Bar & Restaurant Safety

The utmost care and attention has been taken in ensuring you can enjoy all of bars and restaurants in a safe, secure environment. Our COVID-19 taskforce has implemented the following measures for the safety of both guests and staff.

Buffets

• The buffet is no longer self-service. It is now served as a showcase event by the waiting team.
• Staff will wear gloves and PPE in the buffet service area
• Acrylic barriers will be in place
• Signage will establish the social distancing of guests as they wait their turn at the buffet.

Washing Dishes, Cutlery, Utensils and Tablecloths

• The usual rigorous hygiene methods will be employed for the washing of dishes, glasses, utensils and cutlery – which are all sanitised and disinfected in a dishwasher
• These items will then be dried using specially designed paper towels
• Napkins and fabric tablecloths will be washed in cycles of a minimum of 70°C

Table Layout

• There is a maximum of four people per 10m²
• Tables arranged so the chairs are more than two metres apart: with customers on adjacent tables at least two metres away

Further Dining & Bar Safety Measures

Restaurants

• Adoption of acrylic protection barriers on tables or reduction in occupancy of spaces by 1/3 to maintain the distance between customers
• Seating sessions implemented to reduce the number of diners in restaurants at one time
• Back and front of house teams (including servers) to wear gloves and relevant PPE
• Outside seating has been increased
• Reservations are now mandatory

Bars

• Acrylic protection barriers at the main bar counter
• Reduction of allocated places by 1/3
• Signage will establish the social distancing of guests as they wait their turn at the bar