The Jolly Sailor in South Tyneside

Popped in for a quick pint following the end of year celebration at the local secondary school, very pleasant gentleman serving behind the bar, good selection of beers, and a lovely pint of Timothy Taylor Landlord on pull, £10.40 for two pints and a large coke, would happily return

Sat outside and enjoyed a real ale in the sun Great old fashioned pub with a great selection of beers Sadly no food at the moment but hopefully in the near future Great landlord

Called yesterday and had a great glass of real Ale👍👍👍Sitting in the sun outside🎉🎉😎 Looking forward to having Sunday lunch here again. Great venue

We pop in to the Jolly Sailor on a fairly regular basis for the wonderful food they serve normally from Thursday to Sunday but in these crazy times they are currently only serving Sunday lunch. We booked a time slot a 2pm and when we arrived our table was ready with all the social distancing and track and trace to fill in. The selection of roasts were Pork,Beef,Lamb and chicken. I ordered the lamb and Jacqui ordered the beef. Not long after our food arrived piping hot. Loads of well cooked veg to accompany the food and a gravy boat! I must say that both of us thoroughly enjoyed our meals and booked to come the following Sunday. What more can you say. The staff are warm and welcoming and stock a good range of beers and two or three real ales. Food 11 out of 10.

My wife and I are regulars at the Jolly sailor and have never been disappointed with our food👍🎉🎉 Sunday lunch at this venue is fabulous. Excellent service £8.95 for a large portion of tasty meat and fabulous veg and gravy. Real ale served at the correct temperature 👍👍👍👍

Very friendly, always a pleasant time at the Jolly, most items on the menu are very good, I particularly like the lamb, cooked perfectly. Small pub, good selections.

5 of my family were seated in this traditional old pub which has two eating food rooms and a small bar.We were attended to by staff who were professional in their hospitality.The main meal came with meat,roasties and Yorkie with the mash,turnip,carrots.cabbage and cauliflower cheese in two separate serving bowls and the crackling.Everything was piping hot and the meat was obviously hand carved and very generous portions.The portions of vegetables was also very generous.All agreed that the meal was great value with great service from staff.There is seating outside where customers were drinking and having dinner,the weather was complying this day.There is craft beer along with a selection of pub thirst quenchers.There is a step at the door so it might be difficult for wheelchairs.The toilets were clean. There is parking nearby.The seating outside is functional and in the sun all afternoon.The traffic on the coast road can be busy which can be annoying but chatting you soon forget it. I would book to ensure a table at you’re required time on Sundays but meals are available during the week,phone for weekday service. Overall an enjoyable relaxed meal at competitive prices. I live in Whitburn and this review is how my family agreed was accurate on our visit.

Popped in for a drink out on a walk with my partner. Having been a few years since I visited It is a traditional old style pub, menu looked nice also. The inside looks a little dated and not much changed probably since years ago but had the old pub style feel about it. Nice atmosphere and friendly staff. We sat outside for a drink, good range of drinks and prices average. Could do with a bit of a refresh but nice for a stop to grab a drink. Only thing that bugged me is we sat outside, and one of the staff came out on a break to have a cigarette break and sat at the same table, I have no issue with people smoking but not particularly when I am sitting at the same table as we don't smoke, just think it is courtesy to ask.

Having been out for a nice meal my partner and myself decided to pop in the jolly for a couple of quiet drinks to finish the night off. There was a few locals in at this time and we got chatting to people at the bar and the barmaid and was having a good night. Things took a terrible change for the worse when I ordered a round of drinks, my partner ordered gin and tonic which was totally flat (not only flat but the cheapest bottle of tonic you can buy). I politely asked the barmaid if she could make another one, which she agreed to do - no problem at all, it was at this point for owner of the pub came in the bar, seemingly rather intoxicated himself, saying “finish your drinks and just get out, you’re not welcome back in here again!”. Even the barmaid said there’s no need for going on in such a manner, the locals also seemed bemused at such a strange and aggressive rant over a below par drink being served. We asked for a refund of the drinks we had just paid for, which he refused to do, after protests from the barmaid he did agree to refund us eventually. Me and my partner feel very upset by this horrible little mans actions having been local to Whitburn most of our lives and drinking in the jolly on and off for 20+ years. I’ve just discovered this place has only 1 star for the health and hygiene which is very concerning, so they may have done us a favour in the long run. I would avoid at all cost.

