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Beer of the Week (w/e 27th April 2025) with Thuck Phat
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The Ship Hotel, King's Lynn
Brancaster
Postal town: King's Lynn
PE31 8AP
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Reviews of The Ship Hotel (Average Rating: 6 of 10) see review guidelines
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Ship Hotel
The Ship is the only pub in the North Norfolk coastal village of Brancaster. Being in the village itself, it was much quieter than the beach itself, which seemed overwhelmed on a sunny Sunday lunchtime.
A few families had managed to find their way into the Ship, but it was by and large quiet.
I'm not a fan of having podiums in pubs requesting you to wait to be seated, especially when you arrive and find it empty. However, we were attended to quickly. Whilst we could order at the bar, we were then requested to be seated in advance of the drinks arriving.
Real ales are Wherry & Legacy. My Legacy was in a decent condition. There is no real cider. According to WhatPub, Whin Hill Cider is available in bottles. But alas, no longer.
Apart from the main room, there is a side room called the Map Room and a large outdoor terraced area to the rear.
On 12th June 2023
- rating: 5
[User has posted 3040 recommendations about 3038 pubs]
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Thuck Phat left this review about The Ship Inn
The Ship was brought a year or two ago by Kiwi chef Chris Coubrough. It was refurbished and is now part of the small Flying Kiwi Inns chain.
The pub is situated on the main road which runs through Brancaster and, whilst tidy, is a fairly unexceptional, traditional painted building.
Inside it's what you'd expect from a recently refurbished gastropub with wood floors, dark wood furniture and a large real fire. It's been well done and is a comfortable place for a pint.
The main entrance leads into the bar which runs along the back wall and whilst people do eat in this area there is no obligation and many were simply quaffing. At the end of this area is a large fireplace beyond which are further tables all laid out for eating and this area feels more like a restaurant.
Outside there's a decent sized paved courtyard area with plenty of tables and there are also 9 rooms for anyone wanting to stay. I'd guess that many of the clientele were visitors rather than locals when we visited and would expect that's true throughout the summer.
The menu is standard gastropub but with little exceptional to catch the eye but the specials board offers more interesting locally sourced choices. It isn't cheap but is, I suppose, what you'd expect in this touristy area of Norfolk. We stopped in for lunch, which was well done with the odd unusual flourish but portions aren't huge for the price.
It is though well worth dropping in for the beer. Four handpumps had on Woodforde's Nelson's Revenge, Grain 3.1.6, Jo C's Knot Just Another IPA and Flying Kiwi. A good local selection and the IPA went down very well.
I liked this pub before it was refurbished but the refurb. has been done well and the beer's better now so I'd happily revisit.
On 3rd September 2015
- rating: 7
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- Accommodation : Yes last updated 21 November 2020 by ROB Camra
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 21 November 2020 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 21 November 2020 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 21 November 2020 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : Yes last updated 21 November 2020 by ROB Camra
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 21 November 2020 by ROB Camra
- Dog Friendly : Yes - In the bar only - last updated 21 November 2020 by ROB Camra
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 23 January 2021 by Tris C
- Live Music : No last updated 21 November 2020 by ROB Camra
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 21 November 2020 by ROB Camra
- Micropub : No last updated 21 November 2020 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 21 November 2020 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : No last updated 12 June 2023 by Blue Scrumpy
- WiFi : Yes last updated 21 November 2020 by ROB Camra
