The Ship in West Lancashire

Good beer, good lunchtime sandwiches, great atmosphere, what more do you want?

Food and service was excellent. Would definitely recommend this place x

Love this place esp in the sunshine ☀️☀️☀️

Excellent food !! Lovely location.

Lovely pub in a great spot along the canel called a few times for lunch and a well-earned pint after a long walk

Fabulous Sunday lunch. Huge portions and excellent value for money. Couldn't fault anything, highly recommended. Will return in the summer when the weather improves as the beer garden looks very inviting. Suggest you book in advance as it was really busy and popular.

We had a walk down the canal from Burscough to Parbold and back. We looked for somewhere to stop for food and drink with the dog. The ship was perfect. That country pub feel with great food and service. The food was amazing and the location was right on the canal lock. Inside was exactly how you imagine, old school pub which was quite quirky set up. Will definitely be returning. Thank you

Another visit to the great Blood Tub for a family of 6 Sunday lunch and sat in the lovely Library. Four hearty very well presented roast beefs, a great sea bass and a sizeable steak pie followed by two tasty sticky toffee puddings, Very efficient, attentive and friendly service. We all really enjoyed our meals, the only observation being the stock used in the steak pie was way to strong flavoured,

The best ambiance and best steak pie, I’ve had in my life, not kidding.

This was always our favourite place to eat. It had been closed for re-furbishment recently so this was our first visit since it re-opened. We were both sadly disappointed. Presuming they must have a new chef as our meal of Fish & chips was not as good as it was many times before it closed for alterations. Batter was so crispy it shattered over the table as I put my knife in. Needless to say more batter than fish. 😢. Please lads put it back to what it was famous for - good food.

We booked our Sunday lunch today after a beautiful walk along the canal. We were greeted with kindness and gratitude! We had a table for two seated by the window with a beautiful view. We ordered two Roast dinners, one Pork and one Beef. They were both delicious- Actually the best roast dinner we’ve had for a while. We also enjoyed a glass of red Shiraz recommended by the lovely, young gentleman waiter! Overall, 5* service, food and surroundings! Im looking forward to celebrating Mothers day with you all on the 30th March x thank you 🙏

Great place, staff were very friendly. Would recommend this place.

This is a lovely pub has a top quality chef or two, food definitely not pub grub, it's well worth the price, only thing is as weird as it sound the plates are over loaded bit too much going on, sometimes less is more, and the braised red cabbage far too sweet, one mouthful and I was done with the cabbage, I would definitely recommend and visit again

Really enjoyed the meal. Food was delicious. Portion sizes were fantastic and the service was great. Couldn’t fault them to be honest

Breakfast with Santa was far too expensive. £22 for a full English, sausages burnt, bacon burnt. £22 for a pancakes, family of four cost £88. Last year was nowhere near this price. I fully appreciate increase in costs and support the catering industry post Covid, this however is pure greed. £5.50 for half a pint of Diet Coke. I’ve paid less for an evening meal for a family of four and much better quality. Before any response, only one child met Santa and a colouring book with a Cadbury selection box does not justify these prices. After 13 years of custom I will never return, just pure greed for poor quality food.

Lovely meal at the ship. Food was fantastic and service very friendly. Reasonable price for a generous meal - rare to find a pub these days that puts effort into their food! Would absolutely return again

Went in for a family Christmas meal food not the best had a turkey roast which looked like it was thrown on sprouts very hard and tasteless also daughter is a vegetarian not much variety on the menu

Beautiful public ho. Brilliant menu, something for everyone, even vegans! Generous portions at a very reasonable price. Definitely recommend.

Overall great pub. Went on a Sunday and it was really busy but we had booked several weeks in advance. Every course was amazing and the portions were so big, I had the Brie starter, steak pie and crumble and every course was amazing. Came so quickly and staff were really friendly and happy to help😊Will be going back x

Exceptional food, lovely selection and we had our works do last night. The staff were excellent, very polite, friendly, caring and attentive. Well worth a visit and reasonable prices. 5 stars

This was our first visit here and definitely worth the drive out. We were on a girls Christmas meal and all did the festive menu. The food was delicious and great portion sizes. We had 3 courses for £31, the cheese board could have fed us all. Veg especially the sprouts were cooked to perfection and the turkey was lovely (no dry turkey here). We were all in a good coma afterwards 😋

Decided to call in here yesterday afternoon after a bit of christmas shopping was very busy managed to get a table in the bar area as no tables available in restaurant opted for the gammon while my wife choose the fish and chips both were good. friendly staff, looking forward to our next visit going to book in advance next time.

