The Clarence Bar — Restaurant in Hinckley and Bosworth

I really can’t believe that it’s taken me this long to do a review of The Clarence. This astounding cafe/bar was a surprisingly late find for us; we didn’t go in for quite a long time, and in hindsight, this was a huge mistake because it’s amazing.

The venue is perfect with a large outside seating area, while the inside has a mixture of comfy seats, tables and booths. It’s spacious but also feels cosy and the decor and lighting are trendy without being pretentious. Because it’s an old bank, they have retained the original vault, which can be reserved for small group events and is very cool. It’s already on my shortlist of places to hide out in the event of a zombie apocalypse!

The Clarence does a wide variety of drinks including a varied range of excellent cocktails. There is a fancy drink to cater to everyone’s taste and they are all made with love by their wonderful staff, their 2 for £14 cocktail deal is a bargain for drinks of such quality. They have a great selection of beers and wines, and if you are so inclined, you can also purchase hot or cold soft drinks!

Their coffee and cake deal deserves a special mention, at only £5 it’s probably the best deal of this kind in Hinckley, I’m obsessed with cakes and brownies, and their selection is exceptional and at this price it’s great for the bank balance - however, slightly less kind on the waistline.

The Clarence are partners with Pane & Gusto. Run by two of the most wonderful human beings that you will ever meet who will cook you authentic and super tasty Italian food to order. This is food cooked with love, and you can literally taste it! Food of this quality would be selling for triple the price in London & it’s exceptional quality. I often just ask to be ‘surprised’ and I have never been disappointed with what I have received. Highly recommended food.

The Clarence also hosts regular live events including pizza making, live music, bottomless brunches, drag bingo & movie nights. We’re really spoiled for choice, and every event we’ve been to has been brilliant with a buzzing, friendly atmosphere.

A venue would be nothing without the people who run it, and The Clarence is exceptionally well catered for here. It’s starts from the top: the amazing Lisa sets the tone - she’s just fantastic and so welcoming, making everyone who visits feel like a superstar. You can tell she genuinely loves The Clarence, it’s staff and all of its patrons. Every single member of the Clarence team that I have had interactions with are wonderful, they make it a pleasure to visit every single time. It’s like a wonderful family where everyone gets on and is having a fantastic time!

I might have been late to The Clarence wagon train, which was a mistake on my part, so if you have yet to visit, please do and become part of The...

Popped in this morning for a quick bite for breakfast for a family of 4. The breakfast menu looked promising, and similar to other establishments in the area so was looking forward to a good feed. Drinks came pretty quickly and the coffee was good, but unfortunately it went a bit downhill after this. We waited for around 45 minutes for our breakfast with people from who came in after us receiving their food before us. When part of our order came to the table, we were somewhat disappointed. The menu promised ‘ succulent sausages’, but the sausages in the cob looked very sorry for themselves and anything but succulent. At this point we had seen enough, spoke to the front of house who was very accommodating and understanding of our frustrations. Honestly, I’m giving 2 stars purely due to the customer service. In short, the food menu promised so much and delivered so little, coffee was good, customer service was excellent! The establishment seems a little confused on what it wants to be and needs a lot...

We ordered fish fingers and chips and a burger and chips from the kids menue and the food was burnt, the chips were burnt and the fish fingers were burnt and soaked in grease. There was oil on the plate and the oil looked like old oil. I ate the burger because I was so hungry but we didn't eat the chips....you couldn't and my sister didn't eat the fish fingers they were awful and the was hardly any fish inside the fish fingers. The assistant manager had so many excuses as to why the food was so bad, she said the chef was new and then it was the person isn't a chef their an assistant chef 🙄 and then she said they had just got new spuds and so that was the problem. In the end she gave us a refund for the food but charged for the tea a soda water we had. But never, ever again would myself or anyone in my family ever eat there again because the food was so atrocious. Avoid this place it honestly isn't...