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.
The place was quiet... Toooo quiet.
it was quiet, but that was nice in its own way. Â It may have been because its western New Jersey in the winter, which is typically dead.
FYI- Â This place is very hard to find via GPS. Â My GPS put me on the wrong side of the road, a block and a half up. Â It is not all that well lit, so watch out!
The Ship Inn is really quite awesome. Â Its dark, quiet, and quaint. Â I ordered the beer sampler. Â Unlike most places, ALL of their beers were good. Â I preferred some over others, but there wasn't a bad beer.
I ordered the burger and my girlfriend had a wrap. Â We both loved our food. Â The service was good and we had no issues.
Most of the menu selections were a little pricey so my girlfriend and I ordered frugally. Â You can eat here on a budget and enjoy the great beer. Â I would recommend.
I had one visit here. They've done a great job with this property, and it has the feel of a great old style pub. Unfortunately, I didn't have the opportunity to sample the menu during my visit.
The beer was served warm, likely matching with its authenticity with the British and Irish bar experience they are nicely replicating. Â I wasn't overly impressed with my first experience here, but might stop back in to sample one of their other brews and their pub fare.
This rating is based on a single visit, so I cannot attest to any of the comments about consistency. Â
This pub is something I've been looking for in this state for some time. Â The ambiance is perfect - they've done very well with their usage of that building and the materials at hand. Â The beer was all very enjoyable and the honey porter was easily one of the best beers I've had in this emerging brewing state. Â The fish component of the fish & chips took me back to my trips through Bury St Edmunds and satisfied a long-building desire for excellent fish & chips. Â The fries could have been more authentic, but hey, I never heard anyone there claim to be a carbon copy of a British pub. Â
The only thing that kept this from being a 4-star rating was the rather slow service. Â Never was the barkeep rude or dismissive, but attentive he was not. Â
All in all, I look forward to a return visit.
Unlike most reviews of The Ship Inn here, this pertains to the bar only, not the food. Â I'm not sure where people are setting their expectations, but it's British style pub food - the best you should be hoping for is authentically bad. Â I came in here for a pint of bitter after a taxing day of tubing down the Delaware and liked it so much that I followed it up with a scotch. Â The Ship Inn is a beautiful bar, it actually reminds me of small town pubs in the West of Ireland (this is a very good thing, incidentally). Â Come in here for a decent pint if you're passing through and you'll likely enjoy the place immensely, if you feel compelled to order a burrito in an English bar in a small town in western New Jersey, for Christ's sake set your expectations accordingly.
Review Source:Review is for the restaurant only, not for the brew. Â
3 stars only because of the service. Â I've eaten here just a few times, always assuming that maybe something was amiss on my prior visit, and will be okay this time. Â Not so.
My first visit is a memory of *something* so greasy, I wanted to forcibly expel it afterwards. Â And believe me...I am NOT some health nut who avoids greasy food. Â I LOVE greasy fried chicken or pork chops, or even a burger where the bun is saturated with it. Â But even this was more than I normally would have enjoyed.
A second visit was less greasy, but so bland, I think ice cubes have more flavor. Â I think it was the bangers and mash. Â I don't know....I've never had them anywhere else, so maybe they were "spot on", but Brit food is supposed to be this tasteless??
Subsequent visits are much easier, I just stick with American fare. Â I still take visitors to this place for the decor, the view (if sitting next to the stream), and the service.
Speaking of the service...on my second visit, I didn't even say anything to the waitress. Â I guess she saw me picking at it, and knew immediately that I didn't like it. Â She graciously asked if I wanted something else. Â Took the "bangers" away and brought me a burger, cooked to perfection. Â No charge for the tasteless plate, which I was fully prepared to pay for (after all, I DID order it). Â
Now THAT is service!
If you want to taste - TASTE - the complexities of a well-brewed beer this is the place to go. Not an easy place to find but it is a must.
I met the owner and brewer - Tim? - a few years ago when my sister-in-law and her boyfriend took me there for my birthday. Â Tim took me on a tour of his tiny brewery and told me everything about his open fermentation process.
Today I met Tim again and learned he spend most of his time running the place. He hired a brewmaster - I can't recall her name - who now is in charge of continuing the tradition of brewing great beers.
My wife and I shared the Brewer's plate for apetizer; a great combination of sausages choice cheeses and apples.
I started with the porter and followed it with their IPA. Â Neither disapointed. Both delighted. I wish i could have sampled the rest... Which means I have to go back soon. This time I can't let too much time go by. The Ship Inn will remain a favorite of mine.
