Ship Inn Reviews Summary

Category: Pub Saint Austell

Address: 31-33 W End, Pentewan, Saint Austell PL26 6BX, United Kingdom

Phone: +441726842855

Rating: 4.5
based on 168 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The Belly Pork was cooked to perfection as were the potatoes & vegetables."
  • "The bean chilli dirty fries were lush and a big portion."
  • "I enjoyed the Sri Lankan Coconut Curry, tasted nice and presented well."
  • "Super fresh fish."
  • "The burger, which he said was fantastic."
  • "Food was really good and it was kid friendly."
  • "The hake which came on a bed of seasoned new potatoes, broccoli, and peas shoots with a delicious sauce."

Cons:

  • "Beef was tough, potatoes were floury."
  • "Food was dire, duck was tougher than old toe nails and curry tasteless."
  • "The place smelt of stale dog aroma."
  • "The short walk from kitchen to garden our food was luke warm at best, and a tasteless cold unseasoned dry burger."
  • "The cheesy chips were bland and also tasted like store bought frozen produce."
  • "Watery gravy, bland tasteless mash and not good sausages."
  • "The food was just low budget produced food."

Service

Pros:

  • "Staff who served me friendly."
  • "Staff were amazing. Very helpful, friendly and polite."
  • "We've eaten here twice this week while holidaying in nearby Tregony, had excellent service each time, the food is fabulous."
  • "The owner and staff were really friendly, pleasant and helpful."
  • "Very warm service from the staff."
  • "Staff were friendly, good covid safety in place."
  • "Service really quick and very friendly."

Cons:

  • "The girl serving me couldn't even say a polite hello, good evening or hi."
  • "Took 30 mins and hijacking a passing staff member to even be seen on a Saturday night at the table they pointed us to."
  • "Expect to be overlooked if you're not a regular no matter how long you've been waiting and even when they can be bothered with you, don't expect friendly service."
  • "The service and management here was absolutely appalling!"
  • "One of the worst experiences we had on our holiday... The staff are rude and the food was awful."
  • "Service was pretty poor."
  • "Staff seemed a little tired and uninterested."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

  • "Atmosphere other wise is amazing, especially on warm summer evenings."
  • "Great vibe in the pub with super service and friendly staff throughout, especially Russ, happy days!"
  • "Location is amazing. Definitely worth a visit."
  • "The location is stunning."
  • "Great atmosphere and we enjoyed it."
  • "Very busy but we were seated quickly by very hard working and friendly waiting staff, great covid measures in place."
  • "Nice garden too when the weather is nice."

Cons:

  • "The Ship 'Used' To Have Queues Waiting To Enter, They Had Dog Shows, Outside Entertainment In The Garden, etc. The New Management Are Aiming For A Gastro Style Business, To Achieve This The Ship,.. 'As An Olde Cornish Pub' Has Now Become Yet Another Sterile Building."
  • "Music from speakers playing outside across the road in garden was not very conducive to a quiet drink."
  • "The pub itself is a bit dark but that’s the only downside."
  • "The covid safety does no work. Every one bottleneck at the front door."
  • "The pub, as was, is ruined. Such a shame."
  • "Been pentewan for years place has gone well down hill."
  • "Massively gone downhill with the new management and their way over the top prices."

Value

Pros:

  • "Lovely food. Decent priced alcohol as well."
  • "The portion was massive and amazing value."
  • "Cheap & delicious."
  • "Good value, would recommend this pub and location for an evening meal that’s not flash or too pricey."
  • "Reasonably priced."
  • "Generous portions of delicious food."
  • "The food was amazing (highly recommend the Eton mess) pricey but the portion sizes are large, definitely value for money."

Cons:

  • "Lovely pub but very expensive drinks, nearly £14 for 3 cokes and a half larger."
  • "Drinks are a little expensive, £3.05 for a glass of Diet Coke from a pump didn’t seem reasonable."
  • "Expensive. We ordered the steak, a burger and kids cod and chips."
  • "Nice location but really expensive and poor food. Sausage and chips twice and a pint and a half of cider cost £27.45."
  • "Totally disappointing at £15! As a local, who knows a good crab sandwich, I can honestly say this was an insult to all crab sandwiches."
  • "Visited here over the past few years & always been lovely, we were eager to return but what a disappointment. Food was dreadful, burgers were a disgrace, very overpriced."
  • "Very Busy and they run out various items on the menu including cream for the kids milkshakes...still charged us the same which isn't cheap."

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