Castle Tavern in Highland

Managed to get in on a Saturday night and what a good decision that was. Cullen skink and chipotle chicken loaded fries were amazing. As was the salmon special. The music just made the experience even better. Thanks to James and the whole team for looking after us.

Gezellige sfeer in de pub, restaurant boven wat rustiger met mooi uitzicht. Heerlijke Schotse gerechten. Personeel was erg vriendelijk en dacht mee voor tips qua eten maar ook voor onze verdere reis hadden ze nuttige tips! Met name de Haggis was echt super.

Did not have food - drinks only Stopped for a pint with family, always visit when I am in Inverness. First impressions are this is a no frills traditional pub, lots of character and a really welcoming. Staff are friendly and there is a wide selection of real ales. Price is reasonable for the area, 4 x pints cost £17 which i thought was pretty good. Although did not have food, there are menus available and the food leaving the kitchen looked nice, did not notice any complaints from diners. Always visit for a pint and would definitely recommend, it’s a nice traditional pub to stop and have a drink at.

Interesting (architecture and style of the building) smallish pub (football/ sports shown on TV outside and in) and upstairs restaurant (relatively spacious, fully packed and with piped music makes it a bit difficult to hear conversations) up a hill in Inverness, overlooking the river and the Cathedral. Didn't enter the pub downstairs as it was quite crowded, but went upstairs (we were a group of 4, visited 2nd weekend February 2024) and managed to sit early. Food was nice, everyone had starters (I had a slightly spicy red pepper soup, nice, with a piece of toasted bread), for Mains I had a shaped Haggis dish (nicely presented, but a little dry and needed more sauce), the Onion rings were huge and the Fish & Chips looked tasty. Everyone was satisfied and we had coffee with to finish. Drink + starter + mains +coffee (both flat white and Espresso both cost £3.50, I wasn't expecting to pay the same price for an Espresso as a normal large flat white 😕) was roughly £28. Staff were attentive and pleasant to chat to, would come again.

Lugar agradable, comida fresca y deliciosa (pedimos fish and chipes y steak pie) y variedad de cervezas. Fuimos durante un partido de rugby de las six nations y compartimos con distintas personas. Nos invitaron una cerveza señalando que era hospitalidad escocesa. Fue una linda experiencia y recomendamos el lugar. Volveríamos!

Great pub food here, friendly service and hospitality. We had a great meal - thanks to Glen in the restaurant for a lovely evening!

Haven't eaten here for a while so star review is from several years ago but was great then. We stop by here about once a week for a drink when we're in town. Sitting outside under the heaters in winter has one of the best views in Inverness and we love it. In summer it is much busier, but still a great place to hang out with friends. Staff are always friendly and there is a real "local" feel to the place that is always welcoming. Real Ale on tap is good and changes regularly.

Fabulous wee pub! We went several times with our 2 huskies. Dog friendly and full of friendly locals. Good food (served till 8.30pm) Great staff and great beer. Will be back!

Been years ago and enjoyed, had the dog so restricted but noticed dog friendly, quiet quaint Burns coaching style, good menu portions and service also good range of drinks friendly service thoroughly recommend macaroni and Haddock excellent

Lovely place to go for a drink with terrace

An amazing service and drink s quality Dan was superb

Wonderful place to have a great beer, eat some delicious food and share a story or two. Everyone was pleasant.

Great place, fun atmosphere. It's expensive (especially the food) so I tend to eat elsewhere first.

Good food. The staff was very welcoming and kind. Great atmosphere too!

What I would class as a 'locals' pub, you know with the group sitting at the bar nursing a half and being loud. Otherwise small with a good choice of ales.

Sehr gemütliches Ambiente, so wie ich mir ein richtiges Pub vorstelle. Essen war richtig gut (Fish & Chips) und eine große Portion. Service sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit. Die Whiskey Auswahl könnte größer sein... Ansonsten sehr zu empfehlen.

Restaurant sans point positif particulier mise à part la vue sur le château, en construction … le restaurant est à la hauteur de la ville.

