Prince of Wales Hotel

After years of avoidance after the food dipped to a substandard level, we ventured to the new Prince of Wales restaurant, Café Prince. Unfortunately, the online menu and the actual menu are VERY different. We were told that the menu had changed that day, but the website still hasn’t been updated.
The new menu isn’t as vegetarian or pescatarian-​friendly as the previous one, sadly. Almost every dish has either meat or cream in it. I was dubious about the specials menu but chose the salt and pepper squid salad with salsa and crunchy noodles.
Oh my gosh. It was amazing. And huge. The squid was cooked to perfection, perfectly tender and lots of it. The salad was crisp and fresh, as was the salsa. My only issue was a red sauce that was dotted around the plate had very little flavour, but the salad was so good that it didn’t worry me. Service was quick and efficient.
My two problems: the dessert menu hasn’t changed in ten years — identical offerings, just more expensive, so I passed. And the fact that prior experience says that I could go back tomorrow and order the same salad and get something terrible.
Still, the salad was delicious and good value for money, and if they’d add a few more veggie or seafood-​only dishes to the menu, I’d be visiting very often.