The Ship in Bedford

We were in there for a pre-curry drink, it was a Thursday night, early around 7ish, staff were friendly and helpful and no doubt we'll be going there again. Atmosphere was quiet and relaxed..

Everytime we've been here for food and drinks it's been such a nice atmosphere. The food is very nice and the service is brilliant the staff are great. Thank you guys. 👍🏼

Always a great place to go for any occasion! I would highly recommend coming on a quiz night and participating, the quiz host and the rest of the staff are even more friendly than normal on those nights!

Lovely pub, great staff. Jim and Eddie always looks after our every need. Must go to in Bedford!

Such a lovely pub, the food is excellent. Highly recommend! ⭐️

Fantastic day at the ship Bedford st cuthberts. Family orientated and dog friendly.

Good pub with a nice atmosphere, friendly staff and very reasonable prices.

Great food and a friendly atmosphere, had a share platter which came out really quickly, ordered through the app. The IPA hot sauce is so good, good drink selection

Bloody love this place......the service is top notch👌 food and drinks awesome. Love the atmosphere especially when football is on. I keep coming back; what can I say 😍

Popped out for a quick work lunch, service was good and friendly. Loved the outdoor area, food was good value and done well.

Friendly staff and great service

Great Bedford pub,good place to relax and enjoy the atmosphere of Bedford. This is a rugby pub but families are made more than welcome. Good choice of ales, wine,beers, sprits and food.

The pub's doormen seem unable/unhappy to prevent extremely noisy and antisocial behaviour when large groups of intoxicated sport supporters leave en masse. No concern for local residents!

It was quite lively for a Friday. Plenty of seats inside and a big beer garden / smoking area.

First time visit. Will be back again.

Yesterday was Mothers day and my sons booked a table for 3 for lunch. We arrived promptly and greeted warmly by the young waitress who showed us to our table. At the table was a card in an envelope and upon opening found a nice thank you card with a lovely message signed Jim and the team. Also 2 tea lights with chocolate. This was a lovely touch and well appreciated. Customer service is so important and little gestures such as this is lovely and welcoming. The meal of roast beef was delicous and we cleared our plates. The only negative part was cheese cake was off the menu. Thank you for making Mothers day special. Best wishes to Jim and his lovely team.

Great Sunday lunch and cracking pint of Abbott Ale

Love the ship it's a great local pub! The people make it even better, especially Eddy and Alex who serve at the bar, they always crack us up and give 11/10 service! Can't recommend enough!

Great pub, we've always loved it here.

Best pub in bedford lovely owner 💙

Katsu curry out of this world recommend

Large pub with terrace and TVs for sport

Amazing Sunday roast for the price! Hearty portions that filled us up for the entire day. The fish and chips were also perfectly crispy and fresh. Highly recommend!

The pub had a really good atmosphere, and the landlord was extremely friendly and accommodating. The food we had for our Christmas dinner was extremely nice, and more than exceeded what I was expecting.

Friendly pub with a mixture of clientele. A number of screens to watch the sport and several areas to chill depening on your preferences. Jim the manager is great and likes to chat to all. Bar staff very friendly and the food is great!

Nipped in to whet our whistle while exploring Bedford centre. Never been to the town before. Cracking little pub with bags of atmosphere- even at 2pm on a winter Thursday. The Abbot was well kept and hit the spot, the welcome good, and a tasty plate of chips with chicken strips with katsu curry for a fiver staved off tummy rumbles. Well done team, keep it up.

A nice pub. The wait on food is long but it’s worth it. The price is reasonable as well considering the portion. The food tastes nice and the waitresses were polite as well. I really wish they had the pork tacos in stock though 🥹

Lovely pub, very friendly staff, huge Christmas meals. I wholeheartedly recommend it.

Great friendly pub- nice pint of oeroni

Nice place Try the banana rum with coke

been a regular Saturday night patron for more than 30 years. Never seen any trouble and very welcoming atmosphere

Went for lunch to celebrate two birthdays. The vegetarians in our party liked their food very much. The staff were very helpful and accommodating to our needs. Nice relaxed atmosphere.