Had a great dinner the Staff is just great. Unfortunately I just caught one name, but she was so nice when we paid for our delicious fish and chips, and steak pies. Emma didn't have to be so kind to us but she just was. Our waitress with the black hair, apologies for not knowing your name was also so nice. Definitely worth seeing, best fish and chips in Inverness.

Nice pub, friendly staff but food could be better. Not bad fir price though.

Nice little pub and friendly, could do with smaller food options for a lunchtime feed

Great favourite place when we are in inverness

Welcoming and friendly. Good selection of drinks. Good menu. Dog friendly

Disappointed in the food. While the taste was good, there were barely two shreds of fish in my Cullen skink. Staff did not ask how meal was, and when I worked up the courage to say, they took my payment before offering to not charge for my meal... Too late of course. Followed by some disingenuous apology. Paid a lot for our food :(

Kitchen was unfortunately closed, wanted to try their Cullen Skink.

This place is the absolute best also amazing food ten out of ten food.FISH IS massive SLSO BURGER TENN OUT OF TEN love it so much best in Inverness very quiet they also have a great service so nice and lovely place and amazing people best burger in Inverness abounding to twenty people or more not the biggest space but snug and cosy with a lovely bathroom Rachel served us so so nice and kind hearted and it's got so much decoratings

Didn't have food nice pub nice location 👍

Rachel was delightful! Soup, drinks, service, and deserts were superb in a pleasant, relaxed environment.

Kitchen closed on monday? Uh oke…

We only had a drink...no pressure to purchase more...really nice...

This was our home pub for several days. While the castle is under renovations, it's a great place to find a seat outside, or if you are lucky, you can sit inside. Decent prices, decent selection, and a cool vibe.

Pub très sympa, très chaleureux et familial.

Cool little neighborhood pub with indoor our outdoor seating.

Sitio acogedor y con encanto Ideal para recuperar el calor corporal con una cerveza bien fresquita y acompañado con algo de comer Totalmente recomendable!!

Typische Pub mit einfacher Küche aber sehr nettem Service

It's a pretty pub with appalling food. Paid £17 for a steak sandwich, there were two tiny strips of overcooked steak (think fajita strip), this wasn't just mine, others ordered similar and the food was poor. The service was good however and the pub quiz was fun. Would go back for a beer, never for food.

Delicious Cullen skink and salmon salad. Nice views.

Fab food at a good price. Good selection of beers and spirits. Lots of screens for sport. Allows dogs which was nice. Small inside for eating but very nice and has lots of history.

Nice pub with good pub food and very friendly.

Had an amazing time in here last Sunday. Made reservations for a big party upstairs. Had a variety of everything on the menu, including the different drinks. Everything came out in a timely manner, food was tasty and perfect, and our waitress Emma did a FANTASTIC job. Always a pleasure returning to our favorite restaurant in Inverness. Apologies on not taking photos as we they were too delicious.

Good atmosphere hardly work in staff keep the customer happy 👍

Stopped in for 1 drink; everything went smoothly( but it was only 1 drink)

Nice pub , local beers,very good meals,live music on friday.

This is a busy spot and luckily we had booked months ahead. We arrived in Inverness, dropped our stuff at the b&b and headed for the Castle Tavern. I enjoyed the food and ambience when I dined there several years ago and found the food and ambience were still very good.

Locale carino, al piano terra è presente il pub mentre al piano superiore il ristorante. Il ristorante è semplice ma carino con pochi tavoli. Il problema è che abbiamo aspettato ore i piatti, quando sono arrivati la mia zuppa era buona ma fredda. Il piatto di pesce niente di che, ne ho mangiato decisamente di migliori da altre parti. Il cameriere di sua iniziativa si è scusato per l'attesa lunghissima dicendoci che ci sono stati problemi in cucina e sempre di sua iniziativa ci ha proposto uno sconto, cosa che abbiamo apprezzato. Pertanto do comunque 4 stelle al servizio poiché ha comunque gestito l'inconveniente e la sufficienza al cibo (3 stelle). Mi spiace al momento non poter dare di più ma senza la gentilezza del cameriere avrei dato anche voti più bassi. Spero ci saranno altre occasioni per ritornare e incrementare il voto.

