The Ship Inn - Old Saltburn, Cleveland
Dating back to the fifteenth century and situated right on the shore's edge at Old Saltburn just below the Cleveland Way, this charming unspolit pub is the place to eat if you are visiting Saltburn.
You can literally walk off the beach just north of Huntcliff and through the front door of the Ship Inn which has maintained most of its original features such as low ceilings and oak beams. The tables by the windows offer fantastic views of the North Sea coastline and really add to the pub's atmosphere and charm. You can almost picture the legendary local smuggler, John Andrews, enjoying an ale or two at the bar back in the day.
The Ship Inn, Saltburn, is a busy spot mind you so you need to get their early if you want a decent table. When we visited on Sunday 17th August, almost every table in the pub had been taken and the restaurant was full as well. As well as traditional Sunday Lunch, the Ship Inn also had a magnificent seafood menu with battered cod, lemon sole and fresh dressed crab on offer. The battered cod ordered was very good value at £7.75 and the fillet was enormous and would have satisfied even the biggest of eaters.
If you are a fan of Tetleys, you will also appreciate the beers on offer. Not only was Tetley Best Bitter available on draught at £2.40 a pint, but also Tetley's Ipmerial on tap at £2.25. Tetley's Imperial like John Smith's Magnet is a personal favourite of mine and it is so sad that you very rarely see it in pubs today.
The whole meal was thoroughly enjoyable and washed down with a pint of Imperial, it would take some beating. If you do get a chance to visit the lovely Victorian seaside resort of Saltburn, then you must head down towards Huntcliff and investigate this charming seaside pub.
During the summer, the pub is open from 11 am - 11 pm Monday to Saturday and 12 noon - 10.30 pm on a Sunday. In the winter the pubs shuts between 3.30 pm and 6 pm Monday to Saturday
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