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3.5 out of 5
The Ship Inn
118 High Street, Dymchurch, Romney Marsh, England

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 25 out of 71 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 28 out of 71 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 10 out of 71 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 71 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 71 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Janet

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Meliz

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Christopher Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Paul

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Marisa

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Kathala

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A very warm welcome from Connor on our arrival, we stayed in the seaside suite and it was lovely. Bright and airy with a separate (but adjoining) room for the kids and big bathroom, perfect for a relaxing soak. We had a slight misshap with our bathroom plumbing but Connor went above and beyond to fix it. Had one of the best sticky toffee puddings I've ever tasted at dinner (honesty, SO good!). Breakfast was tasty and Olivia was equally charming and hospitable to us as we checked out. All in all, a really nice break by the seaside and all the staff are so welcoming and friendly. Definitely going to stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Steve

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Wendy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The ship inn Dymchurch
It was a lovely hotel and the food was outstanding and hospitality was excellent, we will definitely be coming back 😊
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

6/10 Okay

David

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Friendly welcome and service. Comfortable smallish room (Church view-but also a busy road..). Good shower. Some 'fussy' furnishings. Breakfast was poor: no fruit or yoghurts, very few cereals; little choice of bread. Cooked part saved the day! Overall, perfectly ok for a night or two. But hotel needs to sharpen up its act for the price.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

Helen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly stay in a period hotel.
An ancient inn so interesting, quirky, but quite small room. There was a big cupboard for clothes and suitcase, but once we put the 6 huge cushions and large bedspread in it there was no room left for clothes. Reducing the number of cushions or replacing the bedside tables with bedside chests would improve storage space. It was nice to have a bath and a shower, but there were no hooks on which to hang clothes while using them. There was no shelf space in the bathroom so we had to balance toiletries precariously on the back of the toilet. Rather risky. A shelf by the mirror would be very helpful. The staff were friendly and helpful and the food for breakfast and evening meals was excellent, despite the breakfast buffet being reduced by Covid restrictions.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Family seaside break
Friendly welcome and easy check in. Large comfy and clean room for family stay. Made an ideal base for our short break. Would definitely return. Also great for meals
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Jacqueline M H

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quaint and lovely B&B
The Ship Inn was clean, with hand sanitizer available everywhere. Staff were very respectful towards Covid measures and always checked if we wanted our room cleaned (or if we needed anything). The downstairs dining/pub was cosy. The pub food was delicious, and the English breakfast in the morning was a great way to start the day. The room was small, but had everything we needed. The best part of the experience were the friendly hotel staff. Highly recommend a stay here! If we ever find ourselves in Dymchurch again, we'll definitely be staying here again. :)
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Hazel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely weekend away
We loved it. We stayed in church view, room 4. The staff were all welcoming, polite, friendly, helpful and couldn’t do enough for you. We stayed for two nights and were asked if we needed anything, how was our room, how was our stay on a few occasions. We had breakfast provided both mornings and it was lovely. They change your table round each morning do you get a different view which is very thoughtful. We also had our evening meal in the restaurant on one of the nights, we hadn’t booked and they still managed to find us some space. It is clearly popular as the tables were all reserved around us. The sticky toffee pudding was lovely, and our mains were also fab. The room was also good, blackout curtains made it darker and there was a fan provided to help cool the room down (we went on a particularly warm couple of days). There was a shower and bath, plus shower gel, shampoo provided as well as water and tea and coffee in the room. The only thing you need to be aware of, which wasn’t a problem for us at all, is the building itself is old and quirky. This means the stairs to the bedrooms are a bit historic and therefore uneven, if you find stairs tricky, these are not for you. Otherwise we found them very giggle-worthy (especially if you’ve had a couple of beverages) 😆 Thanks for having us, we thoroughly enjoyed our stay and have already recommended you to others and hope to come back soon.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Diane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great beach getaway.
We chose the Ship Inn as a last minute getaway destination for the May Bank Holiday. The staff were very welcoming, the room was comfortable and the pub was equally welcoming. The COVID measures in place made us feel very comfortable about making this our first overnight night stay since the October. The location is just a stone's throw from the magnificent beach at Dymchurch. We'd higly recommend this hotel.
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

8/10 Good

paul

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I came, I stayed, I left
Stayed for work. Needed to extend stay and staff were very accommodating allowing me to continue to stay in the same room. Good food. Excellent staff,
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2020

8/10 Good

Annette

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Enjoyable Stay & Food Excellent -
The Food was excellent & the service- The only downside was our room was on the main road & it was very noisy most of the night -
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Jimandheleana, Market deeping

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fabulous room, clean and comfy. Excellent service from the friendly and helpful staff. Overall very happy and highly recommended
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A great stay at the Ship Inn, welcoming friendly staff, lovely room and lovely food. Wouldn’t hesitate to stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent, recently refurbished, however, only access to rooms is via a very steep staircase!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great pub/hotel
Lovely pub had a fantastic evening meal and breakfast. Room was beautifully decorated and very comfortable. Staff were all so friendly and helpful location was perfect. Wonderful place to stay/eat st would certainly recommend
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great service, accommodation and food.
Great service - friendly and helpful. 'Stayed in the Seaside suite which has two rooms and an ensue bathroom. Very well decorated and clean. The only downside was the beds in the second room - too hard to sleep on. Apart from that, the suite is excellent. The bar and restaurant downstairs is great - good food, prompt service, great atmosphere. The beach (and famous sea wall) is a very short walk away. It's a sandy beach - probably great in summer, definitely bracing and enjoyable in winter!.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Janet

