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Reviews of The Ship

3 out of 5
The Ship
18 Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, England

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 74 out of 205 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 77 out of 205 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 30 out of 205 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 11 out of 205 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 13 out of 205 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Bruce, Toronto

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Near the center of town.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

2/10 Terrible

Tim

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Don’t go for the shared bathrooms. Very basic property
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Alyssa

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The propert was lovely, our room was modern and up to date. The beds and pillows were so comfortable and clean! The bathroom was so lovely and clean. I loved that you didnt have to go through the pub to get to the rooms although there was a walkway into the pub at the bottom of the steps if you wished too. Staff were friendly and very helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Hilary

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
The room was nice a bit cold as the heating was off so when you get out of the bed the temperature was cold. There wasn’t any bottles of water in my room like my friends room. The room itself was clean.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Marta

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very pleasant and clean room. Very quiet. Great location. 2 minutes walk to the train station.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Philip

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overnight stay at The Ship
It was just a simple bed for the night, but it was comfortable. Also the en suite bathroom was nice
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was nice
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

6/10 Okay

David

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value for money city hotel
I got a train into Chelmsford for n the afternoon ready for a hospital operation the next day . I met with a young guy at the bar who was staff .he was friendly helpful and a nice intro . The Room was a nice temperature. They gave me an upgrade so I had a king-size bed which is great for my height and difficulty with my legs . Everything was clean and pleasant . Shower and towels really good . Coffee machine and TV . There was a good chair for me to sit and read a paper . There is only single glaze windows so it is noisy on the front street . But that stops about 12 midnight . If I was going out for a meal and some drinks it would be fine . Anyone who is a light sleeper before 12 I wouldn't advise this room. But it suited my needs fine . The bed was really comfortable and it looks like a recent refurbishment. It was a 10 min walk to station and I use crutches . I had a pick up from the taxi the next morning early . There seems to be restaurants and takeaways close by for choice and it's close to town centre . The price was excellent and to me it was good value for money . I didn't try the food at the pub because of my medical circumstances. But I would have done so . I managed the stairs to the rear of the property to get to the toom as there was an adequate rail and good robust iron staircase . I am having a knee replacement. I would have given it 4 stars if it was quieter Although it didn't bother me too much
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Don’t book.
Windows is not soundproof and older than my grandpa. Plus lock is broken big concern for safety. My room beside a busy road. Whole nights hearing the car drive past noise and windows shaking noise. You have be get drunk to stay sleep unfortunately I don’t drink. Dust behind bed and chair around the room everywhere.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

William

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Business stay
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

James

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Barry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A complicated path up and down stairs to my room but the room was excellent and the staff were friendly and helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Sara

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good value for money however as a non smoker I didn’t like the stale smoke smell. No curtains was a bit weird to close off street lights. Bathroom shower head and around door could do with a clean
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Paul

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Good location
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

Iain

Business traveller
Loud music until 12.15 am, shower not working. Building work. Never again.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Peter

Perfectly adequate
Good central position close to train station for a few nights stay. Perfectly adequate accommodation
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Alan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
More review may seem a little unfair as I’m normally used to staying at medium to high-end chain hotels. Checking is at the bar, the staff with friendly and accommodating and showed me to my room. There was no issue with any noise coming up from the pub at all and the room was comfy and functional. The ensuite bathroom is a little on the small side, and there is no heating in the room at all, there was a radiator, but nothing heat wise coming from it at all. The pub itself is situated at crossroads in the town and because the windows are single glazed and old style sash windows noises to be expected, however, two of the windows didn’t close properly and the one in the bathroom rattled every time of vehicle passed. The bed was comfy as pillows, however, due to the traffic noise I was awaited at 6:30 when the buses started to run. It was fine as a one night accommodation, where I wasn’t spending much time in the room, but it would not be my ideal choice to return. Please bear mind, I have been quite harsh with this review, but also truthful, but I’m reviewing it against where I would normally stay, a Crowne Plaza or a Hilton Hotel. The pub itself seem very busy with a lot of people eating there and seemed like a good atmosphere, because it is in the town. It is ideally placed for walking to & from the shops and the numerous other bars and restaurants that are around it.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Angela

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property is pleasantly decorated. Beds are very comfortable. Large rooms
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

