The Ship Inn — Restaurant in Wales

We visited on a Friday lunchtime as a group of 12 bikers and caught them off guard as we ordered a range of food and drinks but the lady at front of house did very well to catch it all.

We were graced by brilliant, sunny weather so sat outside on the benches by the old well which, thankfully, has a grid over it otherwise I hate to imagine how many helmets perched on the stone wall surround might have been knocked into the abyss by clumsy, middle aged men in baggy canvas motorbike kit.

We were amazed at just how busy the narrow High Street was for such a small, off the main path, town/village.

We did have to wait quite a while for our food and noticed that the lady who served us came back from the Nisa shop opposite with something flat wrapped in a carrier bag, my immediate thought was sliced cheese for the beans and cheese jacket potatoes a pair of us had ordered.

When the food came out it was en masse, big portions on wooden platters and it all looked excellent except for the Ham, egg and chips which, rather than nice chunky slabs of hand cut ham, had 3 slices of sandwich ham with a fried egg on top, plenty of fat chips and a small salad. The sliced packet ham solved the mystery of the emergency shopping trip to Nisa. A shame as this place was well worthy pf a 5 start review if it hadn't been for that. Prices were decent at about £9 per meal and £2 per soft...

Arrived as a party of four, thirsty and hungry. It was table service only and though the place seemed empty with only a couple of what looked liked regulars, we were ushered by the landlord to a grim corner of the bar. No matter, we were just keen to be refreshed. Two of our party were vegans so the first question was about eating options....this prompted a trip to kitchen to check on what they had. On return vegetarian sausage chips and peas or beans was the only option, no menu was produced for the other two but we expected this to follow. Meanwhile we ordered drinks for all four. The landlord went off to get these but we could hear he was interrupted by a call on his phone, this seemed to slow him down but about 3 or 4 minutes later two drinks arrived with a promise the other 2 would follow. A full 10 minutes later and the other drinks did not appear and no menu was yet supplied. Because of our position we could hear another call had been taken but were unable to see the landlord or make him see us. We gave in and left, leaving our 2 drinks and a fiver on the bar as we left. The landlord apologised but we were too angry to stay around. I don't think he meant to be rude, he was just totally...

This pub was a truly local pub perfect to find out about the area and very welcoming. It was dog friendly and happy to host us with the kids. If you decide to have a meal it may be worth ordering as soon as you arrive as the food took a while to reach us about 40mins but it was cooked fresh to order and was delicious. They were screening womens football while we were there and it was a nice atmosphere with a few of the locals gathered round. The toilets were clean and the pub itself was tidy with a pool...