Great old fashioned pub Amazing beers ( our favourite is Hobgoblin) at the correct temperature 😁😁😁😎 Great food at a weekend. Fabulous Sunday lunch. The staff are good.

7 family members had Sunday lunch today👍👍👍 Always amazing food Fabulous real ale Great pricing considering the volume and the quality of the lunch. Loads of veg Loads of tasty gravy Parking on street or in the park car park .

Visited the Jolly for the 2nd Sunday running and my wife and I were again mightily impressed. The pub is historic with a great atmosphere.Sunday lunch is everything you could wish for plentiful beautifully cooked complimented by great service and all at a very reasonable price

We visited the pub today and had a disagreement with a 'regular' customer who took issue with us saving a seat (yes one small stool) for one of our friends who was about to join us. The regular customer pointed out that he some how has the right to acquire extra seats ahead of people like us who 'visit once a year'. Also, our dog was not allowed to sit on the ripped and torn shoddy seats despite us showing that our dog was sat on our coat. Overall a quite scruffy pub and the 'regulars' are welcome to their chairs and we won't be coming back. Pubs run like his suffer in the long term because they don't welcome new customers.

My wife and I had Sunday lunch yesterday at this venue again . The quality and quantity never fails to impress. Great real ale on sale as well. Minimum waiting time from order to food delivered👍👍 Price for two main meals plus two pints of hobgoblin £24👍👍👍 Free parking on street or at the park Pleasant staff.

You two guys have shown such hospitality over the recent years we have visited your friendly and homely pub! This particular visit (from Australia ) was sadly punctuated by the need to bury my lovely sister "wee Val" (Valerie Mason) a much loved and long time resident of your village. Your compassion and genuine love for my sister was evident and your comments shared with me and my wife were truly comforting and are treasured Also please note we enjoyed the wee bottle of "Scottish medicine " you instructed us to consume upon our safe return to Australia! Bless you guys Arthur and Jenny Gooch

As it was a lovely night my friend and I decided to go somewhere near the sea for a meal.We walked from Seaburn to Mamma Mia's above The Jolly Sailor in Whitburn Village.We arrived for Happy Hour.I hadn't been before but it had been recommended by a friend.I certainly was not disappointed ! We shared cheese garlic bread (full pizza size) and each had a chicken dish with prawns and mushrooms in a seafood sauce with lovely home cooked chips and vegetables.The portions were quite generous in fact we both left some chicken ! We shared a bottle of house red.The bill was £33.05 really good value.The venue is quite small and old fashioned.The staff are friendly and polite.We even met the cook when we were leaving she was really nice.I can't wait to take my partner.

After a good walk along to South Shields we were in need of a real ale drink and something good to eat.

Family meal out, a more than generous amount of meat on the plate with a mass of veg, All of them enjoyed the meal ( no complaints a rarity ) and clean plates. Service was excellent fast and efficient Value for money Yes, would I go back Yes, should I tell anyone about this place probably not I'd prefer to keep it a secret

Enjoyed my first visit to my sons local pub for Sunday roast very quick service & very friendly good selection of meats & vegetables at a plenty with home made Yorkshires and crispy crackling on pork all reasonable prices certainly will be back when visiting again happy eaters.....

Took the family for Sunday Lunch last week and it was gorgeous!!! Real home cooked food, lots of meat and the veg cooked fresh. The Yorkshire puds and roasties were delicious and the cauliflower cheese was gorgeous!! Will definitely be back next week

It was our first visit for Sunday lunch,but will definitely not be our last.Excellent service, delicious home cooked food,piping hot and plenty of vegetables and stacks of meat.

