The Ship Inn & Waterfront Restaurant — Restaurant in Scotland

Used to come here regularly and it was always something to really look forward to but the our last visit was disappointing, especially after bringing friends for their first experience. We had two servers during our stay, one was very nice and helpful, while the other made us feel like we were an inconvenience to her being there. All starters were good and served in a decent time. The mains weren't very impressive. The seafood pie (Special) was very poor, the fish felt as if it was frozen, there was no variety of fish or prawns but just the overwhelming taste of smoked haddock. The white sauce (Béchamel) was so thin and bland, the mash potato topping was lumpy and very watery like the potatoes hadn't been drained and dried enough, totally bland and unseasoned. In the end I only ate half of it. The tempura battered fish was also very bland and lacked any real seasoning or crunch. Desserts were better and tasty, the only criticism was that two of the desserts were served and we had to wait another 15 mins for the next two to be served. I understand that at the weekend a restaurant is going to be busy, and I understand that the restaurant is quite small but the noise in there was so loud which made talking to your dinner guests very difficult. All in all, it was a disappointing experience from what I remember from a few years ago and I doubt I will be booking again any time...

We used to come here for a meal quite often when we lived in the Ferry many moons ago. Feeling nostalgic we thought we'd give it another go, especially as it was nice and sunny here. Unfortunately by the time we got down there, it had clouded up, but it was still really nice sitting upstairs with a view over the Tay. The food was really good and very big portions. I was a bit disappointed in the crab cakes, as I couldn't really taste or see any white crab and only could taste the dark crab, which I don't really like. I though it also a bit lazy that the chef didn't make the dip; just boring, bog-standard sweet chili dip from a jar. My husband had the Cullen Skink, and it was a very generous bowl and he liked it a lot. For mains I had the mussels, which was a starter, but again the portions were so big, it was more than enough. And my husband got the fried seafood basket, again huge portions. I've never seen him leave the majority of his chips on the plate before! Overall, really nice food and good service, but the bread which came with the soup and mussels was a real disappointment. 2 slices of cheap brown bread. I don't expect them to bake their own, but I'm sure there are bakeries in the Ferry or Dundee who could do much,...

Thought I would try Ship Inn for lunch .Steak pie was home made ,served with fresh carrot and turnip and peas .Frozen chips were cooked crispy so we're good .Partner had what were described as Crab Cakes. Ingredients like crab ,mustard coriander were listed on Menu so we assumed they were home made .Sadly no they were all uniform in size and Frozen .They were terrible ,no taste at all Served with salad but it was lettuce and green stuff out of a bag ,no tomato just a few brick hard match stick of carrots ,no dressing so bone dry .Served with lemon wedge .Was supposed to be chilli sauce it was dreadful ,no taste at all and watery .Total disappointment .Steak Pie was £12.99 and worth it .Crab cakes were inedible and £6.99 .Waste of money .Ice cream for after was supposed to be served with round shortbread biscuits but was served with cheap shortbread finger .Coffee was nice with the missing shortbread round on plate ,nice touch .All in roughly £40 but would not rush back .Why have chef when buying in frozen...