The Principal Bar Restaurant - Midland

To start the new year on a positive note, we decided to return to some of the places we enjoyed last year and went back to the prince in...

A new favorite place for a fabulous lunch and drink? I think so. From the moment I went through the gate to the main entrance...

Okay so all those poor reviews you read previously unfortunately we’d agree too for that period. Perhaps the chef during that time was having a bad few months I dunno. After about three visits with bad food, we thought we’d given up on this place. Yesterday we decided to give it one last crack and to our surprise the place had been revamped and so we hoped so was the chef. Hubby thoroughly enjoyed his spicy chicken parmigiana and my oldest son enjoyed his ribs (albeit he has had better) while I didn’t really enjoy the fettuccine marinara so much as it was a bit on the bland side. But I didn’t totally hate it. Overall it was definitely an improvement on past experience.

Tonight I had the pork belly with roasted veggies and apple sauce. All was delicious although I expected roast spuds/carrots etc but received pumpkin, mushroom and cherry tomatoes. I also asked for a side of red wine jus as I'm a gravy person and I'm glad I did as the apple sauce made the dish quite sweet. Dessert I had the caramel ice cream with honeycomb, the honeycomb won me over to order the dish but sadly it was bitter, too far gone. All in all a good experience and the waitress we had was amazing. She should be commended.

The staff were really accommodating when I requested to have a burger served without the bun when I was doing a low-carb thing. Chill atmosphere and spacious venue with plenty of different areas to sit, both inside and outside. Outside heating makes it a bit more comfortable in winter.