The Ship Inn - Canterbury

Wanted a nice lunch with our Family over Christmas. Newly taken over by Shepherd Neame, and appreciate good things may be going to happen was very disappointed. The Ship was nicely decorated, with plenty of Staff for the number of Customers. Sadly the menu let the Restaurant down, it is the same as it has been for the last few months. The wine list was poor, not even as good as it was in the Summer. We have visited twice in that time and were very much looking forward to something new and different. The menus were well used paper ones. It is not cheap to eat out and when you do, you want something that you might not get at home but at least when you leave you won't say I could have done better. Touch of money for old rope. I have written to The Ship and have left it a good time for them to respond. Hopefully they will up their game, or this will go the same way as it did with previous owners.

New Years Day we got together with friends for a dog walk along the seafront. We had coffee on the pier and on the way back to the car, decided to call into The Ship for a quick snifter. We were greeted with a warm and friendly manager and it was beautifully decorated for the festive season. We took a seat near the door as we had the woofer. Apart from not having a ginger wine (which not many pubs do have) we had such a nice time in a convivial atmosphere that we decided to stay and have a roast dinner! This was absolutely delicious. 2 beef a turkey and a veggie option. Everything was hot and beautifully cooked. The lovely manager bought water for our dog and was very friendly telling us the outside is going to be painted soon as it belies how lovely the place is inside. All the staff were great and brought us everything we needed. We will definitely be back soon.

We had lunch at The Ship on Christmas Eve and it was a wonderful experience! The staff could not have been more friendly or more helpful they were fantastic despite the pub being so busy! The food was excellent as always and a terrific selection of drinks including a wide choice of wines and real ales. The Ship is rapidly becoming one of the best places to eat in Herne Bay.

Hi all, just returned from Xmas lunch at the ship, WOW what a day, the welcome was warm and friendly the food was superb , and so much of it! All 4 courses were fantastic and I repeat, so much of everything, the staff, every one of them, from nickie, Imogen, Chloe, Adele, Emma, Tony, plus all the staff behind the scenes who we didn’t see could not have done more, perfect day in a perfect environment, Alan and Michelle please thank everyone, you should be very proud of your team, absolute top job by everyone if I could have given more than 5 stars I would have)

Booked a table for 5 to have a catch up with some friends before Christmas. On arrival we were met with a warm welcome and shown to our table. From start to finish all the staff were attentive polite and making sure we had all we need. We had a 3-course meal and drinks; all of the food was excellent and timing between courses was spot on. There was enough choice on both meals and drinks. Overall, we had an enjoyable experience and would recommend the Ship to anyone of any age, and will return.