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Hours
Sun
12:00 - 22:30
Mon
11:00 - 15:0017:00 - 23:00
Tue
11:00 - 15:0017:00 - 23:00
Wed
11:00 - 15:0017:00 - 23:00
Thu
11:00 - 15:0017:00 - 23:00
Fri
11:00 - 15:0017:00 - 23:00
Sat
11:00 - 23:00
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4.0
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PRICE RANGE
£8.00 – £20.00
CUISINES
Bar, British, Pub, Fusion
Meals
Lunch, Dinner, Drinks
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A proper pub serving great ales, beers and lagers. Set just of the main thoroughfare The Old Mariner is a traditional pub with traditional furniture & charm, we serve pub food along with Tapas as our speciality, we have recently made our menus as gluten free as possible to ensure we can appeal to the widest possible audience.
PRICE RANGE
£8.00 – £20.00
CUISINES
Bar, British, Pub, Fusion
Meals
Lunch, Dinner, Drinks
FEATURES
Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Serves Alcohol
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4.0
60 reviews
Excellent
31
Very good
14
Average
6
Poor
4
Terrible
5
Karen h
Kesgrave8 contributions
May 2021 • friends
My friend asked if they had any milk for her 2yr old. She offered to pay, they said no. She asked if her daughter could have some warm water & was again refused. Unbelievable, how can you say no to a young child. He said ' I'd rather not cos I'm too busy'
Written 28 May 2021
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Jeremy W
Ipswich5 contributions
Nov 2022 • none
To say I’m a regular would be an exaggeration. I go there with my friends a couple of times a month, not living in Woodbridge itself. Very well kept beer. We are definitely talking real ale which in a post Covid world is not always easy to find. Good selection of beers. It is a pub for drinkng not eatng. Courteous and friendly service.
Written 5 November 2022
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Coote G
3 contributions
Dec 2024 • couples
Astonishing customer service! Within five minutes of a customer mentioning that a gate legged table was difficult to sit at the management had replaced it with a much more suitable table. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Written 1 December 2024
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Jez D
4 contributions
Mar 2024 • friends
We had a pretty awful experience in The Old Mariner Woodbridge.
The manager /owner was antagonistic and extremely rude to our group.
Our group of four went onto the pub and within seconds, not even having been served our order insulted one of us. Telling one of us to stand up straight. We got our drinks and sat down in an empty back room, on our own and were talking and drinking our drinks and the woman came in and asked the same person that she had already insulted to stop waving his arms about! Our friend has ADHD and is very hyperactive and expressive when he’s talking. This alone is grounds for a discrimination case, I would think.
It’s worth noting that she actively sought to bully our friend as there was absolutely no reason to seek him out to insult him further.
On our exit I went to the bar and said exactly what I thought about our treatment. The very entitled lady did not seem at all concerned that we would leave bad trip advisor reviews for the pub.
I find this a real shame when so many decent pubs recently closed down in our area, staff that work really hard and care about their customers out of work when you see how a pub like The Old Mariner is run. When they feel like they can be outrageously rude to paying customers with no regard, just by lucky virtue of their location and not their charisma or people skills. Some people should never run a pub and we certainly met one of them!
Some background in case anyone thinks the issue was of our making and not the Mariner’s. We had been on a pub and food crawl around the town. The afternoon and evening consisted of: Two of our party had lunch at The Unruly Pig. Zero issues. The other two had late lunch at The Whistlestop Cafe, with no problems. We all rendezvoused at The Anchor with zero issues. We went on to The 1975 bar and had zero issues. We went on to the Kings Head with zero issues. Then to the Bell and Steelyard with no issues. Onto the Old Mariner and they were rude the second we went in to the second we left. We went on from there to The Red Lion, again, zero issues. After that we went to the Royal Bengal and had a great meal with zero issues.
Needless to say none of us will ever return under the current antagonistic and bullying management and I would urge others to not bother also. They clearly don’t need the custom and should never be in the hospitality industry as it’s clear they do not like people! There are plenty of better pubs in Woodbridge that will welcome you and that do want your custom. I doubt they will last long there with their shocking and exclusive attitude.
