My husband and I were excited to eat here after seeing the website.
We received a call a few hours before our reservation from Carn Brea Castle checking if the reservation was still ok.
We decided to drive to the castle. It is advised that unless you have a 4x4, drive VERY slowly!! The roads were very narrow and the dirt track was so full of pot holes the suspension took a beating.
Sadly, the weather was foggy, dark and raining so we did not get to see any views or much of the castle itself. Once inside, it was all candle-lit, the stonework was amazing and the atmosphere was romantic.
The waitress was helpful and polite. We both ordered 3 courses each, 2 soft drinks and a 'small bottle of wine' which was in fact a travel sized bottle that filled a glass, this I felt was a little overpriced. The whole bill came to £59.10.
My husbands starter was the garlic butter on Naan, this he felt was standard.
His main was the Shish Tawuk, this was tasty.
For desert, he ordered 3 scoops of ice cream of various flavours.
I had garlic mushrooms to start, these were presented in a clay pot with a slice of plain toast. The sauce was very garlicy which was nice but there was a lot of balsamic vinegar which gave the taste an edge.
I had the Madaba chicken for my main which I struggled to eat. The green beans and potatoes were nice but the flavour of the chicken was not my taste at all.
My desert was vanilla cheesecake with raspberry couli which was delicious.
The restaurant was nice but the music was irritating after a while as it was a CD played on repeat but otherwise an ok venue.
It was clean and tidy and surprisingly warm considering it was a castle.
We will be visiting again but in the summer months when we can see the view etc and will be taking a taxi to save our suspension!