The George Restaurant & Bistro at Whipper-In Hotel

The Whip-In seems to be lacking in attracting customers. It appears they are not doing much to entice people to dine there. I remember when I was younger, the restaurant was called the George Bar and it was always packed with customers. Perhaps the Whip-In should consider changing back to a bar and offering happy hour specials, drinks, and free shots to attract more patrons. It seems clear that people are not interested in dining there currently. They should focus on implementing promotions and incentives to bring people back in. Once they start to attract customers, their friends will likely follow suit. The Whip-In needs to come up with new ideas to attract customers and start getting people through their doors!

After wandering around and initially being overlooked by the manager sitting behind a comical plastic COVID screen at the reception, I was finally recognized by a polite front of house staff member. The dinner only had bread slices and the chef refused to make any more bread since I didn't order curry. The manager seemed more concerned about finding "my scissors" than providing good service. The food was decent, but the fried fish looked overcooked. The overall experience was not welcoming and felt more like an afterthought.

After waiting for over an hour to be seated, we felt rushed once we finally sat down at our table. We were the only customers in the restaurant, so it seemed like we had inconvenienced the staff. The service was lacking as the waitstaff seemed inexperienced and unsure of how to properly serve and present dishes. They often reached over one of us to serve food to the person sitting on the other side of the table. The soft drinks were overpriced, with a pint of Pepsi costing more than expected. Additionally, the coffee we ordered came in a teapot for two, but it was very weak.

Armed very tired and wanted to eat a bit late served quickly and luke warm workers moaning are they short workers tired hotel and clear from the owners bad public areas dirty toilets

On a quiet Saturday night we dined at the bistro, warm and cosy on a cold night The barman/waiter was excellent, very friendly and helpful and recommended the salmon and smoked haddock fishcake which was delicious. Good local beer and reasonably priced wine accompanied our...meal. We would definitely eat here again.