The Ship Inn in Cornwall, Isles of Scilly

Lovely little place, visited twice and lovely hosts. Dog friendly.

A rare sunny afternoon in October. We ate outside in the garden, where the service was excellent. Location and atmosphere is great, hard not to be on a warm afternoon in the sun. The fish and chips were delicious, only knocked a star off because of the garden peas. They should be mushy peas, we all know that! 👍

Well have to say we , my friends and myself are great fans of the food here . I have to say that the fish pie tonight was the best I’ve ever had including my own. We are booked in for Christmas Day as last year was amazing. Worth every penny. Great 👨‍🍳 chef . This pub is very popular so booking advised..

Lousy food and lousy service. What can I say?

Had a delicious seafood dinner last night- combined their famous delicious Crab Claw shared starter with a scallop Special & was the best meal out anywhere this summer- even compared to a specialist fish restaurant at double the price. Staff were lovely & freshly added pieces of quality furniture & lit candles made a lovely fresh feel to the place. Highly recommend!!

This is a very nice old pub. Great beer, good food [from experience they do excellent fish and chips, meat pie and roast dinners]

Amazing food and service. Beautiful mussels and lovely cod and chips. I highly recommend the ship inn. The quality of the food was excellent

Amazing pub, great atmosphere, friendly staff, great food. If you want a snack or just a pint or two, you are always welcome.

Lovely little Cornish pub! The food was really nice and the service was great

Great authentic old time restaurant and hotel place ... wonderful food and service

Nice clean pub , plenty of ales on offer ,. Friendly staff , we had two lovely meals here while on holiday . Book in advance as this is the only place to have a nice meal in the village .

Had an amazing roast today, cooked perfectly. Fantastic food and service. Would highly recommend. Staff were very attentive and an asset to the pub.

Excellent place for food and drinks

My partner and I (from Kent) came to this pub every night for almost a week when staying at the Pentewan sands campsite and it was our favourite part of the day. The staff were really friendly, the pub was clean yet cozy, we sat outside for most of the evenings as there was a lovely outside seated area, however we did sit inside whilst it was raining. i definitely recommend going for a pint if your in the area, and can say if we visit Cornwall again we will visit again.

Thoroughly enjoyed our dining experience at the Ship Inn, great food and service.

Nice pub, but very expensive, aimed at the holiday trade. Food was very greasy.

While staying on the local holiday park I decided to go over for a drink. Lovely little area with a nice out door seating area. Didn’t eat but the people around us were commenting how good it was

A wonderful little oldie worldie English pub. The service was very good and the food even better. The Venison pie was out of this world. Would definitely recommend and would happily return if we visit this part of Cornwall again. It would appear that it's a good idea to book during holiday season and also to get there early-ish.

Loved the Tribute pale ale & the crab and prawn shear dish with a side of garlic bread was delicious.... Plenty enough for two. We will be going back!

Visited last Sunday, we both had roast beef ! Everything was perfect! Best roast we have had,for some time ! The service was outstanding! The atmosphere was brilliant! Got chatting with people next to us ! And r 11 month old cocker spaniel, enjoyed it too ! Well done all of you !

Handy for Pentewan sands. Ate hete twice in the week. Limited menu but good quality and fair price. Staff all friendly. Could do with wider selection of ales and alcohol free. Beer garden nice. Good atmosphere - enjoyed the group of Cornish folk singers on one visit. Free WiFi available.

Great pub with a huge garden area. Live music and reasonable prices. Would love to revisit!

Very good service, it was a busy period of time but they soon got us our order and was delicious. I will definitely be returning and recommending to others visiting the area. I was a happy scampi camping customer.

Great local Tavern, great food and value for money, brilliant atmosphere, great location and garden is a winner

Great pub right next to the beach, serving great beers.

Nice village pub. Good garden with plenty of seating.

