Amberley Castle can be traced back over a millennium, serving as a hunting lodge, a fortified manor house, and the award-winning restaurant that it is today. The castle was converted into a hotel back in 1989 and has been a go to for luxurious stays, dining and events ever since. You’ll find Amberley Castle Restaurant on the first floor within the gorgeous Queen's Room complete with a barrel vaulted ceiling that dates back nearly a thousand years. It’s an impressive and memorable setting, perfect for dinner dates and celebrations, as well as indulgent afternoon teas.
Menus at Amberley Castle Restaurant involve three courses, either with your choice of wine or a pairing designed to complement each dish. During dinner, starters may include the confit leg of duck with blackberry and pistachio, topped with nut granola; a variety of beetroot paired with goat's cheese, charcoal and red vein sorrel; or the turbot with caramelised hazelnuts, celeriac, pear, celery cress and smoked golden raisins.
Main courses offer wild sea bass with crab porridge, sea vegetables, brown shrimp, sprouting broccoli, baby courgette and verjus beurre blanc; smokey barbecued celeriac paired with pearl barley, Brussels sprouts, turnip, black pudding and tarragon; and a rich cannon and shoulder lamb dish is paired with leek and potato, in a rosemary bone broth. Cooking is inventive and refined, venison, for example, comes marinated in coffee, with pickled blackberries and bitter chocolate.
As for dessert, consider an apple tart with cinnamon ice cream, chocolate and pear mousse with honeycomb and pear sorbet, or an orange and beetroot cheesecake with pickled beetroot and fennel sorbet. Amberley Castle sources the best British cheeses and local produce available, and you can even order a luxury hamper for a picnic elsewhere in the castle, out on the lawn, or a day trip away.