Klein und fein innen, bei schönem warmem Wetter draußen. Es gibt leckere kleine und große Speisen und eine große Getränkeauswahl.

It is a self-service place, only the food is delivered to your table.

Went there last week with my family , great for vegetarians my sandwich was great took half home though , the mac n cheese and fish were equally as good would definitely go again

A canny pub to pop in for a pint at lunch time....bit disappointed food didn't start til 5

Cool place with tons of seating. Good beer selection and vibes. Great place to have dinner!

Visited the castle tavern on a recent trip to Inverness. This was a busy Friday night but had no trouble getting served, the bar staff were friendly and efficient. There is also a restaurant upstairs and the food was fantastic with decent sized portions. Special mention to the waiter Glen , friendly ,polite and a good laugh , would definitely go back

We had the best time at The Castle Tavern thanks to the team and especially Glenn who surprised us with the best table in front of the TV to watch the rugby World Cup. We were not supposed to come twice in only three days in Inverness but this place is too good (we first tried the restaurant upstairs) and too charming. It’s all that you need for an Inverness Pub experience! Thanks again for all of you guys that made our stay so special !

Overall good service. Good pub food. Atmosphere would be what you expect in a Scottish pub on game night. We went 2nights.

My team may have lost the game, but definitely enjoyed having a few pints here!

Haven't had food yet. Went twice to quiz which was good but out in the covered seating area as very little space inside and tables book by regulars

The server moved us into the "closed" upper floor when the thunderstorm hit, which is very kind. The Cullen Skink is very good, and the Salmon Salad has a healthy amount of Salmon. I think we'll be back!

Terrific pub atmosphere inside and out with live music and a football match on TV. Delicious cask ales and cider. At 6:00 pm we went upstairs to a well lit dining room and very warm hospitality. Glenn the host took care of my wife and I who had just arrived in Inverness after a long drive from Skye. The food was delicious! We started w a hot creamy bowl of Skink and some cod fish bites. The roasted cod on ratatouille was off the charts and maybe the healthiest meal I’ve eaten since arriving in Scotland! Our libation selections were aided by Glenn’s local color on gins and scotches to make the evening a great experience! We’ll be back!

The restaurant part of the tavern is smaller than I thought but very cute. I went in without a reservation, and Glen was able to get me and a friend a table. He was so nice the whole time we were there. I had the cullen skink as a starter, which comes with a nice crunchy piece of bread. I then had the warm goat cheese salad, and I loved it! I ate every last bit of it! Then I had sticky toffee pudding for dessert, and that was another delicious treat. It was so pretty and tasted as good as it looked. Definitely a great place to have dinner!

Good food, good staff, nice views over the city.

Very nice restaurant, friendly servants. Food is great as well! I would recommend!

Very friendly service! Also it was my first time eating haggis and it was very good! After that there was a burger waiting for me. One with pulled pork, onion ring bbq sauce and a well baked patty. If you go upstairs the menu is larger. So there is more on it. After these 2 dishes my stomach was filled and we’d go onwarts to our next adventure! Thanks for the good service and food see you next time!

Great atmosphere. Very reasonable prices. Friendly staff. I will be going back here for sure

We only went there for drinks and got them asap. All good in my book.

Visiting Inverness over the bank holiday weekend. Read a lot of good reviews about this place and decided to go there for food. Perfect location, live music and delicious food. I had haggis pakora, Cullen skunk and whiskey to drink. Loved the food specially the Cullen skunk.

The food was really good, and they served us really fast. I definitely recommend it, but the steak sandwich didn't have a lot of steak in it, to be honest. Still, good place.

Great atmosphere, expensive for the quality of service and food provided. About 25£ per person for entrees. Food was good but the venison I ordered was tough. The other meals were a bit small for their price and nothing special. Took more than 30 min to get our food but it was busy so it might have been a fluke.

