Fodor's Expert Review Ship Inn
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Exeter
British
Around the corner from the cathedral, you can lift a tankard of bitter in the very rooms where Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh enjoyed their ale. The pub dishes out casual bar fare, from sandwiches and grills to steaks and ale pies, either in the bar or in the beamed and paneled upstairs restaurant. Drake, in fact, once wrote, "Next to mine own shippe, I do most love that old ‘Shippe' in Exon."
Quick Facts
Known For:
- Famous former patrons
- Traditional English pub fare
- Lively and welcoming environment