handy

Dog friendly which is a plus, the staff were friendly and helpful, but the food was overpriced, dull and boring.

We found the John Paul Jones was very convenient for our location but in my opinion because it is situated within the holiday complex and have the monopoly on the complex I thought the prices were a little on the high side but this would be the case everywhere I think. I cannot comment on the food on offer as the night we chose to eat there their boiler broke down and the pub had to close early (7.45pm). We did try the following day but doors were still locked.

Extortionate prices for both food and drink ....

We went here a couple of times was a really nice place and dog friendly too

Expensive as a captive audience and low quality food with smash instead of mash

Really good food, really nice staff, but expensive.

We ate here 29th August . The staff were pleasant. The food left a lot to be desired. We ordered a child’s chicken nuggets and chips , the chips were burnt and not nice at all. The ‘mash’ on the sausage and mash was Smash not real mash. We ordered a dessert which we had to ask for again after half an hour and then re order before we actually got it. I know as it’s on site it is pricey but the prices of food and drink here really are ridiculous and the quality of the food does not justify the prices. The atmosphere is none existent . The waiting staff do their best but not all of them have the same enthusiasm or friendly approach. The Bay is a lovely place but this pub definitely needs improvements all round.

During the day it's dead but very expensive.

Brilliant. Dog friendly and great staff.

So ...we went here to get some food ,we ordered drinks £30 for 2 adults 2 kids ordered around £100 of food ,waited for around 45 minutes ,ordered more drinks £30 waited another 45 mins no food and people who had come in after us were on second courses ,to be fair the manager Wesley agreed it was unacceptable and gave me £150 of vouchers so we went back 3 days later the food was average ,great pizza oven but the guy cooking couldn't use it properly as the ends of the pizza were to thick and undercooked ,I had a burger with bacon ,the bacon was burnt and the burger dry it's a shame as the bar looks great and for whT they are charging I could have got better in pizza hut and McDonald's also there is a major fly issue and I could mot see anything to repel them so we were constantly covered in flies going into our food and drink ...I so wanted to like the place but I cannot think of any positive about it 😕

Nice pub but very expensive fir drinks and meals rediculas expensive I don't know how they keep open

Ordered pepperoni pizza,not worth the money also wasn't even cut or any sauce with it

Nice place. Went for evening meals as was working and stopping in the area. Prices are a bit steep but kind of expect that on a holiday sort of village

Fish and Chips was disappointing, very watery fish, batter thin and soft. For the price expected better quality

Had breakfast here today and the staff were absolutely excellent. Nothing too much trouble and one of us did not want sausages so they swapped it out for extra bacon and hash brown. The traditional breakfast was excellent, good portion size and quality of food. Very impressed with the customer service and food received today. Many thanks

Didn’t have any food but had a drink when I arrived at The Bay. Drinks very expensive.

We arrived just after 12 for lunch. Menu has a good range of food including plenty of vegan options. Our server Rachel was super friendly. The place was pretty quiet at lunch time but it was a nice space and clean. Would visit again if I return to Filey

I honestly don't know what people who are here actually ate. The pizza was worse than cheap frozen pizza and the garlic bread was actually so hard we couldn't cut through it. Very expensive for very poor food. It would have been nicer food going to the little shop they have on the complex and getting a frozen pizza and chips. Cheaper and more edible.

Great food, excellent choice of Pies, very good service.

This is a lovely place the center of a Top Family Holiday Home setting it would be 140% better if the young staff dropped there plastic smiles and phones and appreciated the lovely place where they work but hey ho

Called to meet friends and have a drink or two. But discovered that they don't have any real ale. A pub without beer isn't a pub in my opinion. So we walked out. Shame because it was a nice location.

Great staff , good food , alcohol is getting on for London prices 👀

We stayed at this holiday village in October last year and just basically parked there to get to the beach for our dog. The service was ok...dirty plates on our table that we removed ourselves. There was a family with noisy children who were just meeting up to chat - disturbing us eating and then leaving the table without even buying a drink and leaving the chairs sticking out everywhere!! The food was ok - could have done with being a few degrees hotter!! If we stay at The Bay again will probably try and eat elsewhere.

Food was like microwave meals. Items also missing and when asked where they were, were told the food doesn't come with the items even after proving it shows on the menu, they still argued it. Took over an hour for food to come. Drinks never came even after asking twice for them. Had to go to the bar and ask for them after meal was finished. Extremely Overpriced. Staff are overwhelmed and don't have a clue what they're doing especially when it's busy.

Closes at 10pm, which is a bit too early when you're away on a break.

It's a wetherspoons! Food was ok, it was warm when it arrived. Steak was well done as I asked. Profiterole was nice. My dessert came with my main because I ordered it all together, I was on my own and didn't want to keep leaving the table taking all my stuff with me to have to order my dessert, I couldn't use the app because it wouldn't work.