Esta antigua taberna estilo cientos de años de antigüedad, como es el pueblo de Whitburn. . Donde mi padre primero tomó una pinta de cerveza, como hombre joven. . Y hasta hoy. evoca el pasado enérgicamente, con bajo vigas de Cross en el techo, cómodas y maderas oscuras snuggeries en el bar. Hay todavía ambientes marinos en el lugar de reunión de los pescadores; porque en las noches, después de salir por los cangrejos, langosta y bacalao. Se encuentra detrás del campo de críquet, encantador y mira al Mar del Norte para sus clientes. . .

Conseguimos reservar una mesa para comer el domingo en el corto plazo. El personal es muy amable y buena comida. . . Nuestro grupo. el cordero y ternera ordenados. Era increíblemente rápido. servicio . Sirve comida y bebidas. En pocos minutos. Casi demasiado rápido!

Visited here for Sunday Lunch today and received a warm welcome from the hosts Charlie and Vic whose standard of service to their customers is exceptional. I had the lamb cooked to perfection my husband had the beef which was melt in the mouth good....

Llamado en el día de hoy para el almuerzo de pescado. (Viernes)

Visited here many times with family and friends. Very traditional and made very welcome. Great on a cold day as cosy inside but when the suns out, lovely to sit outside and have a drink in the sun. We go here often to meet up with friends as very relaxing.

I rang the Jolly Sailor this morning to ask if they could accommodate a family group of 17 people at lunchtime and was told that this would be no problem. When we arrived shortly after 12 noon we found that we had been put into a private room all set out for Sunday Lunch. They gave us a wonderful welcome. The food was served promptly and was absolutely delicious. Generous portions of meat with masses of beautifully cooked fresh vegetables. This was served to us by smiling, friendly waitresses. We have had a wonderful afternoon and cannot recommend the Jolly Sailor enough.

We called in for lunch and we were the last to be served.Fabulous food as alwaysPortions mega.Staff a pleasure to be served.Real ales served Will try Friday next week for the fish specials.A must to try if you want real food.

My local pub just around the corner so maybe I'm biased, but for me the best pint of hobgoblin going is from this establishment. Nice, friendly, cosy village pub.

Had a pre-dinner pint in this village pub before going for a meal with my partner, good selection and friendly service.

Always friendly vick, Charlie , Angela and other staff good beer friendly banter friends generally meet in jolly and we all love it

Family get together for my wife's birthday.Fabulous foodGreat service Fabulous size portionsLoads of fresh vegLoads of great gravy.

On Friday last, I went into the Jolly Sailor, at 1pm and asked if they could accomodate 8 for lunch, as we had been to a funeral. Without hesitation, the management said yes, but could we wait about five minutes to give them time to set the table up. True to their word, this was done, and then followed a meal which was a delight. Mince and dumpling, liver and onions, fish and chips were the order of the day, and all of the party enjoyed their particular order. With drinks, and there were a few, the whole bill came to less than £100, andwe all considered that it really was good value.

Went to the jolly sailor this Sunday for lunch with friends, and I was deeply disappointed with the food and service, for a business to have such a high rating this experience saddened me.it started out when I first arrived at the jolly sailor friends already seated, I was asked if I would like a drink and I replied coke with ice, what I received 5 minutes later was a warm pint of coke (great) ...Next, I ordered a lamb dinner, I asked the owner if possible could I have some replacements on the vegetables provided he told me they come in a dish so basically No you can't. so still not wanted to leave since I placed my order and had a pint of warm coke, our meal turned up the lamb looked out of this world and was beautifully cooked and tasted lovely, the plate itself had a Yorkshire pudding on which was a day old and over cooked, every mouthful of it was like chewing on an old bit of cardboard, also on the plate was 2 roasties which were delightful in taste and cooked perfectly. onto the vegetables in the dish you got some mashed potato mashed turnip and cabbage and carrots (the previous two I don't like and wanted to replace) but what happened is that each dish is for 2 people so I had to share the portion with 1 of my friends which were disappointing considering with were all really hungry, so while eating we seeing an old couple came into the dining area but they were sitting apart which was weird and I was thinking why, 10 minutes later their food comes out the meat looks nice, and then their vegetable dishes come out, and it turns out they got the same sized dish for one person that we had to share between two people, so in turned they got more for their money's worth and we were ripped off.overall if you are single or willing to sit at single tables apart from you friends this is the Sunday pub for you, if u was to have a good time with friends and be seated together don't waste your money coming here,

