The Spice Ship in Weymouth and Portland

The Spice Ship hosted me and my hubby’s 50th party on Saturday 31ST May 2025, and they absolutely smashed it in terms of the buffet, setting up the restaurant area, making our 80 friends & family feel very welcome! Jenson and his team always made sure everyone was getting 5* service, the bar staff were always on hand and served everyone’s drinks in a quick professional manor as it was very busy!!! Thank you all so much for everything you did for our 50th party!!! All of our friends & family said how much they loved our party and what great fun!!! And also our lovely roast dinner this afternoon 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

Shame of the terrible service because otherwise the place is OK. You can be having a drink at a table only to be told that they have just booked it and you have to move. And apparently because I was “only” having drinks I could not be offered the luxury of sitting down. There are other, nicer pubs, close by, so do a search if you are in the same situation.

Staying at Weymouth bay this week had dinner and lunch here daily. Amazing food from the starters, mains and deserts. Fabulous value for money.

Nice food & pints doom bar .Allways visit when in area

Nice local pub didn't have any food but menu looks good

Monday night is pub quiz night - great atmosphere, great food, great camaraderie, great entertainment and a great night out - happy days...

Lovely Sunday roast. Also very pleasant staff.

We had a absolute lovely time. We had the roast dinner. The only thing I would say is portions are on the large size. We were given the left overs to take back home with us.

Stayed at sea view . Visited this pub amazing food .very friendly highly recommended . Huge portions too

Staff are always helpful, friendly and attentive. The room was clean and well equipped. The little extras for us and the dogs are little things that make the difference between a good hotel and a great one ! We stayed an extra night as we didn't want to go home !

We used the Spice Ship at Preston near Weymouth while on holiday with husky Bella. Our last visit to Dorset was about 30yrs ago so this was a memory trip. The Spice Ship was similar to what we remember. The was a good atmosphere on entertaining the pub/restaurant where bella the husky was made very welcome as other dogs were. Good selection of drinks ales beers cider ect. The food had a good choice at a fair price with good friendly professional service. Well worth a visit when in the area we booked a table every night on our visit.

22 of us had lunch on Easter Sunday. Lovely spot, helpful and friendly staff and good food. I don’t need to eat veg again for a week

Really nice food and friendly staff.

Excellent Pub - great interior and really especially nice food, very friendly, lovely staff - highly recommended. Also the rooms - great!

£9.99 for lunch and a pint! Tasty food, friendly service, sunny garden, good portions, help yourself to sauces, zero complaints!!

A guy at the bar spoilt it for us with his constant foul language and bragging, we had planned to have dinner there, but went to the bridge inn, I realise that for that public house that sort of behaviour may be acceptable,

Friendly, helpful staff the food was excellent

Best pub food in preston weymouth freshly cooked homemade food

Nice traditional English pub. Great quiz night. Good selection of beer and good food.

This pub has a lovely atmosphere. But my medium steak was very tough and chewy. I wasn't given onion rings which were in description on menu. The steaks at wetherspoons are far better quality. My husband enjoyed his meal and the choice of beers. I deducted 1 star for the poor steak and 1 star for the missing onion rings.

Lovely pub good food great atmosphere

Enjoyed my visit and food would recommend

Lovely traditional pub with a safe pleasant atmosphere, easy walk from Bowleeze holiday park.

The pub is amazing and the bar staff are so friendly. Definitely five stars from me. The barman allowed me to and out flyers for my portrait business, so thank you

We have never had a bad meal and the staff are excellent but this evening was exceptionally outstanding. Both Miles and Millie couldn't have done more to make our evening any more pleasant. They are both excellent ambassadors for your company and I would appreciate you telling them both

Went in for Sunday roast absolutely fantastic service and superb food. I had the turkey three massive slices of thick turkey three massive roast potatoes and buckets of vegetables, value for money also fantastic I would recommend and am definitely coming back next time I am in Weymouth

Absolutely fantastic service from all there as usual. A big mention though for both Miles and Millie and the chef. We felt really well looked after and the food was delicious and decent size servings. Outstanding ambassadors for your company. Rich and Helen Mortimer

Really nice place. Enjoyed it as a tourist.

