the old ship inn in Newark and Sherwood

Had a meal here tonight before seeing Fairport Convention - EXCELLENT by the way - and it was lovely to be back again. Very clean and nice restaurant area. We were served by Ashley who was lovely. Thank you for tonight. There were plenty of choices and we had the burgers which were delicious. Cooked very nicely and still juicy. Really enjoyed the meal. And keep hold of Ashley, she is a credit to you!

We dropped in today after a long walk- 2 adults and 4 children. The staff were friendly and very welcoming. Service was brilliant and the food amazing. It was real home cooked good with a really good variety and everyone enjoyed their meals. So pleased to have found this little gem and will certainly be visiting again.

Great village pub, excellent food, wonderful service, marvellous selection of beers/lagers/ciders. The Dragon and I rarely go anywhere else for a pub atmosphere and a relaxed environment. Since Emma & Phil saved the Ship from the doldrums, it has done nothing but flourish, survived the pandemic, and always delivered with great staff providing service with a smile. I’m absolutely astonished with a recent review on this platform.

Came in last night for drinks with friends (first time in years) was pleasantly surprised with the revamp, busy and good atmosphere ☺️ staff were nice too - pleased we have another local pub to go to 👍🏻

Excellent food definitely recommend the t bone steak .cooked well ,very tasty & th defiantly e gammon steak very tasty 😋 worth every penny .we had quick service & the staff are very friendly 😊

The land lady is a very nasty, rude, horrible person and her husband think he’s the something special. The beer is over priced and the food is terrible.

Had a really lovley meal, ate inside it was lovely & clean, good social distance, great staff, all food freshly made, will be back soon

Everything you want from a village pub. Fantastic staff, great choice of beers, good food. The service is outstanding.

Came for lunch and the burgers were to die for and the service was amazing. Will definitely be visiting again very soon!

Friendly local with great beer and food. Dog friendly. The staff are great fun and seem to really enjoy working there. Like one big happy family.

The evening meal was hot, delicious and plentiful so was the breakfast. Full English cooked to perfection without puddles of grease. Sausages were exceptional!!

Had a family trip up in the north of England and booked into here on the way home. It took me by surprise as to how delicious the food and drinks were. The service that was given was 100%, never had I ever experienced service like that. Thanks to Emma,Phil and the rest of the staff for a amazing, welcoming and all round great stay. Big shout out to the Chef as well for a delicious dinner and breakfast. If your traveling long hours and feel tired or you just feel hungry or thirsty , I highly recommend this place, you will not be disappointed I can assure you. Plus this place is dog friendly. Overall a all round great experience, can’t fault it. Thank you so much.

A lovely village pub with a large grassy beer garden behind where you feel comfortable with dogs and kids, family and friends. All feels very safe in terms of hand sanitizer availability, one way system and social distancing. We love sitting in the beer garden which still gets the sun in the evening. Eaten most things now off the menu and not had a bad meal yet. The owners Phil & Emma go out of their way to help and accommodate which is fabulous. My partner has lots of allergies and also a stoma and from a diet perspective can only eat chicken. Although the menu changes he’s able to request a specific meal in advance and nothing is ever too much trouble. Great British pub food at a great price and service. Can’t really expect more from a village pub.

Drinks at the ship. It felt great to be back 😊. Really safe environment. One way system set up. Seating outside the front catches the early evening sun.

Excellent food, staff very helpful in every way, pub very homely, would recommend. Lovely village locals very helpful and friendly.

From the moment we arrived we were warmly welcomed by all the staff we felt instantly at home and felt we have been with everybody for years.The place is very clean and tidy, the food was fantastic and everybody including the locals made us feel welcome.This stay was so good we have booked to go again Next Saturday.Many thanks to Emma and Phil and all the staff for doing a really good job, it was fantastic.

This was an unplanned visit but very pleased I stopped. A nice warm welcome in a pub that is modern but with character. Food was excellent.

