The Rising Sun in Epsom and Ewell

We visited this week for an evening after work and absolutely loved the atmosphere there. We had a bite to eat - the food was delicious! Great place to go. I would highly recommend.

Absolutely love this place! The roasts are a firm favourite! The team are always so friendly and welcoming. It is great in the summer with the massive beer garden (especially when the beer festivals are on!) and cosy in the winter with the log fire burning away. We used the function room upstairs for a family get together and it was perfect, there was 15 of us, and little ones, and we had the space to ourselves, it just made it so much easier. I have also used the back of the garden for my daughter's 1st birthday party in the summer and it was just perfect. Thank you for just being great!

I thoroughly enjoyed the beer festival weekend and joined my family in the garden listening to the music. The staff are always so friendly and couldn’t do enough for us. The manager is a great guy and always makes us feel welcome. This is certainly one of my favourite pubs.

The team are attentive and accommodating. The manager Max is friendly and approachable

The best pub in Epsom and surrounding area! The beers are incredible, the staff are fantastic and the garden is excellent in both summer and winter. A truly beautiful pub and I encourage anyone who hasn’t been to visit!

Nice friendly staff. The whole place was lovely and clean. All our meals were delicious and nice big servings too ... Sunday roast especially amazing, totally recommend. Busy and friendly atmosphere 5+star in all. Puddings we saw looked amazing....we just couldn't fit one in 😀

Class pub, really nice staff and beer

Phenomenal experience, staff are sensational, management are fantastic

Loved our visit to the Rising sun. Great atmosphere and everyone was so friendly and couldn’t do enough to help us. Will come again. Thank you!

The rising sun holds some great events, this weekend we went to the beer festival, it was well run, the different choice of beers & ales was incredible, the outside area is so pretty, if you’re looking for a place to drink in these winter months head to the rising sun, food is pretty decent to. A lovely pub in Epsom give it a try.

Great atmosphere, A++ food, charming staff, superstar manager! 🍻

Fantastic Sunday lunch sharing platter. Great beer and wine and atmosphere. The Rising Sun stands above the rest of the Epsom competition.

Cracking Sunday roasts and good Ale. Always a good night at this place. The beer festival at the end of September is worth a visit.

Good beer, food, and atmosphere.

Lovely friendly place lovely staff great place to eat and drink

Excellent pub. Very good beers and food is delicious. Staff are extremely friendly and knowledgeable. I would highly recommend.

Great pub in Epsom, food is very good and drinks selection great

We love this pub, it looks small from outside but is a good size with a big garden. There’s a great selection of drinks and the food is always delicious. Our favourite time to go is Thursday for steak night. The staff are lovely and friendly too!

Basic pub food ok but not amazing. Roast potatoes didn’t seem freshly cooked and veggie roast not filling. Staff were friendly and helpful

I am a regular visitor to The Rising Sun. The kitchen is the best pub kitchen locally and the bar is well stocked for the majority of choices. Staff are unfailingly courteous and easy going as well as being efficient. Others normally go for the Roast on a Sunday or we take steak in the week. Only niggle was last meal fried everything. Rather than boiled new potatoes with Sea Bass. Heartly recommended.

Cracking pub with surprisingly big garden. Very dog friendly but dreadful parking. Best ti walk here as the beer is so good

Great pub in Epsom, definitely well managed by Max and the team. Food is great especially their Steak Nights every Thursday. They always have a great selection of beer on. Despite not being owned by the Big Smoke brewery now, they still do their beers on tap, which is great. The atmosphere is always lively especially for locals like me and of course you can bring your dog and they will always get attention and treats from the staff, all good factors in a pub.

Usually very nice but last Sunday the roast was shockingly bad. Mushed up " cauliflower cheese" particularly unpleasant. Staff miserable and made us feel uncomfortable. We did give a 10% tip and left but should have complained at the time. Won't be returning any time soon sadly.

Friendly atmosphere, huge garden some area covered, clean , booking advised for big groups so you don't get disappointed I've been a number of times never been let down , the staff are great!

