Star Castle Dining Room

The vegetarian main course was a massive disappointment, really oily and just things chucked in pasta without much thought. Such a shame as starter was amazing, meat eater loved all his food. Only one veg choice for main as a recent reviewer said, but it's a small menu so that's expected. The cheese course wasn't as good as expected either not enough variety. Excellent service.

I had a fantastic duck dish, served with a potato cake and some red cabbage in wine which was amazing. However i was disappointed by the lack of vegetarian options. My partner is veggie and so she had only one choice which was just a fairly average pile of roasted vegetables. The desert she ordered was quite disappointing as well. It was described as as a 'pineapple crumble ' but when we recived it it was essentially a slice of cooked pineapple and some biscuit crumbs on the side. A bit disappointing So to sum up, meat eaters will have some fantastic meals here, whereas vegetarians should probably look elsewhere.

Visited for lunch last week despite not staying at the hotel having seen wine tasting and lobster lunch offer on the website. Sadly wine tasting wasn’t available due to Covid but we were still able to book the lunch at very short notice, we were greeted with the utmost courtesy and offered the choice of eating in The dungeon or restaurant. Having chosen the restaurant we were then presented with the most delicious starter the chef personally prepared. The lobster while not massive was served with a wonderful salad and new potatoes. Excellent value for money and a truly wonderful experience on a rather wet afternoon. Couldn’t fault the staff or the food and would definitely visit again hopefully when we can eat al fresco in the sunshine.

We were staying at the Star Castle as B&B guests, but had asked to be accommodated in the restaurant on our first night, we ended up eating there 4 nights out of the 6. The menu was varied and the wine list quite eclectic, with wines that certainly follow the preferences of the proprietor, but then he does own a winery on the island, so hopefully knows his wines!! It was nice to see Francis Coppola wines as we had visited this vineyard and it was good to taste them again, they are not followed by many people in the UK restaurant trade.We would like to think that there is something for everyone on the menu. The dishes are well presented and very well executed. Fish dishes as you would expect are excellent.The staff are attentive, knowledgable and professional, especially Angela and Gary, who certainly are a great example of their profession. The restaurant was busy, with both guests from the hotel and visitors, both local and tourists. I would imagine this is one of the better restaurants on the island for this style of dining.

We had been warned off the Star Castle when looking for a dinner spot but found ourselves there at lunchtime after a sunny walk. We popped in for a look and were seduced by the beautiful location of the outdoor tables. Not a huge menu but we both enjoyed a beautiful, crisp crab salad and cold lager served with polite banter (if you like that sort of thing) and great style. Don 't be embarrassed to ask for extra bread : )It was also not as expensive as we had expected. I suspect the indoor dining could be a bit claustrophobic, but outdoors on a sunny day it was great.