The Jolly Sailor in North West Leicestershire

Nice stop off for a quick drink on a nice day. Nice little pub, clean and good amount of out door seating.

Such a lovely pub, my family and I went for pizza and they do gluten free pizzas which is amazing!! The bar staff are very friendly.

ROUGH?! This place makes a badger’s arse look like a high quality shaving brush! Located in a backwards, backwater hamlet. This 18th century poaching inn caters for the serfs and peasants that make up the rag-tag community. The “modern” couple that run the establishment, Andrew and Darling(?) clearly try their best but seem to be working with 18th century material. On the occasion we didn’t “stick to the road”, I recall a noisy, Neanderthal character named Bummy(?), a well known local poacher and vagabond regaling us with tales of beaver shunting or some other such nefarious activity. All in all. Best avoided unless you enjoy excellent beer, bar food and good company!🤓⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Brilliant pub with five real ales. Excellent quality. Friendly place and staff knowledge and helpful. Highly Recommended

Great pint of Bass best bitter. Garden was busy on sunny Friday... it is actually a car park with seating.

Really nice local pub with an outside area. Good prices and pizzas were delicious 👌

Great pub, welcoming, good service and reasonable prices

Jolly Sailor is a real country friendly pub, living there or driving through you will always be made to feel welcome. The baguettes are amazing or even the pizza, freshly made to order, such a great atmosphere makes you want to stay for just one more!

Great little village pub, great atmosphere staff and local very friendly. Great outside area also great food

Great pub friendly landlord good pricing

Lovely country pub. Has had a number of owners since the couple who ran it for decades. They sold up 15-20 years ago. Lively customers, mostly from the village, Hemington and has bucked the trend for closed rural pubs, although I think it has struggled in the past number of years. Passable range of real ales, good quality, reasonable prices.

Lovely village pub, very welcoming and warm with a good atmosphere. Great selection of beers on tap from lagers and ciders to real ales. Some of the ales are from local wines independent breweries which made for excellent variety. Well worth a visit

Fantastic pub. Very welcoming staff. The pizzas are amazing. Will definitely visit again.

A fantastic pub in a superb location, if you are lucky you may see Lord Bomfield of Hemington in his BetFred pants, not to be missed.

Proper pub, great atmosphere, friendly staff , locals, and well kept range of real ales. Pizza, pork pies, and popular bar snacks

Nipped in for a quick drink - the staff and the locals were really friendly, it was a great atmosphere - we will be back

Lovely, friendly village pub with a warm welcome and open fire

Love the pub. Love all the staff. Everyone very friendly .

Nice little village pub & the Bass beer is only £3.60

A well kept pub with a great outdoor space that’s set in a beautiful typical English village. The beer is always good whenever we’ve been here with a great selection that seems to change weekly. There’s always pork pie available and freshly made pizza every day apart from Monday. The staff are always friendly, and they allow well behaved dogs in too.

We had a really good afternoon. The sun was shining, the food was great and they had live music from a young man which was excellent. I will keep an eye out for when he is next playing!

Best pub in the area, bar non. The two lads that have this pub are doing an impeccable job. I love coming here. Ace ales and the pizza is lovely, as well as the other bar snacks. Fantastic beer garden, also. Plus there’s regular live music. Me favourite pub! Keep doing what you’re doing. Superb lads.

Great little village pub. Landlord is spot on, great beers. Lovely atmosphere.

A little hidden gem. Food was from a pop up Food trailer.

Best village country pub for moles

Just called there on Sunday whilst having a walk with the grandkids. They had pop and crisps, husband had orange juice and they very kindly made me a welcome cup of tea. There was a group who played guitar and sang popular songs. They were excellent too. Lovely atmosphere. Sorry we didn't eat there but everyone seemed to be enjoying their meals.

Nice beer after a long dog walk... Dog bowls in the beer Garden

Great atmosphere and dog friendly. They have a great range of beers. Perfect stop for a walk from Kegworth.

Fantastic bar men, lively pub , great atmosphere.

Great atmosphere. Lovely and cosy pub. Highly recommended this pub

A typical quintessential english village pub, great management team and staff, particularly great in summer.

Lovely atmosphere.. pork pies I recommend to any one ..Good selection of ales and lagers.