Popped in for drinks as we were staying on-site. Drinks are extremely expensive. £16.25 for a pint of basic lager and a mediocre cocktail. We aren't in London or New York! Drinks are all extremely expensive. More expensive than Center Parcs. I was shocked. The food menu is very expensive as well, where do you get these prices? Staff are friendly enough and the place is fine but come on!! The average person on a living wage has to work for an hour to afford a couple of pints here!! This is Northern England not a European City 🙄

Food really tasty. Drink over priced.staff helpful and very friendly really enjoyed eating in their .

Expensive food and drink. Food arrived cold. The (ultimate) cheese burger had 1 pattie with 1 slice of thin bacon and salad. Even had a wooden stick in the middle of the burger which are designed to hold together or show off big burgers, but with this (small) burger a stick wasn't needed. So cheese burger with bacon would suit the name. Also the pre made pizza base's are hard and arrive not cut up into slices. No pizza slices are available due to H&S so had to butcher hard pizza with the given steak knife??.

Quiet pub, great staff (on a night), if you go later that 7pm the staff are wonderful and cheery but in the day, the staff are no help. all in all wonderful pub, the drinks are quite pricey, but all in all it’s a great experience.

Good service,helpful and friendly staff, but quite expensive for drinks. Peaceful and quiet when we were there in the late afternoon. Music was playing bug was not intrusive. Good Cappuccino!

Tall guy was exceptionally friendly and helpful. The bar itself is cosy and the hot drink selection was good. Cake available too. I can't ask for better really.

Staff excellent and friendly, food ok however massively overpriced. £18 for very plain pizza and £6.65 for a Guinness. You gotta have deep pockets for a night out.

I can't comment on the food at the John Paul, but the service leaves a lot to be desired. We tried to get a table for 7 people at 6pm on a quiet Tuesday night. Only to be told we couldn't eat in as they were understaffed, but we could get a take away if we wanted. Erm... Pay £20 for a meal and then have to wash up afterwards... No thanks! Sufficed to say, we decided to leave it. I'd read some reviews and a lot of people have said that there's a case of captive audience syndrome in evidence here, and that certainly appears to be the case on the basis of our brief visit.

Everything was great, but dogs allowed . I have allergies, which made it unpleasant.

Order the butter chicken curry which was stone cold explained to the member of staff who was happy enough to replace it only to have the same food brought back out with the coriander shrivelled from being microwaved and the chicken looked worse than it did cold when spoke to bar staff was happy to refund me only to have a different member of staff approach my partner to tell us the kitchen staff had been told I wanted the meal reheating!? £77 for 4 meals and it looks like last nights reheated takeaway, wasn’t edible. Won’t be returning again

So where do i begin? This is a pub. NOT a restaurant so whoever owns it needs to wake up and smell the coffee. The prices are WOW extorsionate. 58 pounds for a average pizza 4 teas frozen cooked chips all 10 of them 2 puddings squarty cream and broken biscuit with ice cream my 12 year old could put more effort in. We wont be coming back here. Even the staff who were canny agreed with the hand burning costs. Total waste of money. Have a pint or a tea but cook your own food.a...it will save a fortune..b...it will taste better or go to filey find another pub.

The company is not following the government guidelines on serving alcohol with meals, I was unable to purchase a beer for my 18.5yrs Son with a meal after he worked a 40 hour week and come on holiday and left his ID in accommodation. When speaking to the bar manager his response was "I always get ID ",I would not return here.

We approached the managers about holding our vow renewal /silver anniversary and meal with them and are we glad we did. The venue they offered us ( The four cats ) was just perfect.They allowed us to decorate and arrange furniture to suit our needs. Shelley and her team couldn't have done any more for us. The service was outstanding. The head chef chatted to us before hand and , true to his word, made sure that all 18 of us were served at the same time. The food was all fabulous and plentiful. Our day was perfect. If you are thinking of having an event here , DO IT...you won't regret it .

Lovely pub however the drinks are scandalously expensive.

Really enjoyed the food, there are cheaper places nearby but what we had was excellent, good friendly staff too

Food ok, service could be better. Alcoholic drinks prices are exorbitant in my opinion £14 for a pint and a g&t.

Ok for an onsite pub, but food and drink very overpriced. Suppose it's because they have you on the site and it's an easy option. Wouldn't recommend, better options in filey itself

Fabulous pet friendly venue, food very tasty, cooked to order

What a lovely pub at the bay Filey food was lovely it is a bit pricey but thought it was worth it, we had the steak and cooked it to our liking The staff was very friendly and helpful, digs welcome too plenty of water bowls for your pooches. Great atmosphere

Not great when its snowing outside and the staff are seated near the pizza and the customers have to sit elsewhere where it is not warm

Web site needs updating.... Waste of fuel

Food was great. Beer was a bit expensive 😞 but well kept.