Fantastic place for a pint food and entertainment 👌

Lovely location, great food, great service and dog friendly. Truly awesome experience. Thanks

Rather amazing and dog friendly. We've been walking past this place on ourt dog walk on and off for three years and never got round to dropping in sometime, so this week we decided to change that and called in at lunchtime. Being mid November we took advantage of the winter parking rate in the village of 50p for 3 hours, had a walk along the sunny beach and dropped into The Ship. Warm welcome and plenty of tables to choose from. We opted for the Clawsome Fries, which is a sharing starter and decided we'd order more after that if we wanted anything else. The fries have melted cheddar, white crab meat, creme fraiche and chives, tiger prawns, sour cream, crispy onions and jalapenos - and what a taste sensation it was! The portion was massive and amazing value - not only didn't we need anything else for lunch we only managed a sandwich each for our evening meal. Great value, really tasty and with a menu full of interesting ideas - can't wait to try some more of them! I was also pleased to see a variety of vegetarian dishes on the menu as my son doesn't eat meat but I'm sure there'd be something here to tempt him. We'll be back. Update late February 2024. Called in for a sandwich lunch; we'd been before and it was great. welcome was laid back rather than friendly We opted for the crab sandwich each, not cheap but a treat we thought. My advice - don't order the crab sandwich! The bread is very thick but the filling consists of very little crab meat with lots of creme fraishe - if you didn't know it was a crab sandwich you wouldn't guess it from the watered down flavour. On our third visit it came across as noty too good and the staff seemed preoccupied. I live less than 5 miles from the place, just wish they'd try a little harder

We went to the ship back in June while staying at pentewan sands, we went for Sunday lunch and it did not disappoint! The veggie walnut roast was one of the best nut roasts I have ever had! My Husband and Dad also were equally impressed with their more traditional Sunday roasts. All meals were served with roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding and an impressive amount of veg. You know you have had a good sunday lunch when you can't manage a pudding. Its advisable to book in advance as they get booked up for Sunday lunch in the summer and can't accommodate walk ins on the day (although they do offer the normal menu outside). Luckily this was easily done online, thankfully.

Great little pub with large garden overlooking the former harbour. A favourite stop after local walks

Lovely pub with great food large beer garden . Dog Friendly

Great staff, food. However the place has a resident racist, homophobic and obnoxious customer who clearly upsets some potential customers.

Lovely food and a quaint pub atmosphere

Great food and a wide selection of beers, the Heck beer was particularly good. Good range of veggie options, nice location.

Fantastic service from all members of staff from Chef to Bar Staff

Restaurant staff need to be more friendly, and have good knowledge of the menu. Very few dietary needs catered for. Dessert Eton Mess needs to have fruit within it, not just compote.

When we entered the ship Inn all the tables were apparent booked from 5pm onwards. Even though it was a bit chilly we decided to eat outside. I entered the premises several times either to get drinks or go to the toilet, between 530 and 8 pm the tables were empty. My husband had burger and chips which were cold, I had fish and chips which were warm. It was supposed to be cod really I don't thinks so the taste was awful. It a shame the food didn't taste as good or as much as it cost. Obviously everyone has different taste so try if you dare.

Whilst the food was okay, it wasn't as great as previous visits. The gluten free fish and chips were only just warm chips, hot fish but soggy batter (only crisp on the ends) with very nice fresh peas. Certainly not bad enough to send back, but mildly disappointing from previous high quality visits and food served on chipped plates and bowls does make you question the quality for the price of the meal. The Ship is a lovely pub in a lovely village with such hardworking staff and I hope the sparkle returns soon.

Went for a bar snack. Sandwich was £10 So settled for a drink and ate at home

First, I'm always welcome you in always call back and they remember you and give you a good big smile

Amazing! Customer service is first class. Always welcomed with happy smiles. Food is fantastic! JP definitely knows how to cook the perfect steak. Highly recommend, locals or visiting, definitely somewhere to enjoy a casual drink or a great meal.

Another great pub. Food always been very good. Staff very friendly. A lovely atmosphere. Again book in advance to avoid disappointment.

Great garden, good beers. Awful food. We both had double burgers priced at 16.50 which is about standard. Sadly they were the worst burgers I have ever had served in a pub. They were probably bought from farmfoods. Honestly had better quality burgers at football burger vans. Im honestly shocked they are charging 16.50 and serving that meat. Must be making a killing and laughing at us. Very disappointed.

