The Ship Inn — Restaurant in England

IT'S A PUB!!... 🤩 A superb, late 18th century pub with a long maritime heritage. Unfortunately (perhaps) town/road planning has isolated its position and made parking an absolute nightmare; in fact, don't even go there! Luckily, however, looking at the "motorway" built adjacent to it, Ye Olde Ship Inn perhaps narrowly escaped the town-planner's bulldozer of progress, which inevitably destroyed an unimaginable wealth of riverside heritage. It is doubtful whether, during its 250 years, Ye Olde Ship Inn has been anything other than a grubby old boozer with smelly toilets, but that, of course, is its authenticity. It's history is one of music, mischief, drinking and merry making, which has ingrained the building's very fabric with a tangible, almost visceral and timeless ley energy, enhanced by the current victuallers and staff, who seem somehow, to be accompanied by the spirits of their predecessors, in the same way some of the old beams of the building's frame would formerly have been the timbers of ships, long dismantled, but that once bore mariners throughout the oceans of a new world. The whole atmosphere oozes history and tradition, and its now isolated position has no doubt helped to maintain its status as a rare example of a "proper pub" and one of Medway's best kept, maritime, and...

The Ship has been my local pub for a good few years now and is just simply a great place. Whether you are going for a drink, or taking in some live music or enjoying the traditional Sunday Roast / Carvery - it has something for everyone.

The staff are always friendly, the surroundings comfortable and cosy. The pub has the traditional feel and atmosphere of an oldie worldy pub but with lots of little extras that make a difference.

Recently the pub has added outdoor play equipment to the pub garden to keep children entertained, which my children love.

The Sunday Roast / Carvery is highly recommended as are the desserts - if you have enough room after the Sunday roast.

Its a great pub which I recommended to friends and family. I'm lucky...

I've been here many times over the years and as a pub that has actively supported live music it's a lovely welcoming venue (I've also attended a wake here as well). They also host regular Jam / open mic sessions on a Sunday which by all accounts are extremely popular, the thing that let's it down for me is the location, being in a dense residential area parking has always been problematic but since must last visit it seems that the number of cars in the area have exploded and given that the pub has no dedicated parking itself means that you could very possibly find yourself with a 10 minute plus walk should you be lucky enough to find a space in the vicinity at all, such a shame. Great pub if you're a local...