Starters

  • Watercress, pea and garlic soup with creme fraiche £5.50
  • Crab and chive croquette with pommery mustard mayonnaise £7.50
  • Crayfish cocktail with pea and mint mousse, chilli oil dressing £7.95
  • British lop ham terrine, sweet pickled grapes and granary toast £6.50
  • Welsh Rarebit, tossed leaves £4.50
  • Twice baked artichoke and Roquefort cheese souffle £5.95

Shellfish

  • 6 Irish rock oysters with red wine shallot vinegar £9.90
  • Pint o’ prawns” with mayonnaise £8

Eggs/Brunch

  • Croque Monsieur/Madame with Montgomery cheddar £6.50
  • Eggs Benedict/Royale/Florentine £7.50

Mains

  • Beer battered whiting with tartar sauce £10.50
  • Seafood gratin (scallops, mussels, prawns, cod) £15.50
  • Empress steak sandwich, hand cut chips and salad £9.50
  • Ginger Pig old spot sausages and mash with confit balsamic onions £10.95
  • Cheeseburger with applewood smoked cheddar and French fries £9.95
  • Pumpkin, chesnut and sage pie with curly kale £9.50

Pasta, quiche and risotto

  • Wild mushroom Quiche £7.50
  • Linguine with chicken, broccoli and almonds £9.50
  • Barbary duck, apple and spring onion risotto, star anis jus £10.50

Salads

  • Classic chicken Caesar salad £10.50
  • Goats cheese salad £7.95

Sandwiches (Monday - Friday only)

  • Rare roast beef with granary mustard mayonnaise £6.50
  • Cornfed free range chicken, pancetta, red pesto and spinach £6.50

From The Rotisserie (Saturday & Sunday Only)

  • Whole Roast free range Devonshire Bronze chicken, aioli, watercress and chips (for 2 to share) £27

Please see the blackboard for today's specials

Sides (all £3.50)

  • Minted new potatoes
  • Creamed leeks
  • Curly kale
  • Chips and gravy
  • Tomato, shallot and chive salad
  • Rocket and parmesan salad

Puddings and cheese (all puddings £5)

  • Malva pudding with vanilla ice cream
  • Spiced pineapple trifle
  • Bitter chocolate mousse with creme fraiche ice cream
  • Eton Mess
  • Selection of house made ice creams and sorbets
  • Selection of British and French cheeses, oatcakes and chutney £7.50