The Ship Inn（船形旅馆）

Easy parking. Check-in was a breeze. Helpful and friendly staff. Dinner in the restaurant was sublime (and I have a very fussy partner so trust me on this). The room exceeded expectations and thoughtful little niceties like sweets and luxurious ample bathroom additions and slippers/bathrobes. We were a little late down for the 10am finish for the Continental breakfast, but not made to feel rushed at all. In fact the lovely Manager Jacey was warm and chatty. Highly recommend for value, service and comfort in a little known yet stunning Essex coast locale.

The Ship Inn is beautiful, great staff from meeting them upon welcome and throughout our stay. Following a days walking we had the perfect stay, stunning room both in decor and size, a huge comfy bed, great tea and a fan to keep us cool. The food was a delight, although had only three oysters left so we had them along with Sardines on toast followed with the delightful Chateaubriand steak. Perfectly cooked and a delight to share with my wife, and a lovely bottle of wine. Special thanks to John for running the bar and table service, all with a smile and excellent communication skills. My only request would be to have to more local sea food / shellfish available on the menu. Could not recommend higher.

Lovely sized rooms and clean

A nice size room, comfortable bed. Tea and coffee, and a small bowl of boiled sweets. A couple of packets of individual biscuits would have been nicer. Breakfast was continental, a mixture of small boxes of cereal, toast. There were croissants but they were cold and to be honest looked like they had been there a while and little cakes. We would go back as it is so convenient, plus we love Burnham 🤗

Brilliant staff, nothing was too much from the time I arrived! Lovely clean rooms and breakfast was nicely presented and functional. The bar was clean, open and inviting and the food was outstanding.

The staff were really lovely, they went over and above to make our stay perfect. The rooms were lovely and clean, bed was comfortable. The food was great too. We will definitely be returning.

Nice room, spacious and with nice extras. Water, tea coffee, mini bar, bath robes. Bathroom also clean and spacious. Staff friendly. Had a dtink at the bar which was nice and also had dinner food was very good although quite a long wait. Breakfast was limited and a bit disappointing.

Turned up to be told the manager was out and wouldn’t be back for half an hour at least, so we couldn’t check in. So had to sit and wait (we were supposed to be getting ready for a wedding). Manager treated us as though we were some sort of nuisance wanting to check in. So after nearly 45 min she arrived and asked for a £200 deposit… this wasn’t mentioned anywhere on the listing. The rooms were dirty (walls, floors and bedding), the tiled floors with missing grout in our bathroom were cracked and unsafe. They are also incredibly uneven. The shower was grim, the head was broken and hadn’t been cleaned, the shower also soaked the floor as soon as you used it when coupled with the broken ungrouted, wobbly tiles, this posed a serious issue. The bed is incredibly low, this is important if you have any health issues or like us had elderly parents in the other room we booked. We had to go and help our parents up twice during the night as the beds height rendered them unable to get up independently. The room was also 29 degrees when we checked in, and the windows wouldn’t stay open. At 3am the room was still 28 degrees and the fan provided didn’t work properly. For the price, I would have been better off sleeping in my car. It would have been more comfortable, and undoubtably cleaner. Honestly the worst hotel I’ve ever stayed in. Avoid at all costs.

Very helpful staff and lovely spacious room.

FORMAL COMPLAINT – THE SHIP INN, BURNHAM-ON-CROUCH I am writing to express my extreme disappointment and frustration regarding our recent booking at The Ship Inn, Burnham-on-Crouch. We had booked and paid in fullfor a room including breakfast , Prior to our stay, we informed the hotel that we were attending a wedding approximately three miles away and requested an earlier check-in. This request was refused. Our intention was to return to the hotel before 10:00pm; however, due to the exceptionally poor taxi service in the Burnham-on-Crouch area, obtaining transport proved extremely difficult and beyond our control. At approximately 9:30pm, we received a message through Hotels.com advising that we needed to arrive by 10:00pm or we would not be able to gain access to the hotel. This left us with only 30 minutes’ notice despite the hotel already being aware of our circumstances. We immediately attempted to contact the hotel multiple times to explain the situation and make alternative arrangements, our calls went unanswered. When we eventually arrived shortly after 10:00pm, we found the entire premises closed. The lights were off, the doors were locked, and there was absolutely no means of contacting a member of staff or gaining access to the room we had already paid for. We were effectively abandoned without accommodation. As a result, we was denied access to our room, received no breakfast, and lost the entire value of our booking. unacceptable Not even a phone call or refund

Our stay at the ship inn was lovely. The room was spacious and modern, the bed was really comfortable, the bathroom and walk in shower were delightful. We didn’t have the breakfast as we had other plans with friends. This is a help yourself continental style breakfast, which looked quite basic but perfectly adequate. The staff onsite were very friendly and accommodating. The only thing we found could be improved is the communication beforehand. I had a query and so messaged via Expedia, I also phoned and left a message on their answerphone with my number for them to contact me back. I also emailed them directly. Unfortunately none of my messages were returned, which I did find disappointing and resulted in me feeling a bit anxious about what we may face when we arrived. As mentioned, everything else was all good and we would stay again Detailed information about how to get to the car park would also be helpful as it is at the back of the property down a one way street, which we found by accident.

Clean and great value

Excellent location with lots of charm! The breakfast was simple and sufficient (unless you are gluten-free). The rooms were large and comfortable. Some dust on the lamp shades, etc. but otherwise clean. Staff were very friendly. Very nice bar/restaurant.

Nice rooms in a lovely spot, would recommend.

It was a pleasant stay.. Food was excellent lovely location

Pleasant stay, room was comfortable, breakfast was continental and very basic.

Nice place in a good location. Bathroom needs a bit of a tidy up and the mirror in the room was rather dirty. The real letdown was the breakfast.

Huge room, everything you need for a fabulous stay. Easy check in process, very clean room, loving bathroom & shower. Perfect location

Nice big room lovely front window looking out to the high st

No cooked breakfast continentalonly