Ship Inn

4.0 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
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Superior Double Room
Superior Double Room | Beach/ocean view
Superior Double Room
Bar (on property)
Superior Double Room | Beach/ocean view

Reviews

9.0 out of 10

Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Parking available
  • Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant

Explore the area

Map
South Cliff, Mousehole, Penzance, England, TR19 6QX
  • Mousehole Beach
    2 min walk
  • The Ship Inn
    1 min walk
  • Penzance (PZC-Penzance Train Station)
    15 min drive
  • Penzance (PZE-Penzance Heliport)
    17 min drive

Room options

Double Room

  • 10 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Superior Double Room

  • 16 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Classic Double Room

  • 18 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Single Room

  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

Family Room

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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About the area

Penzance

When you a stay at Ship Inn in Penzance, you'll be by the ocean, just steps from Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Mousehole Beach. .This inn is 1.1 mi (1.8 km) from Chapel St and 1.1 mi (1.8 km) from Polgoon.

What's nearby

  • Mousehole Beach - 2 min walk
  • Penzance Ferry Terminal - 8 min drive
  • St. Michael's Mount - 14 min drive
  • Minack Theatre - 16 min drive
  • Porthcurno Beach - 30 min drive

Getting around

  • Penzance (PZC-Penzance Train Station) - 15 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Penzance Promenade - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪The Dock Inn - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Lovetts - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Yacht Inn - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Fraser’s Fish & Chips - ‬7 min drive

About this property

Ship Inn

Inn in Penzance with a restaurant and a bar
Ship Inn offers 8 accommodations, which are accessible via exterior corridors and feature coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Flat-screen televisions come with cable channels. Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers and complimentary toiletries.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Stay in one of 8 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with bathtubs or showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and coffee/tea makers.
Take in the views from a terrace and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access.
At Ship Inn, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge.
The front desk is staffed during limited hours. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
Onsite venue - This restaurant specializes in British cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Reservations are required.
Onsite venue #2 - This bar specializes in British cuisine.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Self parking on site (GBP 5 per day)

Food and drink

  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar

Guest services

  • Daily housekeeping
  • Front desk (limited hours)

Outdoors

  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets
  • Heating

Bathroom

  • Bath or shower
  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • TV channels
  • Flat-screen TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle

More

  • Access via exterior corridors
  • Desk
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staffed during limited hours

Renovations and closures

The following facilities are closed on Christmas Day:
  • Bar/lounge
  • Dining venue(s)

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Self parking fee: GBP 5 per day

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

National rating

This establishment has received its official star rating from VisitEngland, the National Tourist Board for England.

Property is also known as

Ship Inn Penzance
Ship Penzance
Ship Inn Inn
Ship Inn Penzance
Ship Inn Inn Penzance

Ship Inn Reviews

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 75 out of 126 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 38 out of 126 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 126 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 126 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 126 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Neil

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was not the “upscale” room as presented and illustrated on the website. The room had old stained carpets, walls and cupboards. The manager helped deal with the situation by giving us a bottle of wine, but the room was so filthy we couldn’t stay there and asked for a refund. It was explained that this room had not yet been refurbished. This experience was in stark contrast to the wonderful sister St Austell Brewery pub we stayed in at Sennen Cove a few days earlier, where the room was as illustrated on the websites. Sadly we just cancelled the end of our precious holiday and came home. Noah was superb in trying to help manage a very difficult situation.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Kristina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

ADRIAN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect
Absolutely wonderful stay!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Carey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Harbour view from bedroom was gorgeous. Good value for money with delicious breakfast and great coffee.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

8/10 Good

Margaret

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Breakfast excellent and cooked to order. Parking across harbour an issue. Coins only.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Sharon

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Staff, bedroom and location spot on. Team were warm and welcoming and room and en-suite clean and spacious, we had a harbour view and was lovely to wake up and see the sea! The bar was great and full of locals and fab to have a live band too! The only negative for us was the dining area needed a refurb
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

bruce

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is the third time we've stayed here and, as always, a truly terrific holiday! Everyone is super-friendly (and super-efficient)! The Ship Inn is cosy and quirky and has almost as many (well-behaved and on leads) dogs as customers in the bar! Beer and cider top-notch and the food is great. Thanks, everyone!! Mousehole is a beautiful place and we never bother to bring the car as there's a bus to Penzance about every 20 mins and from there the world's your oyster! You really should go to The Ship Inn and Mousehole!
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

Richard

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

James

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautifully preserved, wonderfully updated. Mousehole quaint and comfortable. Staff quiet accommodating when we needed to make changes. Food brilliant.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Bridget

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
the coffee is awful everything else = perfect! View from my room fantastic
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely overnight visit
The staff were very friendly and helpful. We were given a beautiful room, overlooking the harbour - it was very clean, comfortable and well-appointed. We had arrived in Mousehole at lunch time, so had what we thought would be a snack lunch at the Ship Inn - the food was delicious and plentiful, to the extent that we couldn't face a full evening meal later on and just had some starters! It needs to be said, however, that several items on the menu were not available and, when we arrived for breakfast the next morning, we were told that the chef hadn't turned up and so we had cereal and toast. This was slightly disappointing but not a major issue for us and the manager did reduce our bill to compensate us, which we were happy with. To put this in perspective, we were visiting at the end of January and were, I believe, the only overnight guests. I realise that it may not be cost-effective to provide a full menu and, from other places we visited, it is apparent that staffing is a general problem - made far worse by the fact that many workers can't afford to live in the places where they work because of inflated prices due to holiday lets and second homes. Anyway, enough politics. The hotel doesn't have a car park but there is public parking nearby, which was £5 for 24 hours. Stepping outside in the morning to a beautiful clear day and watching the sun rise directly in front of us was worth the bill just on its own.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Peter Charl

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I really enjoyed the place was there years ago and enjoyed it again
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Valliann

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My wife and I loved staying here. The best people. Bar, breakfast and dinner. We can’t wait to come back.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rebecca

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The ONLY place to stay in this part of Cornwall!
The ONLY place to stay in this part of Cornwall! On the waterfront, literally, sunset and sunrise from your bed - both incredible in mid October. Wonderful, warm, fun and kind staff. Superb pub quiz. Delicious breakfast and supper. Super dog friendly. Heavenly comfy bed.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Judy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Comfortable room and staff was very helpful. It would have been nice if there was a place to sit the suitcase on tho.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Ira

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
all just good
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Mary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Location
Room clean. Staff friendly. Breakfast ok but various options on menu were not available for our entire 5 night stay!
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Neil

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jeff

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Catherine

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Amazing location. Super room BUT the shower flooded and we had to clean up to prevent a disaster! Flustered member of staff made us wait to check in but otherwise faultless. Really enjoyed quiz night.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

Ayano

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities
Excellent
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

David

Stayed 3 nights in May 2023