Based on 731 opinions finded in 4 websites
Based on 731 opinions finded in 4 websites
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Great selection of draught lagers and ales. Impeccable service with super friendly staff. Food was delicious
D Cannings . 2024-04-19
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Great night as the Ship in distress for an evening Meal & Drinks
Paul Oliver . 2024-04-19
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Land lady isn’t very nice. Food is ok tho
pieter jackson . 2024-04-10
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Terrible service non wheelchair accessible terrible staff members rude and disrespectful
Shola Yeatman . 2024-04-01
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Excellant service. Food beautifully presented. Quality excellent. Have been to this restaurant many times and the quality hasn't dropped.
Alan Yates . 2024-02-16
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We booked and had to travel over 3 hours to stay at the HARBOUR HOTEL WE ENJOYED THE SHIP ON LAST VISIT BUT THEY NOW HAVE A REALLY QUITE RIDICULOUS KITCHEN CLOSED TIME OF 8PM! MADE IT TOO TIGHT SO WE CANCELLED. WE WENT TO THE NELSON WHICH WAS GREAT AND VERY ROOMY. WE COME TO CHRITCHURCH REGULARLY AND SPEND A FORTUNE BUT WILL STICK TO THE NELSON AND THE HARBOUR TOP DECK. AND THE NOISY LOBSTER
U6235QYsteveh . 2024-02-12
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Lovely old pub, great for a drink or snack after a walk around Stanpit with kids, dogs or human company!
Bethany Hodges . 2024-02-01
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Only 2 real ales just one local. Can’t comment on food as didn’t have any. I visited on a Thursday afternoon in February but was nearly dead.
Roland Dennison . 2024-02-01
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We came to The Ship in Distress for a family Christmas Day lunch. The service was fantastic and the food was just impeccable, so delicious, good portion size and so so tasty! Compliments to the chef! It really made our family Christmas! Thank You!
Cheryl O . 2023-12-27
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I just popped in for a few beers, they had some great real ale and the atmosphere was excellent 👌
Dave Young . 2023-12-17
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Out with friends (10) and their 10 dogs lovely and warm and very welcoming with friendly staff most enjoyable
Bridget Harvey . 2023-12-15
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Booked at relatively last minute and very pleasantly surprised by an excellent Sunday lunch with good choice, hot fresh food and yummy puddings. Will return
davidhofengland . 2023-12-05
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After a walk on Stanpit Marsh on a chilly day, we enjoyed a warm welcome from staff at the Ship in Distress. Our drinks were served promptly, and the meals from the lunchtime menu were nicely cooked, tasty and good value. I look forward to returning soon!
Pioneer51369677958 . 2023-11-29
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We had a lovely meal here. The service was great, the lady who served us was very friendly. Would definitely recommend this pub.
Lorna Randle-Jones . 2023-11-17
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Stayed at a nearby expensive hotel...Found this place to give the wallet a break....Lovely food at reasonable prices....I had the chicken schnitzel which was amazing!...Will be going again..and giving the hotel restaurant a miss!
RICHARD . 2023-11-12
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Pleasant helpful staff woofer friendly and lovely welcoming feel .my view is its the best pub in mudeford
phil coates . 2023-11-09
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Food nothing special had the Chicken schnitzel could not eat it too touch disappointing food
Julie Plummer . 2023-11-04
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First time for our family for a traditional Sunday lunch at this wonderful pub. We will definitely be returning. The roast was high quality, plenty of vegetables and lots of gravy. The staff were friendly especially James who served us who was very attentive. We even played dominoes while waiting for our food, which was a bit of fun.
pip35 . 2023-10-30
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We just went there as a family. Nice roast dinners. Mrs enjoyed her Veggie option. 😀
Mick Turner . 2023-10-29
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We chose this for our meal as none of us had been here for a while. First issue was the car park which was pitch black. It had been raining heavily but as there was no light one of my friends stepped In a huge puddle and spent the evening with wet shoes. This car park is dangerous with no lighting. We were welcomed and shown to our table which was fine. We chose the special menu at £16pp for 2 courses and there was a fairly good choice. I had the fish and chip but the chips were lovely but the fish was very greasy and mainly all batter. One had Stilton burger with no Stilton - she asked this she was told you could smell the Stilton in the kitchen so it must be in there somewhere, another had sausage and mash with Yorkshire pudding which was hard, 3 small sausages. We had a choice of starters and main or main and pudding, not a great choice of pudding so we had starters - the soup was nice, mushrooms were ok. When the waiter cleared the plates we mentioned our issues and although he acknowledged them nothing else was said. When the bill came it was £101 - 4 x £16, 1 coke, 1 bottle of wine with 20% discount and 3 beers - still no idea how it got to that price and the meal definitely was not worth that.