Nice place, great food, great beer and good prices, WHY ARN'T YOU THERE !!!!

Disappointed for the price. Quality was poor. Establishment was a bit grubby.. cold chips. Dry burger . Sad salad . Zero atmosphere.

Good food friendly staff. Recommend the fish and chips. Nice to sit outside in sunny days. Booking system can be chaotic.

We had lunch here before walking along the canal. We haven't been for a few years but everything about it was still the same, lovely food and polite, friendly staff. Well worth a visit.

Good food atmospheric and polite staff

First time visiting here. We all had the pork roast dinner and it was delicious. Staff are lovely and welcoming.

The food was lovely,good service and atmosphere the only negative was I was sat next to the window by a radiator...it was filthy! and old tissues stuffed down it...really could do with a clean please.

Relaxing friendly, does get quiet busy on weekends for food.

Lovely menu and the food is well cooked with great produce. It is well placed on the canal side. Highly recommended 👌🏻

Best sunday lunch ive ever had, no joke. Food was excellent 👌👌👌👌👍👍👍👍

Great pub. Great beer choice. Lovely food, good choice. Good service. Plenty of parking. Great location alongside the Leeds - Liverpool Canal.

Always a good selection of local beers and always a Moorhouses. Just a stop for beer on today's visit. Great location near the Rufford canal.

Not been to The Blood Tub for a few years. So glad I did. Lunch time menu was excellent. Staff were all friendly and gave great attentive service. If anyone has ever visited the Kirkstile Inn at Loweswater and had their steak pie you will be well aware how good it is. However, after retaining my award as the best steak pie around I’m afraid that that privilege has been lost to The Ships steak pie. Amazing. Just try. Thank you

Visited last night for an 80th birthday - lots of us ! Food was great , as were the staff . No complaints whatsoever. Would highly recommend.

Our favourite pub. Good, traditional atmosphere, beautiful, canalside location, always a good clientele.

Stayed overnight on the carpark in our motorhome. Such a beautiful location on the side of the canal and zero noise after closing time. Such welcoming friendly staff and management and a great menu with plenty of gluten free options 😀 got chatting with some of the locals who highly praised everything about the pub and staff. Very dog friendly and plenty of seating inside and out. Highly recommend a trip for a bite to eat and a lovely walk ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Been to ship before and had wonderful meal, I’m afraid beef dinner today wasn’t great, meat tough as were vegetables quite disappointed as we brought family for celebration meal.

Not sure what happened today but the whole experience wasnt great. Had a very long wait after ordering our lunch. Nearly an hour I think. I ordered the steak baguette which I have had a few times before and loved. Today the baguette was soggy bread, the steak was tough and the fries I ordered didnt arrive. Pub wasnt overly busy so I dont know what went wrong but it was very disappointing.

Menu didn't shout out at u but beef tacos very good

An old popular lockside canal pub ,reseraunt, great atmosphere, mixed crowd, young and old enjoy the atmosphere generated by happy people. Good service at tables by nice young ladies.

An old popular lockside canal pub ,reseraunt, great atmosphere, mixed crowd, young and old enjoy the atmosphere generated by happy people. Good service at tables by nice young ladies.

Menu didn't shout out at u but beef tacos very good

Two pints in dirty AF glasses that tasted like they had soap squirted into them. The waiter did replace my first one but the second one wasn't any better.

Nice little pub pity about some of the political views of the locals at the bar

Food was really well presented and was delicious.

Service hit and miss, when it's good the place is great, when bad it's very slow and frustrating.

Regular visitors to this pub now. Fantastic rural location especially on sunny day. Reasonable prices and always friendly attentive staff. We'll keep going back

Beautiful pub in a fabulous location on the canal perfect for a nice walk. Plenty of space to park. The food was excellent (buffet for private event) as was the range of very decent beers, both served by very friendly and helpful staff. Will definitely be back here soon!

I had read brilliant reports about this place and couldn't wait to visit. Sundays are extremely busy and you would definitely need to book. I ordered the fish and chips; hands down the best I've ever had. Even our boys ordered the fish goujons and cleared their plates. We had a lovely, attentive waitress who was just brilliant, making sure we had everything we needed. We cannot wait to return!!!

Wonderful pub! Came for food on a Sunday, and it was lovely. The staff were also very friendly and helpful!

Walked down the canal and had a nice cool Cider 🙂

Good beer. Good food. Sadly, filthy toilets. Very disappointed in that respect. down to 2 stars because of the dirty toilets.

Fantastic Service and food Lady with Glasses well done.

