Empire Restaurant — Restaurant in Sefton

Just by the Marina Lake and seaside... 2 minutes walk down from the pier, and right after the fish and chips shops. They have menu and buffet system. We tried today their buffet. The seater guy was really nice, not pushy, smiled and gave us a table we choosed. They're serving alcoholic drinks as refreshments. The buffet is really small, not too much choice but fresh! They have mostly seafood and pork, with some chicken and vegetarian options. We terribly missed the salt and pepper ribs, and the salt and pepper chips was just a little bit above room temperature. The rest of the food was hot enough. The ice cream was from a machine, so no issues... They also provide different toppings on them. Unfortunately the fruit salad was room temperature (water melon, pineapple, and peaches (tinned). They only should have a little more attention, and everything could be 5 stars. I've watched the staff with other customers, too... All of the was very kind, helpful and attention on the details. Might wasn't everything perfect, but definitely worth a visit or two as we will definitely pop in again in the future. Altogether it was a good experience in Southport. Oh, the 2 buffet and 2 soft drinks costs £30 on Sunday...

Went for dinner with family. The staff were very polite and our waitress ( didnt get her name but she was from Poland) demonstrated exceptional menu knowledge and great service that I didn't expect from a restaurant such as this and would put many fancy places to shame. Our daughter suffers from nut allergy and she knew all the ingredients of the dishes that we ordered. After taking all our order she told me that my dish had nuts and also reminded me when the dish arrived. The food was great. We had BBQ short ribs, steamed prawn and pork dumplings, sauteed pork dumplings, chicken chowmein, and pad Thai fried rice. All the dishes were good and thenportion sizes were pretty big for the main courses. The rice was a bit too oily but other than that there were no complaints. Prices of some of the dishes are a bit on the higher side compared to some other Chinese restaurants but the portions specially for main...

NOT SAFE FOR STRICT VEGETARIANS.

I have previously loved this place but having visited last night, I have been put off returning. First, our order was wrong but it was very busy so this wasn't an issue and we happily waited for the correct meal only to find a piece of chicken in my vegetarian sweet and sour meal. I believe due to the mistake they had given me sweet and sour chicken and just picked the chicken out, which as a vegetarian is rather disturbing to me. Imagine if it was an allergy? Could have been a much bigger disaster.

This was my original review: Gorgeous food that was presented beautifully in a very visually attractive establishment. Staff were wonderfully polite and attentive. Social distancing measures in place, staff wearing face shields and/or masks and service was swift. Definitely recommend & I will be visiting...