Premier Inn staff and stay was the universal standard which I have come to expect and has reassuringly been the same wherever I stay. The Beefeater restaurant experience was odd. Having booked a table, it took a while to be attended to, staff were dismissive, we were told to order food at the bar so tried to seat ourselves but were told not to sit in the restaurant area, we were told we had half an hour to dine table booked for 9 pm and website information said open until 11 pm. We decided not to dine having had this reception, when we explained this to the waiting staff, they gave the reason that there was a private party in the function room. A bizarre experience, I will never repeat.