Superb local pub with a great atmosphere and friendly staff

Great staff and an impressive selection of cask and craft beers including some of my favourites: Drop Project (regular line,), Polly's, Anspach and Hobday (3), Pomona island and Big Smoke (several).

A nice residential area pub that was very busy the day we were there with a couple of functions going on so lots of 'family' about. A sizeable beer garden out the back and a function room upstairs provides lots of usage options and the pub is decidedly dog friendly. The Guinness was excellent and the Anspach & Hobday's Ordinary Bitter was OK.

Family and dog friendly pub. The snag though is that getting to the gents (upstairs) involves a fair amount of caution with kids running around, and dogs on leads blocking the way from the bar while their owners are oblivious. Beer was alright.

Came for lunch on a Saturday. Good food and pleasant service. Unfortunately it is dog-friendly so we had one yapping away across the room from us.

Lovely back street boozer in Epsom. Reasonable prices, lovely back garden.

Great local pub. Lovely food and good beer.

A lovely cosy pub with good of atmosphere. We usually visit midweek on ribs night or steak night & food has always been great. It's become our favourite pub in Epsom but it gets busy so book a table! Parking isn't a big deal if you don't mind a short walk from the Town Hall car park.

Great Birthday lunch with family. Pleasant staff and good service.

Really good mothers day menu and great value for money, service was very friendly especially the Hungarian lady not sure what her name was. Big portion sizes, the meats in the roasts where yummy and the vegetarian Wellington was amazing but the sides that came with were all a bit cold or luke warm which was a bit disappointing.

Wow, what a find! Great beer selection, fantastic food (we had to take some home the portions are so big!) Had a great lunch here, would have loved to stay all day! Will defo be back, worth mentioning you will need to park elsewhere in Epsom as there is no parking on site but well worth the 5 minute walk from the town hall car park!

Love this place - great vibe, great wine choice and spot on bangers and mash 👏🏼

Sunday roast .. all starters were great and then we had the roast lamb and pork. ***** all fabulous would highly recommend. Only downfull we were not local so parking was painful!

Had a very decent Sunday Roast. 👍😋

Good meal. Great starters - bao buns and mac and cheese croquettes highlights. Ribeye a little disappointing, steak quite thin and chips layered across plate. Service and atmosphere good.

This was my second visit here since it has been refurbished and under new ownership. Great atmosphere, very friendly and knowledgeable staff. We only had drinks, but beer selection is brilliant, with draught craft beers and real ales mainly from Big Smoke Brewing, but also others on draught, e.g. Flensburger!

had a wonderful Christmas lunch, lovely food, great table and friendly staff - really well worth it!!!

Great food and service in this neighbourhood pub- will be back!

Really lovely Christmas Eve Turkey dinner

Took the 406 / 418 from Surbiton to check out one of the newer Big Smoke pubs. The classic winning formula, reclaiming old local pubs and transforming them with a consistent aesthetic but somehow retaining the integrity of the pub before it. Originally a beer house, The Rising Sun first became a pub around 1870. It's the founding place and meeting point to this day for the Epsom Cycling Club since 1891. And in 1963, pre-CAMRA, the "Society for Preservation of Beer from the Wood" was set up here, although now remains more of a social club. It's later years it was referred to as "The Japanese Embassy" too, due to the Japanese Flag that used to hang outside of it - whether anyone still calls it that, given the absence of a flag, I don't know. Back to the present day pub though! Cosy, lots of nooks and tables. Fire was roaring. Families and couples throughout. Hesitant to pap unsuspecting punters for this, so just pointed the empty spaces to give a feel. The usual Big Smoke suspects on offer, but while a Harvey's Best Bitter and Big Smoke Underworld on cask were extremely tempting. Opted for old faithful Deya Steady Rolling Man, repeat order x5 plz. The food game is top tier pub grub. Baby Back BBQ ribs have kept me full for a few days since, and the sides and veggie options are plentiful. The garden needed a bit of love when I went the first time around, it has since been vastly improved. The canopy awnings you see at the other pubs will be brought in here, and outside heaters on the way too. The pub also has an upstairs area, reserved for the rugby on the weekends, which was nice to be able to create that space for those not looking to be surrounded by adults screaming at an egg. Service was warm and inviting as always. Something about a Big Smoke pub (both staff and venue) making you feel like it's your local, even if you've travelled to get there. Find your nearest one, or take a stroll down Epsom Downs and pop in for a pint.