janicemg . 2023-10-24
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Met a very good friend for an early evening dinner on a Sunday and a catch-up. The place was quite busy when we arrived. Ordered our drinks, which were fine and order one roast dinner after ordering roast chicken which was sold out then roast pork which was sold out and finally went for the Gammon on the 3rd attempt not a problem as obviously been very busy but felt under catered for. I ordered the chicken schnitzel with sweet potato fries and ceasar salad. I could not even cut the chicken, and it was so dry inside. It was more like a chicken Kiev as Chicken schnitzel is meant to be flat and big. Only managed a couple of bites and left it. We did mention it to the staff and they said they would tell the chef. We were offered a coffee after which we both declined. The roast was average felt like everything was just warmed up. A very disappointing meal
198JulieP198 . 2023-10-23
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Great Sunday roast, good quality and quantity, well presented and good value. Well kept beer too, and friendly staff. We'll be back!
peterbM9417PM . 2023-10-15
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Lovely food with friendly staff
Mark Cook . 2023-10-01
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The food is very tasty and been back a few times. Service could be a bit better
Robert Scott . 2023-09-30
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The £16 two course meal was great value and good food too. It deserves some support. Service was quick, chatty. It was a Wednesday night and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Gordon Fong . 2023-09-13
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We booked for a large number for a birthday. 18 meals were ordered, every single meal was amazing, tasted great, roast dinners were homely and so nice, pie was amazing, great portion sizes! Every meal came out piping hot which is rare for such a large table! Staff were great! Not one complaint!
Elly B . 2023-09-11
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Food wasn't great and a lack of allergen knowledge from service.
Andrew Stanton . 2023-09-10
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A lovely please the food was amazing
Gillian Barnes . 2023-09-01
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Stopped in the lovely little pub to watch the woman’s World Cup final. Stopped on the off chance on the way to our hotel. The pub was busy but they found us a table & made us feel welcome. The drinks are reasonably priced and the staff are really friendly
Lynetteforbes . 2023-08-21
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WOW ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Fish & Chips for lunch ONLY £6..huge portion 👍. Absolutely delicious 5🌟.. My little dog had the crispy tail.. He flippin loved it😂🐶. Beautiful garden, real sun trap. And all washed down with an ice-cold pint of Coors 🍻. Cracking lunchtime 👍
JonTheScarf . 2023-08-16
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Good food and nice service. We're there to book a function and were very pleased.
Barry Barnes-Warden . 2023-08-16
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Great place, great food (honestly they really know how to cook a steak and more) totally recommend Ship in Distress for great service,food, atmosphere and people
Ian Marsh . 2023-08-11
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Lunchtime specials are a bargain
Colin Hill . 2023-08-08
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We booked for 1pm for 6 people and turned up on time. We are local and had family down but had never tried this pub, but chose it as the reviews were positive and we wanted a no frills but honest Sunday lunch. Our order was taken after drinks and we were told they were busy and that it might be a bit longer than normal. We asked how long and were told 15 mins, which seemed reasonable. We had all ordered Sunday roast so nothing v taxing. The smallish restaurant was busy but no queues of people and the bar was virtually empty, so we were a little puzzled that they thought that busy (what had they planned for on a Sunday on the coast in August?). After 30 mins wait and no comms we asked politely how much longer and were told 5 mins. Another 10 mins and no sign, plus very few others being served and little front of house activity. I went round to the bar to speak to someone from Mgmt and it was empty. After 5 mins a bar man turned up and I questioned what was the problem, could I speak to a manager. I was palmed off and told they were v busy. All the staff we encountered were v friendly but evidently there was nobody in charge and no comms. Finally after over an hour our food turned up. It was bland, tasteless, frozen veg, edible but totally unenjoyable. It may well be that we went on a bad day and that this is untypical, but it was a poor experience and one we won’t be returning to.
Trip36601075301 . 2023-08-07
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Came in today for lunch we had burger and chips and fish and chips from your £6 menu and it was lovely and Paige was brilliant Elaine And Andy
Excursion34721042558 . 2023-08-01
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Lovely welcome and fantastic food. We had a bottle of Prosecco for £15 as fizz Friday and the 2 course for £16. The portion sizes were normal which is good as I know some places make their portions smaller with these offers. We both had the king prawn which was delicious followed by the mushroom and stilton burgers which were very tasty. We had no faults with the whole dining experience. We have eaten here before and had plenty of visits for drinks. Will be passing on our recommendation to friends.
haybren . 2023-07-29
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Just had dinner from there new menu 2 courses for £16.00. There was a great selection from starter and main course. The main courses are generally based around burgers but they had something really different. All was well cooked and tasty. Staff couldn't be more helpful and pleasant. I will be going back to sample the food again.