Nice and friendly customer service and good choice.

Great village pub. Been my local for 40 years lol 😆

Cracking little pub with an excellent selection of cask ales and with Ian Darlington at the helm it won't go far wrong!

Great bar, friendly staff and lots of new drinks on show.

Great selection of beers. Relaxed and approachable. Well worth a visit.

Lovely village pub with great ambience. The hosts Ian and Andy are fabulous. Best of times to come !!!

Excellent beer and a warm welcome

Visited the pub for the first time at the weekend and found a gem, lovely staff and friendly punters! Dog friendly and darlo makes the best pizza going. Definitely worth a visit 👍👍

Great last time, fab beers. Taste a bit chemically this time?!? It was both of the Parkway’s and the Portobello. The Epic IPA was ok.

Lovely staff, great atmosphere, friendly customers only reason they didn't get a five was the only food on offer were rolls.

Great locals pub, good beer, great atmosphere and that was just the outside!

Good ale, friendly staff, nice ambience. Great little pub.

Lovely village pub. Very quiet when we visited but friendly staff

This is a great 'small village' local with a great atmosphere. Cosy indoors and friendly. I just pass through but there is free entertainment as the half dozen barflies joke about the day's events in Hemington and the wider world. If you like the Woolpack in Emmerdale you'll like this.

Great local pub with a warm welcome! Look out for the live events.

A very nice village pub made to be very welcome an had a very good night friendly people an friendly atmosphere

A good choice of well kept ales served in a friendly atmosphere

Love this quaint pub so friendly and welcoming. Not a bad choice of beers either.

On my first visit, excellent and a good array of well kept cask beers

Excellent beer. There is a good selection of local beers on tap which are reasonably priced. Nice beer garden to sit outside and soak up the charming village atmosphere. Friendly staff serving and good toilets.

Great village pub and beer good. Serve a nice pint of Offshore Pilsner.

Ended up here after a journey from Newcastle to east midland airport. They weren’t open yet but we were offered a seat outside and two cans of coke free of charge. The owner chatted to us and helped us pass the time whilst waiting for our flight, it was extremely kind and was a lovely place- highly recommend!

No food while they go through some changes in ownership/management but a nice enough place for a drink, especially outside in good weather. It's obviously very popular with the locals so the main bar gets a bit raucous, and the side bar is a bit like someone's overlit front room but it's fine. For someone used to London prices, the drinks are a real bargain!

Top food and excellent service would definitely recommend this place was very impressed with the staff very helpful

Exceptional Sunday dinner. Great food. Nice Beer and wine and Hannah did a great job of looking after us. Next time we’ll take the dog. A lovely little pub. A must visit. We’ll be back.

The 4 of us arrived for our dinner reservation on a Friday night at 7pm; the bar and restaurant were packed! A great vibe upon arrival and we were warmly welcomed by barman/owner who took our drinks order promptly but waited with patience whilst I perused the wine menu. Although we waited quite a while to be given menus once seated this is easily forgiven considering how busy they were. The menu, although small, has choices to suit all and included very innovative and inviting descriptions. We each had a different starter and main course and we were not disappointed with any! Portions were suitably sized and presented to a Michelin star standard. The food was fresh and flavourful with the Haddock dish was particularly impressive both in appearance and flavour. The bar and restaurant appeared to be empty by 9pm and we were almost the last to leave; we were rather surprised considering it was a Friday night but thoroughly enjoyed our experience and George was attentive throughout our meal. We will definitely be returning!

Just back from eating at the Jolly Sailor and the food was absolutely delicious. This pub is now serving food again with a new chef and menu and the result is great.Friday night and the fish and chips were delicious as was the pulled pork with toffee apple sauce. Other nights have their own speciality for example............Monday night is pie night. We will most definitely be back.

Roast beef with all the trimmings !! It was absolutely beautiful, well done Sean (chef) and the bakewell tart was lovely. With a great atmosphere in the restaurant, it was a lovely afternoon

What an outstanding transformation, George and his team have got the balance for this local spot on. Superb choice of beers. Fabulous Sunday roast, beef the best I've tasted. Good luck I this venture

very nice meal, warm and friendly surroundings. this sunday lunch would rival any carvery. plenty on the plate and at a reasonable price. definately go again