We went for an office Christmas lunch. The food was good, reasonably priced, came quickly and the service was great. Everyone enjoyed it and we'd definitely come back. A great range of craft beers available.

This is a great pub. Very good choice of beer, excellent food and friendly and attentive staff. We had our Xmas meal here and it was perfect. Ideal pub.

I haven't been to this pub in Epsom before and our Christmas meal was taking place there . I volunteer in Cancer Research and the charity treat volunteers to a lovely Christmas meal out. The place was perfect for a largish group , food was really good. This pub is a cozy local, popular with local residents because, when I arrived a little early, I perched on one of the seats in the area as the rest of the pub was full. I really liked it and another volunteer told me that they have a lovely beer garden outside but it is December and rainy so I'll take their word for it. I really liked the atmosphere and friendly welcoming from the staff when they saw me sitting on my own. We had a very enjoyable evening with food, friends and a funny game of drawing a guided Christmas scene on a paper plate on our heads. Liked the atmosphere. Thank you CRUK. Merry Christmas 🤶 Pricing is only on there because I bought a drink . I can't comment on the pubs usual menu as ours was a set menu and a treat but a nice venue for a works do with friendly staff and a pleasant place to be

The perfect local. Great service, top people, excellent food, and a huge selection of tasty drinks.

Came for lunch here on Saturday. Food and service outstanding. Nathan looked after us the whole time we were here. Will definitely be back x

I had recently started to go to this pub with friends just for drinks, but one evening we decided to get food too. I chose the Big Smoke Burger, which came with pulled pork, smoked cheddar, pickles, and fries on the side. The aged beef was moist, flavoursome, and not overcooked or dry, and along with the tasty marinated brisket, made a decent meaty combination. The cheese and pickles added more depth and flavour to complete the burger. The fries were crispy and had a nice coating around them. So overall, a good experience...but why the 4 stars then? Well, for £16.45 I just don't believe I was getting my money's worth...for what I paid there should have been more fries, instead of limiting them to that small cup they came in. Also, there should have been another side option included too...maybe a choice of coleslaw, onion rings, small corn on the cob, ecc. As you can see, the dish looks fairly small, and the plate is rather empty from the picture, so that is my only negative. The service is always friendly, relaxed, and professional...so if you're looking for decent grub and a warm atmosphere, then definitely check this place out! Dogs are also welcome. :)

Update: The pub has turned around dramatically. Now possibly the best pub in Epsom! Staff friendly, good selection of beers great food. Original post: This pub is dying a slow death. Such a shame for it was once a lovely pub.

Just had my 50th there absolutely fabulous the staff are fantastic great selection of drinks food was lovely Couldn't have ask for a better day

Good location. Very nice foods. We would like to come here again.

This is by far the best pub in Epsom. Beer selection is great & always rotates. The staff are super nice & the food is excellent. Lovely garden that gets the sun all day too!

Our favourite Epsom pub! Lovely food and nice beer garden. Really enjoy their selection of own beers too

A very happy double birthday celebration with excellent food and drink for the whole family with warm and friendly service throughout.

Lovely pub, really enjoyed our afternoon again and our dogs were given a bowl of water too. We realise we were one of the last for Sunday carvery - it was ok but we thought the price was disappointing for the food we were given.

Spent a month in Epsom, and this was our local. Beautiful beer garden, lovely staff, vegan and veggie friendly. Perfect place to relax with a pint and the family.

Great pub, great service, best beer garden in Epsom.

