Overview
- The group says it is proposing to close the Marlborough site and is consulting employees, adding it hopes a shutdown can be avoided.
- A spokesperson said other restaurants and rooms continue to trade well but the Marlborough location has not delivered comparable returns.
- Companies House filings reported this week show Stein’s Trading Limited and The Seafood Restaurant Padstow Limited posted operating losses in 2024.
- Rick Stein’s small Padstow café has permanently closed, with the company saying three staff members were offered alternative roles.
- Marlborough’s hospitality sector reports severe cost pressures and falling footfall, with recent closures including The Marlborough pub and a history of the Stein site narrowly avoiding closure in 2020 after a rent cut.