Surrounded by the historic Chester city wall, with home cooked food and quality Cask ales, The Ship is a family friendly inn that has everything a traditional English pub should have.
Our charming pub, restaurant and private dining room are all perfectly situated with views overlooking the idyllic River Dee. These spaces make for the perfect spots to work your way through our impressive food and drink menus.
We pride ourselves in our ability to accommodate for all, so whether you’re looking for a quick pit stop whilst enjoying a day exploring the Roman bridges of Chester, a lunch with the family after a leisurely river walk or a quiet weekend drink accompanied with our delicious Sunday Lunch, we will make sure your visit is one to remember.
We look forward to welcoming you soon.
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Went on short notice for a Sunday afternoon meal (17th Dec). They managed to squeeze us in (phoned to book 2 hours previous). Having never been before I didn't know what to expect, but I'm glad we went. The interior is great, really warm, homely, big log fire keeping out the winter chill. The staff were brilliant, really attentive without any falseness that you get in some places. The food was fantastic. Roast Beef Dinner and a Steak and Ale pie with mash. The roast Beef was well cooked and sliced nice and thick, the Gravy was fantastic and the veg was perfectly cooked, hot and crunchy. The pie (my order) was well filled, the meat was really tasty, and the pastry was great, again, good veg, tasty gravy , and a big helping of lovely fluffy mash. Deserts.... We almost said no as we were quite content after the main. But we folded and ordered Raspberry cheesecake with raspberry ripple and a Sticky Toffee pudding with custard. Both were generous portions and tastes great. Nice hot custard on the sticky Toffee pudding. đź‘Ť All in all, a great meal, would definitely recommend. (Would also recommend booking for a Sunday)
Unfortunately we found dinner at the Ship Inn to be deeply uninspired and disappointing. We dined upstairs, where there was a distinct lack of atmosphere, eating at a badly marked table with noticeable cobwebs and marks on the walls, lights and ceiling. I had the burger and chips. The chips and burger bun, lettuce and bacon were all good. The burger was apparently a 6oz steak burger - this clearly wasn't the case; it tasted identical to an end-of-night burger van burger and was severely disappointing. For ÂŁ16, this isn't good enough. One of our party had the vegan moussaka and said it was atrocious. The desert was apparently very nice (I didn't have any), but I suspect a microwave was involved (as with the mains I feel). The only highlight was that service was attentive and polite. I wouldn't recommend dining at the Ship Inn - the food just wasn't anywhere near the standard you'd expect for a Saturday evening meal. The Ship has three floors and had 3 wait staff on our floor alone. I recommend that time and money should go into refurbishing and updating the interiors and improving the quality of ingredients. It's in a lovely location with a lot of competition from neighbouring pubs in a beautiful city - it needs to do better.
Thank you to all at The Ship Inn again for a wonderful Christmas meal experience. The staff are terrific, the communication in advance for our large group was spot on, food and atmosphere great. And a special shout out for barman Rob who sang Happy Birthday to our friend in English and Welsh! A true gent. Highly recommend The Ship Inn and we'll definitely be back!
First time visiting The Ship Inn and it won’t be my last. Great menu choices, friendly and accommodating staff - what more could you ask for. The only reason I haven’t given the food five stars is that my rump steak was a bit chewy. It was cooked to perfection (medium rare) so it could have been the cut of meat itself. However it did mean that almost half of it went home with my friend as a treat for the dogs.
The girls took me there for my birthday a few days ago and we really had an amazing Sunday roast with celebrations and a view to die for!!! Surrounded by the park and overlooking the river, the vibe was so serene and quite a scenic place to spend my thirtieth birthday at. The hosts were extremely nice and accommodating. The food was great and the portions were extremely generous. Would love to go again one day for the scenery and food both!
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