Pleasant ambience, service efficient, roasts very good

Excellent pub with a great garden in the heart of Epsom! One of our favourite pubs in the area for sure. Parking is a pain, but other than that it is an awesome place to spend a sunny afternoon with friends/family! (Love their dirty fries!)

Continuously surprised by the variety and quality of the beer and cider. Different to other local pubs, and quite knowledgeable staff. The garden is wonderful. Not yet been in the evening but the fairy lights suggest it could be amazing. Welcoming to families and dogs, worth a look.

Has to be the best pub in Epsom. Cheerful staff, good range of beers, and a great quiz on a Tuesday night.

I hired the function room for an event this past weekend and Max and the staff were amazing! Quick to respond to questions, very accomodating, fab food. Thanks a ton for making it a great night!!!

Fries are the best and the burger was so good! So much good texture.

Nice little place tucked away off the main roads. Had a nice steak meal in there too

Excellent food, cooked to perfection and great service . The London Black is an exceptional beer, probably the best I have tasted.

My Wife and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary in the Rising Sun's function room. It was a short notice booking as result of the previous venue letting us down. In short Nathaniel and his staff made sure everything went well and nothing was too much trouble. The BBQ buffet was delicious and a great level of service was delivered to our guests. Thank you Rising Sun.

Fantastic pub. Great staff, Greater selection of beers. Treat yourself.

I couldn’t fault our visit here last night. The pub is cosy and had a nice friendly, busy feel. We were made to feel very welcome from the minute we arrived and I thought the two staff we met were both helpful and kind. We felt well looked after. I really enjoyed the classic burger - beautifully cooked and served with some very tasty fries - and my son and daughter enjoyed their ribs and halloumi burger. The ribs had a fabulous glaze and the meat just fell off the bone! I think the only thing I’d add would be to automatically serve a finger bowl of water with those ribs - but that’s very fussy and maybe because I watched my son eating them whilst wearing a white shirt 😁 Would highly recommend and will definitely be wanting to visit again.

Sunday lunch was absolutely fantastic. Roast lamb was perfect, as was the fish and chips my son had. Highly recommended

Great lunch on Saturday, the fillet steak was cooked to perfection and the service was great

After being ruined by previous owners, the pub has been restored and evolved to a great venue, with a child/dog friendly garden and tasty food. Welcoming staff cap off a great experience here.

Not open all the time, no food being served, currently not cared for as in the online pictures, not sure on what has gone wrong here. On a bright note service was lovely.

After using the Riser for approx 50years. I took a break from the pub due to terrible tasting beer. Due to poor management. I went back tonight as a friend invited me to join him. I had a taster before committing or paying sadly once again I walked out. Youngs Brewery need to sort this out and quick as a genuine decent pub is fading fast. Regards

Extremely nice and cozy pub, with great atmosphere. The food was incredibly good and combined with the warm, welcoming and professional service me and my family had a great time! Will definitely return and recommend it!

If I can give you any advice, it would be to NEVER EVER set foot into this ill managed, disgraceful pub.I booked this pub for my 21st birthday party and paid a hefty deposit. I was promised an email of confirmation, and 3 months later (despite many many phone calls) I did not receive one. When I finally received a confirmation email, I replied to the email and surprise surprise I didn’t get anything back. So 2 weeks before my party, my mum goes to the pub to speak to deebay and Oliver, to find the pub closed. Oliver would not come down to speak to my mum, even though they had a large sum of her money. Obviously we don’t want a birthday party in a pub which isn’t going to be open, so after some time Oliver gave a refund.... but finding a new venue for my 21st birthday party 2 weeks before the date is no mean feat.These people are a disgrace to the pub industry and you should NOT give your hard earned money to these people!!! I would give a 0 rating if I could!!!Yours sincerely, A very unhappy birthday girl

