The Jolly Porter, Exeter - pub details
Address: Imperial Lodge, St. Davids Hill, Exeter, Devon, EX4 4BB [map] [gmap]
Tel: 01392 254848
Exeter St. Davids (0.1 miles), Exeter Central (0.4 miles), St James' Park (0.8 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Wireless internet access (provided by The Cloud)
Pub suggested by moosifer on 12 Oct 2003
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> Current user rating: 5.1/10 (rated by 10 users)
> Local guide: Devon pub guide
other pubs nearby:
Imperial, Exeter (0.1 miles), Great Western Hotel, Exeter (0.1 miles), Artful Dodger, Exeter (0.1 miles), Tower, Exeter (0.2 miles), North Bridge Inn, Exeter (0.3 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Jolly Porter, Exeter
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| Visited here on a train journey to Exeter - nice pub, friendly owner (or was he just a barman? - think he was the owner though), food on offer too. Big seating area with large screen TV, but also a more cosy area with real fire for more intimate pints; pool table too. Worth a look, I would say. UlricVonBek - 21 Mar 2008 22:59 |
| This is the first time I've visited the Jolly Porter since its refurbishment earlier this year. It was certainly in need of tidying up and they've done a good job. The Jolly Porter is grade II listed and they've taken care to make it nice without ruining it's character. It's now very attractive both inside and out and is a very pleasant pub in which to have a drink. There was a good range of beers available, Theakston's 'Best', Sharpes Doombar, London Pride and Abbot were on when I visited and I believe they usually have Courage Directors too. The Doombar was excellent and reasonably priced, too. There's a lot of choice of drinking places near St David's Station. I think the Jolly Porter is the nicest and is well worth a quick visit if you've time to kill while waiting for your train. Trequites - 24 Jul 2006 10:13 |
| JP is now closed for 5 weeks for a refurb under the new company. I was there from Dec 2004 to May 2005. Back along, anyone who came in would remember Paul + Paula, Andy and Martin behind the bar and I joined just after P+P left. At that point, we had an awesome bar and the most expensive pint was £1.96 - Kronenbourg. We looked after our ales and tried to get on with as many customers as poss- think we managed quite well. Under the reign of Spirit Group, we managed to keep the prices low under temp management and Mark "Egg" Adams. It all went downhill in March 2005 when the pub was taken over by a holding company with none of the backing of a decent brewery. "The Pub Company" was run by people with no idea of the local trade or clientele, and was the cause of the spurious opening / closing record. For some reason there was also a bad stock take at this time, and the beer was bloody awful.... We've welcomed Darren and Claire to the pub now, who used to run the Ship and Pelly in Heavitree and they're doing a bang up job of getting it back to how it used to be. It's never gonna go back to how cheap it was in the hey day, but in fairness at least you can leave the toilets with dry feet these days. DanielJudeCook, can't blame you for what you said about how bad the pub was, but hopefully if you read this, you'll give Darren and Claire a chance to change your mind. On a separate note about the refit, it's gonna open the pub up a bit, give more space in the main bar, and as far as I'm aware do a proper clean thorugh. Acoustic music (open mic) on the Monday evenings was working pretty well, and I'm sure the incentives to return will continue. Cheers! Ginge. ginge23 - 21 Mar 2006 14:15 |
| Only an infrequent visitor to Exeter nowadays but I can confirm that it was shut last Friday evening, which can't be a good sign! A real shame - it used to be such a nice pub. Hamlet - 24 Oct 2005 12:55 |
| This pub is open and closed like Jade Goody's legs. I wish they would make their minds up what to do with it. By the way, it is no longer a cheap pub. The new brewery owners put the price of my pint up by 55 pence overnight! olliereed - 5 Jul 2005 16:39 |
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