The Ferry Inn in Renfrewshire

Fantastic local pub Lovely team behind the bar All one big family Highly recommended

Went here on Friday for the Marvel Quiz and we had an amazing time. Staff are so lovely, drinks are very reasonably priced and we had a very nice time!

Nice place to chill with buddies 😉

Completely shocked on arrival as the reviews indicated we should expect a nice clean comfortable room. Unfortunately, the exterior is very very unkept. Grass growing out of the gutters and fag ends a plenty. We did receive a message on the day of our arrival to say “your room is ready for check-in. We look forward to welcoming you! Just a little pre arrival information. We are in the middle of a full weather proofing and restoration on the exterior of the building. This work has not been fully completed and does not affect the interior of the inn. We look forward to your arrival. Best wishes The Ferry Inn” The pub has definitely seen better days, decor is dirty and in need of renovation like the outside. We had to squeeze past a lady sitting on the step smoking to get in, only to find she was the barmaid and told us our room was up the stairs and 1st on the left. She told us to come down to the bar if we needed anything and to let ourselves out the fire exit in the morning. There was no kitchen available so we couldn’t eat at the pub. No breakfast is available either. We had booked a deluxe double room. The owners need a dictionary as it was far removed from deluxe. Our bedroom, no 1 was directly above the bar so it was very loud, there was music playing until 1am. Then there was the glass bottles being cleared away and dumped followed by the smell of bacon cooking at 1.45am! The room had a double bed and a single, the mattress springs were completely gone on one side of the double bed and you sank into it. We had a shower as we had been on a long flight, the water didn’t drain properly so a check of the drain revealed copious amounts of hair blocking the outlet which we cleaned out as we were concerned about it overflowing. We woke with itchy eyes and sneezing, which could be from the amount of dust behind the bed and bedside tables or the cobwebs. We found a bottle of medication behind the headboard from January 2023 and someone’s lip salve at the bottom of the bed. The shower room floor had a completely loose floor tile and several cracked ones which caught your sole when stepping off the bath mat. The kettle had to be plugged in to the socket beside the bedside table, which was loose and wouldn’t pass any electrical inspection as it wasn’t secured to the wall. it’s an old building, lots of character but definitely a very very tired building in need of renovation and much greater attention to detail for the cleaners.

Were 8 folk in and issue with sound system. was dire. was after an old firm though so bit of leeway.

Overnight Stay … BEEN MADE TO CANCEL AT LAST MINUTE WARNING! If you book here through booking.com don’t be surprised if you receive an email at short notice telling you that they can’t accommodate you and that YOU need to cancel the booking. We booked a family room at the Ferry Inn in January to stop there at the end of June but a week before we are due to arrive we received an email informing us that WE need to cancel the booking. We thought this was odd so telephoned the Ferry Inn to find out was this legit and why. Surely if the establishment can’t accommodate our booking THEY should cancel it, not us. Or if Booking.com had mucked up and double booked the room then THEY should automatically cancel it. We telephoned the Ferry Inn a total of five times on different days at different times, twice I left messages on the answerphone with my issue, and my contact details and asking if someone could ring me back. No one ever did. The other times we actually spoke to someone. The first man said ring back to speak to the manager Mel. We never managed to speak to her. The final phone call the lady was blaming booking.com saying they had messed up. My gut instinct is because we were only booked in for one night they have bumped us for a longer stay as it’s more cost effective or cancelling a customers booking will affect the properties rating or they may get charged if they cancel the booking. I now have to cancel the room and go back to the drawing board and find somewhere else to stay. After hours of research as a family we chose the Ferry Inn as it ticked everyone’s boxes, especially as it’s not a chain and is individually owned. We feel our holiday has been ruined before it has started.

First time here wow its lovely food perfect staff great

Excellent pub with very good pub grub.

The food was amazing however the Bar has taken quite a tumble! Spirit selection was poor and they now only serve Britvic Tonic or Slimline only Schweppes. For those serious about spirits, Britvic is a horrible sugar/sweetened water. Tonic should be FeverTree/Fentimans or equivalent. Service at the bar was excellent, but stock needs working on.

