The Jolly Drover is a country pub and hotel, a few miles south of Liss, in West Sussex. The village is surrounded by woodland, making it a great place to stop or stay if you like walking (it is a few minutes' walk from the Sussex Border long distance path). The pub interior includes front and back bar areas and a dining area, decorated in muted colours with lots of wood. There's a beer garden as well.
We stopped off here for lunch on a motorcycling trip. The menu is an upmarket version of tradition pub fare, with starters from £6.50-£8.90, including soup of the day, garlic mushrooms, deep fried blanchbait, tempura vegetables, and a warm smoked salmon and prawn platter.
Mains include a meat pie of the day; a range of burgers; a gammon steak; 8oz sirloin steak; locally-sourced sausages, pasta, chilli, Thai curry (chicken, prawn or vegetable); cashew, courgette and carrot pie; lamb's liver; and a "catch of the day" fish dish.
For those looking for a smaller lighter meal, they do a range of sandwiches and baps, and a ploughman's. There is a board listing the desserts of the day.
My friend and I had the pie of the day with mash and vegetables (£15) and a veggie burger (£12) with chips and homemade coleslaw: both came in good portions (see photographs). Service was quick and friendly. They obviously have a full pub bar, and there was a group of happy locals there, so they evidently have a loyal clientele.
There's a decent sized car park behind the pub. I'd happily return. read more