The Jovial Sailor
Here at the Jovial Sailor, in the beautiful village of Ripley, we pride ourselves on delivering fantastic food with great friendly service. Our delicious menu offers a selection of your pub favourites along with a dedicated veggie & vegan and NGCI (no gluten containing ingredients) menu for you to enjoy. We have a great wine list from around the world, a Children's Menu as well as delicious plated Sunday Roasts served 12 noon – 5pm every Sunday.
Our beautiful pub garden is looking lovely and perfect for alfresco dining all year round with a large patio, extensive covered garden seating, a play area and our fully stocked outdoor bar. Dogs are very welcome in our pub garden too!
We are always working hard to ensure that you have the best possible time when you visit our pub. We serve great food all day, everyday! We are at the heart of the community and hope to welcome you very soon.
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Lovely Dinner
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Great food and service
Birthday Lunch
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Service a bit slow. Eaton mess had unripe strawberries which spoilt it.
Sunday Carvery
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It was a very busy and hot Sunday lunchtime, but all staff we attentative and pleasant. Food was amazing. We be back for sure. Thank you
Excellent
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Lovely meal in garden watching the tennis - couldn’t be better
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We all had a lovely time yesterday. As it was so hot I thought that maybe a few fans inside would have helped. The only criticism from one of our family was that the vegetables were a bit too hard. Our waitress Maisie was lovely and attentive. All in all we had a lovely time.