Voyagers Restaurant & Bar

First time staying at The Halyard. Spotted that the attached restaurant had a small plates menu. Love small plates, so an immediate must visit. 🙌🏼 Visited the bar first. Nice space; Sunday evening so relatively quiet. Decent selection of lagers - tried the Baltic pils first; nice drink but in a festival pint glass. Short and fat. Feels wrong 😆 Good selection of different spaces to sit and friendly staff. Peroni thereafter - a tall glass. Moved to the restaurant, to the rear, for dinner. As I say, small plates menu. They say 2-3 per person. I’m always sceptical of such claims as I look at the menu and really want 4 or 6. They are right though, more than 3 would have been too much. Very rich food. Tasty. I’ve learnt to be guided by such recommendations 😸 Well done. Duck croquettes, crab cakes and a nduja scotch egg were the chosen ones. Weirdly, the scotch egg was my least favourite, a bit too much sauce. It’s all relative though, as all excellent. The croquettes were the standout - just two, but so very rich and unctuous. Beautiful flavours. Intriguing sauce with the crab cakes. Next time, I think I will swap the scotch egg for chicken. Dessert was a Liverpool tart. Sweet with a muscavado cream. Nice, but I must try the apple and cinnamon choux bun in future. Sold out today, alas. Overall an excellent dining experience - fantastic food, well presented and served in a nice space by engaging and friendly staff. Definitely recommended for a visit whether or not you’re staying in the hotel. A lovely addition to the area.

Incredible food, gorgeous decor and fabulous staff! So I consider myself a bit of a food snob 😂 I've eaten at over 300 restaurants across 15 countries, and I can honestly say this is up there with the best of them. The small plates are delicious, well thought-out and very cohesive. It truly is fine dining on a budget, though it feels nothing other than luxury from the second you walk through the door. The dining space has been impeccably designed, with a cosy, chic-industrial style feel. Considering it has only been open for 5 months, the service is incredible and we didn't experience any teething problems at all. The staff were all so friendly, and very helpful with recommendations. I can fully recommend Voyagers and we'll definitely be back again ❤️

The service wasn't very good at all. Staff seemed disinterested, which meant it took a long time to get their attention. Despite ordering from the bar, a service charge was automatically applied with no explanation even though the food hadn't even arrived. Would not recommend