Marine Brasserie

All aboard marines!!! Ramada plaza stayers will know of this place indeed. With 80 covers this is a decent sized restaurant indeed. The sun terrace is a good pull for the place in the summer, with incredible views overlooking the Marine Lake and The Irish Sea.
The menu offers a decent selection of dishes, from snacks to main meals and the food is reasonably priced. Some of the options include locally cured lamb in a Lancashire hotpot, black pudding with bacon and soft deep fried poached egg, a selection of grill steaks, burgers, beer battered cod and Goosnargh smoked pork belly. Your bog standard stuff really if I’m being honest.
Although I must say I can’t really see too many non residents dining here, Southport is teaming with top quality restaurants. By all means when in Romeada sure, but other wise? Me thinks, perhaps nay!

I don’t like the trendy bar area at all — the colours are just too dark. But the tranquil lounge and restaurant, plus the sun terrace are really very nice and on a summer’s day, it is even better. The restaurant feels especially bright and airy. The views are impressive. I wouldn’t usually be motivated to go to a hotel restaurant, I generally think these are for the guests. But my curiosity got the better of me. I would say that prices are a little bit above average and if anything a little more expensive than I would of expected. The menu has a pretty good range of dishes to choose from and fairly considerate to vegetarians. The dishes on the dessert menu are fairly typical but at least there are 7 to choose from. So next on the blackboard is actually staying over at the hotel!

I’m often a little scared of eating in hotel restaurants as I’ve mentioned before, sometimes because they can be pretty bad, and sometimes because they can be pretty expensive. This one smashed both those assumptions. It was good, and it was remarkably cheap.
The décor is really rather elegant and delightfully sophisticated, and you’re located on the seafront so when you walk out onto the terrace you actually see a marvellous view of the beach and smell the sea air. The menu changes occasionally but there’s a nice emphasis on seafood due to its proximity to la mer and the calamari is light and lovely, highly recommended for any fish lovers. There are some veggie options and not just your usual pasta or bake, they really do try and be a little more creative here, steaks are superb for the carnivores and get very high accolades and for puds you can’t go wrong with their failsafe crème brulee. Just perfect.
Oh and I measure a good restaurant on the state of its chips. These ones were thick cut and crisp and yummy. Wines are nicely varied and even more nicely priced and by the end of the meal I wasn’t overfazed; the portions are just about perfect and I was happy enough. Plus if you happen to like the restaurant enough to want to spend the night in the hotel, the rooms, even the luxury ones, don’t break the bank. How do they do it? Only in Southport, eh. Still, credit where credit’s due, I wouldn’t mind waking up to a sparkly sea view with a surprisingly full purse. All round excellence, I’d say.