Mingary Castle - Restaurant with Rooms

Mingary Castle impresses with impeccable service, spacious rooms, and a prime location for exploring Mull. Guests appreciate the delicious breakfast options and stunning views.

The castle location is amazing and we were really looking forward to the meal. Staff were great, very friendly, but there was a lot about the meal that was disappointing. The little venison on pork crackling for example, the crackling was stale and chewy rather than crispy. Then there was a bread course - a filler with no wine. Although the breads and butters were tasty, we were surprised that ‘bread’ was a ‘course’. Next came the courgette flower. The flower was tiny, the butter inside nice but not much of it and the mushroom veloute was disgusting. It wasn’t a veloute, it was thick, very salty, gloop. I believe there was a problem with it as the waitress had to go and get more as it didn’t pour well and ran out. The most disappointing course however was the duck dish. Our duck was really tough, and the pearl barley risotto was just a dry heap of cooked pearl barley. There was nothing ‘risotto’ about it. Inedible. The cheese plate was a joke with one bite of one cheese and dessert looked amazing but was so salty it tasted savoury. We were totally baffled by the lack of wine also, apart from the first glass of fizz, each glass of wine was barely two sips, my husband even asked for a bit more at one point which was reluctantly given but again was barely there. When paying £100 for the wine flight we did expect to have a reasonable glass with each course. I actually said to my husband that perhaps Sundays is the chefs day off. Nonetheless it was a miserable and expensive experience.

WOW! WOW! WOW! Mingary Castle is outstanding, utterly beautiful sat perched on the cliff, and oozes charm & character. Staff are welcoming, friendly, very proud & passionate, & happily explained the history of Mingary castle. Service is very attentive & each course is described in detail with pride. The food is sublime! Each dish has exacting detail you would expect from this level of professional cookery, the Chef uses many seasonal & locally sourced ingredients, & all dishes are intriguing, well balanced & unctuous. Each dish was bursting with flavour, & considered, worthy of any Michelin star! The menu was very well priced, and I would love to visit again, I only wish I lived nearer! Excellent quality, excellent food, well designed menu & such a talented team & Chef!