I recommend ! Very good quality food, a warm welcome and very good beer. Thank you very much for this meal! A French boxer ;)

Lovely place, definitely go back there!! Very clean and lovely people who own it!!! Very good price too 😁

Great staff food looks excellent

Excellent music venue Good food Ideal for large groups as it's Huge

Have always wanted to visit this pub but it’s off the beaten track (although clearly was once on a busy river crossing). Nice pub and really good quality home made pub style food. Shame that pub interior has lost many of its historic features but still a great place. Staff very welcoming

It was great lovely staff very friendly

Breakfast was excellent! Wish they done a small breakfast though!

We were visiting the wife's sister's friends in Renfrew for the night and previously spent a night in the Normandy Hotel where you couldn't swing a mouse never mind a cat. The 2nd floor room had great views over the Clyde, with space, 2 bottles of water and plenty of tiny milk cartons for tea and coffee. If staying in Renfrew we would happily recommend the ferry inn.

What a lovely find this is. Used as an airport overnight stay . Quirky little place . Room was spot on, tea, coffee, biscuits, towels, shower gels . Pub food was delicious. Good music in bar too. Comfy bed. Staff friendly and helpful. Would definitely return .

Had a lovely stay last night. Views of the Clyde from our room where phenomenal. Staff were the most friendliest, warm, welcoming and were so accomadating with bar staff helping us in from the car with our bags. Room was lovely, fresh and very clean. We had little bottles of water and tea's an coffee's in our room on arrival. It's the small touches that make it. Thank you for a lovely stay, and we can't wait to visit you again next year ☺.

Staff amazing..bar staff on top.. Room was clean.comfy bed.. shower was good too.. lovely views of sunrise from window.. also had coffee, tea n milk in room's...

Mõnus väike koht jõe ääres. Õlle valik väike.

Lovely watching greenpeace boat sailing on the clyde

Favourite pub in Renfrew, always good atmosphere, entertainment on at weekends.

Lovely atmosphere very welcoming

Great selection of drinks, outdoor beer garden and pool table. Recommended.

Sat in car across the road from the said place ...pleasant views ..

Great service staff lovely great pint 👌👍

Brilliant pub relaxing great atmosphere friendly staff what more can i say its a must try see for yourself you won't be dissapointed...😀😀😀

Long ago I used to frequent this unique pub, as it was in the past it still is a braw pub to have a drink in.

Had a quick overnight stay before catching a flight from Glasgow Airport to Denmark. Would recommend BYOL

Good food, good prices and nice atmosphere

Beautiful food, friendly staff.

Brilliant people, really look after you and sharp service. Food is really good pub grub. Great atmosphere and no hassle. Ideal. Great location, looking out to the river too. Ideal.

I like the ferry Inn for the good friendly bar staff and the company

Cool old pub but take yer wellies incase tide comes in

Great service and great food and drinks

shocking service. With a party of 14 people. 3 of the party still never got their food after an hour waiting. Staff not interested. No excuses. Terrible. Won’t be back ever again! There was cross contamination with things being cooked in the same fryer with the chips this should never happen cause I have coeliac disease. I ended up with pieces of tempura batter among my chips. Not impressed at all.

Food here is absolutely outstanding. And is extremely reasonably priced. The staff are second-to-none, very attentive and friendly! Would highly recommend The Ferry Inn!

Shame the impartial NEW management chaps didn.t treat their NEW patrons to a complimentary drink to celebrate the HOOPS achieving ten trophies on the trot ...ale ale 😎

great place zander and mel so friendly and welcoming, lovley rooms on offer done a realy good job got everything , good food, accomadation music was very impressed and hope to certainly be back thank you very much for our stay everyone was lovley cant rate yous enough had great few days loved it xx

Had the misfortune of attending a meal for a group of 14 people. Service was absolutely appalling and attitude of one of the staff in particular was disgusting, tried to blame the 'short notice' booking for the failure to serve customers?! 3 of us waited OVER 1 HOUR for food after they started serving members of the party! How is that even possible?? Despite numerous queries it became a joke, culminating in the blonde server blaming the late booking!! Normally i would have left long before they finally delivered the last of the food but that just spoils the evening for all. Suffice to say i won't be back! Avoid at all costs!