Second time there staying in the hotel. We were given the Portland Room, freshly refurbished, and truly beyond any standard I’ve seen anywhere. The staff in this place go above and beyond, it’s such a great place to stay Great food too

Good food, rooms, breakfast and service

I go to the quiz here every Monday that I can, the staff are fantastic (Ruby, Myles and Jensen are the best people who have ever got me drunk) - food is fantastic and atmosphere is brilliant

Amazing! Went here for food on monday, Lily was serving me and she was fantastic! As a tourist to the area she gave me some fantastic advice on how to spend my time in weymouth, she was polite and really funny and made our evening great (she even encouraged me and my friends to get on some shots!!!) Honestly, it was a fantastic evening, we stayed to do the pub quiz that they host and really enjoyed our evening, thank you to the staff (ESPECIALLY LILY!) and the man who run the quiz!

Lovely atmosphere, great staff, and the food was excellent. Nice to see a local pub being so busy and reasonably priced. We had family get together ❤️

Absolutely fab pub very oldie worldly. Staff really friendly and brilliant accommodation.

We recently stayed at the Spice Ship, we do visit this pub regularly, normally just for food & drinks. However this wknd of 7-9th Feb 2025, we stayed here. It was very good. We stayed in the “Portland” room of the newly refurbished cottage & it was lovely. Beautifully decorated, clean & just great. Bed so comfy, bathroom lovely & a lovely little kitchen/dining area. Tea/coffee as well, very well equipped. Breakfast was included for the price which was lovely. Would highly recommend the stay here, staff friendly as well. Would definitely book again. Dogs welcome although we don’t have one.

Lovely food, lovely waiting staff one star off because of the TV

The pub itself is a lovely pub a most of the staff were great . The starters we all had came out really quickly and they were really hot and very tasty . But afraid it went a bit down hill from there . After starters we waited for quite a while for the mains . The mixed grills had a steak that was the size of a biscuit they didn’t come with the sausages they did bring them out but after the mixed grill was practically been eaten ,the rump steaks were supposed to come out with onion rings and they didn’t come out till the end, the hunters chicken were inconsistent one had half a chicken breast and the other had what looked like 2 chicken breast on it .and the burgers and chicken platters that had been ordered came out about 20 mins after the other main. It was a large table of us so I can understand maybe a bit of wait but we had no apology either . The food wasn’t terrible but it just wasn’t the best . Just a disappointing experience really. Sorry

I've been here 3 years running for work and Jensen (landlord) is a great host The Spice Ship is a ship themed elegant pub restaurant... Beautifully decorated with a lot of ship memorabilia... Huge outdoor seating area with climbing frame for children. Spotlessly clean throughout and very friendly staff. The rooms here have been finished to a very high standard with the addition since my last visit of 4 extra letting rooms, 2 being in the old cottage on the side of the pub.... these can be rented singularly or as a self contained unit with 2 separate bedrooms, the top floor room includes a microwave, tv seating area and washing machine facilities Ideal for a family with children... (Photos) Just a stones throw from the beach this pub has many other high quality, beautifully decorated letting rooms and free parking... I'll let the Photos tell the rest of this story... So nice I'm thinking of booking this in the summer for me and the wife for a weekend getaway... exceptional coastal accommodation with on site dining and breakfast Call for current room rates

Were on holiday from Sussex first time weve been there. Very nice pub.

Brilliant food, very nice friendly staff wish we could have stayed longer

Great food and busy out of town pub.

Stayed here with a colleague whilst working away, nice newly decorated rooms, warm and cosy with comfortable beds, service was great, friendly manager (Jenson) made sure we got a packed lunch the next morning, as we we're leaving too early for breakfast. Dinner was nice, home cooked food, specials board etc. I can recommend the fish pie.