I’ve gone with the average here as my husband had the double burger and said it was lovely, definitely 5/5. He really rated it as possibly the best burger he’s had in a pub (and there’s been a few!) However I went with the Sri Lankan cod coconut curry which was possibly the most unpleasant thing I’ve ever eaten. No hint of any coconut flavours, it was sour and very bland. There have been very few meals I’ve not eaten anyway but this was one of them. Whilst we were eating I heard a couple at the next table discussing what to order and the wife said she wouldn’t make the mistake of ordering the Sri Lankan curry again so I don’t think it was just me. Aside from the hit and miss food the pub is lovely and the staff were nice enough though nobody came back at any point to ask how our food was or we could have let them know. I’m sure they could tell when they cleared the plates.

Great pub with loads of atmosphere and some lovely food choices. There are locally sourced food and drinks available and the staff were efficient and friendly. We tried to book and had to change our plans to get in as it gets very popular - book well in advance to avoid disappointment. Delicious food, great drinks choices - proper Cornish Inn.

Great place for a drink. We would have had a meal but they were fully booked. Nice outdoor seating area.

We called at the Ship Inn several times during our stay in Mevagissey. Sometimes the service was excellent and other times not so good. To its credit, the food was always good

Great pub, lovely staff and very tasty meals. Several Gluten Free options on the menu.

Went here Sunday lunchtime - never again. Only had choice of 1 draught lager and stank of dogs. Went up the road to Into The Woods. -(Recommended). 😭

Excellent food, fast professional service

Fantastic little pub in Pentewan. Stopped for drinks and food. We both had the double burger which was delicious. The food was perfectly piping hot and outstanding. We enjoyed it so much we're planning on making the trip back again. Great atmosphere, free WiFi and staff really friendly. Dog friendly pub too with a bowl of water brought over for our little dog. Highly recommend this pub for food and drinks.

It's been 10 years since I was last here and what an improvement. The decoration is excellent, the staff friendly and the food was excellent. I had the duck curry and it was one of the best I've had in a long time. There was a nice atmosphere but by 9pm I was the only customer, but that's all down to the time of year. I would recommend booking later in the year as it does get busy (according to my friend who lives in the village).

Top quality Gluten-free fish and chips

Great food and drink - well worth a visit

Great pub withload of charm good food and entertainment Saturday evening

I attended the pub today for a roast dinner, got welcomed and greeted as always by super friendly work staff, the bartender Kyle was very friendly as he always be ver the times we visited. He checked in to see how our food was, and cleared our table full of joys. Excellent service from the team; and top marks for the chef, the pub is a ‘lucky saint’ to have him =D We shall be back again

This pub is great, staff very friendly, great food, fantastic location well worth a visit. Also allows pet in part of pub. Just along from a fantastic beach.

Cozy friendly, what a pub should be.

Always have sunday lunch when im visiting.. Its just perfection.. See you in about 6wks

Lovely village pub with excellent simple pub food.

Nice little pub, friendly staff, great atmosphere

Dissapointed with the service , its gone down hill , booked for 730 pm , arrived 730pm informed someone sat on the table, no problem we can sit on one of the many empty tables , not a problem. No wait for them to leave.(they were asked to vacate ) sat down with menus, Are you ready to order? Sorry no chance to view the menu yet. Well kitchen closes at 8! Okay , some pre warning when we booked would of been handy but no problem give us a moment. Food served , great , plates cleared. Server obviously waiting to leave as lady waiting for him at his station. So there was no offer of seeing a dessert menu , or enquiring would we like one, which we would of ! Another table was still on mains and they called someone over to order desserts . I had to go ask if we were allowed another drink, it was 8.10 pm on a friday evening ! Then the staff left , noone came to our table again, there were 2 tables left and 2 people at the bar at this point. We looked around , went to the bar in the adjoining bar . Asked for a bill , oh didnt realise you were there or any outstading bills …. That was pretty evident by the level of service .Left Very dissapointed , could of easily walked out without paying! Standards have slipped here , service , sauces … cheap and plastic sachets , no atmosphere , such a shame as its a regualr spot for a catch up, my previous experience at lunch time a few weeks before was very different to this one. Hence the return visit.

Stopped for a light late lunch after walking the coast path from Portloe. Very generous sandwiches, much appreciated!

Warm and friendly, good range of beers. Winter Thursday carvery highly recommended for both quality and value. Veggie option no problem. UPDATE Under new management this delightful pub has improved its menu to a higher level, yes its a little more expensive but worth every penny. The Veggie/Vegan Sunday roast was truly outstanding and my meat eating friends were equally delighted with their fare. Be warned about price of Guinness currently (March 24) £6.20 exactly £1 dearer than the next dearest I've paid elsewhere.