It's very good place for a drink and to watch football!

What a great place this pub is its a lovely old building . The food was delicious & the staff were friendly. I had the gammon & eggs which was cooked to perfection. I’ll definitely be back to eat in here again.

I visited The Ship for the first time in a while yesterday as I’d heard it was under new management and was keen to check it out. Jim and the team gave me a warm welcome, and with nice cask ales and plenty of screens to watch the sport, I was suitably impressed. I look forward to returning soon!

Lush pub with funky outside area. Visited during the day and had coffee and cake, very reasonably priced and tasty too

An enjoyable experience The bar staff are always attentive and you can get served without a wait. Special shout out to Leah ! The food is always tasty and again, hats off to the kitchen staff Will definitely return

Sorry to say that I won’t be back, staff were a bit hostile. No need to respond to my review as I’ve had a look at your other responses, which are quite defensive instead of simply being apologetic and taking advice on board.

My husband and I visited and were treated very well, we will certainly visit again. The staff were very friendly and helpful and the atmosphere was great

Been coming to the ship for the last 5 years couple times each month for lunch/drinks/dinner/football etc always great service and a genuinely nice pub and atmosphere.

One of my favourite pubs in Bedford, service is always impeccable, one girl in particular quite young dark hair( Shanice) thank you for taking care of us, we will be back because of you!

I love coming to this pub the service here is always so good, in particular Shanice; lovely girl always goes above and beyond to look after me and my friends!

Don’t usually write reviews but the server/bartender was really rude. Young girl, darker hair, maybe Asian. Just really rude and dismissive, no social or hospitality skills whatsoever. I understand feeling tired or drained after work (also work at a bar) but she had no reason to snap at us when we tried to order. Won’t be coming back because of her!! :)

Food was lovely especially the fish

Excellent place for great value food and drinks Very friendly and helpful staff making the experience very memorable.

Delicious Sunday roast! Very tasty and excellent value for money. Only criticism, beef wasn't pink as advertised. Wine and service very good.. Will return 😊

Got yelled rudely by a member of staff (old guy in glasses) for taking a chair from a pre-booked table during Euro Finals. Same message he could have delivered in a polite manner - had no problem giving the chair back to the table. There were a few people that took chairs from that table, but he decided to be rude with me (the only female). May be for future the pub can secure more chairs for such big events. Very unacceptable behavior, could not cope with tears. It was supposed to be a great night!

Received a warm welcome, great food and friendly service - highly recommended 👌

The food in here was lovely we had a vegetarian dish and a chicken dish great value for the money

Really friendly bar staff. Great service.

Thoughly recommend the Ship. Tasty food. Excellent and friendly service. Lovely atmosphere. We had two light dishes with haloumi chips and rosemary salted fries. So delicious and not over priced. They also have vegetarian , vegan, gluten free and senior menus in addition to substantial all day menu. Also dog friendly.

Harsh of me to rate the atmosphere as average as I was in there early and it was dead. Still I got to sit in a bay window with my pint in peace. So I'm upgrading it! Didn't have any food so only 1 star. Green king are not normally bad at food. Beer was expensive but in good condition. Here or the weatherpoons? Here all day long. Lovely pub.

Food was excellent. Staff are wonderful, helpful & so accommodating especially eddy. I highly recommend steak & ale pie 5*****

Met a friend for a few drinks and the service and the atmosphere of the ship was lovely. Definitely recommend this pub and I will be back to sample their food next time

The food was completely awful. It was the worse food you could ever imagine, the roast dinner was a pre frozen delight ,no potatoe were roasted or vegetables topped and tailed. The whole concept of Sunday Roast was lost here.

Friendly atmosphere, great service, and good food

Joe and Eddie are brilliant well knowledgeable staff. Great atmosphere. They made our day

Staff is making this place amazing!

