Eating & Drinking Together
Honest, imaginative, local & seasonal cooking
As with all good country houses, the Dining Room is at the heart of the castle and many a new friendship has been made around the castle's oak dining table.
There's no whispering over the consomme here. Breakfast and dinner are thoroughly sociable occasions with everyone eating together around one table.
We offer dinner or supper on a pre-booked basis as often as we can but we don't run a full restaurant.
"Weekends at Augill Castle are social occasions"
- Red Online March 2011
We don't pretend to offer a fine dining experience: there are plenty of places throughout the nearby Yorkshire Dales and Lake District for that. Rather, we serve the sort of food you'd probably like to cook at home if you had the time.
It's cooking from the heart and majors on taking the best ingredients on our doorstep and cooking them simply and without fuss.
"Discover the generosity of spirit and thoughfulness"
- Greenock Telegraph 2011
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There is absolutely no need to ruin a lazy Sunday (or any other) morning here. Breakfast is a leisurely affair, seldom kicking off before 9am. Ingredients are locally sourced and include locally handmade Cumberland sausages & award-winning bacon, wild salmon smoked at Brougham Hall, free-range eggs from the castle’s resident hens, freshly baked bread, home made preserves and freshly squeezed juice (which, of course, is what the pair on the left are drinking). |
Later in the day, we offer scrumptious traditional afternoon teas - finger sandwiches, scones with clotted cream & jam and fabulous cakes - and then informal two or four course dinners or cold supper platters. There is always an early supper or high tea for younger guests when we are cooking dinner.
Afternoon tea and dinner do need to be booked in advance.
Our menus are set according to the preferences of each night's guests and everyone eats together - it's a dinner party rather than a restaurant.
There is a modest well balanced, wine list and you can try your bartending skills at the honesty bar in the library.
Please remember to tell us when you book if you'd like an evening meal. As we are not a full service hotel evening meals are usually only available on a pre-booked basis |
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"When it comes to food, Simon & Wendy really know what they're about"
Augill Guest Book
August 2008
"The children's food was better than most hotels' adult offerings"
Augill Guest Book
February 2009
"Wendy as gracious a host as ever, Simon your food better than ever. Change nothing and stay happy"
Augill Guest Book July 2008
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