We're really happy to have re-opened Café Cru Restaurant. It's lovely to have a sense of normality back again as we carry on in these very strange times. Our team are, of course, all wearing masks as they serve you, but its times like this that certain design elements of Café Cru restaurant come into their own.  We've made quite a few changes to ensure proper social distancing...

We're delighted to announce that Café Cru Restaurant will re-open on Thursday 1 October 2020. Since we re-opened the hotel after the enforced Covid-19 closure, we've been concentrating on serving delicious food on The Terrace and in the Victoria Suite. It's not just guests who have to be able to social distance, the same applies for our team too, including our incredibly busy kitchen team. ...

We're delighted to share some very exciting news with you - Nick & Aileen have decided to make Operations Manager Grant Smith a Director of Imperial Hotel. This is the first time ever a non-family member has been promoted to the position and shows the huge amount of trust that they have in him.  Imperial Hotel has been run by the Mobbs family since the early 1930s and Nick & Aileen's...

It seems as if weddings and partnership ceremonies may not be able to go ahead 'how we know it' for some time. It may even be the case that large wedding celebrations for hundreds of guests aren’t allowed for many months.  We know that words can’t explain how disappointing this is. If you still want to get married or civilly partnered in the coming few months, you may have to re-...

We're coming up to the August Bank Holiday weekend, Eat Out to Help Out has one more Monday left to run (sorry, we're fully booked folks) and talk has turned to yet another 'new normal', when the kids finally go back to school. We're very much hoping that our super reviews about how safe people have felt whilst staying with us over the last month will encourage you to book a little break once the ...