Can't thank Mel & Zander enough for yesterday. It was my two grandsons baptism & we all went back to the ferry inn for our lunch & couldn't fault a single thing. Also thanks to the chef as the food was fantastic. Thanks yous all for making a special day even better xx

The food was amazing and the entertainment good

This place has recently been taken over and has been modernised to a nice standard with brand new refurbished toilets but has still kept some original character as well as the log fire for winter. It has food available everyday and the menu has great variety for both adults and kids. Also it Has 5 Tv screens with Live Sky sports and BT sports. Rooms have yet to be launched as still under refurbishment. Very friendly staff and always made to feel welcome. Also has entertainment on Friday and Saturday nights and alternate Sunday’s. Free WiFi and dogs welcome. Also boasts a lovely good sized beer garden which easily could seat 30-40 people.

Excellent food. Excellent service

Great Day At The Ferry Inn friendly staff and food fabulous

Fish and chips was fanticstic, staff told me to expect something special and they didn’t disappoint. Vodka coke was also very good. I will definitely be back

Popped in at lunchtime today Great food and very reasonably priced. Service was also top rating, Will definitely be back

Super food and freshly made!! Friendly staff. Very helpful!!!

Ok. Could be a bit bigger nice bar staff though.

Recently changed hands. Trying hard but place needs a bit of character to be added. It had more of a transport cafe feel rather than a pub but, hopefully, they will get there. Could not fault the food, service and value. All excellent.

Cannot comment, never fisited there.

First time back after the building was renovated and lots of work has gone into the building and making the pub more comfortable but unfortunately the customer service has gone out the window. Waited over an hour for food and they forgot one of the plates and was another 10 minutes before the final plate arrived. Food is still good quality but service needs to improve.

This place has been modernised by its new owners. It has beautiful lighting including LED. There are two rooms where you can eat and drink including cushioned window seating with a view of the Clyde.It has a well stocked bar and will be doing a traditional menu. Both of the rooms have an open fire. Karaoke at the weekend.

Very very cold not been well since, service first class

Great very friendly staff and nice food

Cannot fault staff and owner but too pricey £55 pounds for overnight stay which was reduced to £45 due to they do not do breakfast ‘large bedroom with no heating on and the smallest tv I’ve seen which was at the other end of room needed binoculars to see it and indoor Ariel sorry I couldn’t give better review but thought £45 pounds was far to much more like £20

staff are great and nice place, but you do always tend to wait a rather long time for food..

Really like the Ferry Inn Friendly staff Good range of beers Don’t drink them but the Gin cocktails look amazing And a fire which is great for the winter months

Definitely worth a visit, lovely food, great staff and very welcoming little place. Went with a group of friends and kids. Very kid friendly.

After several visits where we were dissapointed with the food nice to see a big improvement with quality of food. New chef Nov 2018, new owners working hard to provide a great local pub in the area with lots of things going on, Halloween parties etc live music and quiz on a Tue night.

Been meaning to try it. Amazing food, pleasant service and toasty fire. Need to take the dog for Sunday lunch. Fancy the steak pie.

Lovely food! Nice cosy wee pub, good selection on the menu and can highly recommend the home made soup and lasagne, big portions and lovely friendly staff

Only customers here today, not always a good sign. What can I say amazing. Lovely homemade soup followed by amazing steak pie. We'll be back.

Great wee pub, genuine roaring fireplace and great staff. Also, they take cards at the bar.

The steak pie was recommended by a contact we knew who lives in Yoker and comes across in the ferry for a steak pie dinner here. I thought that it wouldn't be as good as the steak pie my mother made or the award winning steak pie from our favourite butchers, but I was wrong. The Ferry Inn steak pie was the best I have ever had. There must have been about a pound of steak which was really tender with no grissly bits and in a delicous rich gravy and with the pie crust cooked right. And the accompanying wedges and vegetables were perfectly cooked as well.If you think I am going overboard on the description, well it deserves it.And by the way my wife had the fish which looked good and she enjoyed.If your happy in what appears to be a typical man's pub with a small choice of pub meals then you will not go wrong here.

Nice pub that allows dogs in Bar. Does food in the lounge and will be back to try that. Very friendly and welcoming.

Popped in for a quick pub lunch, waited roughly half an hour for 1 soup (we were the only customers in the pub), after the poor barmaid, asking the chef at least 4 times, where our mains were, they appeared an hour after ordering (let me re-iterate, we were the only customers in house), absolutely disgusting, burnt chips on outside, raw in the middle, burnt pastry on the steak pie ….. WILL NOT BE BACK !!