970bobg . 2023-07-19
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Proper English pub vibe, environment, friendly service and delicious food. One of the best chicken Schnitzel I have had.
Analisa Francisco . 2023-07-19
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Didn't eat but friends did and said food was lovely
Trish Blackmore . 2023-07-17
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Been coming here for a while on our stays in the area. Came for Anniversary meal with 2 other households 8 persons in total. Very dissapointed with the menu. We When we arrived was told only 1 sunday lunch beef meal available .We ordered our drinks and was told the waitress will take our order When she gets back. We was going to start with 3 Haloumi starters,was then told No Haloumi for starters [ bit odd as i can run pick some up the road for a couple quid.] Who runs out of Haloumi? We decided to skip starters but this also meant the Haloumi main we wanted was off the menu as well now... not a great start TBH.....By the time the waitress got back with the drinks , we ordered the one Beef meal that was available and was told " its gone now" ....We wasnt told we needed to reserve a meal on the spot or lose the last beef meal! One of the kids also a wanted beef meal , this was unavailable. so he made do with something else. So to summarise , We all had to skip starters , 2 people never got the main they wanted 1 beef 1 Haloumi , [TBH 3 of us were going to have the roast beef , but switched. 1 of the party decided not to eat anything as he didnt just wanna eat for the sake of eating something he didnt fancy. , Not quite the celebration and enjoyable meal we were hoping for. Did best part of 150 quid.Very dissapointing.
Hammermarshal . 2023-07-17
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Yesterday's visit: food was nice - a healthy salad. Service friendly. The atmosphere was quite quiet and the music a good mix, and not loud :) .
Paula Street . 2023-07-09
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What a beautiful cosy pub, I've just visited the ship in distress as part of my work... I was greeted by Gary and Deana, Two of the most nicest people you could wish to meet... Owners like these really make a pub worth visiting. As I was busy carrying out my work these guys were busy cleaning and disinfecting the pub ready to open.. cleanliness and hygiene are clearly a high priority on the agenda. Photos show this place is spotlessly clean and very welcoming, large outside seating areas, some under cover. Sports channels and an area set up for live music, what more could you ask for !! Throughout my visit both Gary and Deana were so friendly and accommodating... Thank you guys 😎
Damian aka Evo. . 2023-06-30
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Popped in for lunch today on the way back from Mudeford Quay with my nan and her sister in law who is over from USA. We all had pizzas which were delicious. Too big to eat in one sitting so were given boxes to take...
dizzyshelly . 2023-06-23
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Fabulous choice of drinks! Amazing service with friendly, entertaining and fun staff. The food is always scrummy and they seriously can't do enough to make your experience memorable! They are so in tune with their customers that any anti sociol behaviour is dealt with quickly,...
CFHarri5 . 2023-05-28
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Had a great evening here, with a Rock and Roll Bingo evening. Also had a nice meal there.
Joan Tubby . 2023-05-27
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Lovely afternoon on the terrace with live music.
Stephen Waite . 2023-05-14
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Great pint and always welcoming! Cheers, guys.
Luke Young . 2023-04-30
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Terrible food and terrible service. Only one rushed of her feet girl. That had to do everything. The rhubarb in the crumble was wasn’t cooked. My gammon steak. Very salty. Eggs were either burnt or very undercooked. 1 out of 10. Overall.
Heather Jewitt . 2023-04-17
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Lovely pub to eat and drink lots of space inside and outdoor seating. Car park spaces and reasonable menu prices. Great choices of food and drink, it's also clean and tidy. Nice atmosphere. Friendly staff and attentive. We had fish and chips, which were really nice with mushy peas and tarter sauce. Portion size on the chips was slightly less than some places, but they were really nice and the fish size was good. Lovely batter. Presented very well. Will definitely go back.
Sarah Morris . 2023-04-11
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Very nice Sunday lunch, decent beer selection & very friendly staff.
Colin Fisher . 2023-04-09
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We love this place. Fantastic food and very friendly staff. Highly recommend
Angela Fisk . 2023-04-09
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This is a very nice pub, good attentive and polite staff and a good selection of well cooked, tasty pub style food. In the good weather there is a large outdoor space at the back. Overall a very good pub where we will be going back to the next time we visit our daughter and family.