Had a lovely experience here - a small hidden away pub in the outskirts of Bedford Town Centre. Staff were polite and attentive. We ordered 2 Katsu Curries and a Side Salad. Both were large portions and were delicious! Lovely visit!

Good old style pub gets busy good atmosphere.

Nice place, good atmosphere Service is so slow. Its Christmas, have 10 people behind the bar serving. Waited 25mims to be served. Not good enough any time, let alone xmas!

Xmas menu food was amazing! Nice atmosphere. Really enjoyed it. Nice place for a small work do.

The Ship is a lovely Greene Kingpub situated in Central Bedford not far from the River Great Ouse. We had tasty wraps with chicken bacon and avo. Beers consisted of an Icebreaker, Peroni and an unusual Holy Ship Ale. Pleasantly busy.

First time eating here. We had the roast. Delicious. We all cleared our plates 🍽️🍴 will definitely return next time we are in Bedford

Great food and great service. Good value for money.

Food was dry and overcooked, when asked for a refund I was made to feel as though the quality of the food was my fault ! Food was absolutely appalling never again will I come here

Good range of beers. Just remember to log in for parking if you drive. It's free but a fine if you forget.

Just there for drinks. Very helpful with taking drinks to table as I'm an old crock.

Lovely old pub with a great outside seating area. Friendly welcome, good service and food. The Seniors menu is excellent value

Full of life with a good garden area.

Nice garden out back decent food

Small plates much better before new menu. The only slider is a chicken strip broken in half. Loads of lettuce, to disguise the lack of meat. the side of fries was quite meagre and mostly bits.

I never do a review on a restaurant visit. However I think I needed to this time. Went for a meal with 7 people. The service was fine and friendly and the atmosphere was lovely and calm and inviting. The food was terrible. All the food was frozen and fried. The meat was tough and my turkey was cheap turkey roll. The mash potato tasted like mash mixed with water from a dried powder mix. My husband and friend had the pie which he said was nice but everything else was really not great. If you like a frozen fried dinner then this is your place to go. Such a shame. Gluten free option not great either.

Great food, friendly staff, nice place, quick service. I like being able to order through the app and they bring it straight to you.

Lovely pub. Good choice of beers and food.

I love this pub one of my favourites in the whole of Bedford and the garden is great 💥

*See end of review for recent update 5 stars reduced to 1 *I absolutely love this pub, every time I have been there the food has been fantastic, freshly cooked generous portions and great price. The staff are all really friendly and welcoming. The pub is clean and very pretty with lots of hanging baskets of flowers and a beautiful old fireplace. I would definitely recommend The Ship and am looking forward to my next visit. *UPDATED REVIEW *So unfortunately this review was true a year ago however we have been to the ship probably twice in the last few months and I’m very sad to say it’s gone downhill a lot, there seems to be all new staff now and non of the original staff left, the food is no where near as nice as it was before and you have to wait a really long time, me and my son waited an hour for the food when it was really quiet I think we were the only table eating on arrival then a few more tables came in but it was in no way busy. Also they didn’t have half the items on the menu and kept coming back to tell us they didn’t have this or that, my son had a sirloin steak which he asked to be cooked medium rare and it came out well done and tough, the staff are friendly but not professional and it’s badly run, the girl behind the bar didn’t tell me half the menu was missing when I said we were going to have lunch and most of the things we ordered weren’t available. It’s such a shame as we loved going to this pub as a family for meals but I won’t be going back anymore.

Stopped here for an early Friday dinner. Pub busy in the garden but plenty of seating inside and out and we wanted to be inside. Dog friendly which was great. Staff helpful and friendly and good service. Had soft drinks, katsu curry and Mac n cheese - tasty food and very reasonable price. Don't pay for parking - just enter your reg on the screen by the bar and it's free.

had a meal there it was ok but nothing to shout about wouldn't go there again I have been to other pubs that are better

I, came for lunch with my friend, for my birthday, an it was very good ☺️☺️

We had an amazing experience at The Ship! The staff is incredibly friendly and absolutely adores dogs. They made my furry friend feel so welcome. The burgers here are absolutely delicious, with juicy patties and fresh ingredients. What really impressed me was when the chef graciously prepared grilled chicken meat for my dog. It's clear they genuinely care about their four-legged visitors. The pub has a cozy atmosphere that adds to the overall charm. I highly recommend this place to dog owners and burger enthusiasts alike. Five stars well-deserved!

