Quite Simply French

Quite Simply French

A Lancaster French restaurant with just four individually named bedrooms, turning a celebratory dinner on St George's Quay into a small-scale overnight escape.

At a glance

• Location: Lancaster
• Main restaurant: Quite Simply French
• Bedrooms / accommodation units: 4

Why we like it

Quite Simply French is appealing because the restaurant remains the centre of the experience. The bedrooms extend the occasion rather than turn the property into a large hotel programme, making it particularly well suited to couples celebrating something or travelling for dinner. Its thirty-year history in Lancaster gives the French menu a local context, while St George's Quay provides the setting for a quieter pause around the meal. The four-room scale means the bedroom is worth choosing deliberately. Reserve the room and table together when a particular date matters, as the restaurant attracts many diners who are not staying overnight.

Eat

Quite Simply French

The cooking is rooted in recognisable French classics, with enough seasonal choices to let the evening feel individual. The current menu includes Burgundy snails with garlic, parsley and Pernod butter, frogs' legs, mussels in white wine, and beef bourguignon with mushrooms and pancetta. Chargrilled sea bass with a herb-led accompaniment and roasted chicken with Madeira jus give other routes through the meal. Lobster and larger steak choices create a more expansive celebration if that is the plan. The restaurant's identity is French flavour and hospitable occasion dining, rather than a compulsory tasting-menu sequence.

The evening's details

The menu includes suggested wines alongside dishes, useful for guests who enjoy planning the drink as part of dinner. Desserts on the after-dinner selection include white-chocolate cheesecake, sticky-toffee pudding and an Amaretto crème brûlée. Early-bird choices and particular food offers have their own windows and eligible dishes, so they should not be assumed to describe every evening sitting. The restaurant currently takes final food orders at 8:30pm Monday to Saturday, with an earlier finish on Sunday. A room above or alongside the restaurant makes a leisurely meal practical, but the table still needs its own confirmed reservation.

Sleep

The four bedrooms are named Williamson, Ripley, Gillow and Ashton, with Ashton presented as a suite. This is a small collection in which the actual room photographs, bathroom and amount of space are more useful than a generic accommodation label. For a celebration, choose the room that fits how you want to spend the time before and after dinner. A quieter morning and breakfast can be part of the occasion rather than simply preparation for departure. The property's five-star accommodation recognition should be read on its own terms; it does not automatically establish AA Red Stars or a Michelin hotel award.

Retreat

The quay setting gives the visit a natural place for a walk and a change of pace before dinner. Lancaster can supply a separately planned daytime outing, but a one-night restaurant stay need not include a full programme of attractions. Allowing time to settle in the room and arrive at the table without hurry is likely to make better use of the property. The official Dine and Stay offer is available on selected Sunday-to-Thursday dates, with room-specific terms and stated exclusions. It is a separate package from independently booking accommodation and ordering dinner, so choose the arrangement that matches the occasion and actual inclusions.

What guests say

Google rating: 4.6/5 from 774 reviews, checked 6 October 2026. Food, service, atmosphere and breakfast are consistently recurring positives, with many visitors choosing the restaurant for celebrations. Comments about the property are particularly favourable, though the profile combines restaurant and overnight visits and should not be read as evidence about every bedroom alone. Less positive remarks are relatively limited, so there is no basis for inventing a dominant drawback. It is an especially good fit for couples wanting the restaurant occasion to continue into a four-room overnight stay.

The Gourmet Getaway

The indicative price panel combines accommodation and breakfast for two with dinner for two. Read the menu basis and eligible service days for the selected option, then confirm both reservations for your dates. Drinks, dish supplements and service are additional. Official hotel packages have their own inclusions and terms.

Worth knowing

• Each bedroom is allocated a complimentary parking permit; this is not a promise of a private car park or a separately reserved space.
• Check the official Dine and Stay offer's eligible dates, dish supplements and occasion exclusions.
• A bottle included for the room under the package is not intended to be taken into the restaurant.
• Dinner currently ends earlier on Sunday than Monday to Saturday.
• Reserve the named bedroom and dinner table together when celebrating a particular date.

The Gourmet Getaways view

A particularly attractive Lancaster choice for a French celebration dinner that continues overnight. The restaurant's strong recurring feedback and the four individual rooms make it a focused food stay, with package terms and parking arrangements worth understanding in advance.