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The Ship Inn, Weston Super Mare
Uphill
Postal town: Weston Super Mare
BS23 4TN
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 7 of 10) see review guidelines
E TA left this review about The Ship Inn
The pub has been updated somewhat since Blackthorn's visit, there now being no maroon (at least in the bits we saw). The walls are now mainly pointed stone, the floors are parquet, while the pool table and dartboard remain as described below. There is a tricky car park at the side, though we found it easy to park on the street outside. There was a much appreciated open fire in the stone hearth, above which was a large TV screen showing - an open fire. A second TV nearer the bar counter was switched off. The staff were friendly enough and there was a good bunch of locals in. Ales on were Rocking Rudolph and Otter Bitter, both in very good condition and cheaper than The Dolphin a few doors down. Also available were Cruzcampo, Guinness, Inch's cider, Old Mout, Moretti and two from Thatcher's. A pretty good local, and I'd be happy to drop in for one if passing.
On 16th December 2025
- rating: 7
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Blackthorn _ left this review about The Ship Inn
A traditional, surprisingly spacious pub located just a couple of minutes walk from the beach. The interior has a very maroon feel to it, with maroon carpets, maroon bench seating, rather dated maroon wallpaper and maroon ceilings! Besides that there is some exposed brickwork which is a nice contrast.
It’s a “U” shape on a couple of different levels. The main bar is pleasant enough albeit with quite a few TV’s showing the rugby as well as a large projection screen. The commentary from this was piped at a rather loud volume throughout the pub, which made it difficult to escape if you weren’t interested. There’s a few fruit machines and the like opposite the bar, and several model ships around as befits a pub of this name.
To the left, you can go up a few steps in to a plusher lounge area with some leather sofa’s, or on again past this in to a decent looking restaurant area. Or you can go down a few steps to another bar with a pool table and darts board. Barman seemed friendly, and all in all it seems to be a decent local pub, albeit one that could maybe do with a little TLC – some of the seats were ripped with the foam spilling out and the carpet on the stairs was held together with duct tape. I am perhaps being a little harsh though, overall it’s fine, I don’t want to give the impression that it’s a tatty pub.
There was a good selection of basic “pub grub” such as baguettes, light bites, jacket potatoes and burgers which seemed to be something of a speciality, including a 12oz cheese burger for a reasonable sounding £4.75. There was also a board with a small selection of special chalked up.
Beers on tap were Otter Ale and Wickwar’s BOB. Ciders were well represented with Thatcher’s Gold, Blackthorn and Broadoak.
On 12th February 2011
- rating: 7
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