The Wharton family has been welcoming guests to the Hotel Riviera for more than 35 years, & their seafront retreat is still as popular as ever. One major draw is the restaurant, which consistently delivers unfussy, good-quality cooking in comfortable surrounds. The menu mixes modern European dishes with trad Brit favourites: you might take the tried & tested route with char-grilled asparagus & hollandaise, followed by chicken suprême with braised leeks, glazed carrots & baby onion sauce or go continental with ham hock & flageolet bean terrine with ciabatta crisps, pineapple & chilli compote, ahead of spiced salmon with pepper couscous, rösti potatoes, spring onion crème fraîche & caviar.