"We ate at the French restaurant and it was superb...."
"Lovely marina surrounded by multiple places to enjoy great food and drinks."
"We had pizzas steak sandwiches and chicken burgers all hot and tasty."
"The Seco Lounge has great service and App to easily order from A+."
"I always have good food and excellent service from all staff."
"Fantastic Tapas, corn fritters are a must, also an excellent menu with a really varied choice of mains and sides."
"Had a meal here in wagamama restaurant absolutely delicious Great value for money!"
Cons:
"Food market on Sundays was fun, but slightly repetitive with same handful of craft/food stalls each time which can be walked around in a couple of minutes."
"Service was very good but almost all the non-pizza menu items had sauce with chilli in."
"Going around the food fair dog were sniffing all the food on sale put me off buying."
"Most of venues to eat at are chain restaurants that knock out overpriced poor quality food but there is the occasional hidden gem."
"Only thing is weather due to covid or because they have some residence living here they intend to shut early for food."
"Too pricey, awkwardly laid out and outside seating unprotected from the wind."
"Seagulls attack the tables at every opportunity."
Parking
Pros:
"There is ample reasonably priced parking around the 'streets' of the site."
"Ample parking is available but it's pay and display."
"There is plenty of parking spaces and a great selection of places to eat."
"Apartments have allocated parking so no additional payment needed."
"Parking isn’t too expensive and the ferry to Mt Edgecombe is close-by."
"You can travel by car or get a bus with plenty of on-site parking."
"Lots of parking too."
Cons:
"Both the hotel and parking company should be ashamed of their attitude in this matter."
"Parking is metered and very strict (check your bay if you aren’t sure of the t&c’s)."
"Overpriced, overrated. Parking is difficult, and the wardens hide and pounce, parking ticket is issued before you even get back from paying at the machine."
"They now charge for disabled parking."
"Parking on site can be a bit hit and miss during busy periods."
"Very clean and ran well with nice restaurants and jetties. But parking is a joke with the whole reg number thing. Us foreigners have no clue how all that works. Nor understand your system."
"Thanks for the parking ticket though RWY despite your ticket machines being out of order."
Location and Atmosphere
Pros:
"Royal William Yard is a fabulous combination of Plymouth's historic naval past with a unique, award-winning design."
"An interesting & charming part of the City to visit, whether it's for the views, restaurants or even heading onto the water for some sailing/paddleboarding."
"Royal William Yard is truly stunning."
"Beautiful old military yard that has been transformed very nicely into a new destination with lots of nice restaurants and little jewellery shops."
"A beautifully restored, graceful place, with gorgeous views and good eateries."
"A rare gem of early 19th century buildings, largely unused throughout its life and the biggest grade 1 listed site in Europe."
"Wonderful place to spend a day wandering around and admiring the magnificent old granite buildings, roads and pavements."
Cons:
"Urban splash have RUINED this place for true sailors."
"To some people this place seems to be the bee's knees and the place to be seen. It does have a good feel about the place but in reality it's old austere navel stores buildings restored into residential apartments, some business premises and very generic Restaurants."
"It's not what you think now it full of up market restaurants and apartments the history has all but been replaced with yuppies."
"A big disappointment, I visited on a weekday in October and there was little of interest."
"There doesn't appear to be anything to explain the vast history surrounding the 'yard'."
"The visitor experience is not quite all that it should be."
"A major disappointment. After parking the lack of signage meant we wondered round for ages trying to find occupied units."
Events and Activities
Pros:
"A large Christmas market at Christmas time."
"Had a brilliant time at the Royal William yard tour on Saturday. So much history a lot to take in, it was very interesting and the tour guide had a good knowledge of the yard."
"Went to RWY to hear some live music on Friday as one of the free events put on and then dinner at Pho. Really enjoyable evening with friends and Wimbledon was streamed on a big screen on the lawn."
"Every Sunday they hold a very large food market. Selling all local products."
"There are various activities like a food market every third weekend of the month, paddle boarding, independent and chain food outlets, a gym, Airbnb’s, a ferry in the summer, artist studios and in the near future a cinema."
"They also have lots of events on throughout the year and great places to meet up with friends and family for any occasion."
"A great opportunity to immerse oneself into the Naval history of the victualling yard."
Cons:
"Imagine my surprise when I’m sat here, watching the tennis and at 10 o’clock, the news comes on and I’m forced to watch that forever…. Don’t say ‘Game, Set and Match’. If you intend to make us watch the news we can boringly sit and watch that at home!!!"
"Could be a lot different at night time or during special events."
"There needs to be more there plus public bathrooms. March it's desolate. Nice walks great part along the water but a whole of nothing much."
"You may be a little disappointed in the retail and eating selection though, as the restaurants are mostly (but not all) chains that you see everywhere else."
"I do not recommend this hotel, devolved parking to a profit focussed parking company. Hotel staff since have been unhelpful and disinterested in guests."
"The regular food market is nice, with some fantastic bits on offer."
"Car parking is a nightmare parking supervisors don't know what they are doing drove around 3 times in the end they said park on the double yellow lines."