The Clarendon Royal

My friend and I had two lovely lunch dishes, I had a sandwich and chips and my friend had a steak with salad. Lovely atmosphere, would go back.

Had the friday fish supper meal from the hotel restaurant and it was honestly the best fish and chips I’ve had in ages. Fish was fresh, batter crispy and chips well seasoned. On top of that it was only £10 with a glass of wine!

We are a group of women who like to lunch and had a great time at this restaurant. We were so relaxed that we ended up spending 6 hours here, just chatting, eating, and drinking. The food was excellent and the service was great! Thank you.

The food was delicious overall, but unfortunately the poached eggs were overcooked and the chips were extremely salty. The service was the most disappointing aspect of our experience. Despite making a reservation in advance, our table was not ready upon arrival and the staff was quite rude. In particular, one male staff member was very curt with us, greeting us in an unfriendly manner with a brusque "what do you want?"

Having decided to have Sunday lunch we booked the Clarendon. The starters were very nice (Ham Hock) Our main meal of roast beef rump was well presented unfortunately the roast potatoes were very hard. The staff were very kind and gave us our desserts as compensation for the potatoes. On arriving the staff were very friendly and helpful, ensuring we were well looked after. Nothing appeared to be too much trouble for them and gave us good service. They have a good selection of drinks which should cater for most peoples' taste.

Having been regular customers for years, we were disappointed at being made to feel unwelcome yesterday, when we popped in for our usual Saturday afternoon sojourn. Despite this we honoured today's lunch booking but it was a total disaster. A very limited menu and the roast potatoes were raw inside. We sent our plates back as we were not prepared to have the rest of the food kept warm while the potatoes were cooked properly and are now back home enjoying a Chinese takeaway. We understand the establishment is seeking a new kind of clientele, we wish them luck in their search!

We visited the Clarendon for a Sunday lunch after the Remembrance Service along the Royal Peir Road, having not been there for several years, we were very impressed, the staff were friendly, the ambience was fine, the food was obviously prepared by someone who takes a pride in what they are producing (excellent) the Chef also came out during consumption to make sure everything was up to scratch, also free parking exactly opposite, with finally prices by today's challenge's not excessive. We would definitely recommend this place for a meal or a drink, and we will be going back. they may have had a fire a few weeks ago, but their all fired up now !

Having been frequent customers over the past few years, including holding a 50th Birthday celebratory lunch and evening party which was excellent). Today we arrived for Sunday lunch, having not been there for approximately two months to find the place has become bereft of leadership and management and senior ‘front of house’ skills. A fantastic young man named Ben was left to heroically front up what can only be described as a charade as to how we have been treated in the past. There was absolutely no evidence of anyone beyond Ben being responsible for this establishment. The lunch was appalling cold and and lacked presentation, no sense of occasion and we have always held this establishment...

Fantastic food terrible staff except the manager who was lovely. On entry I went to the bar as no one was about. I was greeted with “yes”, I said I had a table for two booked for 50th birthday. I expected to be shown to a table but she just waved her arm in the air and said, sit where you like. RUDE. No one came to ask if we wanted a drink so again had to go and find someone. I asked the manager for a cocktail menu which he bought me. Still no one came to take my order so I called across to the bar to ask for a cocktail and was told I could only have what was on tap. So I said, what’s the point of giving me a cocktail menu then. I told her the manager gave me the menu, she went off in a huff...