Julian Hugo . 2023-04-01
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Food is fantastic and Staff are extremely knowledgeable, friendly and very welcoming would definitely recommend them and will be going back again.
Kerrie Brewer . 2023-03-27
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A lovely pub with great atmosphere and friendly staff. Thoroughly enjoyed my Sunday lunch, and will be back again in the summer for the live music on the new stage
James Basher . 2023-03-27
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I just came in for a magnificent Sunday lunch with extremely friendly staff that kept making sure we were happy with our food. I can't wait to go back.
Mitchell Clowsley . 2023-03-27
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Lovely pub!!! Great food! Great prices. This pub is not far from where we live and we visit regularly. The atmosphere is always pleasant, with wood fires and live music.
lianneA1982 . 2023-02-21
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Amazing food today - cooked to perfection!
David Parish . 2023-02-21
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Very friendly service here today! Sat in the beer garden, tables a little too close together but apart from that it was great!
Hannah Louise . 2023-02-19
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Decent pint of neck oil. Friendly publican ..
Dean Sadler . 2023-02-19
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Absolutely amazing food and customer service!!!
GARY Voysey . 2023-02-15
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We came to the pub tonight valentine the food was excellent and Paige and Kerri were brilliant the service was 100% thank you for a nice evening
Elaine House . 2023-02-14
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Appalling service..food was warmed up basic pub fayre...but the delivery was woeful. Walked out and went down the Nelson.
Paul Wyatt . 2023-02-09
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Phenomenal roast dinner and service today. Typically I’m disappointed by a roast dinner in a restaurant but gave it a try today at the Ship in distress. Was not disappointed! Looking forward to visiting again when in the area.
Sara Waite . 2023-02-05
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Great food, good atmosphere and friendly staff. What more could you want.
Ben Colbourne . 2023-01-30
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5 star ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ great food, great atmosphere, great beer and super lovely staff.. FYI BEST Sunday Roast in the area ❤️❤️
Jonathan Anderson . 2023-01-30
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Great pub, great food, great friendly staff, hard working landlady, would recommend to anyone, great atmosphere,
Michael Bailey . 2023-01-30
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Brilliant atmosphere! The food is very well balanced in price, gammon and eggs top favourite of mine and the staff are very friendly!
Paige Starks . 2023-01-30
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Over five pounds a pint? I think not. I don't pay that in London; I'm certainly not paying that in Dorset. 🤬
Coops Cooper . 2023-01-15
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Compared with a few years ago when it was a rather run down pub, it is now transformed into a friendly, efficient, spacious nice surroundings local pub that does good food, and where you will happily and regularly go back to. Long may it continue so.
Linda Thompson . 2023-01-10
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Me and my wife visited The Ship today beautiful themed pub excellent food and exceptional service from the Boss thankyou for taking time to feed us and also help with feedback we will be back thankyou again
Lee Moffatt . 2023-01-05
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Lovely pub, with an open fire and great beers
Brian saxby . 2022-12-20
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Had out work Xmas meal there last night, food was as expected...perfect. Lovely pub and staff, highly recommended great atmosphere. Please go there, you'll be impressed, much better than the chain pubs. Thanks to all the staff for a great evening.
Paul Walsh . 2022-12-17
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Went here many moons ago and visited again with friends who are local recently on a Thursday night. What a transformation!!! Still very much a pub, pub, if you know what I mean, but upgraded and updated by the present landlord (I presume) fantastically well. It was a quiz night so even though it was mid-week it was busy but not manic. The landlord was friendly and jovial, as too, were the staff. Reasonable prices and some nice ales/lagers on tap. Outside and undercover, heated seating available and a larger pub inside than it seems from the road! Like a liquid refreshment Tardis!!!
Mark Crane . 2022-12-16
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Great roast dinner, very friendly, veg all fresh and plenty of it, will come again, great prices as well
H8322YRrobertf . 2022-12-04
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After years of decline the Ship in Distress is now well back to being a spacious, well appointed, full service good offerings local pub again. Think I might just be tempted to watch some of the football world cup there ! !
Paul Long . 2022-11-10
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The pub is nicely presented with decent drink selection .. The food was ok if you like Harvesters or other cheap Calvery's ..
stevegP5373QL . 2022-10-30
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This is now my local its a proper pub with no tvs blasting away you can actually talk without having to shout
Gavin Greer . 2022-10-30
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Lovely pub fabulous bar staff ( if you want a shot ask the barmaid to surprise you )
chris dutton . 2022-10-29
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Absolutely amazing job done today! Local powercut meant a lot of people wanting food and the whole team performed to deliver top quality Roasts. Definitely worth a visit
Brent Seabright . 2022-10-24
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Good food, good beers, had a very nice Sunday roast of slow roast pork belly with crackling, unfortunately very disappointed that there was no crackling which is the most important part of slow roast pork belly. No real apology other than told they cook it separately to the pork belly and had run out, strange way to cook belly draft.
tim Crompton . 2022-10-23
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Lovely place and staff. Food was excellent pub food. Hopefully will return soon.