Wow a place of great atmosphere with live music at weekends in side and outside. Food really good

Lovely bar area with nice atmosphere but do they have to have the sport on quite that loud and through every speaker..

Welcomed on arrival. Room immaculately clean and well presented. Personal touches such as dressing gowns/slippers along with quality bathroom products much appreciated. Dinner & breakfast both delicious & plentiful. Hospitality second to none.

We visited the Spice ship last year in October while on holiday it's great friendly pub you get good service and the food in the restaurant is excellent

Welcoming staff serving a good variety of pub classics

Made to feel very welcome the min we got there. Friendly staff. New to the area this will now definitely be our local

Spent New years eve here. Had wonderful food . Had to move tables but all good as staff looked after us . Really good entertainment and a great night out. Well done Spice ship

Over a month ago booked a table for 8 people, all confirmed. Arrived and they had our name and number but no table reserved. Told to find our own table except place was rammed of course being New Year’s Eve. Give a Table nicely then told to move as they promised it to someone else. Then was told could sit by the darts area high top table with kids playing. Had x2 elderly and walking stick very unsuitable. Found the original booking table however this was next to the bar under tv very small table. Could only just fit 6 people around it. Not suitable as next to bar constant people and dogs. Then asked again if there was any chance to make room was told no. Extremely disappointing as we booked over a month ago requesting to sit in restraunt area for 8 people. Very disappointing as we left and had planned to stay all evening with entertainment

Stayed overnight. Lovely double room with a huge bed. Very dog friendly. Great food and service.

Great place xmas party night with great food was a delight cannot fault staff brilliant well done to the chef.

Proper old pub. Lovely Garden. Child And Dog friendly

The food is amazing. Staff are really friendly

I had the most wonderful meal for my Birthday last night with my husband , Daughter and her Fiancé, staff superbeb, food sublime, will be definitely be going back. We'll done

Brilliant atmosphere food and service. I was with my son and his girlfriend all agreed music wasn’t quite fitting with the place.

A friend's and family get together, after an hour we were informed the table we were sat on was pre-booked and we would have to move but the staff managed to find us an alternative table even though it was a very busy Friday night.

We arrived about 2.30 looked around and chose a table that was NOT reserved, as we know sometimes they are, sat down and ordered drinks. We had been sat at the table about 10 mins when the barman came over and very rudely threw a tile on the table that said it was reserved from 16:15, no communication at all. We had noticed that a gentleman at the bar had got on the phone as soon as we sat down, the conversation that we could quite clearly hear was about another person coming to the pub with his dog and there were some people sat at his table(us)! We ordered food and another drink and we were still at the table at 4:15 when this other person came in, good lord we were made to feel awkward as we were stared at and blatantly talked about. If the table had been reserved when we went in I would have no problem with it but to treat customers like this is appalling.

I have stayed there and enjoyed an evening meal with my partner. Great food, loved character of the place. Rooms were freshly renovated, clean, and well equipped. The building is old, probably listed but well maintained. Staff members created a warm atmosphere, amazing attention to details in the room and friendly approach. Extra points for our breakfast packed, ready for the morning as we had to leave very early. That was incredibly nice!

Poor quality vegetables rubber like . Meat and trimmings nice .

Very nice definitely recommended

What a great hidden gem! Food is impeccable, lovely surroundings and staff are friendly and helpful. Thank you for 2 wonderful meals

The food was great, as was the service, this was my first time here, we are booked in for Christmas day, and I'm looking forward to it.

Have visited this place a couple times over the last few years but stayed here last night now the pub has new landlords and what can I say !! Met friends there had food and the staff could not do enough for us food was great, Great selection of beers wines and spirits . We stayed in the bowleaze room and it was amazing everything we needed it had and value for money was absolutely brilliant . Full cooked English breakfast with a great choice of other options and drinks . This pub has something for everyone I loved my evening there and will be visiting there again,

Reasonably priced food, just a pity it wasn't reasonably cooked. Our drinks were in dirty glasses too. A shame because the staff were really nice

Great pub. Food is good, they have some great special deals. Staff lovely.

