Met up with a friend who recommended this place. Located in a quaint western New Jersey town, the Ship Inn isn't a bad place and if you're in the area and it's possibly the only game in town.
Points on having a more "English styled" menu to go with the theme of the place and offering organic and locally grown choices. The food is pretty good, if not spectacular and a bit pricey but it's New Jersey, what do you expect?
Can't officially comment on the beer, since I didn't have any, though a fellow patron complained that it was flat.
Liked it here. Â
I had the $9 soup and half sandwich combo. The soup, New England Chowder, was really good. Â The sandwich not so much. Â Really salty wannabe deli meat served on thin pita bread. The sandwich was actually terrible.
Hubby had the fish and chips $14 and a free beer comes with it on Wednesdays. He enjoyed it.
Liked the bartender, did not like the music. Â Even our dentist office is a little more upbeat. Â The music was an awful mix of reaaaallly slow, depressing, put-me-to-sleep elevator style music. No jukebox in sight to rectify the dire music situation. Â
Beers:
The blonde wheat is very light and easy drinkin! Muddy Waters is somewhere between Smithwicks and Yuengeling and was very good.
Celebration Ale was good  -a little too bitter for us though.