Evening menu

Pre-starter (or as we say around here, "to put you on")

Chilli nuts £2.00

Little dish of stuffed Queen olives  £3.00

Pot of little warm, spicy sausages  £3.50

Starters

Home made soup of the day  £4.95

Salad of crayfish tails & smoked hake with a Bloody Mary dressing    £6.95

Warm salad of bacon, mushrooms & Stilton with a honey & mustard dressing  £5.95

Chilled melon & exotic fruits with forest berries & locally produced raspberry & elderflower sorbet  £5.95

Pulled, ham hock & vegetable terrine, quail’s egg, pea shoots, buttered brown bread £5.95

Portabella mushroom baked with goat’s cheese, pesto & pine nuts, with crostini & wild rocket £5.95

Roasted Black Pearl sea scallops with sweet chilli jam & crème fraiche £8.95

Main course

Organic Shetland salmon fishcakes, buttered spinach & hollandaise  £14.95

Butter roasted chicken supreme filled with smoked garlic confit & herbed cream cheese, wrapped in air-dried ham with wild mushrooms & tarragon £15.50

Gressingham duck breast & confit duck leg cassoulet, with butter beans, smoked sausage, red wine & roasted tomato  £15.75

Four hour cooked belly pork, mustard glaze, warm black pudding, caramelised Bramley apples, cider, wholegrain mustard & sage sauce  £14.95

Griddled Round Green Farm Venison haunch steak, mini venison toad in the hole and a port sauce £18.50

Roasted, rump of Yorkshire lamb with pureed Autumn parsnips, red wine, mushroom, redcurrant & rosemary sauce £15.95            

Fried halloumi cheese, basil-roasted allotment vegetables £12.95                                                                                                              

Tart tatin filled with root vegetables roasted in honey & rosemary  £12.95

Extra matured British Sirloin steak  £18.95

Extra matured Fillet steak                                                                           £20.95

Steaks are cooked to your liking and served in the following styles:-

• With grilled mushrooms & herb butter
• With pepper sauce
• Topped with crumbled Stilton & served with a light Stilton sauce

All main courses include Jersey Royal potatoes and seasonal vegetables with cheese sauce

Extra sides at £2.70 each

Seasoned chips  
Rocket, Pecorino & balsamic salad
Charred English asparagus & Parmesan shavings
Squeaky beans, smoked Maldon salt & butter

Your waiter or waitress will present you with a dessert menu after your main course

Some dishes may contain nuts
All dishes are subject to availability
Excluding babies in high chairs, there is a minimum cover charge of £6.00
Most dishes can be adapted for gluten intolerance
We can make the dishes smaller & simpler for children
VAT is included at the current rate