Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar & Grill Southampton — Restaurant in Southampton

I stayed at this hotel with a few friends and had dinner there. For the price, a 2 course wasn’t bad but don’t expect a huge amount of food. The swordfish steak was very small sitting on top of mashed aubergines topped with olives. Fish was rather bland. As it is a steak restaurant the set menu had no steak option. I suggest if you are offered the set menu, stick to safe choices like the burger. We ordered a bottle of white wine which was warm. We weren’t given a chance to taste it, the Waitress just poured it out to everyone. I asked for a cold bottle of wine and was told, all the white wine are like that, that’s why we were given a bucket of ice. She gave us a glass of ice to put into the wine. Firstly, had we known, we would have swapped for red wine or ordered something else, but wasn’t given that choice. Secondly, regardless of whether the white wine was cold or not, we’d expect an ice bucket. That’s standard wine etiquette l would expect especially from a well known chain. Service: not impressed. Our Waitress seemed to be stuck in the kitchen area. It took a while to grab some attention so we could pay and leave.

I had order bar snacks as we were still hungry. This was very disappointing dinner. We are unlikely to return if we stayed at this hotel again. There are better dinner options in town which is less than 10...

In an almost entirely empty restaurant and first to arrive, we were seated right by the loo. Staff were reluctant to move us as "computer says no" (that's where people who have the spa package sit). When finally moved, after asking more firmly, to a nicer seat by the open door (on the most beautiful day), service was so slow we almost started eating our napkins. When one of our starters arrived, it was not as ordered (yet it wasn't worth the wait to complain), and then some extra chicken that was ordered to try and improve a sorry attempt at a Caesars salad main (some sad wilted leaves, sans anchovies with badly grated cheese on the top) didn't even turn up - we were forced to cancel the order and ask for dessert and the bill as quickly as possible. SO disappointed! Sadly, did not live up the expectation or reputation. It was a birthday present for my sister in law gone sadly wrong! I do not think Marco Pierre White would have been proud of our meal today, nor the impression left on us three women (if he...

We liked the atmosphere, there was quiet music, it wasn't too bright, but reading other people's reviews, that it felt like a wake... yes, perhaps :D The fried calamari starter was nice, though the portion seemed quite small for that kind of price. Tartar sauce was delicious. Roast chicken main... was ok. The chicken was delicious, so was the mushroom sauce, the single potato was fine, but the cooked spinach.. I don't mind spinach, but there was just too much of it - there was not enough other food to eat it with. Shepard's pie was ok too. Little bland. The waitress was great, and the service was amazing. She told us it would take about 25 minutes for the mains to arrive, and it wasn't that long. She offered water and was very attentive. Overall it wasn't bad, but it wasn't value for money either, so I don't think we would be going...