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The Ship Inn, Retford
Retford
DN22 6EN
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Reviews of The Ship Inn (Average Rating: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Graham Coombs left this review about The Ship Inn
A nice solid pub, with slightly weird dark decor but comfortable enough. As in an earlier review, the room behind the bar was out of use, leaving a main room and a longer extension behind, but plenty of room for me and the other customer. Four Batemans ales on the pumps, including the Gold which was waiting replacement, and they do sometimes have guests apparently. I did spot a sign advertising a 4-7 "Happy Hour" with all cask ales at £2.95, which seemed a good offer.
On 30th November 2024
- rating: 7
[User has posted 3549 recommendations about 3485 pubs]
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Will Larter left this review about The Ship Inn
A random visit with half an hour to wait for my train to Sheffield, and I cycled past the busy-looking Brew Shed and the similar Idle Tap to get here and find it almost deserted at 2pm on a Friday. There were three Batemans beers on the bar and I asked for a pint of XB, then had to wait five minutes while the lass behind the bar tried to pull it through - she even went down into the cellar to make sure it had been connected properly - and the beer was only just NBSS 3 despite being a new barrel fresh on. The other beers were XXXB and Gold, and she also pulled the latter through while I was drinking my pint. Opening on a Friday lunchtime with at least two out of three beers not pulled through tells me something about this former very popular pub's change of fortunes, as it's either very sloppy or shows what the expectation of custom has become, or both. Of course I could be wrong - it's an old favourite, so I hope I am.
On 12th June 2023
- rating: 6
[User has posted 4117 recommendations about 3799 pubs]
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Old Boots left this review about The Ship Inn
Large Batemans pub next to canal and the Idle Brewery Tap. Two bars, the one to the left looks unused, to the right is a roughly L shaped room leading back to a sitting area and large garden. The counter to the right has three Batemans beers on four pulls, the one to the left is has four unclipped pulls. It benefits from an idiosyncratic decor of animal portraits wall paper, framed pump clips which is more refined than the usual random collection stuck to walls and ceilings; there are shelves of old bottles and some interesting old brewery ads from Timothy Taylors and Bass.
On 14th August 2022
- no rating submitted
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- Accommodation : No last updated 30 November 2024 by Tris C
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 30 November 2024 by Tris C
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 30 November 2024 by Tris C
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 30 November 2024 by Tris C
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 30 November 2024 by Tris C
- Car Park : No last updated 30 November 2024 by Tris C
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 30 November 2024 by Tris C
- Dog Friendly : Yes - Bar only. - last updated 30 November 2024 by Tris C
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 30 November 2024 by Tris C
- Live Music : Yes last updated 30 November 2024 by Tris C
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 30 November 2024 by Tris C
- Micropub : No last updated 30 November 2024 by Tris C
- Pinball : No last updated 30 November 2024 by Tris C
- Pool Table : Yes last updated 30 November 2024 by Tris C
- Quiz Night : No last updated 30 November 2024 by Tris C
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 30 November 2024 by Tris C
- Real Cider : No last updated 30 November 2024 by Tris C
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 30 November 2024 by Tris C
- WiFi : Yes last updated 30 November 2024 by Tris C
