i stayed here for two nights with a number of people from a wedding party. - Our room wasn't cleaned - It was impossible to order food out of normal hours - When you addressed most of the staff they looked at you as if you were speaking giberish When my wife was asked whether she enjoyed her meal in... more

We've stayed at The Ship several times and, when we previously visited in December 2007, were delighted and had no complaints whatsoever (see previous review). Unfortunately, this time our experience wasn't nearly so good and overall we were disappointed with our stay. When we stayed in December, we found our twin room was beautifully decorated and although it overlooked the... more

I took my mother and father to Chichester recently and had booked the ship hotel as it was the only central town hotel of a reasonable size and quality. When we arrived at the hotel we were greeted by friendly staff and our room overlooked north street which is one of the main four streets of the town centre. We... more

My sister remarried on Saturday and booked the hotel restaurant for the very informal reception of 26 including children. There was a mix up in the time we were eating as we had been told starters at 5.30pm but when the groom called at 5pm he was told more like 6.45pm. The tablecloths were still being ironed so we spent... more

I booked a romantic getaway for my boyfriends birthday, we have relatives in chichester and I wanted to combine a birthday treat for him with a visit to the family. I booked on line which was quick and easy, I requested a good size room with a nice view and thats exactly what we got. On arrival we were greeted... more

Met a friend for lunch, she was late. She arrived for Tea. We had a bottle of excellent House White, stayed for Dinner and then booked a room and stayed the night. Excellent Hotel. Great staff. One criticism, for sudden hotel guests, a guest pack would be useful, toothbrush, razor, combe and toothpaste. Other than the minute critiscism, a splendid... more

The hotel has been nicely redecorated and no problems at all in terms of the quality of the rooms, hotel decor etc but the staff were so lacking in terms of general helpfulness and being even remotely pro-active. Strange set up when you arrive and there is a reception desk and then a strange table in front of it that... more

We were pleasantly greeted by the check in staff. Check in was slightly odd as the member of staff had to come out from behind the desk into the customer area to sort out our room details. We went up to the room and were disappointed that it was cold. There were two radiators and both were off. I turned... more

Our Winter Blues deal at the hotel induced depression rather than banished it. It all started quite well, efficient check in, nice room (albeit overlooking the car park), but rapidly went down hill. The room was clean, but the lavatory wasn't (the cleaners seem to think a squirt of blue stuff is adequate cleaning). Our special deal (dinner, bed and... more