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SquareMeal Review of The Ship Inn Northumberland

Bronze Award

The owner of this cosy local pub more or less bought it on the spot when she saw it on a visit from Hertfordshire 20 years ago. As far as impulse purchases go, The Ship Inn has worked out well for her: by day, locals and beachwalkers tuck into simple dishes (such as kipper pâté from nearby Seahouses, served with stottie cake) that make good use of Northumbrian ingredients, while at night there’s a short daily menu that often includes the likes of hand-picked crab with crusty bread and mayo, or Bamburgh rib-eye with onion marmalade, herbed potatoes and buttered veg. It helps, of course, that The Ship Inn is right on the beach, with stunning coastal views from both the low-ceilinged, stone-clad interiors and a breezy terrace. You can’t help but want to grab a pint with a sea view, or take a moonlit after-dinner stroll to add some romance to the equation.

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Average Price
££££ - £30 - £49
Cuisine
British
Food Hygiene Rating
Food Hygiene Rating 5 for The Ship Inn Northumberland

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Location
Low Newton by-the-Sea, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 3EL

01665 576262 01665 576262

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Opening Times

Mon-Sat 11am-11pm Sun 12N-10pm

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Anon

13 October 2025  
Food & Drink 1
Service 3
Atmosphere 3
Value 1
Never again

Called in for lunch after a very long walk … feeling extremely hungry and thirsty . Ordered the local kipper salad and the bratwurst in a pretzel style bun from “the specials “ board … assuming ( wrongly ) that being on “the specials board “ would indicate that it was going to be something special… sadly when it arrived , complete with knife and fork , I was speechless. One small thin sausage , with a small ( very small ) amount of tasteless sauerkraut, flakes of crispy onion and some mustard drizzled across the entire length of the sausage - and bearing in mind the sausage was less than 6 inches long there wasn’t much of that either !. My wife’s kipper , complete with two slices of supermarket sliced bread and tiny amount of salad was bone dry and the skin was burned - the poor fish looked like it had been cremated or had been cooked the day before and re heated .

This was not what we had been looking forward to after our long walk . This was pub food at its worst and quite frankly was the lowest quality I have had for a very very long time . If this is the best you can do then stick to selling beer / coffee and cakes and leave others to provide quality food !

I will not return and would not recommend eating at the ship. Extremely disappointed .


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