Shark Club Gastro Bar — Restaurant in Crawley

I’ve eaten in a lot of hotel bars and got the beer gut to prove it. Shark Club however takes the trophy for best overall without being accompanied by the pretentious overpricing that seems to have swept this nation like a plague of money grabbing locusts. Good selection of bar snacks and main meals, with cocktails and soft drinks. Always a spare table and food doesn’t make you age a year whilst it arrives. Breakfast served here in the mornings is pretty good as well, so worth booking with your room. Staff excellent, attentive and flush with recommendations- especially Jacey who takes the time to chat with all the guests, swanning between tables with the easy camaraderie of a Hooters waitress. Don’t tell her I wrote that though. Restaurant entrance by the weird horse with the lamp on its head, that’s not a typo...

Came in for a late night dinner. Place was not at all busy, at most 10-20% chairs filled. When the appetizer came, we didn’t have any utensils and napkins. Then utensils came after we asked for it, but no napkins. We ordered drinks but nothing came. I had to get up and get our glasses of water from the bar. Then we had to remind the waitress about our missing drinks. Then the drinks came and then the main course. The food was just ok.

The people working at this restaurant seem very nice. However, the service was terrible and the quality of the food isn’t all that great. Almost 60£ for...

I found the service to be very rude. To start with, we were ignored (twice) when trying to place an order. The staff are extremely ignorant and found more pleasure in playing with a dog by the bar rather than serving customers. When we asked for the bill, the server simply produces a card reader for us to tap our card, no bill provided beforehand. Having lived in Newcastle, I have always had very high expectations from Shark Bar as this is a place I would frequent especially on Wing Wednesdays but I don’t think I will...