Lovely little unassuming pub in small town of Milford on the Delaware River. Nice choice of beers/cider on tap and in bottles. Owner (Tim) is very personable and knows his British fare. Food was tasty and locally grown so they definitely have a niche that other restaurants do not. Great for vegetarians and vegans as many of the items cater to people with special dietary restrictions. Would love to see this place expand to Gluten Free offerings on the menu.
My only suggestion is use less oregano. Not everyone likes the flavor as much as the chef.
I went here on a Thursday night with about 35 people after tubing nearby. We called and gave the restaurant  a half hour heads up that we were coming to make sure they could accommodate us, and they said "No problem!" and they meant it!
One waitress handled our table efficiently and well, even doing separate checks with none of the usual sighs, complaints, or denials you get from other restaurants. I loved the food, both what I ordered (a couple of sampler platters) and bites of friends' meals.
I've since been back with my husband, who didn't get to go the first time, and the food and service was equally good. Even picked up a geocache while we were there! :)
I like their beer okay, but I'm not wild about it, but that's a matter of personal taste, so I won't ding them a star for it. What I do really like is their commitment to using local  food. It's probably a good thing these guys are a distance from me - I'd eat here all the time, otherwise, and that's not good for my waistline. ;)
The place was very nice, & a good stop while staying in Milford. Â The food could have been a little better, but a good value & the service was very friendly & helpful. Â We had a lady who was a brit & more importantly, she was charming & so friendly, that she made us feel right at home.
We are not beer drinkers, but they had some nice teas & the overall surroundings were nice for lunch. Â We would go back again, while in Milford.
I give this place three stars, because it's difficult to give ONE star AND FOUR stars. Â That is, every time we go there the food is of completely different quality. Â Sometimes it's GREAT, and sometimes it's INEDIBLE! Â Now the beer is good, but how can the food be so different? Â Do they have a difficult time finding cooks? Â The last time we went the fish & chips was definitely warmed up from the day before... it was disgustingly oily and floppy. Â
We are anglophiles who have brought our British friends there, but we're not going to any more. Â Our friends think the owners have just stopped trying. Â Rats, I want to like it and see it succeed!
If you like hearty British pub fare, this place is for you! Â The brews are delicious and the atmosphere is laid back and chill. Â The service is awesome.. the waitresses were sweet, friendly and super attentive (cute, too -- if that matters to you!) . However, I'd give a half a star reduction for soggy, overcooked vegetables (chefs, if you read this take heed!). Â But I enjoyed everything else so much that I had to give 'as good as it gets' for this type of fare in area.
Review Source:(Note well: I am only addressing the restaurant's quality here, and not the brewery's.)
The dubious reputation of British food is terribly unfair, especially in today's post-Jamie Oliver/Nigella Lawson era, but I'm afraid the bad rap survives mostly unchallenged by the Ship Inn.
In general, I take a dim view of full kitchens that refuse to make simple adaptations for slightly demanding customers (such as yours truly). If you've got a Michelin star on your front window, hey, I'll happily accept an iron will and even rudeness from the kitchen. Otherwise, please demonstrate the culinary ability to make minor adjustments.
As a pesca-vegan and dual UK/US national, I came here seeking fish and chips, and needless to say, we got off to an awkward start when I requested fish with a basic flour and baking soda batter recipe (something that my pet cat could concoct) -- instead of the wholly untraditional "beer batter," an American pretension that has invaded England to a very small degree, and which I find unpalatable. I received a frank grimace from the waitress, and the phrase, "No, that's not something we can do." Â No real explanation -- just no. OK, fine. This isn't an East End quayside, after all. I'll live without my fried codfish. Let's go vegan. Maybe they'll 'av some mushy peas, yeah?
As it turned out, I would have preferred mushy peas to what I (partially) ate. I do laud any restaurant's effort to appeal to vegans, but the vegan "sampler" I ordered was truly stomach-turning, a hot-cold muck of ambiguous legumey confusion saved by a side-fan of greens. The humous dolloped upon the plate tasted like packaged product. And I'm sorry to say that something was "off" among the samples. I distinctly tasted some kind of fermentation of the plant-based sort, and it wasn't hops or "pickles," as the waitress later suggested, I assure you. I did raise this concern, and the waitress essentially argued with me and explained that I couldn't be right. There was utterly no effort to ameliorate the situation.
