The Ship

I lived in the town before and used this pub only stayed 1 night food and beer excellent and all staff very friendly it's in the best location if I am ever in Chelmsford again would be my first place to call on

Definitely recommend to Solo traveller , family and couples!! Great location !

Good experience ,warm welcome I prefer this place to stay

Visited the shop with my family when moving back into university, the staff were extremely welcoming and didn’t have the usual pub feel of being overwhelmed by the regulars, they were all lovely. We had a mixture of sandwiches and the mix grill and were all amazing, all made with such good quality food. Would 100% recommend visiting.

Very disappointing visit today. 2 meals ordered and 1 turned up 10 minutes before the 2nd and the 2nd (roast) was luke warm and soggy. 1st meal was cold also by the time it turned up and the braised pork skin wasn’t even possible to cut or chew it. Will not be eating there again but the Guinness is good.

Staff were friendly and helpful. Our room was ample - plenty of storage spaces, decent size, really comfy beds and clean throughout. Check in/out was straightforward. We really enjoyed our stay even though it was just one night. Thank you.

I booked to stay here as I was going to the theatre and this is really close to there and the train station. The lady who checked us in said they're renovating which may explain the mound of rubbish we had to walk past to get up the outside stairs to access the rooms (you don't go through the pub to get to the rooms). Our room was nice (well stocked tea tray) and the bed really comfy and the shower was nice and powerful. There is a lot of stairs and to find the room was a bit of a maze (even though our room was above the bar), the hall smelt fusty and needs to have windows open in the daytime although I appreciate in winter that would make the place cold. I didn't like the fact that the outer door doesn't close automatically so anyone could walk into the building from the car park next to the pub, and it was also very noisy at night - its a busy road and also the other guests were loud and kept slamming doors and shouting on their phones in the corridor but that's not the pubs fault. I think for the price breakfast should be included.