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
3.95

Chefs Table
Make your choice from our extensive selection of the freshest seafood, artisan cured meats and seasonal salads.
starter
9.50
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
8.45
5
12.45
9 (to share)
19.50

Prawn and smoked salmon cocktail
cold water prawns, smoked salmon, baby gem lettuce, avocado with a classic Marie Rose cocktail sauce
8.95

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

Warm wild boar and apple Scotch egg
with honey and grain mustard sauce
8.50

East coast fish pie
with smoked haddock, sea trout, prawns and monkfish with a mashed potato and Cobbles Nibble cheddar cheese crust
16.95

Thwaites ale battered fish
sea salted thick chips, mushy peas, 'scraps', homemade
tartare sauce, lemon
15.95

Roasted fillet of cod
with roasted baby potatoes, smoked bacon, peas
and a white wine sauce
16.95

Tiger prawn and white crab linguine
with cherry tomatoes, chilli, coriander leaf and parmesan shavings
17.25

Slowed cooked Oxfordshire lamb shank
red wine sauce and creamy mashed potato
16.95

Beetroot risotto
with fresh peas, candied golden beets
and shaved radish
15.75

Pan fried breast of pheasant
with smoked bacon, baby onion, pearl barley and a red wine sauce
17.95

Roast chicken pie
Short crust pastry pie of chicken breast and thigh, chipolata, chicken gravy with a sage and onion crust
16.95

Savoury pudding
of wild mushrooms with wilted spinach and a tarragon cream sauce
15.25

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
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 £2.95

Steamed broccoli
with toasted almonds

Roasted Autumn root vegetables

Beer battered onion rings

Warm green bean and red onion salad

Skin on fries

Chunky fries

Cauliflower cheese

Duck fat roasted potatoes

All at 3.95