I love the way this place looks. Â It's basically the galley of an old ship. Â Being from the coast, it carries a certain type of nostalgia. Â With that said, what the heck is a ship doing in Manitou?! Â LoL Â Ok so that does not detract at all from the restaurant nor my review. Â The only reason I give this place 3 and not 4 stars is that it just seems to lack any wow factor. Â The staff is friendly enough, the food is decent (not great), but there really is nothing that grabs you other than the fact that it is the recreation of a ship. Â I will say this is a tentative review, and I plan on giving it another go. Â Worth checking out, but not a must see. Â Will stress again though the staff is pretty rockin'. Â They have always been on their game when I've gone in.
Review Source:DO NOT EAT HERE!!!
Stopped by for a quick lunch and wont be back. We were the only customers in there for lunch. I asked for a glass of Pinot grigio and got Pinot noir. Took half an hour to collect our order. Twenty minutes to bring us our drinks. Pizza was missing half the ingredients. Water tasted horrible! No salt or pepper on the tables and I had to ask for a knife and fork.
Oh and the pizza kept me up all night with diarrhea. All in all a horrible birthday lunch for me!
Seems like this place could be so much better than it is. The decor is pretty old school, but it's Manitou and to be honest I don't care at all. It has the typical bar accessories and a lot of space for hanging out, it's just that nothing exceeds expectations. The food also takes forever to get. My friends and I ordered some food and it took 45 minutes to get it, so that was fun. Overall just an ok place, nothing more.
Review Source:This place sucks.  I've been here 3-4 times now, and every time the service sucks and the drinks are expensive.  4 dollars of a dom. draft beer????  Really??? and cash only???  Really???  Cause your trying to cut down on costs rights?  Whatever..pass...Even the Keg in town now excepts cards.  Last time I was here the bartender called that cops on a  guy because he tried to use his card...and the atm won't advice him the money....
Review Source:I was beebopping in Manitou with some Springs friends for the 4th of July festivities and was pleasantly surprised to find the Ancient Mariner, a bar with a local feeling to it and not catering completely to tourists.
As you walk inside you will find yourself on a galley of ship, which yes does sound touristy, but again, not completely. Â Small, cozy, plenty of tables, and even a small music stage.
Lovely little gem in Manitou! Â And if I find my way back here in the future, I will stop in for another drink!
I like nothing better than to find a neighborhood bar in the middle of a string of tourist shops. This place reminds me of the dive bars I frequent in various cities. The decor is different but equally entertaining and the drinking company and bartender were great. No bs, just good booze. Killer prices too: My husband and I each had a mojito, then he had a Grey Goose and soda and a Scottish ale, and we split some house-made chips (which were terrific btw) and I had a grilled cheese. The tab came to $22. Wow. The food isn't fantastic but they are a bar first and an eatery 8th (I'm sure there are 7 things in between that they do pretty well). Any time I'm in Manitou I will definitely be going back.
Review Source:right where the main street curves into the mountains from Manitou Springs, the Ancient Mariner sits, inviting.
there is a great stage which surely hosts great local music and traveling acts. Â there is a nice selection of local beer, and a full bar decorating the back wall. Â all except for a window that opens into the pizzaria next door, creating an open exchange of booze and food between the two establishments.
the Bloody Mary was made from scratch, and with love. Â the Jameson's was poured the same way.
the bartender was pleasant, and the low chairs at the bar were fun and unique. Â this place is definitely one of the few good stops to make in town.
Very friendly place! Good local beers, and good fish and chips. My buddy had a sandwich, sorry couldn't really tell you which one but he loved it! Either way this was a pretty cool Tavern in a pretty cool town. I only ate there for lunch but it was a bit slow inside the Tavern. the bar tender and cooks were friendly and talked to us about the town so I got the impression they liked the "outsiders" where as in some places they frown on the "outsiders".
My only semi complaint is right next door is a pizza parlor where some of my friends went to instead of the tavern with me, they liked it and all that jazz but the two restaurants share a window and the lady from the pizza parlor asked our guy to get some coffee and he said ok then a bit later she asked again and he said he would after he took our orders, cool and great for us but on the other side was my buddies waiting for the coffee, so take that as you will.
Loved it and think its worth a stop if you ever find yourself in this lovely town!
If you're even in Manitou, definately stop by the Mariner. Â Sunday night hosts some of the best live local folk music you're going to hear. Â The whole area is almost entirely local, so you can expect warm welcomes, good conversation, honest and respectful people, and good locally brewed beers.
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