Had sunday lunch here today....the food was tasty and plenty of it....thought it was a little over priced tho at £9 per head....the owners were friendly and coming round asking if all was ok... place was nice and clean

Will be back warm welcome good pint very dog friendly visited on sunday roast dinner smelled lovely must try it on next visit

Vic and his brother Charlie are normally behind the bar. 2 really nice characters who run a good country style pub with excellent beer. I havent tried the food but I am going to. Dogs welcome in the bar or on the outside seating.

Booked a table thankfully as it was very busy.Order taken asap and food on the table plus wine within 15minsGreat Sunday lunchLoads of meat and veg with an offer for more veg if needed.Staff very goodDefinitely be back5

I work way from home for long periods and one of the many pleasures of coming home is popping to the "JOLLY" for a pint or ten . The staff are excellent and all the locals are great . Landlords VIC & CHARLIE are real old school gentlemen . My boys love the place aswell ( Oscar & Will , Labrabors)

Cracking wee pub just around the corner. Great craic and atmosphere and there's always someone to chat up! Only problem is there's no Guinness! Sorry guys Surge Guinness doesn't count.

Lovely little pub, great real ales there was a choice of 3 decent ales, food menu has plenty of choice and the home made chips are delicious! Reasonably priced as well. Definitely will be returning in the future

Popped in during our sea front walk on the off chance that we could get a table for lunch. A lovely gentleman asked if we had booked but when we said we hadn't, managed to find us a table anyway.We both chose the roast beef option - it arrived quickly, served by very friendly staff - and was hot and fresh with loads of beef and ample veg.Could not fault this and would definitely return - but will book the next time to avoid disappointment. Great food and lovely staff.

A friendly little pub in this village just north of Sunderland. Nice place for a drink, especially of waiting for a place at the Mama Mia resteraunt upstairs. Good atmosphere and friendly staff. Many locals patronising the place. Nice

Great Sunday lunches no good if you are on a diet.Yorkshire puddings mmmmmmmm.All the vegtables are fresh nothing frozen and plenty of meat.

A real step back in time...a real friendly local pub. You are always made welcome here. The rooms are small the way pubs used to be. You can always be sure of a friendly conversation with the locals. There is a day time menu which looks fabulous...no night time food served. As yet we have not sampled the menu of traditional fare.....we intend to very soon. We love this as our local.

The Jolly Sailor in Whitburn serves no nonsense pub grunb and a lovely well kept selection of beers and lagers . The bar is very small and the pub has several rooms off the main serving area

We took my family here for a late lunch. The menu was one price for a nice choice of meals. 3 opted for fish and chips one for scampi. We were all delighted with the meals, nice portions with choice of peas or salad. Drinks orders were taken at the table and this made it more like a restaurant. I have previously been there for a family celebration in a private room. It too was excellent.

Used the Jolly S as a pre drinks venue before attending the Italian upstairs. See my review for Mamma Mia's. Good old fashioned pub. We sat in the snug at the back and enjoyed the traditional surroundings before retiring upstairs for the 'snap'. Will do same again whenever going to the Italians again.

Decent pint of real ale. A member of staff was off when we went in so very slow food service. We had to leave without eating as we ran out of time.

