Blair Castle Tullibardine Restaurant

We had lunch here and the meal was excellent and so much beter than we expected. The coronation chicken was delicious as was the jacket potato and salad. The restaurant was bright and clean and the service helpful and friendly. Highly recommend. Delicious cake and tea too.

I visit Blair Castle regularly and have often had lunch in the restaurant. On this particular occasion I ordered a baked potato with the cheese and coleslaw option which was to be served with salad.My partnber ordered the venison casserole.The baked poato took a long time to arrive and the casserole was barely warm. Ontasting the potato filling the coleslaw tasted/smelt like paint thinners. There was a lot of it plus couscous and potato salad. I scraped what I could off the potato so I could eat the potato as I was hungry and then took the plate back to complain about the coleslaw. The member of staff took it back to the kitchen and offered me a tea or coffee and tgat was it! The meal had cost £6.50. I went to the cashier and she said I had eaten a lot of the dish only the potato and couscous and a little salad as I was hungry, she reluctabtly gave me the £6.50 back. A I was still hungry but not wanting any of their other lunchtime dishesI just opted for a piece of shortbread which was £1.75 for a soft pretty tasteless shortbread offering. The standards of this restaurant have deteriorated considerably in food and service.

Perhaps it was my mistake going in towards the end of the day 3.30-4ish but bearing in mind the Horse Trails were on and there were plenty of visitors I thought there was a very disappointing array of food available. I found a Chicken Coronation sandwich, the filling was pleasant but the bread was far too thick and tasteless. The staff were obviously desperate to get home and certainly not over helpful. I would not recommend but did enjoy the castle.

Restaurant was closed. Alternative provision was a coffee van near the car park. The barrister seemed to be operating at half-speed. Perhaps the cold had got to him.

Very short staffed, long queues, little choice, overpriced. Been before but will not be rushing back.