Went here from my mum's 90th birthday food and drinks were fantastic I had the thick cut pork chops they're really tasty and the foot long pork crackling was a nice touch, Mum really enjoyed her birthday staff were very accommodating and they sang happy birthday

The service was exceptional. The food was filling tasty and amazing value. The pub is beautiful.

Great food and service thank you

Brilliant local pub, always do a good real ale and the food is exceptionally good pub grub. One of our favourites

Well I wouldn’t know about the food would I because they stopped serving it at this time ugh I just want some chips Please like yeah

Impromptu stop to eat in the bar area. Great service and top quality food

I went with friends for lunch. I booked in advance online which was very easy to do. This turned out to have been a good idea as our waitress said that, as we had booked, we would get priority service as there was a wait for food. The pub was very busy as it was a beautiful day. We started out in the beer garden but it was too hot so moved in to our reserved table. The service and staff were excellent. It was a very busy lunchtime but our young waitress did not forget us or her promise that we would be served promptly and the very helpful young barman came over just to double check that he had got our drinks order right. I was delighted with the good choice of vegan food. I had the spicy mushrooms with noodles and green veg. It was very tasty. My friends are not vegan but they also enjoyed their food and one took half of hers home as she couldn’t manage it all - our waitress helpfully wrapping it up for her to take away. I thought portion sizes were good and the prices reasonable given that eating out is an expensive business everywhere these days. Altogether our visit was a very positive and enjoyable experience. I had heard good reports of The Ship but hadn’t been in for years but I will definitely visit it again soon.

Been to this pub many times to eat but recently it has gone down hill. Gave it multiple chances as it's always had a good reputation but the last 3 times hasn't been good. The food was so salty we couldn't eat it, the service was slow and the food is overpriced. A very busy pub in a lovely location so always very loud inside. The smell from the men's toilets in the bar area needs addressing has it is very off putting.

Great Sunday lunch. It was busy but Jen (I think) made room for me. The roast was fantastic and service was fab. Jen is an asset to your team, super attentive with great rose recoomendations!

Really lovely spot on the canal, gorgeous food and staff, Jenny sorted us out and looked after us, kept the wine flowing and made sure we had everything we needed!

Not been to "The Blood Tub" as it's known as around this area. Sadly was after a funeral but the buffet was brilliant and for real ale lovers a good choice on the hand pump

Great food. I’ve always received good service.

Family were visiting for the weekend. My nephew wanted to order the salt and pepper chicken but not too spicy. The waitress was extremely patient and took his order. The chef kindly accommodated his request and he was delighted with his meal.

Very poor experience of this pub. Called for a drink after a walk. We sat in the bar at first but quickly left due to very loud and raucous group sitting at the bar, one of whom worked at the pub. We went outside and struggled to find a table where there were no empty glasses. Two men employed by the pub stood nearby discussing everything that had gone wrong in the kitchen that day, their conversation punctuated with many obscenities. Later, four kitchen staff emerged for a smoke and again, a loud, sweary conversation about the chaos in the kitchen. So unprofessional and off putting. Meanwhile, no tables were cleared, every table was covered in empty plates and glasses. We wouldn’t eat here, given what we now know about the state of the kitchen.

Good food, generous portions, nice staff, great location.

First visit to the Ship. Food was fresh and really tasty, had the chicken pie from the main menu. The staff were excellent too, had a great vibe. Well worth the money.

Good food with a great selection of Cask ales.

Not a great experience on the food side at this local country pub. We waited nearly an hour for our food. My son’s fish and chips - oil was obviously too hot - hence the batter was not golden brown - like photos people have posted but in between golden and dark brown. I encouraged my son to tell them but unfortunately he was v hungry and ate it, you could stand your fork upright in the mushy peas without it falling over they were so thick. I had a salad with feta cheese and honey - basically it was a whole slab of feta straight out of the packet, drizzled with honey and heated in a fry pan with oil that was too hot so it burnt in parts underneath. When asked by the waitress if the meal was ok, she obviously didn’t like my answer and was rather annoyed with my answer. Don’t ask if you can’t accept constructive criticism. Would I go again ? No.

Not a great experience on the food side at this local country pub. We waited nearly an hour for our food. My son’s fish and chips - oil was obviously too hot - hence the batter was not golden brown - like photos people have posted but in between golden and dark brown. I encouraged my son to tell them but unfortunately he was v hungry and ate it, you could stand your fork upright in the mushy peas without it falling over they were so thick. I had a salad with feta cheese and honey - basically it was a whole slab of feta straight out of the packet, drizzled with honey and heated in a fry pan with oil that was too hot so it burnt in parts underneath. When asked by the waitress if the meal was ok, she obviously didn’t like my answer and was rather annoyed with my answer. Don’t ask if you can’t accept constructive criticism. Would I go again ? No.

