If you have a car with you there are plenty of good places to eat in Sandomierz - about a 40 minute drive to the north - Sandomierz is a "must see" if you are in the area anyway.The hotels in Mielec (30 minutes south) serve excellent food amazingly cheaply (Atena is probably the best) and yes, again, English is widely spoken. The food in the castle restaurant is very good - probably best to reserve and try it on one night - by Polish standards, if not by those here in the UK, it is quite expensive though. English is widely spoken by waiting staff - you will be surprised how well in some cases. Just remember to ask for an English Menu - almost all restaurants in Poland have them, at Baranow it will be a good translation, in some places even with the English translation there may well be some guesswork.. Regional dishes are very good indeed, local game particularly. Drinkable wine with a meal is very expensive - Polish beers are good and cheap, as is the vodka. Over the last 14 years we have not come across any other decent eating place in the village of Baranow, which is an easy walk from the hotel / castle. As far as I know (having last visited in May this year) there is only a Polish Guide available, and yes, you can only see most of the castle at Baranow as part of a guided tour. However, the tour lasts less than an hour and is mostly self-explanatory. The main problem is that apart from a tiny fold-out leaflet, there is very little information on Baranow available in English, although digging hard enough online I did glean quite a lot of information. Enjoy your stay - 2 nights should prove very relaxing in this lovely setting!