On Sunday a friend of mine and I decided to treat ourselves to some afternoon tea in the Castle Dargan Hotel in Co. Sligo. The weather is horrendous lately, so there was no better way to spend it indoors by the fire with some treats.
Castle Dargan is a Golf as well as a Wellness hotel only 10 mins located from Sligo’s city centre. This was actually my first experience dining with them. I have been to a wedding fair a few years ago as an option for venue for our wedding but also to find out about different suppliers. The hotel is quite spacious and has a lovely and cosy style to it. I do find the lounge we were seated in, could have done with some more lighting because it was so dark outside.
Once we arrived at the hotel, we were greeted by one of the staff member at the receptionist desk. We were sent to the Midleton bar where the afternoon tea took place. But we were then sent into the Coach House Lounge only for the reason they though we reserved an area for 2 people to have afternoon tea which was not the case. So we took somebody else’s place but they setup another one for the other couple. I wasn’t too sure whether I should book this in advance or not as it only says “booking is advised” on their website.
Shortly after they served us a tea pot full of tea. The dishes were pretty, very old/vintage style.
While we were chatting away with a cup of tea, they were preparing our 3 tier stand full of delicious foods.
We were really impressed with the selection of foods they put on the stand. We started with the bottom part which was a selection of sandwiches, for example chicken, egg mayonnaise and ham and cheese and also some brown bread with smoked salmon. I was a big of fan of that.
The second level then was the sweet shtuff. I started off with a scone and strawberry jam. Then we made our way through the profiteroles, brownie, what we believe was sticky toffee pudding and cheesecake. There was also some sort of custard on it, really filling though.
Finally we managed to get to the top part. A slice of lemon tart, a meringue with some whipped cream and apple on top and we finished all off some whipped cream and strawberries.
You can probably tell by the amount of food there how stuffed we were after. But it was a lovely experience and we are looking forward to the next afternoon tea in a different location.
I love a good afternoon tea and this one looks up there with the best ! Xx
oh god that looks delicious! I am now making a mental note to book an afternoon tea date soon it’s been too long! x
I love afternoon tea! This one looks amazing! x
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Dublin has a lot of great places to offer for afternoon tea.
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They were pretty amazing. Even though I wasn’t a big fan of the cheesecake and I do love my cheesecake. x
Wow it looks amazing! How good do those cakes look?! x
Those plates are amazing! I am so into that kind of print at the moment. And the food looks yummy too!
Eh, those plates are gorgeous. I would go just for the china 😛 But I can’t imagine anything better than afternoon tea in a castle x
How beautiful are those sweet treats! It looks like you had a lovely time, I’ve never actually been for afternoon tea but I keep meaning to take my grandma! x
My mission is to have afternoon tea in all the major cities in the world. The sandwiches here look lovely and fresh and the cakes look delicious 🙂 One to add to my list!
That looks perfect, there is nothing nicer than a cream tea in my view, I love the china xx