Off street parking is located behind the restaurant reached via side streets. There is a back door entrance also. Upon entering you are tranported to an English Pub with all it's dark tables, booths, and large bar. The walls are covered with British artifacts and memorabilia. The bathroom even has a British colored toilet seat and British news clippings adorning the walls.

Menu items are typically British ranging from Fish & Chips to Bangers and Mash. We sampled both The Olde Ship's Fish & Chips ($8.95 with one large piece of fish or $11.95 with two) and Plymouth Seafood Platter ($11.95. The Icelandic cod was moist, flaky, and lightly beer battered. The "chips" or fries were thick cut English style. The seafood platter included Icelandic cod, calamari, scallops, and chips. Both the scallops calamari was sweet and tender. We had to ask for replacement for our diet Coke since its carbonation was minimal and were told it always was and they didn't know why. They gladly replaced it with a regular Coke. The atmosphere at lunchtime on a Saturday was quiet and relaxing.

The menu consists of appetizers, soups and salads, sandwiches, British entrees and desserts. Entrees run from $8.95 to $14.95 for Sovereign's Lamb Shank. Signature British dishes are: Churchill's Roast Beef & Yorkshire Pudding, Corned Beef & Cabbage, Bangers & Mash, Steak & Kidney Pie, Paul Jones' Scottish Birdie, Drake's Chicken Pie, Nelso's Cottage Pie, Collingwood's Cornish Pasty, Ploughmans's Lunch, and Mariner's Meal. There is a $2.00 fee to split a meal. A full page menu of daily desserts changes and all cost $4.95. The full bar carries 20 British draught beers.

The restaurant is open 7 days a week. More information can be found at www.theoldeship.com. A second restaurant owned by the same proprietors is located at 112 W.17th St., Santa Ana, CA (714) 550-6700.