And did I mention that the service was glacially slow? My wife ordered a simple salad and my son a great kid's cheeseburger (the one big bright spot of the evening). Our uncomplicated, small selection took at least half an hour to arrive after ordering. Again, hey, if we're talking high-grade food, I can wait, but this is mediocre pub fare. The "chips" aren't remotely stubby potato shards, like English chips, but more like the big long straws you find at Five Guys.
While the lighting seemed overly dim, the atmosphere was indeed wonderful on many levels, and it and the brewery are obviously the draws. There was a tipsy man from Wigan at the bar -- perhaps the most English thing in the place. In the end, the menu struck me as British by gesture and naming, mainly. Who puts cheddar cheese on authentic shepherd's pie (correctly identified on the menu as cottage pie)? Umm. No.
We left $50 poorer and not hugely pleased. Yes, I'm a somewhat fussy customer, but I've always found that good restaurants win me over -- or at least try.
I ordered the sampler of 6 beers, which was delightful--I enjoyed them all. We shared some of the stilton potato skins, which were sinful and great, but for $9.50, I was (perhaps naively) expecting a somewhat larger portion---there were 3 smallish 1/2 potato skins on the plate. On the rec of a friend and several reviews here, I tried the burger, with no extra toppings. I was rather disappointed. I ordered it medium rare, but it arrived medium. It was said to be local beef, but it didn't have the flavor I associate with the grass-fed local beef I'm used to cooking at home. It was supposed to be served on a brioche roll, but the roll was something heavier and dense than brioche--not impressive, whatever the heck it was. It had a clump of cold iceberg lettuce on top, and since the roll was not especially warm when it arrived, the whole package was lacking in steamy goodness. Our party shared a (giant) portion of chocolate caramel bread pudding, and it was too chocolatey and overall just not very subtle. We had also shared some "pork poppers" as an appetizer--these were nuggets of pork shoulder with an anchovy dipping sauce. I'm not sure why anyone would think to cut pork shoulder into very small morsels and deep fry it---this treatment yielded rather hard little nuggets without much interest. One companion had the fish and chips, and this was a worthy dish! She ordered the smallest amount possible---one piece of fish only--and could not even finish it. It was incredibly succulent. The other friend had steak and kidney pie. He's an organ fancier but said it was a bit intense even for him. I was not expecting great service given what I had heard about the place, but our server was charming and most attentive. I hesitated between 3 and 4 stars, deciding to go with 4 because of the beer, the fun atmosphere, and the few great dishes.
Review Source:this review is just for beer and atmosphere because unfortunately i didn't get to try the food. we stopped in here for a pint after wandering around ringing rocks park for a bit. we didn't realize it was a brewery until we sat down at the bar, which was a very happy surprise. after sampling each of the beers available, i went for the honey blackout. sweet, chocolaty, and delicious - with a 6.0% ABV to boot. the four of us liked it so much, we left with a box of beer (5-quart, or about a half case) for $17.95.
i'm definitely going to go back and try some of the food. they have locals' night on monday, a beer+burger for $14 on tuesday, and two piece fish and a beer for $14 on wednesday.
all in all, definitely glad we stumbled on this place!
Good choice of beer and authentically English i.e. Not carbonated or freezing. The same can not be said of the food, however. The fries were greasy and thin, not thick cut  with a slight crisp as they should have been. The fish in my fish and chips was small but ok quality, but the batter was not crispy but rather had a doughy consistency. As for the cornish pasties, they bore no resemblance to any I have eaten in the UK. A good pasty should have good cuts of beef, whole vegetables and flaky pastry. The pastry here was bready, the meat looked like it was out of a dog tin and you need a magnifying glass to find any vegetables. If this what Americans think of as English food, its no wonder it has a bad rep.
Overall if you in need a need a good beer, consider the Ship. If you want food, sail on by.
I had the Wheat beer which was very tasty but more hoppy that you would think. Then I had the Brown ale, much like a duble from Belgium. I went with a bunch of family members and they had the mac and cheese and specialized it to their tastes and everyone who had it said it was great. I had the Steak and mushroom pie and it was very flavorful.
Although, we all liked the food that we had and most of the beer, I would recommend another place if you have picky eaters, we had some smaller kids and it is not very good for kids. But there was chicken fingers and fries.
They also had the football games on, so if you want to get a pint and watch a game, this is definitely a place to go.
3 stars because the beer is fabulous. I love cask conditioned beer and their English bitter was awesome!
We had the Stilton Skins appetizer which was tasty but for one and a half potatoes with cheese and bacon, $9.95 is re-dicilous! It came with raw carrot shavings with some kind of dressing on it that made me wonder if it was supposed to be eaten together with the skins, or separate.