Martin Walter . 2022-10-17
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Nice pub , not tried the food yet bu the beer Wes good
Laurie Goldsmith . 2022-10-11
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First time at this pub, there was three of us & we booked for a meal. It wasn’t busy being a Tuesday. Our order was taken nice & quickly, & arrived roughly fifteen minutes later which was fine. My meal was king prawns & crab linguine! Well for almost sixteen pounds I was staggered to see four prawns & couldn’t find any crab meat, & extremely plain linguine. In fact there was nothing about any of our meals that deserved the price we paid . Will not be visiting this pub again.
Thelma O'Regan . 2022-10-04
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We visited today to enjoy a hearty Sunday lunch, and the chef definitely delivered! We have visited The Ship In Distress a fair few times and it has never disappointed! Would highly recommend!
Cheryl O . 2022-09-25
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Food here is amazing. Had the pie and crumble. Service was very good for both food and drinks with a good variety of beer to choose from
Vince Presland . 2022-09-23
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Really enjoyed it. food great, as were the staff. Reasonably priced. Keen to go back.v
Jem Fearon . 2022-09-21
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I really enjoyed having dinner here. The staff were attentive and friendly and really promoted a warm atmosphere & the food was tasty and great value. If you are in the area be sure to try it for yourselves!
George Patterson . 2022-09-16
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Dropped in after a visit to the beach. We did jot eat but the food coming out looked divine, so will be coming back. Sat in the garden whi h was bigger than expected. Friendly staff as well, so win win
Mark Smyth . 2022-09-12
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We came here for the first time after many holidays in the area . Just wish we had visited before we had a lovely dinner & very good service . Also when we arrived King Charles was doing his first public address on the TV...
jaynesS4410IQ . 2022-09-11
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Great food, especially the Sunday roasts, and generous portions. Good choice of drinks including real ales served as they should be. Friendly staff for which nothing was too much trouble, and good service. Nice atmosphere in relaxed surroundings.
David Barnard . 2022-09-08
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Lovely meal, great service and lovely, friendly staff
Beccy Renault . 2022-09-02
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Firstly,the food was excellent but the service on the night of 26th August 2022 was appalling. My family of six booked a table several weeks prior to celebrate my grandson's nineteenth birthday. We arrived on time,presented ourselves at the bar to notice one very harassed...
B9541VQbruceh . 2022-08-28
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Honestly im sad to say we didnt have a great experience. Front of house staff were friendly at first but the food took almost an hour to come and only came after having to politely complain and indicate we had hungry children...When the food did arrive the fried chicken was greasy and tasted of nothing. The roast potatoes came out on thier own before the roast dinner and were cold by the time the rest came, 15 mins later. No complimentary food, sides or discount was offered in apology and staff were so embarrassed they ignored us on the way out. I heard the manager giving the cooks a good telling off in the kitchen so they obviously knew things were not right but no apologies were offered to us. Very sad to spend almost £100 on a bad experience
Chris Hunt . 2022-08-23
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Pleasant pub with friendly welcoming staff, and a lovely garden to enjoy your drinks, what more could you want!! Will be returning
Perry H . 2022-08-21
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Lovely atmosphere in a nice setting....sharing platters look interesting. On the way to Christchurch from Mudeford...
Julie Thomas . 2022-08-21
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Really nice pub, great food reasonably priced, if it a nice day check out the beer garden out back
Kevin Sait . 2022-08-13
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Had the BBQ pulled pork burger and it was the nicest burger I think iv ever eaten, would definitely recommend it
Max Evans . 2022-08-11
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Thank you for a delicious Sunday roast. Me and my partner really enjoyed it. Staff and service were excellent. Will be back again soon.
Simon Lane . 2022-08-07
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Had a nice lunch here in the beer garden, a good place to eat.
Ian Read . 2022-08-07
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Nice relaxed atmosphere. Friendly efficient staff. Food very good at reasonable prices. Only disappointment was the fact that most items on the specials menu were unavailable. Service was very slow and due to that we skipped the desserts and coffee. Dog friendly.
Anne M . 2022-07-31
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