Fantastic food and service, parking on site and great atmosphere. Next time we visit I shall try the cottage pie. Update: I went back for our final day on holiday for the cottage pie 😁. I was not disappointed! Give your chef a raise!

Stayed in the hotel, had dinner, super pleased with everything, clean room etc, though a little road noise with window open Extremely friendly staff, willing to help

We were enjoying relaxed drinks in this very busy pub when a waitress explained to a man alone at a table for 4 was told it was reserved. He told her he had been here all afternoon (drinking) and his family were going to be joining him. Two minutes later we’re told by the bartender that he was sorry but it had ‘just flagged up’ on their system that our table was booked. We moved, finished our drinks and left without eating as it was clear that the first table to be asked to move had refused so we were next to asked. Very poor service and a poor move by staff in the pub.

Good service great atmosphere and friendly 😄

Always a pleasure going in when KJ is working!!! Sunday roast is to die for and multiple screen for all your sports needs

Went for food no staff sat there for half hour never asked us what we wanted to drink left and went somewhere else

Only nipped in for a drink, guess it's having a major re-fit, I am sure it's going to be good competition to the village.

The spiced ship is a fabulous place to go. The food is wonderful, hot when brought to your table, and the service is quick with all staff being friendly and polite. Just live this place 😍

A Very Polite friendly welcoming member of staff greeted us on arrival! Our meals were served hot and were delicious being very reasonably priced that suited our budget. The Bar manager (sorry but forgot his name) was extremely pleasant and asked if we would like to book for later this week being on holiday which we did 5* Experience Ambience and Value we are delighted customers here Thank You Spice Ship

Great atmosphere, good sport, great real ale

Lovely little country pub with a play area for the kids, brilliant menu with lots of choice. Lovely atmosphere, friendly staff, highly recommend a visit.

Just had a roast dinner , it was awful. Roast potatoes were like rocks to cut, veg was vile, lm sure it had all been sitting there all day and just warmed up in a micro. I will never be returning.

We had Sunday lunch which was very poor with soggy mash ,cauliflower cheese which was not cooked and cold uncooked potatoes. The next table to us also complained about it being cold and left their meals, The meat was the only thing that was eatable ..this pub is poorly run we went in at night for a drink only to find the bar staff talking at the end of the bar while we stood waiting to be served. The Manager and a Barman where having an argument over shifts with the Barman using the f word- this not good practice in front of customers and should be done in the office. At 9.30 over the next 3 nights visits, the Bar staff where cleaning the tables and putting chairs on them making you feel unwelcome, seeming like they can't get rid of you quick enough. You can understand why pubs are closing when run like this.

Wonderful dinner at this charming pub, followed by a good nights sleep upstairs. But be aware that it may be a bit loud in the sleeping rooms until the band finishes at 11 pm. KJ took excellent care of us as overnight guests, and we would recommend visiting!

Excellent service food was lovely and hot staff were friendly and helpful I had a mid week roast and was not disappointed can honestly say that I was actually so full I couldn’t finish it definitely would go back pub and toilets were spotless if you want a good meal this is definitely the place to go .

We visited this pub for Sunday lunch based on recommendations from local socials. On arrival there were very few staff about and no enticing smells from the kitchen which I thought was odd especially for Sunday. Our table was in the bar area as we had dogs which was fine. Two choices of meat for the roast which again we ok. The dinner itself - plate hadn’t been pre warmed so food wasn’t that hot. Potatoes were definitely aunt Bessie, as was stuffing ball and Yorkshire pudding. Vegetables were ok and although there were a few different veg, they were very tiny portions of it. Nice touch with the side dish of cauliflower cheese though. Wine was poor. Had a large Malbec which was very tangy and tasted like it had been open a while. Had to ask for horseradish sauce as no sauces offered with the meal. Probably ok for regular pub food but for a roast then The Sun Inn at Dorchester or The Fat Badger knocks spits of this. Staff pleasant.

