Ship, Cobhamback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Pretty on the outside and in an attractive village. Beer on handpump was Greene King IPA and Adnams Ghost Ship, both very good. The food menu is very small, which should be a good thing, and the pub is popular (I visited on Friday lunchtime), although I personally don't like the gambling machines, televisions and music. My fish pie was enjoyable, with creamy sauce, chunky and flavoursome fish, melted cheese on mashed, not creamed, potatoes, but the peas and carrots were served on a cold plate. My wife's ham, eggs and chips also were served on a cold plate. We had waited over an hour for our food so there's no excuse for cold plates. My wife had the dessert of profiteroles with caramel chocolate and sauce, but they were frozen almost solid, as if the kitchen was not expecting anyone to ask for them today. The waitress was pleasant. The men's toilet was clean but in need of some maintenance. All in all, not out and out bad, but not somewhere I'd go back to or recommend.
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This is a casual pub, with reasonably priced food that is served quickly. It's a great local pub and a good place to come for an informal dinner with a friend, partner or with a group of people. My girlfriend and I have visited quite a few times over the last couple of years and will continue to do so if there are no drastic changes.
gixit - 21 Nov 2013 10:57 |
Its very clear that a new manager has taken over as the pub has come on leaps and bounds! The menu is honest and delivered to a great standard as well as coming out efficently. I would suggest the doubters that have had a bad experience in the past should revisit as the customer service and quality has improved tremendously. The ales are excellent and in very good nick! there are 4 on and they are black sheep bitter, greene king IPA, Hobgoblin (My favourite) and finally adnams broadside. A good place to go!
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went to the ship inn boxing day paid �60 for 2 meals a roast beef dinner and a turkey roast 3 course 1st course my wife had prawn cocktail the plate came with the prawns just slapped on the plate with pink lettuce it wasnt the sauce that made the lettuce pink i hade pate and my plate had pink lettuce to the main course the beef was the only thing my wife ate the potatoes looked and tasted like they was done earlier and put in hot fat to warm up my turkey i think was compact rooled wafer thin there was nothing christmassy about the place the toilets where discusting we didnt hang around for the desert,we are going to complain to the manager in writing,if we dont get a reply and 3/4 of our money back we will take it further
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Never Again! This used to be a great pub where we enjoyed many meals whilst visiting the area over the last 20 years. Alas it is no longer the quality pub we enjoyed. Having contacted the pub to book a month in advance (as it used to be very busy) I had to ring back the following day to speak to someone who could take a booking. Having contacted the pub 5 times by telephone and posted the order to them with a deposit we arrived for lunch to be told we did not have a booking. They did later find the booking and deposit in the office. Incompetent management.
The meal from the Christmas menu was extremely basic and uninspiring. The waitress also succeeded in knocking a drink off the table and into one of our laps.
I am surprised to see that the pub was allegedly fully refurbished as most of it has changed little including the Gents with it's 1940's fittings and 1970's tiles. Should you need it you will find the toilet seat on the floor next to the bowl. Happy dining!
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food focused but that said have always been served promptly, politely and with a smile at the bar, beer festival a few years ago but nothing recently.
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Smart village pub, with about five handpumps but only Spitfire and Courage Best "always available" according to the blackboard (and the Best had just gone). However, my pint of Spitfire was very good and I think that the current rating of 4.4 is rather too low and may be based on the travails of those who mistake this site for 'Food in the Evening'.
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We waited 1 1/2 hours for our lunch (17/05/2009). When it arrived it was less then wonderful. The pub seems to specialise in "chips with everything" type of cuisine. The kitchen is obviously too small to cope with the trade. My dressed salad did have some sort of dressing on it but the salad stuff was too chunky. Definately a NO
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Really nice looking pub in a nive village setting.
there was a very nice wood fire on my visit, but the pub seemd to lack something - just not sure what it was.
Plenty of 2 for �10 offers on food though didn't eat myself.
The Spitfire was a nice pint - whilst the alternative was Courage.
Worthy of a stop however if you find yourself near the A2 and you fancy a pint.
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I went to the Ship Inn at lunchtime today, 9 November 2008 and was not happy with the service I received when I questioned my bill as I had been given the food I requested but with extras which I ate but hadn't realised they had changed my order for a more expensive version of the same food, until I was presented with the bill! When I asked for a discount as I found it unfair to only find out at the time of paying the bill, I was refused, by the landlord. Disappointing as I would previously have recommended this pub, but not any more! The least I wanted was an apololgy (which I did get from the girl who took my payment but not from the landlord) and would have appreciated a reduction in the bill rather than to be told "no" and "I'm busy talking to someone". The girl was very polite though who I paid. Disappointing as I would previously have recommended this pub, but not any more!
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Very good all-rounder in small, attractive village. Looks a bit chainy but not excessively food-led, and pub menu was good value. Spitfire was excellent.
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