DINING AT THE DUNNOTTAR
HOME COOKED MEALS FROM THE BUNGALOW KITCHEN
Everything we serve is prepared in the house kitchen. We return most often to South Indian and Indian home cooking, alongside Continental and Indo-Chinese favourites and dishes our family has collected and kept over the years.
Breakfast,
every morning
INCLUDED WITH EVERY STAY
Our favourite meal of the day!
A humble and generous spread of locally sourced bread, eggs to order, South Indian tiffin that changes everyday, fresh fruits and tea & coffee.
From there,
it’s up to you.
FULL BOARD, HALF BOARD, À LA CARTE, EXPERIENCES
You can have the rest of the day planned with Full Board or Half Board dining plans or choose meals individually from our à la carte menu
Both plans work out around 20% less than ordering the same meals from the menu — and more than that on the evenings you choose a Pizza or a Bonfire & Barbecue.
How dining works
| Dining | Full Board | Half Board | À la Carte |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast | Full Board Included with every stay | Half Board Included with every stay | À la Carte Included with every stay |
| South Indian Thali lunch | Full Board Included | Half Board Add if you'd like | À la Carte Order if you'd like |
| Afternoon tiffin | Full Board Included | Half Board Add if you'd like | À la Carte Order if you'd like |
| Dinner each evening, your choice | Full Board Included | Half Board Included | À la Carte Order from the menu |
| Pizza Evening or Bonfire & Barbecue | Full Board Included as a dinner | Half Board Included as a dinner | À la Carte Can be arranged on its own |
| The à la carte menu | Full Board Open throughout | Half Board Open throughout | À la Carte Open throughout |
| Decided | Full Board Before you arrive | Half Board Before you arrive | À la Carte As you go |
Prices for both plans come with your quote — per person, per day, so a group of any shape can see exactly where it lands.
Three nights, as it often goes
Full Board
HAVE THE DAY TAKEN CARE OF
For guests who would rather plan meals before they arrive, Full Board adds lunch, afternoon tiffin and dinner to the breakfast already included with the stay.
Everything is prepared in the bungalow kitchen and served for the group.
What Full Board includes in addition to breakfast
Lunch
South Indian Thali
The preparations change with the day and what is in the kitchen. The Thali is the lunch served with Full Board and can also be ordered separately.
Tiffin
Evening Snack
A changing tiffin - perhaps idli, paniyaram, vadai or bhajji - with tea or filter coffee. It is a small meal, but one of the parts of the day we like most.
Dinner
Yours to choose, each evening
Every evening you pick from one of our curated Set Dinners, a Wood-Fired Pizza Evening in the garden, or a Bonfire & Barbecue Evening over the fire.
The à la carte menu stays open throughout. Full Board covers the day's meals; anything you'd like alongside is simply added to your bill.
Half Board
FOR DAYS THAT BELONG TO THE HILLS
Some stays are spent out — the lake, the trails, a long lunch somewhere in town. Half Board is for those days. Breakfast before you leave, and dinner waiting when you come back home.
Dinner — yours to choose, each evening
A Set Dinner, a Wood-Fired Pizza Evening in the garden, or a Bonfire & Barbecue Evening over the fire. All included at the same price, with no supplement and no limit on how often you choose them.
An afternoon tiffin can be added to any Half Board stay if you'd like it, and the à la carte menu stays open throughout.
Curated Set Dinners
These are a few examples from our Set Dinner collection. The full selection is shared before your stay.
Special
Experiences
YOUR DINNER, WHICHEVER PLAN YOU'RE ON
Pizza
from the Garden Oven
WOOD-FIRED SUPPERS ON THE TERRACE
The stone pizza oven stands on the garden terrace. An evening beside it has become one of the arrangements guests ask for most.
The kitchen lights the wood fire and the pizzas are made and served outside, close to the oven. Children watch from the terrace; dinner arrives a few pizzas at a time. What begins as a meal usually becomes the evening itself.
Guests can assemble their own pizzas or leave the combinations to the kitchen.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
INCLUDED ON FULL BOARD & HALF BOARD · 24 HOURS NOTICE · SUBJECT TO WEATHER
Bonfire &
Barbecue
EVENINGS AROUND THE FIRE
On cold evenings, we can set a bonfire in the grounds and prepare a barbecue dinner beside it.
People come and go from the fire. Children remain outside longer than expected. Dinner stretches into the evening.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
INCLUDED ON FULL BOARD & HALF BOARD · 24 HOURS NOTICE · SUBJECT TO WEATHER
These aren't extras. On Full Board or Half Board, a Pizza Evening or a Bonfire & Barbecue Evening is your dinner that night — chosen in advance, at no additional charge.
Not on a dining plan?
Both evenings can be arranged on their own — just ask when you book.
À La Carte
DECIDE AS YOU GO
Lunch and dinner can also be ordered individually from the bungalow menu. Our inspiration comes from reflecting the comforts of home cooked South Indian food as well as dishes from beyond home that give us joy.
The à la carte menu stays open whether or not you're on a dining plan. Full Board and Half Board cover the day's meals; anything else you fancy is simply added to your bill.
The complete Guest Menu is shared after booking.
PRACTICAL QUESTIONS
Still have questions? Take a look at the FAQ or reach out anytime.
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Only the plan, and only roughly. Tell us whether you'd like Full Board or Half Board when you ask for dates. Dinner choices we'll take closer to the time.
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That's what Half Board is for — breakfast before you go, dinner when you're back. If you're on Full Board and a day turns out differently, tell us that morning.
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Always. A plan covers the day's meals; anything else is added to your bill as usual.
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Children have their own rate, and under-fives eat from the family dishes at no charge. We'll ask ages when you book so the quote is right.
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Tell us when you confirm. Everything is cooked in the bungalow kitchen, so the table is built around the group rather than around a fixed menu.
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Yes. Day visitors are welcome with prior notice, but they cannot stay overnight and must leave the property by 11:00pm. If they join you for any meals, the applicable per-person meal charge will be added.
THE DUNNOTTAR BUNGALOW
If you'd like Full Board or Half Board added, tell us when you request your dates and we'll take your dinner choices closer to the time.
DINING AT THE DUNNOTTAR
OUR FOOD PHILOSOPHY
We cook everything you eat here, in our own kitchen. Our chef has been with the family for years. She makes a South Indian thali most days for lunch - rice, sambar, rasam, two vegetables, a curd, a sweet - and an à la carte menu if you would rather choose. We do continental too, if that is what you want.
Most of the vegetables come from our own kitchen garden or sourced from the market. The chai is freshly made.
Breakfast on the verandah from eight to ten. South Indian (dosa, idli, upma, pongal) or English (eggs, toast, fruit, coffee).
Tiffin between four and five. This is the meal we like the most. Biscuits and sandwiches some days; chickpea sundal and raw mango with coconut on others; cake on birthdays. It is small but it is the one that holds the afternoon together.
Dinner from seven-thirty. We light the wood-fired pizza oven on request - the dough proves all afternoon - and we set out a bonfire when the evenings are cool enough.
We cook for guests, drivers, and staff. Everyone eats. The cost of meals is settled at the end of the stay, not at booking.
If you have dietary requirements (vegan, gluten-free, nut allergies, etc), tell us when you book and we will plan around them.
ALWAYS FRESH, ALWAYS LOCALLY SOURCED
All our food is cooked with utmost care taken to use the freshest ingredients possible, which is reflected in our ever changing menu. Our inspiration comes from reflecting the comforts of home cooked South Indian food as well as dishes from beyond home that give us joy.