August 8, 2009
This place is terrific! It had fantastic ambiance - a very British feel. One of my favorite pubs of all-time!

August 8, 2007
Nice British Pub feel in this little restaurant/pub/brewery just off the Delaware River on the Jersey side. A few people in the place having dinner along with a couple locals sitting at the pub bar on a Wednesday evening in August. The Smith playing in the background gave it a nice British touch.

So I started out by asking for their sampler of house beers. Found out that only three of six were on tap. Kind of odd for a brewery to only have 3 hours beers on. But they do have a smaller older style system. The system actually looked pretty cool. Decent England based bottled beer menu.

I got the beer battered shrimp. Very solid, almost fish and chips type fried shrimp. Pretty much what I expected. Server was very nice and friendly. They “used to have wireless” so that was a bit of a disappointment when I’m traveling solo on business I like to bring the laptop along to do some work…while rating some beers straight to the web.

Order the Chocolate Crème Brulee with a nice English Porter.

December 31, 2006
Situated in a small country town just on the Delaware river, the Ship Inn is cloaked in dark mahogony wood and maritime decor. Service was not as attentive as it could have been, especially considering it was slow. They only had four of their beers going, but one was on cask. That being said, they have an excellent English bottle selection. Nonetheless, I come to a brewpub to drink the house beers, and 4 was a little dissapointing. The food (lunch) was very good. Try the cheese and onion pie.

May 30, 2006
A pretty nice little restaurant/pub in a quaint small NJ town. The house beer was weak (head brewer was reportedly having personal issues at the time and thus was not putting much effort into the beer, so I did not rate the beers), but they had a reasonably good bottle menu as well (albeit UK-centric). Some of the food sounded interesting but wasn’t all that tasty (but then, it’s mostly British food so expectations are low to start with)...I had the venison and it was pretty gamey. The service was standoffishly polite, but not attentive (and it was a slow night, so sorry folks, you don’t get the "too busy" excuse).

July 7, 2005
My favorite NJ brewpub. Good house beers, good bottle selection. Quiet. Good British pub food, and chocolate creme brulee to DIE for. I need to find someone new to drag here, as thinking about the place has made me realize I’m overdue for a visit and I feel silly going alone when it’s more fun to share.

June 15, 2005 [ Updated August 18, 2005 ]
Worth a quite long drive for me to visit periodically. The house beers are very good, some of the best I’ve had in NJ. Their selection of UK beers, bottled and tap, is also extensive. Service is always pleasant and there are some crusty old locals I’ve seen as regulars. The food I had was very good and I’ve never run into a problem with them being out of what I asked for. Many nice seats with great views and the barstools are comfy, too. Handpumps!

Visited again on 08.18.05, one year since my last visit. Horrible house beers were in pathetic shape. Bartender didn’t even bother to ask if anything was wrong despite my only drinking half of each beer then asking him to dump them. Bartender was busting his ass trying to keep the locals with full glasses but I had to flag him down for attention even though I was sitting right next to the taps at the very small bar. They only had three of their own beers on tap, none on beer engines. Food was still very good and quite cheap. No reason to think the beers in their great collection of bottles would be in any better shape so I just left. I’ll not be going back. I would only reccommend going here for a meal and rolling the dice with something from their bottle list.
Original rating 5-9-13-8-15

December 2, 2004
Very nice place to go. Like a typical english pub with carpeted floors and a nice wooden bar. Service was great and very nice. The selection is ok - also they have a good list of other alcoholic beverages. All in all a nice place to spent some time and I heard from friends that the food is great.

September 18, 2004
Very nice looking brew pub. MaiBockAddict describes it very well. When I was handed the beer list, they had 5 house beers listed. Let m have the porter. Sorry we are out of that. They only had 3 house beers! Disappointing. I then moved on to order other beers on tap. Let me have the Old Engine Oil. 5 minutes later, the waitress comes back and says, sorry we are out of that. OK then, let me have the Blue Bird Bitter. I know we have that! 5 minutes later, sorry sir, we are out of that. What the heck. I decided to bag it at that point. Very disappointed at the beer selection vs. the beer list. I would have rated overall a lot higher if the beer list was up to date and they had a few more house beers on tap.

May 24, 2004
Went to do my periodic scouting run to this place to see how the beer was doing. Sensational! This is a very cool place to visit, and perhaps my favorite BP in NJ, if not of all time. Located on a strip of land between a small creek and the Delaware river, this place has the look and feel of an English pub. There is a great selection of seating that overlooks the creek from way above. The bar has a whole array of taps, including 4 BEER ENGINES! Beer selection include up to 5 house brews, mainly of the English variety, and many European imports, including Fullers, Youngs, and John Courage. They also have a huge British Bottle selection, some of which I have never heard of. And the house beer (at least for this trip) was fantastic. I was told that they had finally gotten a really fine chef to eliminate the problem that they have had with lousy food. A must visit!