Firstly I would like to give a big thumbs up for the friendly staff. They were very welcoming. Thank you. Now to the knitty gritty. We attended as a party of 4 during a Sunday lunchtime. Having decided what to order I was informed that you didn't have strawberry puree for our chosen cocktails. Whilst placing our order for the food I was informed you didn't have fish for the fish and chips so we went with the scampi, oh and by the way, the mushy peas are normal peas as, yes that's right, you didn't have any in stock. We returned to our table and after ten or so minutes a member of staff informed us that the 2 vegetarian Katsu Curry's we're off the menu as you ran out. How can you possibly run a business if the kitchen is so poorly stocked. Our food eventually arrived approximately 50 minutes later despite the pub wasn't busy at all. The presentation of my mix grill was good however looks deceive. The chicken and gammon looked like it was pre-cooked and then microwaved. I dread to think how long my food was hanging around in the abyss because when it arrived it was stone cold. My beer which was in the sun was warmer. This experience was unacceptable beyond belief and will not be returning to your establishment again which is a great shame. Please don't bother giving an explanation or apology. You simply cannot stock your kitchen or cook food to a satisfactory standard. Shambles

Little to no atmosphere in this place as they were blasting the F1 commentary through the sound system. Staff were rude as well.

Went on a Saturday, toilets disgusting like a pond in the gents, the ladies was the same apparently. Didn't have most off the beer on draught and the cleanliness was well below par tables sticky,empty glasses everywhere just a poor show.

First time visit. Excellent service and food would highly recommend

Having been a loyal customer for many years, hiring the function room and enjoying many a meal, we returned after some time. It was clear from the outset things had changed for the worse. After waiting 20 minutes for a coffee and enquiring the bar maid apologised that she had completely forgot as she got caught up chatting. An hour after ordering food I was told just a few minutes, after 2 hours I asked for a refund and left

Great place with a good range of quality well priced food.

One of the best pubs in Bedford, Pleasant atmosphere, lovely staff, comfortable and cosy.

Far too long to wait for food (1hr 30 mins) when enquired several times about our food was told if we complained again we would be asked to leave in end we asked for a refund and cancelled our order reluctantly given Shame as had heard good things

My husband and I have just enjoyed a very enjoyable meal,the staff very friendly would highly recommend

Food atmosphere, good food prices

Nice pub, but if they're going to encourage people to order through the Greene King app they should do a better job of fulfilling those orders without needing someone to go up to the bar and nudge them along 15 minutes after drinks order placed. I'd say don't bother with the app unless you have a good reason for not being able to order in person at the bar.

Nice and friendly staff in a good little pub, good selection of drinks and snacks. Decent pub food if you want a hot meal.

Great place to go to eat and drink. Vibrant atmosphere, very friendly vibe, and the manager is a great bloke. Would highly recommend stopping by to check to check it out if you’re in the area!

Very good but noisy Food good. The only down side there was no guest beer on tap only Abbot or IPA.

Parking fine received after spending 100s of pounds in this pub that day. Greene King are money grabbing to allow a private company to do this to its customers in their car park…

Thanking you tom for going over and beyond everytime

Great for a pint and a Sunday lunch, service was excellent by the two bar staff who served us. They were so helpful and patiently sorted out whatever we needed. Nice old style pub inside with log fires, Definitely recommend this pub.

Great busy pub with a good selection of drinks, we didn't eat in. However, the food looked very appetising. The service provided was friendly and timely.

Great food and a great selection of drinks