Temple Restaurant & Bar in Kingston upon Thames

Good range of choice, and the ice cream machine was a very nice touch. Not sure it was worth what we paid but it’s still pleasant enough and you can eat as much as you want which after a long day in the park is welcome.

Basic food with no flashing lights

Basic food. You be better to go to Epsom and support the local town. It'll be nicer. We ate our breakfast overseeing the rats crawling on the patio from last night's dinner service which had not been cleared.

Good food but need more variety, first time to find chicken nuggets in any buffet restaurants which is good for the kids,

Unfortunately this place let our stay down. Breakfast buffett was absolutely diabolical. Everything was freezing cold from the eggs to the pancakes and the hash browns stone cold through and through. Toast will do you here, and cereal as nothing else is edible. Such a shame for the cost of the hotel.

We had dinner here during an overnight stay at Chessington - newly £70 for two adults and a child excluding drinks, for that price it's very poor quality food especially the kid's options. The staff when we could find them were helpful, but overall it wasn't a great experience.

The Temple Restaurant disappointed across the board. The quality of the food left much to be desired and the hygiene of the plates and cutlery was questionable. The staff didn't seem particularly attentive or professional either. Overall a disappointing experience.

Food was ok at best, not particularly hot and nothing stood out as particularly good. Staff were friendly, though fizzy drinks machines weren't working and they didn't seem too bothered when I told them - despite the fact we had paid 4.20 each for "unlimited drinks"! 76 quid for two adults and a child, including 2 small unlimited drinks that we were only able to fill once - staff should have been wearing balaclavas. Biggest let down of the trip :(

Disgusting!!!! So over priced, I got a refund on the slop I tried. We will be leaving the resort to find a nice pub for dinner tomorrow night.

Absolutely amazing food! Widespread buffet Very helpful, polite, and courteous staff. Amazingly fresh food with such a delicious taste. I loved the breakfast experience. I would definitely return.

Had some pancakes here which were like if a cat mixed egg and salt together and one case of an anemic pizza which smelt like when i get my feet out on a long day of walking. Absolutely despicable! Also the watermelon tasted like drinking a pumpkin. Vile.

Not best restaurant. Walked in and the place smelt really bad of sick! So off putting! No table service. Food was very hard / plain wasn’t happy with the choices. Had to go to the bar yourself. Paid £29.50 !!

Terrible.... Wouldn't bother for the money. Unless you like beige food I wouldn't bother. I can see how I would appeal to some families, as an easy quick option. Buffet style, with the usual options for kids, chicken nuggets, fish fingers, chips etc. There was also a carvery stand, but the meats weren't of great quality, overcooked and dry. Tables weren't cleaned, even though there was plenty of staff hanging about chatting. Drinks were exuberantly over priced for what they were, but I suppose it's a captive market. If your staying at the hotel, you'd be as well taking a trip into Chessington town an going to a restaurant there.

We tried the buffet dinner and it was.....Only the fries, the fruits and ice cream are fine. It caused 20 gbp for adult and 10 for child so you wouldn't expect too much but it was still a bit below expectation.

I went in for breakfast and it was very good. Self service and everything is cooked. Like all merlin restaurants, the orange and apple juice is… just the best!!!!!!!!!!

For the price, the evening buffet is okay.

Food was all dryed out not happy considering it almost cost £100 for the five of us. Plates where dirty wish I would have saved my money and went off site to eat. Over all wouldn't recommend this restaurant to anyone vile.

How to let an entire visit down. Food was terrible, luke warm and uninspiring. Staff were friendly but it defies the point. Value for money is also appalling. Shame given the various snack shacks/cafes around the park provide far better food that is edible!! What a let down!

The venue could be good but poor service and overloud background sounds are not good. It has ants running around the room in a tube that is fascinating to watch. Unfortunately at certain intervals the background noise gets louder and louder. This is not good for anyone with sensory needs. You have to go to the bar for drinks, there is no table service. The room is dimly lighted by yellow spots making whatever you have on your plate look the same. The quality of the food was poor to say the least. Table was booked for set time but was a free for all. Edit: Spoken to the manger and today's breakfast was much better.

AWFUL food and a waste of money. Over priced and so expensive. A family of four with drinks was £78 and we hardly ate anything because the food was so disgusting.

Excellent value for money and child friendly restaurant. The food is very repetitive, and sometimes not hot, but overall great value.

