Few words about us

About the Gari

A Knaphill local for more than two centuries

Our story

Built towards the end of the 1780s

The 1871 census shows The Garibaldi being run by Charles and Ann Smith, who had one son. Its beamed structure, although not listed, is a fine example of late 19th Century public house design.

The draymans delivery store still exists to the side of the pub. You can spot it by the high, small door at the front, where beer and wine barrels would have been off-loaded from horse-drawn carts.

In the late 1990s it was rebranded The Hooden Takes a Knap, but fortunately regained its former identity as The Garibaldi following a further change of ownership in 2005.

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1780sThe Garibaldi is built on Knaphill High Street.
1871The census shows it run by Charles and Ann Smith, who had one son.
Late 1990sRebranded The Hooden Takes a Knap.
2005A change of ownership, and the Garibaldi name returns.

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Recognised for our commitment to quality and community spirit. Here are some of the awards we’ve earned.

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Opening times

Day	Bar	Kitchen
Monday	Closed	Closed
Tuesday	17:30–23:00	17:30–20:45
Wednesday	12:00–23:00	12:00–14:3017:00–20:45
Thursday	12:00–23:00	12:00–14:3017:00–20:45
Friday	12:00–00:00	12:00–14:3017:00–20:45
Saturday	12:00–00:00	12:00–14:3017:00–20:45
Sunday	12:00–22:30	12:00–16:00

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What our guests say

4.5★★★★★438 Google reviews 127Tripadvisorreviews

★★★★★Tripadvisor

Excellent home cooked food.
The Garibaldi is very local to me and I can't fault it. Always welcoming. It's a real village boozer with excellent home cooked food. They have themed nights every week, curry night, pie night, steak night etc. My partner and I eat there regularly, she says that the fresh vegtables accompanying the dishes are the best she has ever come across in any pub. The homemade pies are especially delicious. Excellent value for money. Being a lover of real ale the Garibaldi doesn't disappoint with an ever changing selection. Martin the landlord does an excellent job, long may it continue!

Steve M

★★★★★

This is one of our favourite local pubs to visit. It’s a lovely place, very friendly with great service and fantastic food. Martin, Matt and staff are brilliant.
Never had a bad meal, food is always quality and delicious, prices are more than reasonable and the portions are very generous.
It’s the cosiest place to be in the winter and the beer garden is exactly where you want to be in the summer. Quiz nights are great fun too!
Cannot recommend highly enough!

Rachel Robbins

An evening with friends
I enjoyed the tastiest curry I’ve had in a long while, good size portion served with poppadoms and naan and washed down with a pint of fabulous Horsell Gold! local curry houses watch out!!

Stuart S

A lovely little pub with excellent food.
After a long day in an area unfamiliar to us, with two tired, hungry, thirsty children, we were looking for somewhere serving food before 6pm and with space on a Friday evening... not easy to do!
Despite all the tables being reserved, we were given a table that wasn't needed for another hour - for which we were extremely grateful.
And on top of the relief at finding somewhere to sit and eat, the food ended up being lovely. The aubergine parm was superb, and the kids meals looked really good (and were very fairly priced!).
Also the Horsell Gold is a lovely pint.
Thanks to the excellent, helpful staff. This was a real find. If ever we're in the area again, we will remember this pub.

Tom Larkin

Just had lunch with our three grown up daughters. This is a lovely pub, never been here before, the food was really really good. Enormous portions and so tasty. Very good prices, we will definitely be back. Well done The Garibaldi. Staff were just so nice as well . Many thanks

Linda James

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