Food
Lunch and dinner from Tuesday to Saturday, a roast on Sunday. Every dish names a beer on the bar that suits it; ask for a taster before you choose.
To start
Small plates to share or to keep for yourself.
Scotch egg
Soft-boiled free-range egg, sausage meat, mustard mayonnaise
With tap 4, Towpath Bitter
$7
Potted shrimp
Brown butter, mace, toast
With tap 2, Lamplight Gold
$9
Leek and potato soup
Sourdough and salted butter (vegetarian)
With tap 1, Wharf Pils
$7
Ham hock terrine
Piccalilli, pickled shallots, toast
With tap 5, Red Brick
$8
Mains
Served with the side the dish needs; extra sides $4.
Beer-battered haddock and chips
Pale ale batter, mushy peas, tartare sauce, lemon
With tap 3, Hop Yard Pale
$17
Steak and mild pie
Shortcrust lid, braised beef, Tanner’s Mild gravy, buttered greens
With tap 6, Tanner’s Mild
$18
Pork belly, apple and cider sauce
Crackling, mustard mash, roast carrots
With tap 4, Towpath Bitter
$19
Rump steak
Chips, watercress, peppercorn or porter sauce
With tap 7, Coal Barge Porter
$24
Wild mushroom and barley risotto
Aged hard cheese, parsley, crispy shallots (vegetarian)
With tap 2, Lamplight Gold
$15
Chalk-stream trout
New potatoes, brown shrimp butter, samphire
With tap 1, Wharf Pils
$21
Puddings
Made in the morning, gone by the evening.
Treacle tart
Clotted cream
With tap 2, Lamplight Gold
$8
Stout and chocolate pot
Night Shift Stout, dark chocolate, shortbread
With tap 8, Night Shift Stout
$8
Cheese board
Three local cheeses, oatcakes, chutney
With tap 7, Coal Barge Porter
$11
Example prices. Menu (sample). Every dish has an allergen list; ask before you order. A discretionary 10% service charge is added for groups of eight or more.
Cooked from scratch on Wharf Street
Tomasz and his team make the stocks, the pastry and the bread in the kitchen behind the bar (sample). Fish comes from the market every morning and the beef from a farm twelve miles away.
Because the menu is short, it changes every few weeks. The beers that suit each dish change with it.
Keep a table for you
Walk-ins are welcome in the bar. For the dining room, Sunday lunch and groups of six or more, book ahead.