Chicken burger £12:50 cold and small and not in a bun . Bought back in a bun , still cold so sent back and 15 minutes later it was replaced , and it was just a very dry chicken breast in a bun , a very plain burger with nothing in it . Sea bass £17:50 . The portion was very small and should have had crab meat in the mash in it none at all .

Friendly staff, lovely pub and amazing atmosphere , food was lovely, but linguine needed more taste like garlic or chilli thankyou

Unique pub, food looked excellent.

I had the Mediterranean linguine and it came out like a bland watery soup. Looked nothing like the picture at all. Unfortunately it tasted as bad as it looked and I had to chuck salt on it to make it taste of anything. Definitely no tomato pesto sauce as advertised it was the worst pasta dish I’d ever had. Even the waitress admitted I was the third person to complain about it that night. Wish I’d took a photo to show you how bad it was, chef clearly didn’t know what they were doing!

Found pub by accident but cannot fault it.Locals made us feel very welcome staff fantastic actually booked to stay in December spent our entire weekend there instead of at weymouth bay holiday park. Thank you for making our weekend away fantastic x

Nice Pub, Great Food at a good price, and Good Service

We stayed over and ate here, the food was great and the staff very friendly. There was a little gift for us in our room and the bedroom was lovely!

Nice pub watched the football in was great

DONT EAT HERE IF YOU HAVE ALLERGIES! OR WANT QUALITY FOOD AND SERVICE! What a shame! I am coeliac which means I can’t eat gluten which was explained yet you bring me a meal with a Naan bread on despite explaining that I can’t eat gluten. That meal gets taken away and so do my poppadoms. I have always been ok with poppadoms as they are made from rice flour but apparently I can’t eat them. So I have a delayed service, a man who serves me to find out if I can eat poppadoms but never returns. Where did he go? And I am told by the man I complain to that “he’s not very good!” Like that makes it ok? And when I complain I am met with rudeness and being told I am in the wrong. Why should I pay full price for such shocking service . Food was pretty standard and tbh I could cook better than that, think Wetherspoons and not homemade. What a shame , especially rudeness from the staff member. That was very upsetting.

First time here, served by Lily, really helpful and friendly. Small issue with not being a pizza menu for my son but thankfully was on childrens. Had the classic burger and seabass special and the food was really lovely. Brilliant price, place was clean and atmosphere was good.

Fairly typical pub fayre. Too many TV screens for my liking, but garden area was good.

We visited for the first time today, only popped in for a swift half as we were passing through. Very impressed with the atmosphere and service. Hopefully we'll be visiting again soon 👍

There is not enough stars for this place. I had a party for 16 people. Short notice the staff couldn't do enough. The food was top notch.... Made my whole family welcome. It was that good. I want back. If I return to weymouth. I will 10000%have another meal here.

Booked a table at 6pm for 10 for family Sunday. Advertised for Sunday lunches. Shown a table then were told no sunday lunches left. Would not have minded if they had said when booking that as it was the bank holiday weekend there was a good chance no Sunday lunches were left. Not good.

Came with family for Sunday dinner, table booked for 6pm with 8 of us, with 2 dogs. Arrived and it turned our our tables were already occupied, with 1 group through mid-drinks. We were moved to the restaurant part of the pub, which left us standing for a while. After being told to wait in a cramped location, while people watched the football, there were rude comments from some of the other customers watching football towards us, for complying with one of the staff asking us to wait. After around 10 minutes we finally got a table, where we were told there were no roasts, with some of us looking to have a Sunday roast before arrival. We ordered our food, which took around 40 minutes to arrive, not terrible for 8, however no staff coming to check if everything was ok when eating. Afterwards, we asked for the bill, where we were waiting for a good 20 minutes, leaving us all unimpressed.

Lovely atmosphere, amazing food thank you.

Food was awful had Sunday roast dunno what was in red cabbage roasties under cooked and fish and chips 1 teaspoon of mushy peas awful chips. Bar staff good at there job kitchen staff sat on there bums chatting.

Good food and nice friendly staff.