Knightsbridge Restaurant

Let’s not beat about the bush here, the Scarisbrick Hotel really is rather fabulous. It’s as central as you can get, lush and serene, packed to the rafters with original features and is a glorious member of Lord Street’s already beautiful pack of buildings. But if you’re not spending the night in there, how best to enjoy it? Eat at the restaurant of course, silly!
The restaurant, occupying some of the first floor, is high up enough that the view encompasses Lord Street itself and the gorgeous Princess Diana Gardens. The atmosphere here is cool, clean and peaceful, the service is friendly and the vibe is rather traditional, in a quaint, pleasant way as opposed to stuffy and rigid. However when it comes to the food, modern is the buzzword, and the presentation on your plate is such that it seems almost a shame to dive into it, break it all up and turn it into body fuel. Chefs must get immense satisfaction from the fact that although they put something together beautifully, rather like a work of art, it ends up squished and mushy but at least it tastes good. I tell you what, I couldn’t do it. I’d demand gasps of, ‘Oh look at it! I don’t even want to eat it!’ from each and every customer if I’d made a spun sugar cage or a decorative coulis. But this is why I don’t work in a kitchen. That and, well, I don’t like being shouted at. By anyone.
It’s not all about the hotel, the restaurant’s a standalone business in its own right and is popular for its regular events, such as the Sunday Roast Joint Carvery, available all day and utterly perfect for those windswept chilly Southport days when only spuds and gravy and Yorkshires can make you feel warmer and better (over 26 years this event’s been on the go, and you get three courses, chosen from a list personally by yourself), and the Saturday Dine and Dance which you can imagine is well-​loved by a more mature crowd but does attract some hipsters too, involving a candlelit four course meal with hits of the 70s and 80s to bop to, chosen by the resident host and DJ.
If you’re shopping on Lord Street and fancy something special to eat, I’d highly recommend this hotel restaurant. It really does feel like a treat.