Restaurant at Mansfield Castle in Highland

We were offered service earlier in the restaurant or the bar. We were joined by another couple for dinner. We were presented with a “special “ menu and the normal dinner menu . Two of us ordered starters and what we thought was an entree from the “special” menu. However is main turned out to be “3” scallops for £9.95. I could have bought a half lobster for that price. We also requested that the dining bill be divided between the two parties and they refused.

We had a short 3 day break at The Mansfield Castle Hotel, the staff are wonderful friendly and very helpful. Food was delicious and room comfortable.

Lekker gegeten in een kasteel. Mooie zaal, goed ingericht. Eten goed. Bediening vriendelijk. Leuke ervaring.

The Crab shack as it is calling itself is ok th beer is fine and the menu looks attractive but the food tastes like someone knows how to plan a menu but does not know quite how to deliver the food

If you are hungry after 3 pm and before dinner, do not look for food in Tain. We tried 2 places, even out hotel The Mansfield castle hotel. You can get tea and a cookie, ut thats about it... The hotel it’s self could have been much improved by a bit of spit and polish. Everything looked drab. It isnt a REAL Castle at all... i wont stay there in future.

Excellent family meal, juicy steaks cooked to perfection, friendly attentive service, reasonable prices for everything except the Peroni. £6.50 is just taking the mickey.

We stayed at the hotel four nights and eat there three times. During that time the menu didn't change but it was extensive enough. The food was good, but don't expect silver service, but the staff were very friendly. I would eat there, even not a resident.

Went out on a Saturday night for dinner staff were very friendly fast service and the food was amazing highly recommend a visit to this hotel will definitely return

empfehlenswertes Restaurant im Schloss. Zufällig sind wir auf dieses Restaurant gestoßen. Das Essen war lecker und die Bedienung sehr freundlich.

We dropped in to the Mansfield for lunch and were not disappointed. Plenty of choices and excellent lunch specials, friendly, helpful staff and quick service. My pork stroganoff was freshly cooked, tasty and delicious. Thoroughly recommended.

We had a relaxing 2 day stay at the Mansfield Castle Hotel. Hubby went golfing and I had a lovely quiet walk along the sea. When we returned to the Hotel there was no need to go anywhere else for a meal as they served very good food. Staff were friendly and helpful.

Amazing historic interior. We ate in the bar where the service was quick and the food tasty and well presented by friendly staff

Tasteless muck badly prepared poor quality dirty plates not nice avoid hotel cold dirty damp crammed bedrooms

Als Hotelgäste haben wir hier 2x abends gegessen. Wie schon meine Bewertung vom Hotel: es wäre mehr möglich. Es beginnt mit der eigenartigen Frage, ob man reserviert hat, obwohl das Restaurant zu 3/4 leer ist. Die Speisekarten wirken abgenutzt und billig. Die Qualität der Speisen: ein Abend war freundlich formuliert mittelmäßig, der andere ausgezeichnet. Kommt wohl auf die Tagesform vom Koch an. Personal war engagiert und freundlich, aber hatte großteils keine Gastronomie-Ausbildung und wirkte daher manches mal etwas überfordert. Atmosphäre ist sehr gut, anschließend ein Drink an der Bar und alles ist gut :-)

In schöner Atmosphäre gibt es hier bei gute Service viele leckere Gerichte und Getränke. Parkplätze gibt es viele.

The fish was fresh but very flat. The asparagus and carrots were great and farm fresh! The starters, my wife had the mushrooms on toast. Yummy! I had the scallops that were small in size but tasty. Breakfast was also nice with farm fresh eggs and Kippered Salmon.

Wie das Hotel hinkt auch das Restaurant des Mansfield Castles etwas einer besseren Zeit hinterher. Dies kann man gut an der Musik erklären: "Runrig" wird pausenlos gespielt und man ist versucht den alten Kassetten-Recorder im Raum zu suchen, der die quäkende Quelle hierfür sein muss. Die Speisekarte kommt in einer Plastikmappe wie ich sie aus meiner Schulzeit kenne und auch das Mobiliar könnte ein Aufarbeitung vertragen. Dies steht im krassen Widerspruch zu dem Eindruck, welchen das Schloss von außen vermittelt, und vor allem zu der absoluten Freundlichkeit und der Professionalität des Personals. Das Essen selbst (Lamm und Ente) war gut - nicht außergewöhnlich. Fazit: Wenn man nichts außergewöhnliches erwartet, dann kann man hier gut essen - auf den Euro (das Pfund) sollte man dabei aber nicht schauen.

