Food & Drink
The Menu
Well-kept cask, a short honest kitchen, and a Sunday roast worth the walk. Everything changes with the season and the cellar — here's what you'll usually find.
On the bar
Draught
Eight lines, kept the way they should be — here's what's pouring now. Prices per pint.
Lager & Pilsner
- Madrí Excepcional European lager · 4.6% £5.80
Smooth and full-bodied with a crisp finish — “the soul of Madrid.”
- Pravha Czech-style pilsner · 4.0% £5.20
Lighter-tasting, clean and delicately bitter.
- Carling Lager · 3.7% £4.80
Brewed in Burton-on-Trent — the easy-going pint.
- Foster's Lager · 3.7% £4.70
Cold, crisp and uncomplicated.
Ale & Stout
- Worthington's Creamflow Smooth ale · 3.6% £4.60
Velvety, nitro-poured English bitter.
- Alpacalypse Session IPA · SALT · 4.3% £5.40
Hazy and citrussy with a gentle tropical bitterness.
- Guinness Extra Cold Dry stout · 4.1% £5.60
The classic, served properly cold.
Cider
- Aspall Suffolk cyder · 5.5% £5.80
Crisp, dry and refreshing — cidermakers since 1728.
Behind the bar
Wines
A short, well-chosen list — house red, white & rosé by the glass or bottle, plus a fizz for occasions.
Spirits
All the favourites, with a growing shelf of gins and a few aged whiskies worth lingering over.
Soft & Hot
Fever-Tree mixers, cordials, proper coffee and a pot of tea.
Shaken & stirred
Cocktails
A short list of the classics done well — ask at the bar for this week's specials.
Vodka, coffee liqueur, a fresh shot of espresso.
Passionfruit, vanilla vodka, a shot of fizz on the side.
Aperol, prosecco, soda and orange.
Gin, Campari, sweet vermouth.
Bourbon, bitters, a twist of orange.
White rum, lime, mint and soda.
From the kitchen
Food
To begin
- Soup of the day £6.5
With warm, crusty bread and butter.
- Crispy whitebait £7
Lemon and a garlic aïoli.
- Baked camembert £9
To share — rosemary, honey, toasted sourdough.
The mains
- Beer-battered haddock & chips £15
Hand-cut chips, mushy peas, tartare.
- Steak & ale pie £15.5
Slow-cooked in our own cask ale, buttered mash.
- Pub burger £14
Aged beef, smoked cheese, skin-on fries.
- Garden pie (v) £13
Seasonal vegetables in a herb crust.
Sunday roast
Served every Sunday from noon until it's gone — booking recommended.
- Roast topside of beef £17
Yorkshire pudding, duck-fat roasties, all the trimmings.
- Roast chicken £16
Sage & onion, pigs in blankets.
- Nut & root roast (v) £14
Vegetarian gravy, the same generous trimmings.
Something sweet
- Sticky toffee pudding £7
Butterscotch sauce, clotted cream.
- Apple & berry crumble £7
Proper custard.
From the bar
Fresh cakes and treats on the counter daily, plus the usual nibbles.
- Fresh cakes & treats from £3
Baked fresh — whatever's on the counter that day.
- Mixed nuts £2.5
- Crisps £1.5
All the classics.
- Pork scratchings £2.0
- Olives £4.0
Marinated, with bread.
Allergies or dietary needs? Have a word with us and we'll happily talk you through it. For Sunday lunch and larger tables, we'd always suggest booking ahead.