Dinner came and my husband and I both mistakingly ordered the fluke special. It came with rice, green beans, and more raw carrot shavings. $16.95 for a plate of painstakingly plain, cardboard-like and overdone fluke was a travesty. I wanted to visit the kitchen and show the chef how a gal from the Jersey shore broils a piece of fish. Butter? Lemon? Buehler? It's hard to screw up basic fish and yet, there it was on a plate in front of me.
Dessert was in the form of a Midori cheesecake which was rather tasty, although it's hard to give credit to the Ship Inn for that because it's obvious that they hired out for that. So I don't include that in the score I give.
The staff was friendly enough. Our waitress was nice. We did have to fish around for a moment for someone to seat us but not to the point of annoyance as others have suggested. My husband expressed an interest in the brewery and got himself a complimentary tour of the brew room which was really nice and memorable for him, a beer aficionado.
In a nutshell, I'd be happy to go back for beers, if we lived closer, but I wouldn't go out of my way for the food.
Terrible service, but tasty food & beer.
Thankfully, we weren't in a rush and we didn't have it nearly as bad as the family at the table across from us. They had three very well behaved young boys who were *clearly* starving. I'm not writing this review for them, but to not acknowledge the fact that we were seated, served, had a flight of beers, appetizers, lunch, paid, and left before they got their food could not be ignored. The dad actually handled it very well and away from other customers and his family, respectfully. It was so crass to hear the bartender (I sure as hell hope that wasn't the manager) loudly talk about them after they left - loud enough for us to hear probably about 25 feet away - and the family was in the right!!
It was a heckuva drive (albeit gorgeous) and I really fell in love with them from their website with the references for things to do in/around Milford. The food was fun, they're sustainable for pete's sakes, and the beer was tasty and well made.
Despite the positives, I'd still be hesitant to return - the management seemed MIA and the only staffers, with one exception, were spacey 16 yr old girls (to be fair, we got lucky with ours). The owners should really turn that around. With cool stuff like whisky pairing dinners and things of the like on their calendar, I'd love to commit to a special prix fix dinner for two and spend some duckets, but am really gun shy about the staff. It can really ruin an experience. Hopefully the management is paying attention to sites like Yelp and acts on it.
Terrible service and food, for the most part. Â That said, I love this place!
Aside from the wings (which are amazing, and my absolute favorite), the spinach salad, and a few select other items, there isn't much here worth eating. Â Most of the food is pretty darn terrible. Â Some because it's British in nature, and the rest because it's just a terrible kitchen.
The beers can be hit-or-miss, and are unfortunately not always totally consistent, but are generally good. Â This is surely the only place to get beers like this in the area. Â If you're looking for fancy wines, mixed drinks, or a budweiser don't bother walking through the doors.
Service is, overall, pretty slow and disappointing at the tables most of the time. Â Small groups are better off sitting at the bar.
It's a great place to hang for a low-key casual get-together away from a lot of production and noise. Â There is only one TV (a relatively recent addition) in the whole place and it's at the end of the back dining room away from the bar. Â I LOVE that about this place.
We all have our guilty pleasures... those things that we love to do, and hate to admit. For me it is the stilton skins at the Ship Inn. Picture an autumn afternoon, sunny, driving up the river road along the delaware. SIngularly fixed on one thing and one thing only.. stilton cheese smothering a crisp potato skin.
There are plenty of other reasons to go to the Ship Inn. First and foremost of course is the beer brewed on site. The brewery uses a wormwood yeast they got form Shipyard brewery in Maine, which produces wonderful butterny notes in their signature best bitter, which is almost always available on hand pump. Other beers of note there include a good ESB, a Dark Mild that is a wonderfully flavorful session beer with a nice malt backbone, and several very good stouts.
The menu is British pub fare, including tiddy oggy, sausage puff and a good roast with yorkshire pudding on the weekend. The chef tries to source as much as he can locally  and there are always vegetarian dishes fit for even vegans available.
But stilton.. that salty tangy taste is what draws me there every time.
My brother, with Jersey pride and a profound interest in our state's breweries, asked if we could stop at The Ship Inn on our way home from a family trip to Bethlehem, PA. As the GPS led me off of US-22 and through parts of our state I never knew existed, I became quite a bit apprehensive to see just how off-the-beaten-path it actually was. But the long, winding drive through the hills of Alpha, Pohatcong, and Holland eventually led us, finally, to Milford.