This place closes quite early on weekdays (10:00 pm) but we had a delicious meal here and had a few drinks. It was quite full around 6:00 PM but a spot quickly became available to sit inside. The terrace outside is also cozy. Also good service and good price.

Good food and effective service.

Made four stops at the Tavern in 2 days. Charming neighborhood tavern close to the City Centre with excellent food and great service! Lunch, dinner, or afternoon drinks - you can’t beat it.

Lovely pub with delicious food.

The best place for a decent pub meal with my twin brother having a bit of crack

A very small pub, staff very pleasant, nice Real Ales, but on My visit (4 ) could not get seated but as a local could be very nice.

Piacevole sorpresa! Pioveva a dirotto, abbiamo trovato un ambiente caldo e personale molto gentile. Consigliatissimi gli hamburger e le mega zuppe!

Super freundliches Personal absolut zuvorkommend (besonders luke und Glen). Livemusik und super leckeres Essen. Absolut zu empfehlen

Great staff is very friendly and accommodating, very good food.

We stayed at the Tavern to rest for a while and drink some beer. Which was really good. Staff was friendly and attentive. They cleaned the tables and putting plates, glasses etc. away for other guests coming. We didn't eat so we can not say something more about it, looked good what we saw whilst serving full plates. Unfortunately the Castle is under total remediation so that we couldn't see and visit it. We will come again.

Bel locale, il ristorante è al primo piano, il menu è abbastanza ristretto, ma non mancano proposte interessanti e gustose, compresi i piatti del giorno esposti sulle lavagnette. Al piano di sotto servono cibo da pub, tipo fish and chips. Ci sono pochi posti a sedere al ristorante ed è molto frequentato, può capitare di aspettare un po'. Nel weekend c'è musica dal vivo, ma non è disturbante.

Great little neighborhood spot. Not directly in the most touristy area, but also not too far away. Snug for sure. Pints flow freely. Eclectic European and International traveler haven. Food we had was very above average, borderline surprisingly good for a pub. Only drawback.. sitting outside listening to the crosswalk signal...I'm sure a less obtrusive sound could be chosen to alert when to cross the street.

A really good pub, always has a good atmosphere with some fine Ales and the host (Johnny Boy I think) always chats. Iv visited Inverness several times and always make a beeline for "The Castle Tavern" Great Buffet at the family gathering on Friday 11th August the extra food was passed out to the public in the bar - Excellent !!!! I was one of the guys who you spoke with on Friday and Saturday, Im back in September.

Went here with my partner and 2 children. Nothing but friendly staff and the food was simply amazing! I have the special which was Mac and cheese loaded with black pudding and bacon. Wow it was delicious. My partner had the chicken burger which came on a normal bun instead of of brioche bun (which for me is 100% better) kids has fish and chips which was a massive portion. All round cannot fault the place.

Ik dacht toeristen plek, maar er kwamen veel locals wat de sfeer ten goede kwam, prima eten en even weg uit het centrum.

El lugar, la comida, la atención son espectaculares. La decoración, el mobiliario son de una categoría única que lo hacen quizá más bello de lo que es su ubicación, a la Vera del rió y con una terraza soleada ideal para degustar cualquier tipo de plato. La atención (por la mañana) 2 capos (padre e hijo) que parecen hermanos y por la tarde una niñas muy bonitas atienden a los comensales. Un lujo

Ottimo ambiente. Un vero pub stile scozzese. Cibo ottimo, forse il migliore mangiato durante il nostro viaggio on the road.

