Pros & Cons
Pros
Ice cream on a bed of thin shortbread, surrounded by fresh fruit. Amuse bouche. Enjoyed a bottle of malbec and sparking water.
Castle hill deserves its status as a relaix and chateaux destination. The wait staff encourages the move will often transfer your tab and some have even extended their service to lawn. Reservation ahead of time is required.
Our table was centered in the western windows with unobstructed views up and down the bay. Castle hill inn is adorned with ocean and bay views that are second to none. The views are spectacular, but so is the food!
Cocktails good and not terribly pricey ($15 & $5 tip) for a manhattan. Elected to go 30 minutes before sunset to have cocktails on the patio to enjoy an absolute stunning view.
The menu is very unique, it’s a fine dining restaurant with a prefix menu. The restroom are clean and well stocked. Explained the menu well and picked out a nice french syrah actually less than my price point.
Cons
I understand an off-night or a bad server, but to not make it right is very poor customer service. The restaurant/inn has become too overwhelmed with business and is not training their help to treat customers with respect.
Food, no. The bay is dark, so no view. This is a lovely spot but we will never return to newport.
The potatoe was undercooked. Equivalent to pillsbury dough pastry left overnight on the counter.
Rude, obnoxious and inattentive are the only qualities that the bartenders possessed. Any attempt at conversation was rebuffed. Not one of them acknowledge us as we approached and sat down to dine.
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The weather was bad but we were able to be moved inside
Posted by a reviewer on Tripadvisor
The majority of my review deals with the lawn at castle hill and dining outside
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Requested it up but was served in a small tumbler
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Was told they had no cleaned coupe glasses
Posted by a reviewer on Tripadvisor
Food was good but nothing terribly memorable
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Don’t get me started on this topic
Posted by a reviewer on Tripadvisor
If you need a fancy dining room there are others intown and you can find views of the bay that don’t cost a dime
Posted by a reviewer on Tripadvisor
So sure visit castle hill you won’t be sorry but save most of your hard earned cash for boat trip out on to narragansett bay and a dinner at one of the restaurants on broadway