As we entered the pub we were told they had had problems with their fridges so there were lots of food items that had to be thrown away, so a very limited food menu. We ordered what was available. When our food arrived it was terrible, grilled chicken which was boiled. Prawn cocktail which was swimming in water, the list goes on.. Another family received their chicken wings which were cold. Wish we wouldn’t have gone and saved the £100 bill 😫.

Visited the pub for a meal 3 times this week . The first 2 visits were a real joy , relaxed, great service and delicious food however tonight was disappointing . The music was that loud we struggled to have a conversation across the table and my Butter Chicken was not up to the same standard that I gad previously . The rice was over cooked and dry and the ban bread was very hard and dry . Having given the feedback to the waitress , I received a quick apology she said that she would relay the feedback to the chef , and that was it . We will not be visiting again. A disappointing last night of our holidays .

Very friendly, good selection of drinks and snacks. Staff went the extra mile when we got back late one evening and missed the shop - got us some milk for the morning brew. Nice one, much appreciated.

Really nice pub, lovely food, helpful staff

The food and cocktails are tasteless, the staff is not attentive and the restaurant has almost as many barking dogs as people. Plus, they overprice their food compared to the quality they offer you. I don't recommend.

What's the point of having a short break at The Bay when the onsite pub calls last orders at 9pm , zero consideration for customers and extortionate prices. Definitely somewhere you need to give a miss. Taxi into Filey it is, won't bother calling in John Paul Jones again.

We come in here when we walk that part of the East Coast. It's a lovely friendly pub.

A memorable Hallowe'en experience

Poor cold food , worst steak pie ever , staff lovely tho

Depressingly average. This place has a captive audience yet consistently fails to deliver. Staff are good, food is shocking.

£6/pint or £10/ glass of wine. Place is well kept but the price of drinks is over the top with no justification for the premium.

It was ok, but it's trying to be something it isn't. It's trying to be quality dining when it's really only a pub that does food, and that is generally on the holidaymakers first night.

Nice bar, but most expensive drinks in the world🤣

Excellent food served hot and didn’t have long to wait. Visited a few times whilst on holiday

Cola costing £3.70 pizza was fair not brilliant just over priced for what it is

Great on-site Pub at The Bay. I think it is a little pricey but generally it is atmospheric with nice food and a good menu.

Decent pub if you are staying at The Bay

Pricey for what you get. Beers good, but over £6 a pint.

Whenever I come here (under duress) I'm either "served" by the charmless or the gormless. Bad choice of overpriced beer - Doom Bar and Atlantic - but it's a captive market on The Bay site so hold your nose and dive in.

Food took about an hour, not very busy No reason for it

Average food, mostly overpriced with disappointing service. Me, my wife and 2 kids went for a meal. I ordered a burger, Mrs had a chicken dish and 2 kids meals for the boys. The main meals are fine. Nothing special. But as expected. Average and overpriced. Kids meals are good value. You get a starter. They had garlic bread. A main meal. They had fish Fingers and chips. An drink. Pepsi for one and a generic blackcurrant carton for the. Other. Then you get a dessert. They had pancakes with ice cream. For £9.99 each. Sadly, after waiting for 40 minutes and asking 2 times for their desserts, the waitress came out and said they had made a till error and put only the starter, drink and main meal through and so we had no dessert. They had charged me for each item individually. She said the only option for her was to refund each item and then recharge me for the kids meals. So 21.98 refunded to the card, and then 19.98 charged back to it. Very convoluted way of doing it. Let’s see if it actually does go back because although they can take money off you instantly refunding it takes up to 5 days. We then had to wait another 25 minutes for dessert to come out. Disappointing service. They seem to Be very poorly managed. I’d have thought they would have done more to correct the error. Dessert is on us for the inconvenience or similar. Not we’ll refund everything to your card and then recharge you for the meals. I wouldn’t go back. If you’re staying at the Bay… have a drive into Filey and get fish and chips instead.

It was a bit expensive for food.

Wine at £28 for a cheap bottle is way too overpriced and disappointed you have to order at bar or use app rather than being served

Bar staff were all friendly & helpful. Ordered pizza to go and were very happy with the quality/price. Everyone was cheerful & happy to help when/if required. Other customers also seemed to be enjoying themselves. Overall a good experience 👌

Lovely pub lunch and loved that they offered colouring and activitie sheets for kiddies made the experience a lot less stressful qith a toddler

Ordered fish and chips twice , only it turned out to be batter and chips , tiny pieces of fish surrounded by lots of batter . Despite the place not being busy no one checked if everything was ok . Spoke to the manager who said I should have complained during meal , but who too as no member of staff checked if we were satisfied .