Temple Restaurant and Bar in Kingston upon Thames

Most of the food here is like a budget school canteen. The meat was adequate but the roast potatoes looked deep fried and the vegetables were all out of the freezer. Very unpleasant.Churros were nice but the ice cream is horrendous. More ice, than cream. Don't let it melt or it looks even worse!We paid £50 for 2 adults and 2 children. Should've gone to the beefeater next door!

I went in for breakfast and it was very good. Self service and everything is cooked. Like all merlin restaurants, the orange and apple juice is… just the best!!!!!!!!!!

Don’t eat here!!!!!! After eating here I had food poisoning and it hurt a lot. Some of the staff are quite rude and it is extremely overpriced for what I got. Disappointing.

Good choice of breakfast offered including full English and continental options. Food was fresh and hot when we arrived. Can't complain.More than one coffee dispenser needed as created queues and the watered down juice not very nice.Staff tried to clear tables quickly.Social distancing not adhered too by anyone and staff did not implement this either.Also had evening meal which due to being a sunday was a carvery. Plenty of meat options and vegetables. Not many options for children ( fish fingers and sausages under the counter?) And poor choice of desserts. Just ice cream and churros. Refill drinks used to be included in the price as previous visit but now they are charging extra. Also ask for blue light discount as this is not promoted by staff but is valid.

Poor poor poor quality, had dinner, paid £16 for the pleasure of having all cutlery being dirty, had to fish through the cutlery tray to find items I would risk letting my family put in their mouths. Roasted joints were dry and overcooked, roasted potatoes had hard centres, like they were just picked, a real disappointment all round. Would not recommend. We are having breakfast in the morning so watch this space.

The food was OK, albeit some was pretty bad eg the beef was so tough it was inedible and the ice cream tasted bizarre. My main issue is I paid £60 in advance to find out it was £50 for the four of us on the door, so booking in advance is a con. We tried to resolve this and seek a partial refund after, but reception send me to the temple bar duty manager who sent me back to reception, so I gave up.

We booked as an add on to our hotel stay and had no idea it was a buffet.Staff were lovely but the resturant was a shock....It was like a school canteen all we can do is actually laugh at the fact i pre paid £65 to eat school food.. It was truly awful and breakfast was just as bad so we won't be eating at this hotel for the remainder of our stay 🤮🤮.We couldn't even have an alcoholic drink in the temple restaurant... Its a canteen.... to numb the pain of sitting in the dark eatingcold food, flacid sausages, overcooked fish fingers and i dont even know what i ate tbhPlease please get a burger. King or something... Please

We had our pre paid evening meal here and it was good. Not a huge variety from the buffet evening meal. Some tasty some to avoid for lack of flavour. Ie the roast chicken and the mac'n'cheese. The warm bread is great especially the olive bread. Pre made salads are really good. Dessert bar was good fun for the kids. If the weather is OK then make sure you sit outside to watch the animals while you eat. Then go enjoy the 2 hours of exclusive access to the monkeys and other animals on the reserve.

Try the beef curry it's amazing and the kids loved their choices. The young chaps that booked us in ( reservations were on line) checked we were okay with the allergen menu.The theming was great too but not to in your face. Think rainforest without the Ott thunderclaps.The chefs were informative and the chap who was cleaning the area never stopped moving. Set up for social distancing and although busy we were not made to feel rushed.You can go to the buffet as many times as you like and the chap doing the ice cream managed really well.With 20 percent off with a merlin card I thought this was excellent value for a 'hotel meal'.Keeping two picky eaters and one dietary need person happy is not that easy but we should sleep well and after mobile ordering the vodka it's almost guaranteed.

As usual found everything brilliant. Food tasted good. Buffet style with quite a few dish options