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Ship Inn, Saxmundham
Dunwich
Postal town: Saxmundham
IP17 3DT
Served areas
The Ship at Dunwich
WE ARE OPEN // this Monday - Wednesday under our usual opening hours. From Thursday November 5th we will be closed,… https://t.co/4qIb94u4UE
5:56 PM Nov 2nd 2020 from Twitter for iPhone
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Ian Mapp left this review about Ship Inn
Good Beer Guide 2020 Entry.
OK - these are dark times, so I have tempered my review, but they need to have a re-think on their post covid lockdown rules.
They have a massive beer garden. On the hottest Sunday night of the year, we were told this could only be used by diners. If we only wanted a drink, we would have to go around the front. The beer garden was nearly empty, the front was packed.
So we took to the beer garden and used their QR app to order some chips we didnt want (£4.50) and a couple of drinks. The chips came within 5 minutes. The drink around 20 mins later.
You can only feel sorry for the staff, having to deal with this system. Whilst in the garden, we saw harrassed staff coming out and shouting "Table Q17 - are you ready for you next course" to which the reply from Table Q17 was "We haven't had our first course yet".
The beer was fine (Ghost Ship, what else?), the location is perfect. I dread to think what its like when its busy.
On 10th August 2020
- rating: 5
[User has posted 1563 recommendations about 1543 pubs]
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Real Ale Ray left this review about Ship Inn
We had a similar problem to the review below. Our problem was that we called in for a drink near the end of the lunchtime service, when people were paying their bills. We were left standing at the bar for ages, without any acknowledgement from the staff. I got my pint of Humpty Dumpty Swallowtail, which was well overpriced. The two other beers were from Adnams. The problem here is that the young staff are inadequately trained or don't give a toss.
On 30th June 2013
- rating: 5
[User has posted 3644 recommendations about 3644 pubs]
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Philip Gaskin left this review about Ship Inn
This pub looks quite large from the outside, but there is only one bar, which is small, and a small conservatory area behind that. All of the few tables in the bar were taken by pensioners eating something with chips. As I got to the bar a customer had just started ordering food for a table, and as the barman did not even bother to acknowledge me, we left. We will not be returning.
On 18th October 2011
- rating: 3
[User has posted 202 recommendations about 169 pubs]
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Halesworth, 8.15 miles, 2 hr 37 min walk (show)
Saxmundham, 8.99 miles, 2 hr 53 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : Yes last updated 14 August 2024 by Tris C
- Beer Festivals : Yes last updated 14 August 2024 by Tris C
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 14 August 2024 by Tris C
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 14 August 2024 by Tris C
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 14 August 2024 by Tris C
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 14 August 2024 by Tris C
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 29 July 2013 by Dave McNally
- Micropub : No last updated 14 August 2024 by Tris C
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 30 June 2013 by Moby Duck
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 14 August 2024 by Tris C