The Ship Inn is a quaint, unassuming place along a creek on Bridge Street in Milford. Â It definitely looks like it used to be a home and, unless you came here knowingly for the brews, would not know it's a brewery. Â The decor is dark, warm, and cozy. Â I can definitely imagine coming here on an evening in the winter and enjoying some comfort food with friends. Â On the Saturday afternoon we arrived, it was quiet with groups dotted around enjoying the weekend.
We were seated instantly, next to the window, only one of two tables occupied in the section of 10-15, I'd say. Â The main star deductions are due to this fact alone: we waited approximately 15 minutes before anyone even came by to greet us or offer us menus. Â I was in a little antsy because I had to drive home for an engagement, and my brother and I looked around, hoping we'd catch someone's eye. Â He eventually had to stand up and try to find a waitress. Â At that point, the hostess came by to tell us that someone would be there shortly and that our waitress was bringing another table their food...for that long? Â That is her job, right?
Our waitress finally arrived and was pleasant enough. Â My brother was there primarily for the beers, so he ordered a sampler of their house brews and we split an order of the buffalo wings. Â After that, the service was fine, but the initial wait was very weird and off-putting.
And it's a shame, because these wings were UH-MAZ-ING. Â Seriously. Â The sauce had great kick that didn't overpower the actual flavor of the buffalo sauce. Â The wings themselves were meaty and juicy with crisp (not greasy) skin. Â I don't know what it was about that buffalo sauce, but there was a hint of something spicy-sweet in the background that stayed on your palate in the most pleasurable way possible. Â I literally spooned off and ate the excess sauce off the plate once the wings were gone. Â They were truly extraordinary and memorable.
I cannot attest to any of the other food, but the wings made me wish I lived closer or had any reason to go back into those depths of New Jersey. Â As for the beers, my brother said they were decent. Â His favorite was the Golden Wheat Light.
I don't usually deduct so much for service, but I was late to my engagement and it was a very long and unapologetic wait. Â The hostess was very polite and apologetic, but the server herself didn't address the wait at all. Â If this review were based solely on the wings, it'd be five stars!
My boyfriend and I were staying in Upper Black Eddy, PA, had never been in the area so we decided to drive into Milford to blindly find dinner. I suggested this little inn because it was cute and, seeing  hat on the menu that they had a vegan shepherds pie, proclaimed an immediate "YES!", as if I lucked out.
I'm not 100& vegan, but I am 100% vegetarian, and I welcome any restaurants that cater to vegetarian fare, let alone non-standards. How often does a vegetarian see the opportunity to eat warm, bubbly, thick Sheperd's Pie?
Sadly, as much as I admired their efforts, the actual dish was one of the worst vegetarian-style dishes I have had - EVER. And I eat at countless diners. The mashed potatoes were supremely garlicky, and the bottom vegetables were a soup-laden mesh of vinegary, sour shame. I love eating, but I barely touched the thing. Fortunately a woman working there noticed my full plate and asked how it was. I told her my reaction and she said I could send it back, fill out a comment card, and not be charged.
To be honest, my entire experience at The Ship Inn wasn't bad per se - my boyfriend and I enjoyed their cheesy fries, while he ate his traditional sheperds pie, and the bread pudding was edible - but my sadness at the disappointment that was the vegan's sheperd pie really changed the tone of my experience. I absolutely appreciate their kindness at my dislike, however, and their willingness to take both my opinion on the dish and the price of it off the check.
Overall, my server was polite, and understanding, and the decor was very lovely. These few things can't possibly white-wash the importance of the establishments main purpose, however; the food. And it was lacking - at least for this vegetarian.
I've never been to a pub in England but I imagine this is what it is like? It's kind of darkish unless you get a lucky seat next to the creek. We've been here a few times & the beer is ok. We don't come to drink really b/c we prefer better beers. (beer Snobs!) The food is ok - I mean - it's English food - doesn't that have a reputation for being kind of boring?
Our friends from the UK like it b/c it reminds them of food from "back home". Â We enjoyed the British sampler b/c you get a little taste of everything. My husband got the sirloin - which he would order RARE if he could- and it was - to my surprise - pretty good. The fish wrap - i guess i was being healthy not ordering fried fish & chips - was a little on the dry side. Service was fine. Not bad, not Great. It's worth a trip to try some "authentic" British food....I don't know where else you would go for that cuisine?
One of the most unique brewpubs around! This is also New Jersey's first brewpub.
