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The piquant flavours of the British cuisine attract numerous customers. Spend a nice time here and share nicely cooked sea bass, mixed grill and ribeye with your friends. This bar is proud of tasty cheesecakes, fruitcake and meringues. A lot of visitors order good beer, ale or scotch. You will be offered delicious coffee.
Live music is played by musicians in the evening. Many people underline that the staff is patient at The Valiant Sailor. Cool service is something visitors like here. Many reviewers find that prices are average for what you receive. In accordance with the reviewers' opinions, the decor is fine. The calm atmosphere will be exactly just what you need after a hard working week. This place scored 4.3 in the Google rating system.
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Joe McEnroe
8 days ago on Google
Sunday roast are fantastic staff a friendly. Vegetarian options: Veg, roast Price per person: £10–20 Recommended dishes: Roast Chicken Pan Seared Sunday Roast
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Andrew Knight
23 days ago on Google
thanks for my Christmas dinner the food was fantastic thanks to all the staff you done a great job and we ll see on Sunday for Sunday lunch Atmosphere: 5
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Mike Nco
a year ago on Google
Not sure what we experienced at the Valiant Sailor. I've heard good things, but also heard that they changed hands recently, so I am going to assume they haven't found a chef yet. The food was very basic with no apparent training involved. STARTERS: The Buffalo wings were nice, but obviously frozen type, with a bottled sauce. I could have done a huge plate of those! Very tasty. The nachos, however were very bland. They were very thin and oily, no bubbles on the surface, which gave no texture. Were they supposed to be deep fried, but dropped into oil that wasn't hot enough? This wasn't the only issue, they were served with slightly melted, grated mild cheddar cheese; not mozzarella for stringiness or anything with flavour. There was small pieces of pan fried chicken breast meat, but nothing in the way of salt or seasoning. This was supposed to be nachos. Where is the guacamole, the chilli, the sour cream, the jalapeños? MAINS: The Waitress asked how the steaks should be cooked. A medium-rare steak should not arrive nearly well-done. The steak on the surf-n-turf was only slightly over, which suggests they were cooked for the same duration, the thinner one on the other dish being seriously overcooked. The tacos were literally supermarket mince beef cooked so it was grey with no colour. The seasoning wasn't noticeable. They were served with two tiny dishes of a bottled chili sauce and what I assume was supposed to be sour cream. The tortillas were soft and pleasant, though I suspected they are also from a packet. This is another dish missing so many cultural ingredients. The cottage pie was also very very basic. There was maybe three ingredients in the meat part. Minced beef, onion? and oxo cubes. There was no carrot and celery and the beef wasn't caramelised, hence no depth of flavour. The potato part was thin and watery. The presentation in the iron dishes with the grilled top was good! Our waitress was nice, but very young and obviously inexperienced, and when she asked us "is everything ok", I did quietly mention that the steaks were over cooked and the tacos were bland, to which she replied "ok, thank you", and walked off. Bless her. I spent time writing this with the intention of providing proper feedback rather than criticism. We paid our bill and didn't complain further as there seemed to be little point. As mentioned, I don't know if you're waiting to hire a proper chef, but with the food being served as it currently is, you're unlikely to get many repeat diners, or recommendations. You're new there, I wish you the best for the future! Food: 2 Service: 2 Atmosphere: 2
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Response from the owner
a year ago
Thank you for your honest review and apologies that you didn’t receive the service or quality expected.
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British, Vegetarian options
ClosedOpens at 12PM tomorrow
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Price range per person £8 - £20
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Address
New Dover Rd, Folkestone, England, United Kingdom
Features
Outdoor seating
Сredit cards accepted
Takeaway
Booking
Wheelchair accessible
Wi-Fi
Parking
Opening hours
| SundaySun | 12PM-11PM |
| MondayMon | Closed |
| TuesdayTue | 12PM-11PM |
| WednesdayWed | 12PM-11PM |
| ThursdayThu | 12PM-11PM |
| FridayFri | 12PM-11PM |
| SaturdaySat | 12PM-11PM |
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