The Ship Inn, Rochester

Comprises a pair of oddly mismatched buildings, and both now covered in multi-coloured flags which makes it's main target audience clear (and it was thus no surprise to find various exotic entertainment events advertised). However, all was very conventional inside the surprisingly small L-shaped bar (aside from the array of equally colourful banners on the walls and ceilings) during my Saturday lunchtime visit. No cask beer, so I went for the Shipyard American Pale Ale (£4.90) from the limited keg selection.

The Ship Inn has a fairly long frontage and is a short walk to the train station. Once inside the pub has two separate rooms,i had a drink in the room to the right which is L shaped,this room is carpeted and has normal tables and chairs for seating,there is a larger room to the left which was in darkness. I was'nt expecting any real ale here,so i was surprised to see a pump clip with Doom Bar on it,this was a decent enough drink. Background music was playing on early Saturday evening visit,the pub was fairly busy with a group of locals. This pub is probably a bit too rough to attract any tourists who are in the area. Pub visited 6/6/2015