I would strongly advise that no one ever books this pub for a party or function due to the catastrophic let down that occurred todayI paid a substantial deposit for my daughters 21st birthday and was promised many things by Oliver which was then overuled by Deebay ? Part owner I then turn up today to check everything is ok the pub is closed Oliver refuses to come downstairs and talk to me for over an hourA lady arrived and asks if she can help stating she is the co owners ex wife and the pub has been closed by the licence people?? She states her ex husband owns 50% of the pub and gave it to Deebay to be repaid and now she has been locked out of the office by Oliver and Deebay she thinks the pub might open but not sure and she thinks my daughters party can still go ahead but not sure ???? I have ten days to organise a venue now for over 110 people This pub, it’s management and owners are a disgrace to the pub industry and should not be allowed to trade this would stop other people being disappointed by their false promisesI do sincerely hope that my deposit does actually get refunded to my credit card as promised by Oliver !!!!!!!

I came here with my sisters for dinner on a Sunday evening. The pub dining room was empty - we were joined by only 1 other table - so the atmosphere was poor. There were a lot of dishes not available on the main menu and also on the desert menu - of 4 deserts they only had 2! Both me and my sister ordered the salmon for main. It was priced at £15 so I was expecting something really good as that’s pretty pricey for a pub dinner. It was unfortunately incredibly disappointing. The salmon filet was tiny and poorly cooked (the skin wasn’t crispy like it should be). It was served with 2 tiny florets of broccoli and I actually counted the 6 tiny carrot buttons and 4 slivers of asparagus! The only good thing was the mash. It was a shock when the bill came and I grudgingly had to hand over £45 for 3 meals (my other sister had sausage and mash which she said was ok) and 3 soft drinks. We left within an hour and went to Bill’s for desert and a hot drink!

We went as a family of 3 adults and one child for lunch we sat outside in the garden as the weather was nice what a disappointment ......Half the food we wanted was not available not a big menu so was a bit difficult to pick something else But the worst thing was the amount of dog mess there was in the garden some of it right on the path to walk to the tables....all with flys over them it really not where you want yo eat your lunch there was a large dog in the garden when we arrived.We told the staff but I am sorry to say they did not clean it up and it was still there when we left .Will not be going again.

Not like it used to be. Staff clueless although polite. I just don't see how you can attract people to a nice beer garden strewn with dog crap

Lovely pub close to Epsom centre. Friendly staff and great food, excellent landscaped garden space. Welcoming environment. This seems to be the best choice in Epsom for great night out.

My husband and I just had our joint 40th birthday party at this gorgeous little pub and Adam and the team could not have done a better job. We had around 110 people so it was a busy night for them but they kept the drinks flowing, the BBQ was delicious, the DJ played banging tunes all night and everyone had a fantastic time. The garden was looking fabulous and we were very lucky that it was such a sunny calm evening so everyone could enjoy it out there. We know this pub well as it is one of our locals and it really is a hidden gem...lots of character, some brilliant guest ales and great food...cosy in the winter and lovely in the summer. Thank you so, so much Adam, Oliver and all the team for making our night such a fantastic celebration. We shall see you soon :-)

We had travelled a fair distance to Epsom General Hospital to see our first grandchild born in the Bradbury wing. We took a little stroll through the park when we saw this lovely little quiet pub. There weren't many people there but just inside the pub were what I politely call football hooligans I say that because they were shouting EEAGLLES You cannot ban a chelsea fan YIDDOs etc etc. No one came to serve us they to busy "looking after" a guy about my age who was saying look I have told you already there is 5 grand in the account and no your WEE FEE is not working and I have already spent my emergency tenner where's the nice canadian - he was just met with abuse about being pissed. Anyway he calmly said can I have some water then before I leave and I watched nervously pour a glass and the whole lot came down. The lager louts then turned on him but he calmly set off collecting his heavy bags of shopping. The abuse he got was a sign of our times kiddy fiddler paedo turd burglar sausage pirate etc etc but he just walked away. My dear wife said Imagine if we were in San Diego. Well no-one came to serve us as they were now too busy sweeping up glass to make matters I suddenly realised I had left my wallet in the car something I have never done before. So we left and we couldn't even get a glass of water and then just set off on our drive back to Plymouth. It was not such a long journey as usual as we were so happy with seeing our dear little girl. Oh by the way I am a retired naval commander as we drove we joked about our short visit to the land of the rising sun but we argued a little about the quiet man with his shopping - it was obvious he was in the services but we couldn't agree which branch. I thought he would be a captain but she who must be obeyed said major - would we go back no - but our family around the area who are also serving her majesty will be popping in now !

