Ship and Pilot, Ilfracombeback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Potentially a good neighbourhood pub. It looks promising from the outside; the interior is unmodernised which is fine if beer is the priority. What put us off, and apparently some other visitors, was a local bloke who was effing and blinding like no tomorrow. There are places for people like that but not in the Ship & Pilot.
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Polite & efficient staff, friendly locals. Good range of ever-changing ales and a large range of ciders. Ales I indulged in included GT North coast IPA, GT Blonde Ambition, GT Dark Horse, GT Thirst of Many, Clearwater Dympsy, Wychwood hobgoblin, Exeter Brewery Ferryman, Exmoor Stag & Dancing Duck's Quack Addict, allwell kept. Also indulged in 5 ciders including Rum Cider, a cracking pint. There is not a smoking area but glasses can be taken to tables placed out at the front of the pub. All in all, a pub I would recommend.
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This a proper locals pub and not pretending to be anything else. There's always a good selection of local-ish beers and ciders plus all the other stuff. They have Sky Sports for all the big games and generally-speaking staff and customers are a friendly, if slightly off-beat, bunch. It's my pub of choice in town.
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only average beer and cider bar been in better in devon and cornwall
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Like @beerface, we were lured in by the recommendations from CAMRA (big signs outside talking about CAMRA Pub of the Year etc). A bit disappointed, really. Not very comfortable inside, and although there was a good choice of beer, what we had was nothing special. Perhaps we'd been spoiled by having really superb beer recently at two other Devon pubs - (OK, if you're interested, the Chichester Arms at Mortehoe and the Green Dragon at Stoke Fleming).
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I was pleased to find this pub, as it was not listed by any of the usual real cider listings. It has two real ciders - one being the excellent Sams dry - and Bee Sting perry (? real). They also give free lime and soda's to designated drivers and tetotallers. A good find.
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To say I was disappointed in this pub is an understatement. I had found it in the CAMRA Good Pub Guide so was really looking forward to visiting. The pub itself was more than dirty with the carpets looking like they had been held together by spilled drinks and the walls, floors and cisterns of the ladies' toilets were a disgrace. As for the beer, although there was a plentiful supply of real ale, the vast majority of it was dark beer, not to my taste and the only beer light enough for me to try drinking was Robinsons Trooper, which had travelled down from Stockport - almost as far as me, so I wasn't inclined to drink something I can drink at home! I tried a pint of Armada and really didn't like it. My friend had a pear cider, and although I am no cider expert, it tasted sour to me. I won't be going back in this pub should I go back to Ilfracombe.
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A great locals pub good choice of beer friendly staff and locals If in Ilfracombe this is one not to miss.
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A very homely feel to this pub when we visited.
There are plenty of old photos and pictures of Ilfracombe on the walls with mainly a maritime theme.
Pint of carling was very tasty would visit here again.
9/10
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a locals pub
anonymous - 4 Nov 2004 01:26 |
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