Castle Hill Restaurant — Restaurant in Cavendish

Another good restaurant priced like a great one relying on its beautiful and romantic ambience to cover up mediocre service and food. The old world charm of this oval dining room in a governor's stone mansion built in 1905 with floor to ceiling redwood walls and a breathtaking view of the immaculate gardens is intoxicating and tends you to reminisce about how wealthy people lived back in the day. But the rest of the experience is quite average. The hostess was overwhelmed by the four people who walked in at the same time as me and my wife and despite several opportunities to do so, failed to even acknowledge us so we abandoned our plans of having a before dinner cocktail in the famous library and headed across the hall to the dining room. The room with starched white table cloths was well appointed and was the only restaurant we went to in the area where they bothered to polish the silverware so I was about to give them the benefit of the doubt, but when she brought out a delightful variety of rolls with butter dots and a small carafe of olive oil for dipping, it was rancid. The presentation of the entrees were georgeous but my rack of lamb was tough and we love our vegetables el dente but the green beans were basically raw and the duchess potatoes were hard and dried out. Even though we had a $25 off coupon from staying in the hotel, the price for the three course pre fixe meals came to over $100 not counting the bottle of wine. There are better restaurants in Ludlow (granted without the atmosphere) that...

we have enjoyed going to the castle for many years the atmosphere is stunning, the property is well maintained. The dining experience used to be 5 stars with appetizers like escargot, fancy salads and entrées like beef Wellington but in recent years the food has seriously declined, it’s average at best. the last time we dined there, besides the sides that were listed on the menu for each entrée there was all kinds of extra stuff that didn’t go with the entrées, it was like it was left over from the night before and everyone’s plate had all these same accompaniments, it’s like they loaded the plates cafeteria style. we will not be going back anytime soon! it is an expensive dining experience and you expect the food to be up to the...

I cannot even give this place one star. They just ruined my birthday today 1/22/2021. My wife had the private room booked for 5:30pm and this woman Lisa said everyone in our party had to have Vermont Drivers License and Residence. We have a secondary home here in Vermont and have been living here full-time since before Christmas. This woman's attitude, lack of professionalism, and shunning is most unacceptable. Apparently they made an exception, but why would I want to go to a place that explicitly doesn't want you there? I would highly recommend anyone from going to this place, as you will be turned away from their anti-hospitality and...