Welcome to Fawlty Tavern. I heard that Sunday roast was more of a thing in England, and that in Scotland they generally just eat haggis on Sunday afternoons - so it must be then, that the Sunday roast we were subjected to at this well-located Inverness establishment was the most staunch statement of Scottish independence ever made. Perhaps Nicola Sturgeon herself was the mystery hand sliding those frightful plates out from the hole in the wall behind the bar. The ice-cold plate of food seemed to have been resting atop the Old Man of Storr before being served, and the flavourless gravy had turned gelatinous. The beans and cauliflower were clearly freshly hand-picked from the supermarket microwavable packet and perhaps towards the end of that packet, as my cauliflower was limited to small bits of albino-broccoli debris. The beef was tough and the Yorkshire pudding stale - how, I don't know, was it leftover from Saturday's Sunday roast? My cousin, who joined us on this fateful afternoon, runs a cattle property in rural Queensland and had heard good things about Scottish beef. Well, she had never been more patriotic Australian when this plate of food paraded itself before her like Danny DeVito lap-dancing in a lacey jockstrap. When I approached the bar to order some pints, the bar was already loaded with used glasses, and some room was generously made for mine. I had a sip from my pint and placed it back down again, only to be confused by which of the half-drunk pints there was mine. There were some cask ales, to this pub's credit, but the stout I wanted was out, just my luck. We sat outside in the bitter cold of early evening, with a turned-off heater hanging teasingly above us. On the television, which was silently hung conspicuously in the corner of the outdoor area, was not a football match or sexy early-2000s music videos but just the BBC evening news. So, as I courageously tucked into my 'Leave UK' themed Sunday roast, I occasionally glanced up to see images of Middle Eastern earthquakes, African military coups and crying children without any context. My brother, who lives in London, is usually on team 'Remain' with respect to Scotland's membership with the UK, however on this occasion he decided to Leave the pub and get a Subway footlong for dinner instead. On the plus, from the beer garden you do have a view of the river and the castle - however, on this occasion the castle was covered in scaffolding, which is no fault of the pub, but the view couldn't save it this time. Also to the pub's credit, the chicken sandwiches being served to other people looked OK, much to our chagrin.

Best pub atmosphere in Inverness. Shame it's so hard to get a seat but that's to be expected.

By far, the worse place I ever set foot in!!! If I can eat and drink free of charge for the rest of my life I would not set my foot ther, EVER!!!

Super good fish and chips and spiced haggis.

Ottimo pub, personale gentile e simpatico.

Tolles Pup. Guter Standort. Sollte ich nochmal in diese schöne Stadt kommen, werde ich wieder dieses Pup besuchen. Tipp , caledonian best Bier, ein super schottisches Bier.

Delicious food, good size portions, and friendly staff. First meal my 5 year old son finished since we’ve been in Scotland.

Just in for a pint, well kept beers and views over the river.

I came for the excellent gluten free fish and chips but my wife also loved her (non GF) haggis pakora. A very lovely spot by the castle (views from terrace). Good friendly service.

Was in at a quiet time, so not a fair review score

Wir waren 2x da. Tag 1 war nicht so toll. Der tisch klebte total, alles in allek etwas abgenutzt und nicht ganz so sauber. Unsere Bestellung bekam erst ein andere tisch, dafür gabs ein Freigetränk. Als unser Essen dann kam wars nichtdas richtige. Da wir lange warten mussten, habe ich es trotzdem gegessen. Insgesamt war das Essen gut, aber 2,5 stunden für 3 Gänge ist doch ein bisschen lang. Am 2. Tag wars deutlich besser. Knapp 1 stunde für Hauptgerichte und Dessert. Tisch war diesmal sauber. Das Essen dss richtige und schmeckte auch sehr gut.

The staff were super nice, and yet this was without a doubt the worst roast dinner I’ve had lol. Grey gross lamb, canned green beans, literally 2 small bits of potato. I’m embarrassed and ashamed for the chef for sending that out

Very cool place with brilliant staff. Booze had a good selection and although I didn't have any the food looked good. Undercover areas so even the rain was no bother. Cool few hours here

Great food. We also enjoyed the view and drinks. We also got some delicious toffee pudding. We highly recommend

Great atmosphere and kind staff. The Cullen Skink was a large portion and tasted delicious! Will return when back in Inverness.

Très bien, on était juste là pour boire une bière, c'était top !

Great food + Stevie Wonder (he wasn’t there, they just played his music)

Great Sport and friendly staff but disappointed though only haggis was Indian style. And haggis was one of the I ly reasons to go.