Very impressed for my first time there, friendly staff great menu and cold beer. They also hold open mic afternoons with very talented young musicians. Highly recommend it.

We had a lovely meal Will go back

Great friendly staff. New menu and chef make all the difference. Well worth a visit and very dog friendly.

Went for lunch won't be back food cold plates cold chips burnt pastry half cooked. Cook sitting next to a full rubbish bin smoking what else can I say. One minus

If you are expecting Cordon Bleu then might be disappointed. The menu is not extensive, and that for me, is a plus point. It is good honest pub grub. Too many place go overboard. SO, don't dismiss this as an eatery. The food is excellent and the portions are huge and if that doesn't seem enough, the prices are good too. You can eat in the bar, or in the more formal dining room. Drinks are available and the choice is reasonable though not overwhelming. There is a good view up and down the river, and on a warm night, there are tables outside. The décor is fresh and it also offers accommodation.

Bar staff really nice food rotten

First time in since the new owners have taken over. The food was lovely, the service I can't fault in anyway. The selection of food and drinks was well thought of, something for everyone.

Been 3 times for food 2 chefs since reopening. Dreadful food will not be back to eat until I hear it's improved. Live music good but some bar staff need to improve greatly. barman and young barmaid heather are great but older barmaid and others need to look to see if customers need served rather than talking to their pals.

Went for lunch today. Fish and chips lovely crisp batter. Will had steak pie which was lovely too. Delicious big home made chips. Will be back soon.

Great place if you have a dog you can take it there Saturday Nights

Staff where lovely but got starter with main meal and there was 7 flies all around put me right off

Lovely courtyard for alfresco dining. Friendly bar staff. Reasonably priced. Had a great wee afternoon there yesterday.

Great wee night vast array of drinks choices staff friendly and helpful.

This place has been closed the last couple of times I’ve walked past. No update on the Facebook page for a few months.

Cosy wee pub. Make sure u don't eat beforehand as plates are huge!! Food delicious and home cooked.

Lovely old place with open fires stone floors. This one gets 5 stars for hospitality only. The lads that run it made my experience a whole lot better. It's quite run down and in need of a revamp or maybe modernization. The people who run it really know how to take care of their guests though in my experience. It's cheap and cheerful and I would recommend it if you need a place to stay.

good place to eat cost good last time I was there but I heard it was closed .

We were staying at the Normandy Hotel but decided to go further a field for a pub evening meal and a few drinks. An easy 15-20 minute walk will take you there.

Like this little place, friendly staff, made to feel welcome. Have yet to try the food. Could do with the outdoor smoking area improving though.

Popped into the ferry inn for lunch today and it was amazing, tasty food, massive portions and the staff were friendly and very helpful. I’ll definitely be back and recommend it to others

Nice friendly pub with good food.

The food took a little bit to get ready but it's well worth the wait and the staff couldn't have been more friendly.

Food was delicious...proper home cooked steak pie and chips...will definitely be back

Been meaning to visit here for a while as it's local. Lovely view of the river/ferry while dining, staff were super friendly. Great traditional pub with massive potion sizes! My burger was fantastic, best I've had in a while! Boyfriend loved the lamb shank. Very accommodating of my food allergy too! Happy to see it's dog friendly :-) Will visit again soon.

Nice little pub, friendly staff.

Great wee pub with great entertainment especially their karaoke nights at the weekend. Friendly atmosphere and lovely bar food. Best macarroni cheese I have ever tasted. Staff really friendly.

If your idea of chips is a bowl of soggy grease this is your place. Possibly the most limp horrible thing I have ever tasted! I'm not sure how you could make chips so badly! Disgusting... really!!!

Taaty food. Quiet. Traditional.

great friendly pub with excellent local dishes. Lively entertainment later on at weekends,guaranted a good night and a laugh. Could be a little warmer during dining hours...June is still winter in Scotland ...hence 4 stars and not 5.

Food is fantastic! And with a newly updated menu there is something for everyone! I'd happily eat lunch/dinner here everyday as The prices are really affordable, we got 2 mains with sides and drinks for about £17 The staff are amazing, never have I met someone there who I can't chat away too in a friendly manner.

Food was really good have been back a few times and will be back

Phenomenal food Massive portions and cheap.... will be back again and again 😀