Very tasty food, great range of drinks... Best of all was the garden! Such a nice friendly vibe. Perfect for families and enjoying the garden in the sunshine!

Reminds me of Tardis small on outside big on inside with two floors and garden. Food was lovely. I only had goat cheese and beetroot crostini but it didn’t disappoint. Special thank you to Olivier who made our celebration special . I would definitely recommend

Decided toh give another chance to visit the Rising sun after a major disappointment during our last visit last autumn. Greatly regretting now.

Visited with my friends Saturday night real good fresh food. I recommend sea bass and steak and Guinness pie. I will be back soon!!

Lovely food and great service. Highly recommend to visit whether you’re with friends, family or fancy leaving them behind and meet the locals. The staff have made the place a very warm and friendly place to be. Many thanks to Chrissy, Oliver and all the other staff members. I had a wonderful time!

I hadn't been to the Rising Sun but as a relative newbie to the area, it was refreshing to find good food that wasn’t bland but overpriced (given the area) along with service that felt genuinely friendly without being over attentive. Although they'd run out of the key vegetarian meals (for my partner), they rustled up a new version of the veggie pie that was tasty and substantial while my beefburger was delicious. It wasn’t busy for a Saturday night (which I quite liked) even though there was a good band on. But if that's not unusual then I’m sure it's going to get busier under the excellent new management and I look forward to sitting out in the big garden when the weather warms up.

Rising Sun is rather tucked away and in the middle of the residential area but it was worth finding it! My city friends and I visited for Friday dinner and it was the great experience. It is not so crowded but a very good atmosphere. My Italian friend had a steak and ale pie and most of us had sea bass with grilled sweet potato which was delicious. Staffs will speak to you instantly. It’s a traditional pub with great selection of beer and ales.

We held a 60th birthday party for 70 people here last night. Adam and his team were great, so helpful , welcoming and friendly, making sure that everything went well and our guests had a good time. The buffet was good value and everyone really enjoyed it..

Visited this pub for lunch. It was only on its second week under new management. Very warm friendly welcome. Menu was a bit limited.

One of my favourite places in Epsom. Really good to see place is doing well after long time.

We came across this pub a while ago and have visited over the last few weekends with and without our dogs and always receive a warm welcome - dogs included! New manager Adam seems tireless in his quest for excellent customer service and can only be a huge benefit to this lovely pub..... well worth a visit, or revisit!

Greeted very warmly and swiftly shown to the dining area for our reserved table (Sunday lunch).

Went for night out at our local pub , just after ordering our 2nd drink were told we had to leave as the whole pub was booked out for a wedding reception. There was no indication anywhere, a sign on the door might have helped! Wish we had been told before we’d ordered our drinks. We are locals who are trying to support our failing local pub. Never again, although the lack of atmosphere, glaring lights and ‘Fire Starter’ blaring out on the speakers above our heads didn’t help. it’s back to the Barley Mow for us !

Had to postpone our original Xmas get together. Re-arranged and it worked out great. Some initial concerns, poor communication, but Oliver in the kitchen contacted me and after our phone conversation it felt like it would all be fine. And it was! Great night. Great food. Thank you so much. And thank you for agreeing finances

We recommended this to friends and spent nearly 2 and a half hours trying to get two courses served. Average food, and when we ordered coffee, they said they only had two! As we were 8 we went home for coffee. What a disappointment, it used to be so good

I just had a superb meal, in a lovely atmosphere. Great portions from a lovely chef. The staff are attentive and pleasant, making a great day. I thoroughly recommend a visit to this excellent pub.