Ignore any reviews before February 2019 which is when new management arrived. Pub has been given a makeover which makes it look clean and inviting. Just eaten an excellent meal served by friendly and efficient staff who all showed they have a sense of humour. Great home cooked food and amazing home cooked crumble. (You must try it). This is my first visit for many years when I had a poor experience with a previous manager and the whole experience is unrecognisable from my previous visit. I can not speak too highly about the warm welcome my wife and I enjoyed. A big plus is the incredible value you get for your money.

Stayed here for only 1 night but great value for money and very hospitable company. Would recomend it to everyone. Lovely owners, great beer garden and food and drink spot on.

Just passing through and needed a sandwich. Really friendly welcome from staff. Good range of beers. Comfortable atmosphere even though it was a slow Monday late lunchtime. Excellent fresh sandwiches with home made coleslaw. If we lived round here we'd come back.

Had a meal here last week and the improvements are brilliant. It's very modern and clean in the restaurant area now. Great menu choices and really delicious food. The staff are lovely and can't do enough for you. It was a real treat to eat here and we will certainly be coming back again. And again............... Thank you for a lovely evening.

Beautifully refurbished after recently being taken over, its’ owners and staff reflect the charming and cosy atmosphere created. A good ole village pub where you can relax with a drink from the good variety of beers, wines and spirits. The food is lovingly cooked and whilst I haven’t stayed In the accommodation, it does look very well presented. Overall, a massive improvement Is evident since the arrival of the new owners and as a result a lovely traditional place to visit.

I went for food with my family at Christmas the food was impeccable and the staff were very polite and welcoming, the best pub food i have ever had !

Pleasant and attentive staff with decent draft ale (TTL), rather spoiled by the noisy crowd hogging the bar space. The menu is unimaginative road-house fare and likely sourced from a supermarket. The prawns in the cocktail were in truth just shrimps and the salad leaves bordering on tough and tasteless, but the sweet potato fries were fine. The cod and chips was OK but was served on a cold plate; if I'd wanted to finish it then the chips would have been stone cold. By no means the worst place locally for a casual evening meal but I doubt we'll be returning.

Stayed here recently when visiting family. Friendly management and staff. Great service from the Chef who served us personally. We were really pleased with our double room which clean and new refurbed. Great selection of beer. Look forward to coming back!

We ate here prior to a concert at Lowdham Village hall the service was excellent the food good quality and was fab value

Called in for something to eat and a drink last week, first time in 2 years .Well all I can say ,WOW what a change ,decor ,staff ,food, real ale ,manager fantastic and to top all that off if you have a four legged friend ,they are dog friendly as well, I would highly recommend it

We have just returned from a one night stay at The Old Ship Inn. This was our first visit for a few years and what a wonderful stay we had. The tired, dated rooms from the past have gone and have been beautifully decorated, the beds were comfortable and the bedding and towels were all new and of good quality. The pub staff and regulars are all so friendly and helpful and we enjoyed having a drink or two in the bar.

Unfortunately the previous tenants ran the place into the ground and the landlords closed it down.

Very good to have the Old Ship reopened with friendly, committed staff. Early days, but definitely moving in the right direction.

I haven't been here for a few years but I remember it as a nice, traditional, cosy pub, with different rooms, good food, good beer, good atmosphere. A group of us arrived here early evening on bank holiday Monday. The fact that they weren't serving food was of course their decision, but we stayed for a drink because we needed to kill time before our train home. It was just awful.

Came here with my husband as we were on our way to a do. We sat outside and had a couple of drinks. Nice area to sit outside. Enjoyed it as it was relaxing.

Este tenía un oído nuevo dueño ha sido muy decepcionado nada había cambiado desde que visitamos un par de años anteriores. Muy cansados necesita una buena limpia. Iwhen visitamos nada ha sido renovado y bebidas muy caras de labios en el vasos no visita por un tiempo

One of our favorite places. Best chips & onion rings. Very friendly staff, nice feel, children friendly. A good village pub.

I went for a pub lunch to the Old Ship Inn and thoroughly enjoyed their steak and gravy pie, chips and peas followed by apple crumble and custard. Both were very goo and the pub itself had a very traditional feel to it

18 ladies who lunch dined there last wednesday lunchtime. We did pre order. Food was freshly cooked,reasonably priced and served on beautiful white damask cloths in an attractive room

Had an evening meal there just before Christmas, first time we've been in since new landlord a few months ago. Good food and a friendly reception, will definitely go back.