Lovely pub overlooking the harbour. Pleasant staff. I had a rare rump steak for lunch and it was superb. From a good butcher, and PERFECTLY cooked in kitchen. My partner had the pork belly and that was good too. Only complaints.... Pop music on radio and too loud, and there were chips scattered on floor that weren't picked up, (even though not a busy time). So improvements on turning down the music and on the housework. Otherwise, its 100 per cent. Food is VERY good.

Excellent,as always. Good, honest pub grub in a lovely,warm and relaxed atmosphere . Not over priced or over fussy food. Highly recommend their choc a bloc fries...superb. Chloe very attentive tooo.

Gorgeous pub, been here for food and it was great solo trip with the pup today and had to leave a review! Recommend 100%

Lovely staff ,relaxing atmosphere ,Great Coffee and food

Quaint pub with good selection of beers, and the food was just perfect, fair sized portion - just the right amount I would say, menu is a good size and everything that came out to our table was delicious. Not long to wait for your food either, a good service all round and we will be back on our next visit to Cornwall. Fantastic place.

We booked a table for 12 people for a birthday party. Staff and team were really accommodating, allowing us to go in before hand to set up. Due to the size of the table we were expecting some delays on orders but quite the opposite. Everyone’s food came out simultaneously, fresh and piping hot. Staff were class and helped make the evening amazing. Highly recommend 🙏🏽

Nice pub, but the food, although passable, was a bit lacking in depth of flavour.

One of the best pubs around for food.

Great british pub at oys finest. Lovely bar with roaring fire and great ales and lagers

Lovely lunch. Very friendly staff and dogs welcome.

We walked down through the Valley to our chosen abode for Sunday lunch along with 2 dog's. The atmosphere of the place was warm and friendly, both staff & customers where relaxed. We had a great table where the dog's could chill and we chatted. We each had the Sunday roast where you had a choice from 3 meats. The food was piping hot and the vegetables that accompanied the roast were plentiful and tasty. I had beef and it was perfect. The only down side was when it came to pudding, we were not informed of what was no longer available when given the menu and the one I wanted was all gone :-/

The food was excellent, the chef certainly knows his business, the staff were very polite and helpful . A very comfortable atmosphere around! We would certainly recommend a visit whether local ( as we are) or when just visiting the area.

Visited for lunch with friends and relatives after walking the dogs nearby. What a menu! A superb choice from snacks to full meals. I had to try the crab sandwich, which was well filled with crab and great bread. Others tried the loaded fries, and not one person had any comment other than superb. Highly recommended and one of those places where food had to be eaten, not photographed!

Staff Xmas meal for 30!! Excellent food and friendly service...will definitely be back soon!! Thanks Eden

Lovely food with generous portion sizes, super generous kids meals. Thank you

Decent food but was out off by the barman constantly on his phone. A couple came in for food, he was sat at a table and hardly looked up at them when they asked if food was still being served. He told them sternly they'd got 5 minutes as chef was closing the kitchen., eyes still glued to his phone!Very unprofessional, would put me off from going again to be honest, would hate for him to be torn away from his phone to see to us

Generous portions of delicious food. Came here for Sunday lunch with two friends last week and we all thoroughly enjoyed the veggie roast. Definitely book in advance though!

Rather amazing and dog friendly. We've been walking past this place on ourt dog walk on and off for three years and never got round to dropping in sometime, so this week we decided to change that and called in at lunchtime. Being mid November we took advantage of the winter parking rate in the village of 50p for 3 hours, had a walk along the sunny beach and dropped into The Ship. Warm welcome and plenty of tables to choose from. We opted for the Clawsome Fries, which is a sharing starter and decided we'd order more after that if we wanted anything else. The fries have melted cheddar, white crab meat, creme fraiche and chives, tiger prawns, sour cream, crispy onions and jalapenos - and what a taste sensation it was! The portion was massive and amazing value - not only didn't we need anything else for lunch we only managed a sandwich each for our evening meal. Great value, really tasty and with a menu full of interesting ideas - can't wait to try some more of them! I was also pleased to see a variety of vegetarian dishes on the menu as my son doesn't eat meat but I'm sure there'd be something here to tempt him. We'll be back

Two family members have recently moved into the area and we were able to walk from their home to The Ship and we then stayed for lunch and a few drinks. The St Austell Real Ales were excellent and the menu was varied. When the meals arrived they were all well-received and were both tasty and filling. We were grateful for the walk home to walk off the excesses!