I came to Ship Inn on Christmas eve with another beer advocate for a few beers before going to a holiday party. The town of Milford is right along the Delaware River and it's really out in the middle of nowhere. The Ship Inn is inside a Victorian building that looks like George Washington would have slept in.
When I first stepped inside, I noticed a piano, leather seats, old wooden tables, wall to wall carpet, and a small-medium sized bar in the back. Aside from a group of 3 eating lunch along the window, we were the only people in the place.
The bartender was very friendly and gave us a rundown of all of the craft beers on tap. We tried one of their English style Bitters to start.
We had the Best Bitter which was a great all around beer. We moved on with the December Ale which was one of their seasonal beers. Then we finished with the Oatmeal Stout. I must say that every beer had a very unique flavor. I was very satisfied with each one and the Oatmeal stout was excellent! One of the in house brewers even stopped by to get a growler of his own beer and told us a few of the details on how he brewed the Oatmeal stout. We also ordered the Scotch Egg as a starter. This was a hard-boiled egg wrapped in homemade sausage. The egg was very unique to anything I have had, but I would probably not order it next time I visit.
The Ship Inn is a great place to stop by and enjoy a few of the best craft beers in the state. I don't know how the nightlife is here but I will say, stopping by on a nice quiet afternoon was great! I almost felt like I was inside someones house at their private bar enjoying my beer.
I had a great experience here and would recommend Ship Inn to anyone who is a craft beer fan. This place was worth the trip.
I hope the review was helpful. Check out my pics, and enjoy a craft beer!
RM
One of the weirdest admixed ambiances I've entered in a while.  Outside, a crumbling, beautiful Federal Victorian building.  Inside, plaid wall-to-wall carpet.  Brick walls, tin ceilings, nautical theme decor, dirty salvage tabletops, and a show of puerile spring/summertime floral paintings by a local artist.  PLUS passé country music so bad it's good.  Think "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" and "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy" - I kid you not.  Patrons ranged from well-to-do senior artist types, to country yuppies, to young granola hikers, to foreigners, to loud good ol' boys and girls.  AND English pub-inspired menu.  So, so weird.  The kind of lack of identity that would ruin most restaurants.
But it worked for me (!) and seems to be working for Ship Inn, which on a late Sunday afternoon, was serving half a dozen tables and at least as many bar patrons. Â That's saying something, in this sleepy neck of the country woods.
Food was decent. Â Mixed greens salad was quite nice. Â Stilton potato skins were exceptional. Â Cottage pie was disappointing and nothing special at all.
Service was rushed and seemed, well, unhappy.
Food 6 + ambiance 7 + value 5 + service 4 = overall 5.8 / 10 (decent)
WooHoo first review! I LOVE this place!
Walking up to the Ship Inn Brewery is like walking up to a quaint boat house in a small village where you'd expect to find nothing more than canoes and cobwebs. Set along the edge of a small river, the old building may well have been a boat house at one time, but today, it is a first-rate English-style microbrewery.
The first step inside the building feels like home. Dark timber tones dominate the main dining room adorned with nostalgic memorabilia of sailing days of yore. Simple tables line one side of the dining room while the other is dominated by a small yet assertive bar. Further back in the restaurant, which seems like a long and thin line of continuing tables, lies the restrooms, offices and likely brewing equipment.
I've not been to England, but the main room of the Ship Inn is exactly what I would expect to find if I were to show up in an old bar in London.
Absolutely outstanding food, Which probably means that it tastes nothing like real British food because if it did, nobody would be making jokes about it. I thoroughly enjoyed a British sampler that came with a hard boiled egg surrounded in homemade sausage and deep fried, a piece of "pie" in a flaky puff pastry pouch filled with potoatoes, onions and cheese, another pastry dish filled with yet more sausage, and a final layered casserole filled with some kind of meat and cheese. It was a heart attack on a plate, but it was oh so delicious. I'm craving more as I type!
Simple yet elegant and outstanding. Like most English brews, they're not trying to reinvent the wheel. They know what's good and are simply trying to perfect the tried and true styles. The ESB and Light Lager were both exceptional session beers and the stout was dry, flavorful, and creamily infused with nitrogen as it should be. But the real winner was the Scottish Ale, which the English friend I made sitting at the bar informed me is only released once a year. Unlike its Americanized counterparts, this ale was subtly sweet with delightful undertones of caramel and roasted barley. It was so much more by being so much less. My one complaint is that there were only four house beers available, but I've been told they usually have around six during their peak times.
Another plus of the English pub in Jersey was the fact that the server really was British. True, she'd lived in America for 20 years or so, but she was still British.
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