I am sure the company that owns this pub will be interested to hear about this.
Written 25 March 2024
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David K
Woodbridge1 contribution
Mar 2024 • friends
Visited Saturday March 23rd. Four of us had had a few drinks before but we were coherent, polite and well behaved. I joked with the landlady? that some friends had been told off for being too loud before (they weren't). Anyway, my friend was asked to stand up straight! If that wasn't bad enough when we were sat down he was asked to put is arms down. He was only stretching for god's sake!! I'm surprised there wasn't someone on the door with a breathalyser. Great pub with good beer, completely let down by staff with some kind of overbearing controlling mentality. If there was a minus option for reviews this would have one. We'll never go there again until it changes hands. Avoid if you like a drink. I'm surprised they serve alcohol!
Written 24 March 2024
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David M
Cambridge48 contributions
Apr 2024 • couples
A proper pub, good friendly service , well kept beers with an ever changing guest ale, no food just good conversation in a pleasant environment. If you long for a traditional well run pub serving good ale the Old Mariners is for you.
Written 7 April 2024
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bex67
Buckhurst Hill55 contributions
Mar 2024 • family
Stayed in Woodbridge for Easter with my Sister and Boyfriend and this was by far our favourite pub! Absolutely lovely staff and a great atmosphere in there. Thank you for being so hospitable.
Written 2 April 2024
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Scotty
2 contributions
Jun 2023 • solo
Such a great place - the bar staff are so welcoming and make a real effort to get to know you and really look after you. I have been in the area only a few months and I have to say the welcome I get here is really great - lovely place, lovely garden and great people
Written 6 June 2023
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MelvinNewportGwent
325 contributions
Sept 2021 • none
Whilst on holiday we read the reviews on the pub and just had to visit as i wanted to meet this "miserable owner" as i find i can get on with anyone, well i was put out when i was greeted by 2 smiling girls who could have not been nicer, shared a bit of banter and had a laugh, plenty of draught beers and our quick beer turned into a few more as we sat in the beer garden as the sun went down and thought nothing miserable about this pub for sure! Thanks girls for good service and banter.
Written 28 September 2021
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Sophie
Woodbridge3 contributions
Aug 2019 • friends
Horrible owner who treats young people awfully. Used to go regularly before they introduced the 21+ rule and it was ok but after it was implemented we were rudely told to get out. As a respectful and friendly group of young people, we were shocked. Last summer a group of around 8 of myself and my friends (all 21 and not at all rowdy) sat drinking in the garden all with alcoholic drinks. Another friend who is 21 but forgot his ID tried to order a non alcoholic drink- was told by the rude owner that he wouldn’t have anyone drinking squash in his garden and refused to let our friend sit with us. Will never go again.
Written 27 January 2020
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Sam
Alfreton26 contributions
May 2019 • friends
The Old Mariner is a great place to relax on the garden with a drink & your dogs. It always seems to be busy & popular with locals.
Written 27 May 2019
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shar0nc0leman
12 contributions
Apr 2019 • couples
Popped in for a drink on Saturday lunchtime. Unusual to find a proper pub that doesn't serve food these days. Friendly staff and nice atmosphere.
Written 8 April 2019
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Honor J
1 contribution
Feb 2019 • couples
Nice and lively, lovely friendly locals and bar staff. Had a lovely drink with my boyfriend. Will definitely come back. Lovely atmosphere xxx
Written 22 February 2019
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salb0b
Spilsby3 contributions
Jul 2018 • couples
some of the best pub grub we have had staff very help full prices were good to we will go again soon
Written 23 July 2018
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Charlie F
Perth79 contributions
Dec 2017 • family
Popped in for a few pints on a recent visit to Woodbridge. Nice old pub that does the job, nothing more. A good selection of real ales on offer, and the place was warm and cosy. But, was short-changed by the lass behind the bar and she seemed put out when I questioned the change I had been given. A nice mix of locals and visitors gave the bar a pleasing feel, but we didn't stay for long, preferring to go somewhere else.
Written 27 January 2018
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