We took my daughter to Chessington for the Zootastic weekend on the 12th and 13th February we book dinner for 6.30pm at the Temple restaurant and it was the worst buffet/food we ever had, firstly the food was cold and hard (roast dinner buffet) the temperature wasn't checked at all on the food, having paid £54.85 for the 3 of us it was like having poor cafe food. The staff were unprofessional poorly trained they took our refillable cups while we went to get desert (it's a buffet ensure people are finishe) I told the lady who couldn't talk English and she called her colleague over I explained again and she went off and got us drinks. To my horror they grouped by our table talking and giggling in their own language we felt so uncomfortable and got up and left. The following morning we went for breakfast thinking it would be better but no food was cold sausages were hard, bacon cold, beans and eggs were cold we then just opted for fruit and toast and went to the park to eat. I complained to reception who gave me an email to write my complaint to and she said she would talk to the restaurant manager. Anyway today I got a response to my email offering us £15 pounds vouchers as compensation, this in my eyes is an insult. I forgot to mention the roast dinner was so dry it broke the filling in my tooth. I've replied rejecting their offer as this isn't a one off just look at the same reviews on Trustpilot. Can someone from senior management please reach out to me from the hotel.

I had to wait a hour for a kids portion and it was not great. This service was not great. They were messing up peoples orders but overall it was alright

Far to expensive for what you actually get. Food was nice but not value for money. Paid £18 for basically a small roast dinner and then had to pay an additional £4 for a bottomless drink - small paper cup. The bottomless drinks should be included within £18 dinner price.

Great selection of food catering well for gluten free. Really surprised at the quality given the usual theme park fare. Great staff too! Can’t wait to come back.

AVOID. I honestly can't remember when the last time I had such horrible food. Undercooked, bland, cheaper than cheap, surprised how we didn't get food poisoning 🤢 the amount of food waste is shocking too!

Ate here (dinner) as was staying at the hotel last night, was so disappointed the food actually looked really nice as someone else said you pay at the till before your sit down so they already have your money 😒 the food was lukewarm and tasteless.... My son didn't like any of it ended up going to the other restaurant in the hotel and ordering him a burger and chips. Would not eat here again.

Buffet style food , hot fresh an tasty

Awful!. Food is good tasty but hostess are too rude and liar . Her name is Isabella. Skinny girl. She said they’re full they don’t have table for sit but after 1 one guy came he said ok for sit . Absolutely that girl rude and liar .

Overpriced for bad food. Poor service and untrained staff. Cheap and nasty.

This place has so much potential. I think I was there on a bad day. The drinks machines were not working so I had to go to the bar outside and join the long queue in order to get drinks. Ice cream machine was broken. It is however a decent buffet . Good selection at dinner time , breakfast is a little smaller but still sufficient.

Dont go here if you dont have to. You pay for your meal before you sit down, and you know why as soon as you see the buffet. Its horrible cheap nasty food. Couldnt even chew a piece of pork, it was that tough. Also very annoying staff on entering the hall and the same annoying deafening song repeating over and over. Wow this was bad, how they have 3.7 rating is beyond me.

Decent selection of food. Friendly and very attentive staff. Would recommend

Lovely chef. Brilliant staff. Food was amazing. Very tasty. Highly recommend

Most of the food here is like a budget school canteen. The meat was adequate but the roast potatoes looked deep fried and the vegetables were all out of the freezer. Very unpleasant. Churros were nice but the ice cream is horrendous. More ice, than cream. Don't let it melt or it looks even worse! We paid £50 for 2 adults and 2 children. Should've gone to the beefeater next door!

Don’t eat here!!!!!! After eating here I had food poisoning and it hurt a lot. Some of the staff are quite rude and it is extremely overpriced for what I got. Disappointing.

Lots to choose from. Stayed for breakfast And had plenty of food given had a plate full. No scrimping on the beans or bacon

Poor poor poor quality, had dinner, paid £16 for the pleasure of having all cutlery being dirty, had to fish through the cutlery tray to find items I would risk letting my family put in their mouths. Roasted joints were dry and overcooked, roasted potatoes had hard centres, like they were just picked, a real disappointment all round. Would not recommend. We are having breakfast in the morning so watch this space.

Good choice of breakfast offered including full English and continental options. Food was fresh and hot when we arrived. Can't complain. More than one coffee dispenser needed as created queues and the watered down juice not very nice. Staff tried to clear tables quickly. Social distancing not adhered too by anyone and staff did not implement this either. Also had evening meal which due to being a sunday was a carvery. Plenty of meat options and vegetables. Not many options for children ( fish fingers and sausages under the counter?) And poor choice of desserts. Just ice cream and churros. Refill drinks used to be included in the price as previous visit but now they are charging extra. Also ask for blue light discount as this is not promoted by staff but is valid.

We booked as an add on to our hotel stay and had no idea it was a buffet. Staff were lovely but the resturant was a shock.... It was like a school canteen all we can do is actually laugh at the fact i pre paid £65 to eat school food.. It was truly awful and breakfast was just as bad so we won't be eating at this hotel for the remainder of our stay 🤮🤮. We couldn't even have an alcoholic drink in the temple restaurant... Its a canteen.... to numb the pain of sitting in the dark eating cold food, flacid sausages, overcooked fish fingers and i dont even know what i ate tbh Please please get a burger. King or something... Please

Limited choice for poor food. On entry...asked how many people (adults and kids) and given card machine for total - no idea how the overall cost was broken down or that it was buffet only. Dark and Noisy. Wont return.

