The Ship at Lathom — Restaurant in West Lancashire

I attend the ship on a quiet Wednesday to meet my family including my sister and her new born (3 weeks old). When I arrived I asked my brother in law to come outside and help me support my gran (90 years old) to get in to her wheelchair so she could come in to the pub. He left my sister and new born baby with their dog in the bar area. When he left their dog started crying. When we returned my sister was a bit flustered due to dog crying, when a lady approach (looked like a supervisor) and abruptly stated 'i know you have a small baby but can you go sit outside'. This is the first time my sister had been out since giving birth as the baby had been quite unwell. I would have left but given the situation I felt we had no choice but to stay. My brother in law had no choice to put their dog in my car . I felt this was a huge over reaction give that this is meant to be a dog friendly pub and the fact the dog has been crying for around a maximum of 5 minutes. Also to note they did help when I was trying to maneuver my grans wheelchair in to the pub, just looked at me struggling. I also have a 1 year old, I had to attend the bar and ask for a high chair which they acted like was the biggest deal. I am absolutely disgusted in the way were treated at one of our regulars, especially given the fact they could clearly see that my sister was a new mum. We won't...

We called in for a meal after a day at the beach. It was lovely weather and the car park was full and we thought that as it was busy, there might be some delay. We could not have been more wrong. At the bar, there was a good selection of real ales. We were quickly served and seated. We then ordered our food, which came surprisingly quickly. I ordered the steak and ale pie and my wife ordered a liver meal off the specials board. We were surprised how quickly the food was served and both meals were delicious. Someone has remarked on here about having had small portions. All I can say is that they must be gluttonous. Our meals were served on steak plates and once we had added the veg, both plates were well and truly covered. Both were ample portions. The service was excellent, there was a wide choice of ale and that was good too. Both meals were excellent and the overall costs was reasonable. I would definitely recommend this pub and I will definitely...

I've been visiting the Ship for many years, but my recent visit was very disappointing.

On entering, there were several tables uncleared in the outside garden area.

We visited around 4.30pm on Wednesday 27th August. We'd booked a table in advance, but needn't have as the place was almost empty.

We were sat in a dark room to the back facing the car park. The room had seen better days and needed some life.

We ordered a bottle of Chardonnay and two cokes. The wine was expensive and was only ok.

The food was disappointing, given we have had much better at the Ship in the past. We ordrred four dishes. I had fish finger butties. The bread was dry and the accompanying salad was way past its best.

My son had a burger which he reported to be dry and my wife had a brie sandwich, again, she was very underwhelmed. My other son had a mixture of garlic bread and other small plates, which he said were OK.

I hope it was a bad day for the Ship and it's not...