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely place food and stay
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The hotel is amazing
The hotel was beautiful the rooms were so clean and really well done .... the bathroom was very special .... the staff were very friendly and helpful.. the food was amazing such a variety of choice and cooked to perfection ....
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent all round
Highly recommend this hotel. Newly refitted to a very high standard. Staff were very helpful and food excellent would return if in area.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

Trevor, Trevor and Michele from Otley, West Yorkshire.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A short break in Dymchurch.
Had 4 days visiting family 3 minutes away, just along the lane. 4 minutes walk(if that) from a lovely, sandy beach. 500 year old pub, therefore a little quirky ..as in slightly sloping floor, and appropriate decor. As we were off with family first thing every day, we, unfortunately, did not have the opportunity to enjoy the recommended full English breakfast for a bargain price of £5 extra per adult. Lovely landlady Elaine. Comfortable 4 nights sleep. Good value for money. Will definitely stay again. Thank you very much !

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Cosy hotel
Nice hotel with a pub downstairs. Friendly staff and free parking and Wi-Fi.

6/10 Okay

Peter, Worcester Park

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Ship Inn August 2015
A seaside pub,situated in its own grounds, 5 minutes from the seaside town of Dymchurch. Pleasant landlords, welcoming

10/10 Excellent

gerry, orpington

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
when at the top be as low as possible
if over 5'8" steer clear of top floor rooms !

6/10 Okay

lindsey

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort

8/10 Good

Morgan, uk

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
relaxing
very nice

8/10 Good

Jane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

8/10 Good

Karenalan, Isle of Wight

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Clean but basic
Made welcome on arrival. Clean reasonable sized room but fairly basic. Good food for dinner and breakfast despite my first choice not available for dinner. I would stay again, good access to lovely walks along the sea wall.

2/10 Terrible

Carl , London

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disappointing Hotel
We stayed at the Ship Inn for 2 nights, the room had an awful smell which we weren't sure what it was, but was very unpleasant. The kettle in the room was full of limescale so couldn't even have a cup of tea in the morning. We had to share a bathroom which was equally shabby and needed some attention, with a mouldy shower curtain and old paint work peeling off in places. Wouldn't recommend this place, for a budget stay your better off in a travel lodge or something along those lines. When we left the receptionist was fairly rude, she was sat on her computer and

4/10 Poor

Oscar, Exeter

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not Worth a 2nd visit!
I arrived to find the door locked at 4.30pm so had to wait 30 mins to be able to check in after 270 ml drive! Things just went downhill when I was shown my room. The walls had recently been redecorated, the old fashioned fittings , soft mattress , bathroom without shower cubicle or curtain with a none opening window and tiny wall mounted TV were not the quality I was expecting for the £65/ night.

6/10 Okay

Roger the butler, Rugby

appears tired but clean and comfortable
Only stayed overnight whilst at a wedding in the area so it was acceptable but could not pass any judgement on staff as there was nobody around when we booked out. Would have been nice to have a proper operating shower or bath not half of each.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Good for overnight before Dover
We booked this for an overnight stay before taking an early Dover-Calais ferry. Disappointed when we arrived. No one to help us at reception, the staff that eventually talked to us didn't seem familiar with the check-in process. No record of the table we'd booked at the restaurant - which was fully booked - but we were able to have food from the basic menu in the back room - which was OK. Breakfast server too late to have if you want to catch the 8:25 ferry. Ample parking (Saturday night). Room and ensuite clean and acceptable but nothing special.

8/10 Good

Sharon, St albans

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean room excellent service . Would definitely stay again.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pub with rooms
At the cost of £65 for 2 it was reasonable value. The staff were polite and friendly. The rooms were clean and fairly big with on suite. We had a nice meal there before heading out for the evening.

4/10 Poor

David, East Sussex

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Weekend Disaster
Booked double ensuite room on internet, about to leave home a couple of hours later and received phone call from hotel to say that the room booked was not available but a room with 2 single beds and shared bathroom was available.Decided to accept the revised booking (big mistake). Arrived late afternoon and allocated Room 7 up a very steep curved staircase in the roof of the hotel. Only one small overnight bag so not too much of a problem to drag the bag up the staircase.Unpacked and went to bar for a drink and a meal which was OK. Went up to bed awoke at 3am to find the kettle was missing from the room so could not make tea or coffee. Went down for breakfast which was edible but contained a cheap rubbery sausage and left. In life you get what you pay for I suppose but the place could be a lot better with a little attention to detail. Myself and my partner both have a good sense of humour and had a smile and a kiss on the drive home.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good beer
Great location, good beer. Would like to have eaten dinner there but was out too much. Breakfast very good though

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Great hotel for family.
Comfortable room. Staff are friendly and helpful. Everything is a close drive and walking distance away.

8/10 Good

Dave, Ipswich, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Good hotel for families.
Although the facilities are a little dated the room was clean and tidy, and the beds comfortable. The en suite was a little tired and rather cramped, but adequate. It was surprisingly quiet in the evening considering it's an inn. Breakfast was excellent and catered well for children. The hotel is about 5 minutes walk from the beach so it's great for kids. The legendary Dr Syn is much in evidence to the considerable interest of our two sons.

4/10 Poor

simonne, Buckinghamshire, UK

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
very disappointed
Got a curt greeting when we turned up early and told to come back at 2-30, there was no offer of getting a drink or some lunch while we waited.

8/10 Good

Tim, essex

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
very clean and tidy
Ideal for a stop over before getting the channel tunnel

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Ship Inn
The accommodation was fine, but did not aways clear the glasses etched from the pub garden

8/10 Good

MoiraS, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Friendly Pub B&B
Friendly affordable Pub B&B.