Was quite a quiet day but good food, nice beer and helpful staff

Had a really nice meal this afternoon in the ship inn , very good vegan Sunday lunch , extremely large fish and chips , children's meal was good and the cheese sandwich yummy , nice service , thank you.

Absolutely a fab little pub. Great food, great friendly staff. So helpful. Great place to take the dogs with you. Would recommend 👌 👍

Staying nearby on holiday. Have eaten here twice, once when it was busy as and again when very quiet. Staff polite and friendly, super service and delicious food. Actually witnessed a customer's large dog bite a member of staff (drawing blood), very calmly dealt with. Will return for sure.

The food was great and the staff were attentive and friendly

Our lunch was great, the bean chilli dirty fries were lush and a big portion and the Tandoori chicken wings starter were so tasty, great vibe in the pub with super service and friendly staff throughout, especially Russ, happy days!

Personally we found this pub to have nice food but overpriced. I chose the crab sandwich, it had a lot of filling, but frankly at £20, I was expecting something a bit more special than a few crisps and salad. The bar staff were grumpy. The young guy who brought our food out was very friendly. I wouldn’t go again.

The staff are very friendly , super quick service but also relaxing

The garlic bread with cheese was nice, and a generous portion. I enjoyed the Sri Lankan Coconut Curry, tasted nice and presented well. The service was friendly and also quick.

Two vegans, two vegetarians and we had a truly excellent meal. Very good service from two lovely ladies when we ordered with alterations to the menu and the food was delicious. Just wish there were better vegan puddings to choose from. Will definitely return.

Always enjoy the food, service and the atmosphere here. Add the great location and access to my favourite bit of Pentewan Beach the Ship Inn is one of those places that even when it's not the original plan, it's hard not to be drawn in if you pass by.

Lunch stop for 4 adults and a dog on a hot day. Able to sit inside with the dog which was helpful given the heat. Menu looked expensive with the cheapest sandwich £10 going up to £20 for a crab sandwich which is the priciest I have seen this summer outside of a celebrity chef restaurant! Island cafe at Looe charges £11.95 for a packed white meat sandwich with side salad and crisps plus an incredible view. Decided to stick with it and we had ham egg and chips, scampi and chips , beef brisket ciabatta and the house special ham sandwich. Excellent quality ingredients especially the thick ham and tasty brisket. With 4 soft drinks it came to £56 for 4 which I thought was reasonable given the quality and portion size.

Great food and nice atmosphere.

Popped in for dinner with the family including grandchildren. The menu was varied and the service good. the food was very hot. Will be back if i'm in the area again.

Being local, we stopped off on our way home from Mevagissey for a quick half. We weren’t greeted at all. Not one muscle movement in any form of a smile from the staff. Only to be told “don’t sit on the large table, as it’s reserved!”. We didn’t. We sat at a small table (there was 9 of us) that hadn’t been cleared; only to be told by the same staff member (mousy blonde) that she needed to clear the table. My dad made a joke about him getting a job there, as he was helping her clear. She made no interaction with him at all, no smile, zilch. We all embarrassingly looked at each other and grimaced. Already feeling uncomfortable at being there. We ordered the drinks greeted with the same attitude, by the same member of staff. We were then told by another male member of staff (scruffy unshaven chap), that we had to vacate by 5pm, no apologies- nothing. My sister said “it’s ok, we’re only having a quick drink” and his reply was “you’ve got 25 minutes!”. Honestly if we hadn’t just spent over £50.00 at the bar we would have left and gone to, Into The Woods. We were stared at the whole time we were there by the staff. We left at 5.05pm… every single table at the lower end of the pub, where we were sat, were still all empty. As we left, we walked past two or three of the exact same scouring staff, having a cigarette outside the front of the pub. Not one said goodbye. I’ve always liked the Ship, and meet friends there all year round, but it’s not what it used to be. I certainly won’t be visiting again. And will head to, into the woods or Charlestown. Just a note for management here also.. The staff should be told not to groom themselves in the mirror in the dining area, it’s not hygienic.

Always our place to go for food when on holiday