We had our pre paid evening meal here and it was good. Not a huge variety from the buffet evening meal. Some tasty some to avoid for lack of flavour. Ie the roast chicken and the mac'n'cheese. The warm bread is great especially the olive bread. Pre made salads are really good. Dessert bar was good fun for the kids. If the weather is OK then make sure you sit outside to watch the animals while you eat. Then go enjoy the 2 hours of exclusive access to the monkeys and other animals on the reserve.

Brilliant food and brilliant staff 10 out 10

Do not eat here! U pay on the way in so you can't see how bad the food is! And no chance 0f a refund when you realise your paying £20 a person for uncooked chips and a choice if cold pork hard ribs or fish fingers even the kids wouldn't eat.

Try the beef curry it's amazing and the kids loved their choices. The young chaps that booked us in ( reservations were on line) checked we were okay with the allergen menu. The theming was great too but not to in your face. Think rainforest without the Ott thunderclaps. The chefs were informative and the chap who was cleaning the area never stopped moving. Set up for social distancing and although busy we were not made to feel rushed. You can go to the buffet as many times as you like and the chap doing the ice cream managed really well. With 20 percent off with a merlin card I thought this was excellent value for a 'hotel meal'. Keeping two picky eaters and one dietary need person happy is not that easy but we should sleep well and after mobile ordering the vodka it's almost guaranteed.

Booked a table in The Temple Restaurant specifically to experience eating next to leaf cutter ants to find that they had been removed months before, but were still advertised on the website. Food was ok but not enough choice. At £50 for 1 adult, 2 kids (ages 12 & 14) thought was rather pricey! Soft drinks included but the machine was broken. Too dark to eat comfortably and the music was way too loud. No strict social distancing on entry or near food. Bar drinks expensive 2x soft drinks & 1x 25ml Tia Maria & Coke £11.

Food was ice cold,chef swore at us when it was stated by multiple guests,not many staff spoke -any- English. LIMITED MENU Very echoey with blaring music/sound affects in the evening,not recommended

Excellent food, nice atmosphere. Sometimes a bit dark though. That light show is nice, but if you can no longer see your plate.. 🤔

Buffet style food, lots of it and geared for kids.

Great value for food, not so great that it's cold 😅

I've always liked this restaurant. Love the ant trail that go around the wall and the thunderstorm effects. Food pretty good but would like a bit more choice.

Good varied buffet meals and breakfasts whilst staying at Chessington. Always tidy even when very busy.

We really enjoyed our meal and it's one of our favourite restaurants, it's a must go to restaurant.

The buffet dinner was ok. Good choice for the whole family but the unlimited drinks were run out and the food could of been hotter. Breakfast was good as filled us up all morning.

Need to clean the tables before they Lay the cutlery

This buffet was good and had a wide range of food but the queue was long. You allowed in wether you had a reservation or not. And they never had any plates

Best out of the 2 restaurant, if you have little ones

Excellent food as much as you can eat

Sorry im not a picky person ,ill eat pretty much anything ,but for the price of the food the quality was disgusting. Veg- cold and old it was very stringy Curry- oily, and the meat was mushy like the cheap microwave meals you get where your not quite sure what meat it was. The childrens chicken nuggets were very mushy in the middle my son who has eaten worms in the past refused to eat it. The fish fingers were stone cold ,my boys just had a sausage sandwich in the end . The cheese cake was very strange almost like a blamangè very jellyfied, the brownies were stale . I know its a buffet and not expecting 5* but when weve just paid £56.00 for food i could have paid a fiver for and had a much better meal its just really disappointing. Theres beef eater upthe road so think we'll try that tomorrow.

Great array of food for all tastes and attentive staff

Great food , great staff very friendly

Dark, noisy, substandard food, over priced !!!. A horrible experience all round. Really disappointed with it. One of the servers was handling the food with bare hands, no way of telling if he had wash his hands. I expect better for 60 + pounds. But a watery curry, over cooked rice, tasteless meat and the worst apple crumble I have ever had. One word Shocking

Buffet style dinner and breakfast in the restaurant with a decent selection of choice and unlimited soft drinks. For dinner there is also a kids section. Themed along a temple style, with TVs acting as windows to the 'jungle' outside. It is a little dark inside as a result. Staff are friendly and helpful. The bar is a little basic and closed earlier than Zufari, which is a much nicer space

Really great, the kids could pick and choose. Don't forget second helpings of ice cream 😉

Enjoyed the meal. Not too pricey all things considered and it taste great.

