Main Menu

Freshly baked artisan-bread
with butter, rapeseed oil and aged balsamic
per person - 3.50
for two - 4.75

Lincolnshire cheese rarebit
with sourdough soldiers and Northampton pickle
4.25

Our special marinated mixed olives
4.25

Chefs Table
Make your choice from our extensive selection of the freshest seafood, artisan cured meats and seasonal salads.
starter - 9.75 
main - 16.95

Today’s freshly made soup
with warm bread
5.95

Our local speciality - a genuine hand raised Melton Mowbray pork pie
radish and a selection of local pickles and mustards. Served tableside with a taster glass of Thwaites Original Bitter Ale
7.95

Crisp battered giant Tiger prawns
fresh lime and three dips - sweet chilli, lemon mayonnaise and hot chilli
3 - 8.95
5 - 12.95
9 (to share) - 19.95

Pressing of Blythburgh smoked ham hock
vegetables with baby gherkins and sorrel
7.95

Kidderton Ash goat's cheese
roast vegetables and red onion tartlet with rocket salad and rapeseed oil dressing (v)
7.95

Warm fresh salmon Scotch egg
with watercress, lemon
8.50

Smoked haddock
Cobblers Nibble cheese and spinach tart with baby leaf salad and grain
mustard dressing
16.95

Thwaites ale battered fish
sea salted thick chips, mushy peas, 'scraps', homemade
tartare sauce, lemon
16.95

Pan fried fillet of cod
with roasted baby potatoes, sorrel sauce and crispy deep fried cockles
21.95

Tiger prawn and white crab linguine
with cherry tomatoes, chilli, coriander leaf and parmesan shavings
17.95

Pan roasted rump of lamb
with spring greens and minted lamb sauce
21.95

Roasted spiced cauliflower
with new potato salad, spinach, crispy onions, a vegan yoghurt and chive dressing (vegan)
15.95

Blythburgh fillet of pork
roasted in air dried ham with fresh peas and a garlic and chive cream sauce
17.95

Roast chicken pie
short crust pastry pie of chicken breast and thigh, chicken gravy with a sage and onion crust, chipolata and duck fat roasted potatoes
17.50

Savoury “Summer” pudding
of wild mushrooms with wilted spinach and a tarragon cream sauce (v)
15.95

our beef is aged for 28 days and sourced from local farms. All grills served with slow roasted tomato, flat cap mushroom and chunky chips

9 oz Sirloin steak
26.95

10 oz Rib eye steak
best cooked medium 
26.95

Our own recipe beef burger
in a soft floured bap, with Old Nick cheddar cheese
15.95
with crispy smoked bacon
16.95

Spiced lentil burger
with roasted carrot, kale and a touch of chilli plus guacamole and red onion in a toasted bun (vegan)
14.95

Add a little extra
Béarnaise sauce, made with plenty of fresh tarragon
Cracked black peppercorn and brandy cream sauce
Diane sauce, with wild mushrooms and cream
Colston Bassett Stilton sauce
All at 3.25

Steamed broccoli
with toasted almonds

Beer battered onion rings

Warm green bean and red onion salad

Skin on fries

Chunky fries

Duck fat roasted potatoes

all at 4.25