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The Old Ship Hotel

Castle Street, Mere BA12 6JE, England
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Ranked #5 of 5 Mere B&B and Inns
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St Albans, United Kingdom
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2 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 May 2013

We’d booked a superior room at £90 for the early May Bank Holiday, as there were no standard rooms left to book. On arriving at the hotel at about 2 pm we were told that our room was not ready. However, after a few minutes we were lead up the stairs, where the carpet appeared not to have been cleaned... More

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Cheddington, United Kingdom
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 April 2013

We stayed as a family on a Saturday night between rugby matches en route to Frome from Exeter. Booked the hotel due to location etc. We stayed at the top of the house and the rooms were clean, comfortable and well presented. On the Saturday night the food was freshly cooked and absolutely fabulous, I can't understand why it wasn't... More

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Haywards Heath, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 March 2013

Have returned from a lovely weekend which included a night stay at this hotel. It is a really old building dating back hundreds of years, very interesting history. Our rooms were clean and well presented with the decor in keeping with the age of the building. Our bathroom was massive and immaculate including large bath and shower. The staff were... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 February 2013 via mobile

We were booked into the old ship as a present . We thought we would check out the reviews prior to going . Although a lot of recent ones were brilliant there's still history of bad food , bad reviews , poor shabby decor !. Well I would like to tell you we had a fantastic 2 night stay .... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 February 2013 via mobile

Great place to stay, we had a family room which consited of a double bed and two singles which was great wasn't sure if it was going to be a sofa bed as usual, the breakfast in the morning was fantastic and service was great.

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Postbridge
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2 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 February 2013

Stopped here for dinner at 7.00pm with our two 5 year olds on the way back home after a lovely day at Longleat - a 2 hour drive still to go! Ordered our food 5 minutes later, and then after 15 minutes the Barmaid returned to tell us 1 of the items was not available so my husband had to... More

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Devizes, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 February 2013

Met my girlfriend here for a drink on Valentines day as we have been before and thought it was a lovely place. We decided to eat and could not have been more impressed! The service was great, the couple working there were so, so sweet and could not have been more helpful. As for the food... we decided to eat... More

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Glasgow, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 January 2013 via mobile

travelled from scotland....stayed at the ship inn mere fantastic value for money ..staff very helpful nothing was a problem ..food first class ...breakfast great variety ..evening meal. Scrunptious ......will be back in the summer ...under new management just over a yeat ago .....and making changes for the better x

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Glasgow, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 January 2013

well our family came down from scotland ..and for us the place to stay was the ship inn ......it has re opened just over a year , under new management and friendly staff ...the rooms were very clean and tidy .. the management was friendly and very helpful nothing was a problem ....the meals are out of this world.they have... More

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Hemel Hempstead
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 January 2013

It is great to see the very positive reviews (almost gushing) from those who stayed It is such a cental building that success is important for the village. Whilst passing through I have now tried twice to have lunch with friends. First time, although the board outside said "Food all day" the lad at the bar said "No food". Fortuneately... More

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joolesbenfleet, Manager at The Old Ship Hotel, responded to this review
16 January 2013

The staff , chef and management of the Old ship Inn are absolutely and totally horrified to receive such a negative and personal review on this forum. Especially as we have striven to obtain high standards of food and service alike. It also saddens us that this review has actually been written by a person who lives in Mere and... More

 
 
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Address: Castle Street, Mere BA12 6JE, England
Region: United Kingdom > England > Wiltshire > Mere
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Free Parking
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Ranked #5 of 5 B&Bs / Inns in Mere
Price range (per night): ₹6,071 - ₹8,269
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