Stirling Travel Forum

to get into the castle cafe does one have to pay for entry to the castle itself or is the cafe a place where i can simply go for lunch without the castle?

The cafe is past the entry gate . When i visited i didn't go in the cafe but as it's on the inside i would imagine you have to buy an entrance ticket to the castle to be able to use the cafe. Great views of the surrounding area from the car park by the way.

You will have to buy an entry ticket for the Castle in order to access the cafe. Quite frankly, the cafe isn't terrific but the Castle is - much better than the one in Edinburgh. If all you want is somewhere to have lunch, then there are better places than the Castle cafe. I find it hard to visualise going to Stirling and not visiting the Castle..... may be you are only passing through on your way to somewhere else but still.......

I think you could probably find a nicer place for lunch in the city than paying just to go to the castle cafe. It had improved the last time we were there but I would not pay to go into the grounds just for lunch