Mi pareja y yo hemos estado aquí varias veces y hemos disfrutado muchísimo. La música puede ser un poco ruidoso a veces, pero que es el encargado de tratar lo mejor para acomodar a todos los clientes. . Así que si me preguntan. Él subir una canción favorito le pero sólo hasta que la canción ha terminado. Las habitaciones son cómodas, cálidas y adecuadamente razonable y la comida es muy buena también. Si quieres ir al Ritz, pagar sus precios es tan simple como eso. Nos recomendaría alojarse aquí o simplemente tener una buena noche antigua en un pub local. Toda la gente es amable y te hace sentir totalmente bienvenido. Probar por tí mismo si pasa. Gracias por leer

Visitar el pub en varias ocasiones es decepcionante la habitación del grifo es ruidosa y a veces se oyen peor la introducción de Karaoke.

Called in here with a dozen or so friends today for a couple of pints I went for the Timothy Taylor landlord but the man behind the bar recommended another I think it was called blue monkey or something like that and it was a lovely pint so I had another and thanked him my mates enjoyed there drinks so all in all we will be going back

We booked a Saturday evening meal here expecting it to be packed with people heading across the road to the sell-out concert at the village hall across the road. In fact when we arrived we were the only customers in the cold dining room. The bar was quite full with a really raucous hen party in one corner. We were dealt with by the manager Craig who after we had chosen our table and shivered a bit, did get the heating turned up for us. He took our drinks order and pointed out there was free starter on offer, with every 2 mains. As our eating companions didn't want a starter my partner and I shared the two vegetarian starters. The mushroom bruschetta and the olives with cheese were acceptable and the vegetarian stroganoff my partner ordered was deemed very tasty. However there was a lot more rice than stroganoff so much of the rice was left and she felt she could have managed more of the sauce. My slow cooked beef was interestingly seasoned, but was clearly not a particularly good piece of beef. Even slow cooking hadn't really rescued it.Whilst we were eating a couple more diners came in and were served and the raucous party continued in the adjacent bar. We finished our meal and waited expecting to be asked if we wanted dessert, instead it turned out we had been deserted. After 25 mins we finally realised that there was nobody serving in the restaurant and we went to the bar and they said they were so busy they couldn't do anything for us. It was getting close to the start time for the concert so we knocked on the kitchen door and advised the chef we would come back later and pay. On returning to the pub in the interval the manager revealed he had gone out to pick up a family member and his car had broken down and that was why we were abandoned. Discussion with locals at the Village Hall revealed that many of them too had abandoned The Old Ship since it changed hands, so it really is in danger of becoming a real Marie Celeste. It is a shame because the food wasn't bad, but the experience overall was poor, hence the 2 star review. It may be convenient for gigs in the Village Hall, but we will eat elsewhere in future.

The place has changed hands and is appalling. Music that is far too loud by anybody's reasonable standards. The food, the beer, everything has gone down hill. How this place stays open is beyond me. There are some great pubs in Lowdham so why compromise?

Our first visit to this Old and quirky hostelry, now under new, welcoming, management and due for refurbishment next week. Clean, light and comfortable with spotless white linen cloths and napkins. Not wheelchair ♿ friendly and no disabled ♿ loo due to the age of the building, but mobile disabled ♿ would get around fairly well. On requesting a Gluten free, meat free Coeliac friendly Sunday lunch, the Chef speedily appeared and offered to prepare an off the menu Peppered Salmon on a bed of beautifully cooked fresh vegetables. The Nut Roast and Roast Beef looked and tasted delicious. Portion sizes were generous, menu choices had a touch of sparkle too.No room today for a starter or dessert, but judging by the full dining room, Craig has started well in this new venture.

Rooms need revamping, very uncomfortable nights sleep on a what I can only describe as a very cheap mattress. Service OK, staff very polite and food average.

