MARCO Pierre White's restuarant in Salisbury has closed. 

The Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar & Grill opened at The Stones Hotel at Highpost in September 2020. 

But the hotel has now been sold to new owners - Bowling Green Asset Management - and as a result, the Steakhouse Bar & Grill is no longer onsite. 

Nick Taplin, Chairman and CEO of Black & White Hospitality, which owns the franchise rights to eight of Pierre White’s restaurant concepts, told the Journal: “Our Salisbury restaurant opened during the pandemic and has traded very well since then.

“The Stones Hotel, which includes the Steakhouse restaurant, has now been sold to new owners who want to take it in a new, more focussed and limited-service direction, as part of their own refurbishment plans. They have lots of exciting ideas for the ground floor space and we wish them the very best in the future.

“For Black and White Hospitality, the core Steakhouse restaurant business and brand remains very strong and we’ve got a healthy pipeline of new enquiries and future openings already for 2023 and 2024, while the current franchised estate across the UK continues to trade well.”

David Matton, who previously owned the venue, said when the restaurant opened: "We're absolutely delighted to have someone of Marco’s calibre open one of his restaurants here at The Stones Hotel. This is great news for both the hotel and area.

“The Army relocating programme has resulted in an influx of forces families to the area while redevelopment and new housing has also increased the city’s population so we’re expecting the new restaurant to prove popular with those who live locally. The new restaurant will also prove attractive to tourists visiting Stonehenge which is close-by plus business travellers which forms a high proportion of our weekday customers."

The restaurant's menu, which was developed by Marco himself, included signature steaks, and timeless English and French classics, as well as a mix of childhood favourites and modern-day classics and bringing to life Marco’s own philosophy of what he describes as ‘affordable glamour’.

The restaurant also served a range of cocktails matched to the venue’s countryside location.

Bowling Green Asset Management own several hotels, including the Holiday Inn at Solstice Park. It has been contacted for comment.