We come here pretty regularly, for the food is truly good, the chef has a real passion for what he does and it shows! It is a bit off the "beaten track" being up the hill from the main High Street, but is well worth the extra effort of visiting, with a lovely country house feel and the staff are so attentive and friendly, and make you feel at home. Love coming and having a meal here, fresh and beautifully cooked. My partner is a fellow chef so hard to please, and he likes the food here very much indeed. Thanks to everyone, you are all fab.

Whilst the main dish was good the accompanying vegetables etc. Failed to reach the same standard and free advice on ordering items pink as supposed to the standard medium rare was fine for lamb but not steak.

Very good food, not a big menu and fairly priced, the bar prices are no more than those in the local pubs

If you like a bit of class, great Scottish breakfasts, nice dinner choices, this restaurant would work. Plus it is a classy hotel that looks like a castle.

Die Qualität des Essens war mittelmäßig, das Restauant hatte auch wenig Stil, deswegen war es überteuert.

The food is delicious and the sweets are wonderfull, I'm still dreaming with a lemon curd cheesecake.The staff are super nice and helpfull, they are very friendly , that is very important when you travel alone.

La cuisine servie dans ce restaurant n'est pas à la hauteur du cadre (un beau manoir écossais)On retrouve les mêmes entrées et plats que partout ailleurs, sans y apporter d'originalité. Le service n'est pas particulièrement efficace.

We stayed for a few nights, opting for a room upgrade, we had the most fab room, huge, four poster,great views, and pleasant staff. The restaurant menu had an abundance of local produce, which we couldn't help but sample! Venison was fab, cheese board with local cheeses was a joy, eye candy of the cheese world! Peroni on tap, who could ask for more! ;-) We will be back this year, in September!

The ambient are very elegant and confortable, the staff very friendly and the food is superv.and has a bar with a lot of diferent brand of wiskies

Visiting Tain I decide to treat my parents to a meal in the place where I spent my early years. Back then it was Mansfield House Hotel, not sure where the grander Castle came from.Initially we had booked a bar supper but we were asked if we wanted to eat in the dining room and as the menu for bar food did seem slightly expensive we readily agreed.I don’t eat meat so decide I would plump for the local (I presumed) Scampi which came with chips and mushy peas on the side. As I really do not like mushy peas I asked the waitress if maybe if I could have some salad and coleslaw instead, this was the accompaniment to my husband’s meal so I presumed a simple request. I was a bit bemused when she said she would have to consult with the chef and even more bemused when told that the coleslaw and salad only came with my husband’s choice of meal. This meant instead of Scampi I plumped for the Tuna which didn’t come with those pesky peas!There were four tables of diners including our party of four and three waiting staff in the dining room so I was extremely disappointed that once we were seated no-one thought to ask if we would like to see the Wine List or heaven forbid some water for the table. It also proved very difficult to attract the attention of any of the staff in order to request the elusive wine list and some water. I’m not sure if the waitress was joking when she asked if we thought there was room on the table for a jug of water!Service was unobtrusive to the point of being non-existent but on the plus side the food was very good. The waiting staff seemed more interested in chatting at reception than attending to diners although the residents at the table next to us were asked three times if they wished to see the dessert menu.A little politeness and maybe a smile would not go amiss and may even earn a tip girls!My parents left the table and we waited for the bill to arrive………in the end, with empty plates and no-one asking if we would like coffee we had to ask at reception for the bill which had not materialised.I was very disappointed as the place has so much potential to do better. Maybe now that this is a Castle they don’t want casual diners or local clientele in which case they are well on the way to success.

The staff is very friendly, the menu is great , they has a very good selection , is dificult to decide because everything looks wonderfull.I didn't has to wait to much and the food comes hot( exactly how I like). The dinner room is beautifull and view to the garden wonderfull. But for the desserts I don't have words.. are delicious.