Ten of us have just had a fantastic meal - The food was fabulous - the Chef and Craig, the owner, couldn't do enough for us. Nothing was too much trouble. We all had different meals chosen from the main menu and the specials board and each one was great. The service couldn't have been better. The beer was good - can't go wrong with a good pint of "Landlord". We'll be back! Highly recommended.

We stopped using The Ship some time ago because the service was poor and so was the food. I was asked to try it again last year but found no improvement. The food was dumped on the plate, the fresh bread included bits of toast and the butter had been used before, then the fish was partly burned. I would not advise this venue unless it has new owners.

Being a nice evening my partner and I picked up our friend decided to try for a meal first pub we tried was full drove into the village found the Old ship, had a few people inside quite a few outside, I inquired if there was space for three people, staff very accommodating, found us a space to sit, staff took the drinks order at the table, giving time to look at the menu, a good range of food, taken our orders, reasonable amount of time for our meals to arrive (20 minutes) food was hot and well cooked, the landlord introduced himself to our table, (Craig Russell and Partner Lorraine Feast) have only had the place for about seven weeks, informs me he has now got a good chef in who is very knowledgable with food, has lowered his prices as they were a little high prior to these taken over, I have been very pleased with how the staff and landlord have worked with the customers, nothing to much trouble. In my opinion this pub is in it's early stages of becoming a very reputable venue to visit.

Had an evening meal the other night as this is our local pub. Waitress very attentive & polite. Food was fairly good though the steak my friend had was a bit fatty & chewy in places. Good value for money doing 2 for 1. The bar side was busy due to a band playing which was nice to see but apart from that the place needs a complete re - furb. It looks old, worn, grubby & depressing. I used to enjoy going in there as a teen (18 of course!) back in the late nineties when they had a pool table but on the few occasions I've popped in for a drink in the evening it's been dead with just a few locals clinging to the bar,no atmosphere. I've heard the current owners are leaving & that new people are stepping in, so please do something with this what could be a lovely village pub & make a name for it like it used to have. Good luck to you.

The first impression of this pub when you come through the door is an old fashioned bar, but very friendly and busy. Once we got to the bar the very efficient staff took us into a delightful dining room, which was small but very quaint. The food was excellent, the service great which made a most enjoyable experience.

As my profile will show, I don't do negative reports because I think everywhere can have a bad day. But I have to say zero on food and zillion zero on customer service here.Came here today based purely on other reviews and to try somewhere new. A very easy and straightforward lunch order of sandwiches was completely messed up. My daughter and I ended up eating well apart. They had the cheek to send out cold chips out to me after we sent the order back after it was wrong. And the chips were really rubbish oven chips!!The place was deserted. No excuses. Lots of other better nearby

I had never eaten here before so thought we would give it a try and we are glad we did.For starters we had the battered king prawn & the chilli squid, mains were rump steak (the best I've ever had) and the slow roast beef (with a comment of "if I could I'd lick the plate") we shared a treacle sponge for dessert.In short this food was top quality restaurant food at pub prices ! The presentation and quality were second to none ! Well done to the Chef on a excellent meal.We are definitely going to returning very shortly.

Visited the Old Ship Inn with a couple of friends who have lived in Lowdham for only a few months and yet to visit.First impression is good, a nice friendly welcome. Tables set out with crisp white tablecloths and proper napkins surprised me, pleasantly - but I couldn't help but except a bill to match.I was wrong! The bill was very reasonable for the great food. Freshly prepared & cooked, with plenty of it - especially the vegetables. Service was fantastic, the lovely Lisa saw to our every need, and wasn't obtrusive at all, the perfect balance.Will definitely go again when in the area.

Enjoyed my visit so much last time, my friend took me for lunch to celebrate my 60th birthday. Service and food excellent as was the Magners Golden Draught also good choice again for a vegetarian. Next visit will be soon for Sunday Lunch

We had an excellent meal.The service was excellent and nothing too much trouble for the staff who gave us a very warm welcome.

A warm welcome awaits you. Rarely are you greeted with a sea of smiling faces and service to match. This is truly an English village pub oak beams and all. A good selection of beers, our meal was Chambers meat pie which was delicious and beautifully presented. A lovely atmosphere and very reasonable prices.

