Lace Maker - Nottingham

British, European, Breakfast

Lace Maker

Lace Maker
3.3 / 5 (147 reviews)

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Swatch Restaurant offers a varied dining experience, characterized by moments of brilliance and some shortcomings. Guests praised the friendly staff and well-prepared starters, highlighting a delicious wine selection. However, issues like food quality inconsistencies and service hiccups marred the dining experience for some patrons. While a few dishes, like the pork medallion and chicken from the kids' menu, missed the mark, others enjoyed flavorful options and a relaxed atmosphere with sports on TV. Overall, Swatch provides an enjoyable meal for hotel guests, with potential for improvement in service training and food consistency.

Last update: 17.01.2026 from: KevinG677

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★ 3.3 / 5 from 147 reviews
sunnygirl081
09.11.2023

Breakfast was good, plenty of choice, buffet style. Juices, fruit, yogurt, cereals, cooked food eta on offer

josephgibbons06
09.11.2023

Staying in crowne plaza all weekend . Arrived and decided to try the restaurant .The quality was poor my pork medallion was like rubber My daughter aged 9 ate from the kids menu choosing grilled chicken which turned up like road kill ! Chips are poor quality frozen ! Asked for the dessert menu which they brought but no one came back for our order . Joe.

kjeverett
09.11.2023

Well, this is hard to review as we loved and hated it at the same time. We arrived early to have a few drinks in the bar, that was lovely, the guys behind the bar, very friendly and know their stuff! We got seated for our meal and our waiter was lovely if not a little nervous? Anyway, we ordered, starters came out which were amazing, very well cooked and just delicious. That got cleared. We were never offered water, we had to ask. We ordered another bottle of wine and before I could say can we have clean glasses the wine was poured in the same glass. I don't mind this if it's the same wine but it was different. So the wine was flowing, me and my partner deep in conversation and after a while, around 45 mins later we had to ask where our main was??? The waiter came back and he had forgot to put our order through. By this time, we had enough, for the money we was paying we wasn't prepared to carry on with the dining, we didn't think the experience was worth the money. The waiter was very apologetic, he told us he had only started a few days ago and was still learning. We said don't worry, it's all fine but we would just like the bill. They had only charged us for one bottle of wine and the starter, which was actually really nice of the restaurant to do that. When we left we even tipped the young waiter we had as he was so lovely, just nervous and probably trying too hard. The wine we had was superb and the starters were equally as tasty but overall **** terrible !! We may come back in the future. Maybe the restaurant should give the new waiters some training beforehand??

keving677
09.11.2023

Used this while staying at the crown plaza couple of quiet tv screens around showing the sport which was nice.You can choose not to watch of course. Food was hot and well cooked my Fish and Chips was a little salty but as I don't eat salt ...it showed, why salt is added prior to service is beyond me. Anyway what I eat was nice. One of the better hotel restaurants

hayley571
09.11.2023

I don't like eating out so was dreading it anyway but had as it was my parents 25th wedding anniversary. I booked this place as they has there wedding reception here. The retaurant wqs right bect ro the bar so wasnt too official. Food was gorgeous and service was quick and with a smile. Would defo come back here.

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A little farther away is NET-Nottingham Trent University, where you can also access the municipal transportation.

The premises in the restaurant are wheelchair accessible and can also be used with a wheelchair or physical disabilities.

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