Good start, menu looked great and initial waitress was most helpful, friendly and upbeat. For the children we could have half portions of mains as well as macaroni etc. . All sounding perfect. Unfortunately, when it came to ordering, different waitress, not at all helpful. We opted for the macaroni but we're told they had run out of pasta. Then, we requested peas instead of mushy peas, but she said she didn't think that possible. Food was mixed, my wife's fish pie (with peas!) was good, my cullin skink was dreadful. I can almost forgive bad food, but on top was awful service (sitting with empty glass watching the waitress go by over and over again) and a nice bit of pre programmed overcharging on the bill (which was thankfully noticed). So, in summary, if you have to go, check your bill.

Были там несколько дней. И каждый раз ужин - это праздник вкуса - шампанское, икра, лосось под соусом и т.д. Великолепно!

The variety for breakfast was impressive. The dinners were mouth watering and so good as to make you cry. Don't miss the sticky toffee pudding!!! Yum!!!

Sit in the dining room if you want your food faster. We were in the bar, and it took a while. They did ask if we wanted to sit in the dining room, and we chose to stay in the bar. Food was good and hot. The waitstaff seemed short handed and complained to each other behind the bar.

We chose to have a special meal with friends and chose to go here because it was supposed to have a good reputation. When we got the menu we were really disappointed by the unimaginative choice of food - more like pub grub - chips with almost everything! Prices expensive for what was on offer. It took a long time for the waitress to come and take our order - but by that time we had decided that there was nothing any of us fancied. The waitress was charming and we (almost) felt bad about telling her what we thought. The place itself looked as though it had been an amazing plce - but now had the feel of being slightly run down.

Came here a while ago for dinner. Was very nice. Staff very polite and attentive. Food was lovely. Feel it was a little over priced.

Food seems all either pre-prepared by Brake Bros or similar, or deep fried - very, very uninspiring. Nice place, shame about the food.

We had several meals here. Portions are generous, presentation uninspired, food heavy on salt. Service staff worked very hard to please. Not on my list at the moment for a return visit.

The food was ok and the chef very competent, it just falls down when the other staff get involved.

very good food, served by very friendly staff.absolutely recommandable

We thoroughly enjoyed the breakfasts as well as the evening meal that we had at the Mansfield Castle Hotel. Everyone in our party liked their meal and the setting was attractive as well as being very clean.

Decided to eat here on the strength of the TA reviews. We ate in the bar ... same menu as the formal restaurant ... good selection of meals and wines at reasonable prices. Staff friendly and efficient. Imposing building, but the grounds could be better looked after. And smokers should be discouraged from puffing away around the hotel entrance; it creates a very very bad image.

We stayed at the castle and ate there for dinner (and breakfast). Food was great, service was great, nice view over the lawn/garden. Good menu / selection. Portions are big, particularly starters - share! Definitely didn't have room for a third course. There is also a cosy bar.Definitely recommend for a nice meal.

For a friday night it wasn't too busy and even had the option of eating in the bar if we wished. The staff provided us with everything we asked and left us alone when we were the last couple in the restaurant too.The food was brought out pretty quick as well as the wine. The food itself was nice but the menu didn't have much variety on it. Decided to eat out the following night due to this.We had breakfast here in the morning which was just what we needed. A full cooked breakfast with plenty of toast, jam, honey and fruit was available to keep us going into the late afternoon!

We (two couples) arrived late on a Saturday evening without reservations and were told by the hostess that we could be seated in 30-40 minutes because they were very busy. We found that to be quite amusing since there were eight or fewer customers seated in the restaurant which has 12-16 tables.That was okay, though, as we all enjoyed a drink in the bar/lounge until we were seated. The restaurant has a very formal air about it, but it was very relaxing and comfortable. The service by the young waitstaff was very good, as was the food. Three of us ordered steak, one had a fish dish, and we all agreed that it was one of the best meals we enjoyed during our 10-day travels. Considering everything we paid for during the trip was expensive, the prices were very reasonable. Overall, a very pleasant dining experience.