Good choice of food for both veggie and non veggie patrons. Staff very friendly nothing too much trouble. Food beautifully cooked and presented. Will go back soon for Sunday lunch

Stopped off hoping to get a Sunday lunch with the family . Didn't booked but they said if we got a drink at the bar the would set up a table for us. Food was excellent as was the service.

Stayed in Lowdham on Friday night to attend a Toyah concert in the village hall.Had a couple of drinks from the 4 supplied handpumps along with a meal. The Surf and Turf was the best i have had in a long time. The steak was of excellent quality and cooked to a medium rare perfection. Cheers Chef ;)

We visited for the first time yesterday for a family meal. The pub's traditional with a separate area to eat. The Old Ship Inn doesn't have a website and their FB page doesn't show their menu (that I could see) so we weren't sure what to expect. My partner had fillet steak which he really enjoyed, I had the surf 'n' turf which was lovely and our son had steak and chips. It's worth noting that they don't have a children's menu, just smaller versions of the adult food which wasn't a problem for us and I was really pleased it meant he wasn't eating burger or pizza (although he spotted the venison burger with emmental and bacon after he'd ordered). Dessert was lovely as well. For me, although I'd happily visit again based on the food alone, what really made this place was the staff and especially the waitress. This is a village pub/restaurant and obviously has its locals - there was the feel of the good old times when everyone knew each other in the pub and had good times together which added to a lovely atmosphere. Families with young children might struggle to find them something to eat on the menu but I'd bet if you spoke to them they'd be able to accommodate you in some way - this place has the best customer service I've seen in a long time. To give a rough idea of costs - 2 pints of lager, 2 small glasses of red wine, 1 fillet steak, 1 rump steak (child serving) and 1 surf n turf, 3 desserts cost just under £70.

We had an excellent dinner last, Grilled Salmon off special board, Fish and Chips, and beautiful pink tender lamb for the other. Desserts all good too. Really friendly service and excellent atmosphere, the pub bar always busy and popular.

Visited the Old Ship Inn for a 70th birthday celebration - very poor service - waited 1 1/2 hours for food - when it finally came it was overcooked and roast potatoes and stuffing were burnt. I wouldn't try to guess how many times the veg andmashed potatoes had been microwaved, and the gravy was very salty. Service and food totally ruined the experience and I will not return; I would definitely not recommend.

Excellent welcome to a nice local friendly pub. The food was excellent, good choice, well served and presented, and extremely well priced. The wines also were good quality and not over expensive. Next time we'll book a room here also, as we will return, and in the meantime can only highly recommend. Many thanks to the owners and staff for a job well done, thankyou.

A big thank you for making our wi Christmas lunch a success again 40 of us all enjoyed a variety of meals Tuesday 16th December from all your very nice well organised staff thank you all with a special thanks to Lisa for all the extra trouble she goes to and of cause thank you chef!

We have been going to this pub for quite a long time. This all started with the previous owners back to around 2000 and even before that. We had our Golden Wedding celebrations there and it was a wonderful occasion. There were quite a few years when we decided to give it a miss but recently this last year we decided to revisit and were so impressed we have been going every month for a meal as we like the atmosphere the staff and the food. It is so nice that once again we can add this to be attended as for a time it was like 'no man's land'. Do try it is well worth a visit.

I really like having lunch in this pub which I've been coming to a few times a year for about three year usually on a Saturday when it's quiet. It servess typical pub fayre -steak pie and chips and peas sort of thing, certainly not fine dining but neither does it pretend to be something it's not, and main courses cost £5.99. The staff are always friendly and it's in a good location with an independent book shop down the road. In the pub itself there are several shelves of books to dip into. It's also in a great location to have a stroll around the village and outlying field and by ways. There are a number of posters up advertising live folk music gigs held at the pub and other local venues..It's also dog-friendly.

We have been to the Ship many times in the past, but where on earth is the new menu..we were told, a couple of months that a new menu was coming,,I defy anyone to find it on the internet..we're going to Springfield instead..

We stayed here for a very rare night away without the kids, so anywhere would have been good! ;-)But this place was good, not great, but not bad. Had nice time