Good breakfast and helpful staff although the coffee machine does varying sized drinks lol

Buffet style, which suits everyone. Food is very reasonable. Love the ant tunnel that goes round the wall

Great food roast and curry excellent. Service great and cleaning table first class from the waiters. Great to see proper temperature taking on the service line for haccp!

It's ok, could do with slightly more to choose from but what they did have, there was plenty of. slightly on the expensive side but the kids enjoyed it

Breakfast was good, dinner was not worth it. Pretty neat atmosphere. Not very clean though. I had to sort through a few dishes to find clean ones.

Warm welcome from the staff..breakfast was good but the scrabbled egg was wartery.in the evening all you can eat buffet was not so good.the curry was quite salty..and the carvery wasnt blessed with trimmings.it was pritty standard the yorkshire pudz were rubbery also the pizzas for the children tasted like they had been dipped in turps..maybe it was the oven cleaner they used?.i didnt see no gravey for the carvery.it reminded me of a childrens meal tbh.wasnt worth £20 a adult 'very expensive for the standard of food i experianced

Great, even the carvery meat is an all-you-can-eat buffet

Fizzy drinks weren't fizzy so tasted bad. Plenty of dishes to choose from and tasty. But some parents need to take control of there kids instead of letting them run loose all over the resturant.

If you like to eat in the dark very dim light it's the place to go. I have been to a lot of restaurants and this one prity basic. Get a better spread at Toby carvary. Paper cups what a wast. The day we went food was cold. We will not be going back, book a restorent close by and get better food and service and value for money.

Reluctant reservations... Sub par, but at least the kids got to load up on ice cream!

Awful bar service, card machine didnt work.

Nice decoration, lovely staff, could do with a little more variety

Reasonably good buffet breakfasts and dinner, better value if you have annual passes.

Helpful friendly staff. Lovely food. Just wish it was not so dark in there.

Super friendly helpful staff, basic food but great for hungry kids

This is the second time we've stayed at the Chessington resort. Both times were wonderful. The staff are always friendly and helpful. The Temple bar and restaurant is great. We have breakfast and dinner in there for the duration of our stay and have not been disappointed yet. It's buffet style for both breakfast and dinner. In the morning you're offered a full English selection, cereals, toasts, continental meat and cheese selections as well as croissants, pastries and muffins. In the evening you can get either roast dinner or curry to sausages, chicken nuggets, fish fingers for the little ones. Last time we were there the puddings were chocolate cake of cheesecake. There's an iceream station for the kids to make their own sundaes too.

Great food. Clear allergy advice. Friendly, helpful staff

Food was lovely. Great that kids can get up for more choices. No complaints....brilliant

Thought good was nice. Catered for vegetarians. Lovely venue. Amazing live ant trail round the wall of the restaurant

Good selection of hot and cold foods, only one thing once buzy it does get warm in there, so air con might be a good idea.

Buffet lunch more choice of food would of been nice

Absolute rubbish. Trust me. Take a look at reviews on Trustpilot, and Trip advisor. The reviews are pretty much the same on customers bad experiences over the past 2 to 3 years. Same type of complaints. Same answers fro management. Pass comments to relevant departments. They don't take any notice of bad reviews. Be advised, I have had an on going complaint since May this year on the appalling food at The Temple bar and Restaurant on site hotel. In a nutshell 2 adults and 2 children. Just under £60 later we ended up with 4 plates of chips, 4 soft drinks and 4 ice creams. Everything else was either not available or inedible. Just been informed by emai today that the have a policy of NOT offering refunds. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED !!

The worst food I have ever tasted.

Excellent selection. Eat all you can so value for money. Food a little cold for my liking.

Waited for ages for the food to be ready and then it wasn't great. Desserts were still frozen

My grandson is still going on how lovely it was

Not a great selection of healthy food availible but a great selection of food to choose from at the all you can eat dinner. Cavary, curries, kids choices, deserts including make your own ice cream. Breakfast again not healthy but if you request porridge it will be freshly made and it was very good.

Abysmal quality of food and only a small selection to boot!

Disgusting food. Overpriced as well.

For a buffet the choice isn't great but quality was good. Loved the Gannon and cheesecake.

Dire, poor quality food, loud music, dim lights , but friendly staff!

Don't get dazzled by the word "buffet". I have tried every part. The price looks first reasonable for an open buffet, however the food is terrible! Even the worst restaurant in the theme park has better food.

Understaffed, very average buffet

Terrible service, terrible quality food, massively over priced. Don't go.

Great view of the pond and safari animals. Buffet style restaurant. Very expensive dinner which was cold. Breakfast was great when it was very early in the morning but as it got later there were a lot of people all trying to get to the food at once.