The Jolly Sailor, South Norwood - pub details
Address: 64, High St, South Norwood, London, SE25 6EB [map] [gmap]
Tel: 08721 077 077 (ref 14919)
Norwood Junction (0.1 miles), Selhurst (0.9 miles), Birkbeck (1 mile)
Pub facilities/features:
- Sky TV, Big screen, Jukebox, Karaoke
- Pool table, Dartboard, Fruit machines, Quiz machines (multi), Pinball
- Outside seating, Dogs allowed, Children allowed
Pub suggested by Stef on 24 Sep 2004
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> Current user rating: 5.8/10 (rated by 12 users)
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Alliance, South Norwood (0.1 miles), William Stanley, South Norwood (0.1 miles), Ship, South Norwood (0.1 miles), Albion, South Norwood (0.1 miles), Cherry Trees, South Norwood (0.1 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Jolly Sailor, South Norwood
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| Have to say probably the best pub in norwood you now what your gonna get when you go in here a good pint and a warm atmosphere Gunner1 - 26 Feb 2009 10:10 |
| when I lived in Sth Norwood back in the late 80's I used to meet my mate Lee here with his business cronies - all suits back then. Dark and pokey and very smokey! I miss these days ... siennadawnnz - 19 Jan 2009 03:09 |
| I'm sorry, this is not a review as such but a story about the Jolly Sailor back in 1991. I was invited to join the pub's pool team after playing a few frames and getting to know some of the regulars who were a friendly bunch. Over the course of the next few months, I travelled around various pubs in the area and fate transpired not only to almost always leave me as the player facing the deciding match but, no matter how hard I tried, I failed to recapture the form that had caught the eye of my fellow team-mates back at the Jolly and I finished the season with a miserable straight loss record. They were kind enough, but I could tell that secretly they were cursing ever inviting me to take up the cue. They must have been very relieved when I announced that as I was moving up to Manchester to get married I'd be unable to play the following season and as a gesture of goodwill and a fond 'farewell' invited me to the end of season party. There was free grub laid on by the JS's fantastic staff and the banter was good - if a little cutting as the remarks about my awful season became more regular as the booze flowed. We ended the night with a couple of games of 'killer' where everyone was invited to put a pound coin into a pint pot and take their turn at the table. Just to explain to the uninitiated, in killer, you generally start with 3 'lives' and take turns at the table. If you pot a ball you 'survive' with your lives intact, if you miss, you lose a life and when all three are gone you are out and the last person surviving gets to keep the cash. As the first game drew on I found that my luck had changed and everything I hit seemed to go in. There were ironic and slightly embittered cheers when I potted the last ball and became the winner of game 1. "Another game" went up the cry. So even more pound coins plinked into the pint pot which was now brimming as I wedged my winnings sheepishly into my jeans and announced I'd be sitting this one out. "Oh no you're not" came the reply, and so I dropped my pound in and was given the job of breaking, which is often a sure-fire way to lose your first life. In went 2 balls. 30 minutes later I was making a hasty escape down Portland Road after pocketing my second successive lot of winnings, closely followed by an angry mob. OK so I made the 'followed by an angry mob' bit up, but they weren't keen on me staying put it that way. Haven't been back since. If you were one of the members of that Pool team, I'm really really sorry. mervpayne - 4 Jul 2008 13:54 |
| Decent enough pub. Beer is alright, though I wouldn't rave about how wonderful things are here it is still better than any other in the area. Nice beer garden to freeze inw hile smoking deathsticks, and the staff are cheer and reciprocal enough. Norwood has been dealt a really poor hand for pubs in the area, or maybe it's just me. I've come from North London (nr. Tottenham, so my expectations aren't high) but at least this one is not trying too hard to be something it isn't and is just a boozer. Shame it doesn;t have enough real ale, but it's decent enough rampantwurzel - 11 Jan 2008 13:47 |
| This sounds like one of the gayest pubs I have ever seen in my life. Chase me!!!Oops I have slipped over a banana! anonymous - 1 Aug 2007 17:03 |
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