2/10 Terrible

Christopher

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Sent night in corridor
Information was not good, staf were not interested and provided little details of stay. Doors to rooms are key operated self locking so if you us shed bathroom or toilet at night make sure you carry key with you, I went to toilet and forgot key, locked myself out with no one to help had to stay in the cooider untilll 6.0 am when the cleaner in the pub arrived.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We stayed two nights at the Ship, the rooms were well appointed, nice and warm, the food served in the pub was very good, the staff were frendly and helpful. The music in the pub on the Friday night was exceptionally loud and didnt really suit with the average age of the clientele. Saturday night music was at a much more reasonable level. I would definitely stay at the ship again.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Julie

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Colin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Check in was easy and staff helpful with showing the room and exits/entrances. Room good and clean. Comfortable bed. Only downside is that the area is noisy at night and first thing in the morning when street cleaning is done, but we had expected that due to the locality. Very convenient for the centre of Chelmsford.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

steve n

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Joseph, Mapleton

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

GRAHAM

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Cheap place. To stay with friendly staff but very noisy at night rooms very clean with good facilities.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Rob

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good hotel to use for a night on the town. Located near the station and bars. The room had everything you could need, tea making and a fan which is great as you do not need to open the windows as you must appreciate you are in a busy city therefore it can be noisy. Parking is at the back which is a pay and display, you can pay for overnight parking but the issue with the car park is your ticket runs out at 8am and you can not renew or extend it. My advice would be if your not an early riser park at Bond St it will be more expensive but is only a short stroll away.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Cheryl Kim

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Not idea if you want a good nights sleep
The pub itself is great and we didn't try the food but we heard that that is good too. The room that we picked had an en suite thank god and the room itself was fine. It was very hot so we had to leave the windows wide open. The pub didn't close until midnight so it was noisy and then when it shut there must have been a nightclub or something across the road as the music was still playing into the early hours of the morning.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

Niki

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Dont stay if you want to sleep
The people who work here are lovely. But if you want a good nights sleep this place it not for you. If your out on the lash or need a one night stay this place is for you. Im a women in my own and it wasnt for me. The place was under construction like a building site and the rooms really need it. Like the house that jack built.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely place
Lovely clean room & shared bathroom & toilets were kept lovely & clean. Would stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Simone

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

mark

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Judith

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Christine

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
As a woman travelling alone, I did not feel safe in this property as the door to the rooms above the bar was propped open during the day. Access was from a car park which was easily accessible to all. Convoluted stairs to get to room leading to disoriention. Fire alarm in room had plastic bag tied over it. If there had been a fire, I would have struggled to get out safely. Not unclean inside the room, but grubby and poorly maintained.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Mikayla

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Wonderful, close location. Lots of stairs (though typical for a room above a pub). Honestly couldn’t complain aside from how hot and stuffy the room was. The fan inside did not work and we struggled to keep the windows open.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Tracey

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice lodgings for overnight
The room was clean and beds very comfy. Staff were very freindly and welcoming. Shared bathroom was in average condition but clean.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robertas

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

Brian

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Given the price it was fine. Website says parking is available, be warned is is not.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Julianna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

2/10 Terrible

Kerry

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Terribly noisy, awful room (my room was the fire exit route and someone tried to break in while I was in there), I left after an hour and had an almost full refund. The ample parking at the rear of the property is pay and display for up to 3 hours only, except for overnight 5pm-6am. If you do stay, don't expect any sleep due to the noise from the pub, or a lie in as you have to pay the car park again. Would definitely NOT recommend.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

4/10 Poor

Susan

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Twin room, extremely noisy - toilet tank and pipes made a lot of noise when toilet flushed. Could hear everyone around the room, upstairs and outside the room. Would not recommend for an overnight stay.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Been there many times when i need to travel to Chelmsford. Regard it as my local when I come to our Chelmsford office for work.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lachlan

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

8/10 Good

Julie

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

PHILIP

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A hotel to try for half the price of a Premier Inn
I would definitely stay in the Ship hotel Chelmsford again. the Ship hotel was close to the bus station and the railway station, locally and easy to access. In future I will book earlier to get a room with en-suite facilities, they had only 2 en-suite rooms only, I was too late to book one of these rooms. The staff were very friendly, food was very nice and well presented, and the offerings from the bar were superb.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Great place great staff
Great hotel/pub. Perfect location for everything you need. Food was very impressive but had a ton of chips that I really couldn’t eat. Also same with my girlfriend’s dinner. Fish pie was amazing full of flavour and plenty full.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023