Sunday roast was unreal very good food quality staff were very friendly and helpful bare in mind Sundays are very busy so you will need to book

Last time we ate here we got put in a corner and basically forgotten about - it took 20 mins for someone to take our order and then our meal took 50 mins to come out. It was not a good experience. But we decided to give it another go. Came along on a Tuesday evening, no greeting when we walked in, difficult to find any staff, eventually asked behind the bar if we could get a table. Sat down and offered drinks, but we needed to check our daughter would find something on the menu before we could definitely stay so asked for a few minutes. We sat there for 15 minutes, nobody came back. Went to look for someone - nobody to be found. Obviously short staffed, decided to leave. The atmosphere was not good, clearly not enough staff on, didn't feel welcome at all.

The ship is in a beautiful spot, and the staff were super friendly. The weather was amazing, and the atmosphere was great. Unfortunately, it was overpriced, and the quality didn't match up. The location might draw you in, but they're definitely cashing in on that appeal.

Lovely pub on the bank of the Rufford branch canal by top lock always a friendly welcome and good service with good food as well

Great ales and food. Every pint poured is high quality. Convenient location along the canal from Burscough.

Good country pub. Nice selection of real ales, reasonably priced. Food is good but expensive. Another visit 7 months later, ordered a gourmet burger. Presentation was excellent, burger was homemade and seasoned well, fries and onion rings were well cooked. Unfortunately I still it's overpriced. At nearly £17 the meal was I think worth about £12. That's the only downside I think.

So good I'm taking my walking group back there on Friday to do a walk then call in for refreshments

Wonderful and friendly staff, food was amazing, Abby made us feel welcome all of the staff was great, dog friendly

Very expensive for what you get. Poor value for money. My chicken was very overcooked and dry, and at pennies under £19 I expected better. Lasagne was very greasy and small, large dish but very shallow, which, considering all the grease, was a good thing. My son said the chicken burger was ok. Only thing I can recommend really is the tapas menu, which is good value for money. Staff are lovely.

Fab lunch as usual! Love this place , really nice home cooked food, not your average pub grub, 1st class food , attentive staff, lovely location! What’s not to like? X

Great place the food was excellent and the service was first class. The restaurant was clean and well set out with plenty of space between the tables. Nice choice of food and fresh local produce. Well worth a visit. I

Beautiful scenery, lovely staff. Ordered the Bravitas potatoes and breaded Brie salad. Food heave!!! I have visited before and will keep coming it’s a favourite

Gorgeous old fashioned pub with wide open fields on one side and the canal on the other. Lovely staff, food portions are huge and the quality is spot on! Have already booked to go back, this place is a little gem!

A Busy friendly pub , Food was amazing

Beautiful pub right on the canal. Staff were very friendly and a great location.

Only had a coffee, as I was parked in there car park. Lovely pub, and friendly staff

Came for a meal this evening, I had the chicken, my friend had the gammon, it was absolutely delicious. I've never been before, but will definitely come again!

Beautiful little gem along the canal

A lovely setting on the canalside

Excellent food and service, always busy, consider booking in advance. A few nice little walks along the canal bank. Dog friendly. Plenty of parking.

Once shown to a table, we couldn't fault the service, learned from our waitress they were totally taken aback by the footfall that day (it was midweek & not sunny). My advice, book, no matter the season or day of the week!... can't wait to return!!

I and my heavily pregnant daughter were warned by a member of staff that the large table we sat at, (there were others also sat at it) was for food only and we should move. It really wasn't that busy. We did move..... Somewhere else!

Got to say we were a little disappointed with our visit, we took our Shepherd and sat in the dog room provided. Nobody came to see if we wanted to order so went to the bar ourselves. We ordered 2 bacon sandwiches which came on bread which was about an inch thick with 3 pieces of bacon which has a load of fat left on them. When we paid nobody asked if we were satisfied with the food and service. Can't see us visiting again.

Service a little slow, I think due to the demand on the staff who were clearly working hard, but the food was amazing and it’s a lovely location.

Great food, attentive staff, service was great.

Went for a random meal for my birthday with my son n hubby. Service great. Food fabulous. Then we were asked if we wanted desert! I said it's my birthday haven't the boys got me a birthday cake! Lol! Then I was presented with a gorgeous brownie n ice-cream to celebrate for free! Happy days. Thank you. Can't wait to visit again. 😁