Just popped in for a pint after a walk on the nearby Roker beach. Parking on street nearby no problem, seating available outside, bar area is dog friendly, staff and locals were all approachable and friendly, our 11 year old had ghost hunting equipment (pub is haunted if you believe in that sort of thing). Some nice stories on the wall about a lovely dog that has now passed on, some original features and interesting bits and bobs on the wall. Food is served Thurs to Sunday (check the times), i will be doing so as i fancy eating here sometime soon.

Nice service, really lovely beer and very nice food at a reasonable price. Will definitely be going again

This is like taking a step back in time to what good traditional pubs used to be. Having run pubs since 1984 I think I may know something about them. This is a olde worlde place with great original decor and features. Voiv the owner keeps the beer in great condition and the staff give you genuine greeting. The small front bar is dog friendly and their food although only available on certain days is well worth having with good variety and good quality ingredients. Sitting here with my dog sipping a pint I feel like the country squire. Enjoy a piece of real England and visit it.

Great traditional villagre pub in Whitburn. Great beer and excellent atmosphere. Staff are super friendly, and there's an excellent Italian restaurant upstairs.

Sunday lunch is excellent they also serve food Thurs Fri Sat lunch time only. Vic and Charlie are brilliant hosts best to book, ask for the wine out the back much better than the wine they serve in the bar. Just a short walk from beach. Cosy traditional pub dogs are allowed in the bar very friendly. Parking not an issue but it is on the street.

Lovely sunday lunch young waitress recommended a dessert she described it as lush and she was right.The pub has a nice atmosphere but its best to pre book

Popped in here , what a surprise , lovely home cooked food fantastic staff .A homely quiet endearing charming place !We felt relaxed and it was quite laid back without been rushed .would recommend for a nice time !

Called in on Friday lunchtime and was surprised how busy it was. Food was really tasty, homemade and plenty of it. Service was quick and friendly. Definitely recommended.

Went here for Sunday lunch with the hubby and was not disappointed. Lovely fresh, home-cooked food with charming, friendly and attentive service. Seems to do a roaring trade. Well worth a visit. The stuffing and crackling are to die for!

We were welcomed at the door by a super friendly gentleman and shown to our table in the Captain's dining room. This is a traditional village pub and the Sunday lunch was simply gorgeous. Plenty of choice, good selection of roast meats and real home cooked food that we couldn't fault! The service was excellent, attentive and friendly and as a family we can't wait to return.

Went here for Sunday Lunch had Roast Beef and all the trimmings, good quality food. The atmosphere is warm and friendly and the style of this pub is charming. Staff were excellent and attentive. Would recommend to friends, well worth a visit.

Lovely pub in the gorgeous coastal village of WHitburn, Well worth a visit !! The atmosphere is lovely and the staff are really friendly and welcoming.

Lovely little place for a Sunday lunch, over the years I've tried many of pubs for Sunday lunch and non of them have matched my mums/own but last week this place blew me away, first time I've ever enjoyed a Sunday roast in a pub.... I couldn't fault the dinner not one bit nor the service or the price and I can't wait for the next visit... Jolly sailor keep up the good work :)

We live in Australia, but are regular visitors to the UK. When we are travelling we obviously eat out a lot, our favourite place is the Jolly Sailor. Absolutely delicious home made food, traditional roast dinners, steak and kidney puds, home made fish cakes etc, etc. All the food is very well priced and the wine is reasonable. The best thing though is the atmosphere, the place has small inter-connected rooms which gives the feel of you being invited to your favourite aunties house for lunch, and what really tops it off are the wonderfull staff. Sue, Vic, Charlie, Tricia, Teresa and all, thanks so much.

This pub is filled with little nooks and crannies. The bar area is cosy and friendly. Lots of locals drink here. If you entered as a stranger you wouldn't stay one for long. The punters are as friendly as the staff. Great selection of drinks on offer too.The food served here is some of the best home made food I have ever tasted. The mince and dumplings are the best! One of the main rooms that food is served in has a lovely cosy fire for cold winter days. All pubs should be like this.