Date change: May 2010

Colchester natives #4 £1.95 (each)
Mersea Island rock £1.20
- natural, shallot vinegar
- avocado, soy & cracked pepper
- grilled w/ garlic & herb butter
- tempura & pickled cucumber
- Kilpatrick
- lime & chilli granita
- bloody mary ½ shot £3.00
Welsh rarebit £4.90
Globe artichoke, house dressing £5.00
Salad of shaved pear, radiccio, honey roasted walnuts & gorgonzola £6.90
Hot smoked eel, ras el hanout, radish & apple £7.50
Jerusalem artichoke soup & parmesan soup £5.90
Lamb sweet breads, braised lettuce hearts, peas & summer truffle £7.00
Asparagus in hot butter, Palourde clams & ramsons £7.50
Pheasant & smoked pork terrine with golden raisin chutney £7.20
Char-grilled quail, broad beans & mint £7.90
Seared Scallops, star anise, fennel, samphire & blood orange £8.60
English asparagus, chopped duck egg, celery salt & pea shoots £7.00

Salt roast beetroot risotto, marscapone, orange caramel & wood sorel £9.90
Rare grilled Welsh black onglet, hand cut chips & béarnaise £14.50
Herdwick spring lamb, short saddle, breast & sweet breads, jersey royals £16.90
Tagliolini with clams, squid, crab meat, chilli, parsley & garlic £13.90
Wood fired poussin, lentils du pays, wild mushrooms & celeriac puree £11.90
Whole or half grilled native Lobster, garlic butter, fries & salad £14.90/ £28.00
Brecon Beacon Venison, cottage pie, roast haunch, mini venison burger, celeriac chips & beetroot £15.90
Grilled lemon sole, roast fennel & brown shrimps £14.90
Confit belly of Old Spot, carrot and star anise puree, apple, black pudding £13.50

New potatoes £3.90
Hand cut chips £3.50
Mixed leaf salad £3.00
Sprouting broccoli £3.50

Cardamon affogato, cantucci £3.90
Sticky toffee pudding & spun sugar £4.50
Blood orange sorbet with rhubarb juice £3.90
Glazed conference pear, almond butter & goats’ cheese ice cream £5.00
Cox apple tart fine, butterscotch sauce & cinnamon £5.00 (12 mins)
Black truffle & honey parfait with black pepper £6.00
Hot chocolate fondant, honeycomb & salted macadamia ice cream £6.00 (10mins)
Sweet sherry trifle, jam doughnuts, toasted hazelnuts £5.90
White chocolate soufflé, maple syrup & lemon thyme £5.00 (17mins)
Cheese board, quince paste & lavosh £6.90

An optional 12.5% service will be added to your bill

First Floor Dining Room opening hours:
Monday - Thursday: Evening menu 7pm - 10pm
Friday: Lunch menu 12-3pm / Evening menu 7pm - 10.30pm
Saturday: Lunch menu 12.30pm-3.30pm / Evening menu 7pm - 10.30pm
Sunday: Lunch menu 12.30pm-4pm / Evening menu 7pm - 10.00pm



Bread & olives £3.00
Bowl of mixed nuts £2.00
Pistachios £2.00
½ dozen Irish rock oysters £8.00
Char grilled baby octopus £4.00
Salt & pepper squid £4.00
Buffalo wings £4.00
Fried whitebait, gremolata £4.00
Tomato & basil bruschetta £4.00
Mezze of dips £4.95
Plate of charcuterie £5.95
Hand cut chips £3.50
Cheese Board £6.50

Bar menu available:
Monday-Thursday: Evening menu 5pm - 10pm
Friday - Sunday: Lunch menu 12pm-5pm / Evening menu 6pm-10pm

Our large seventy-seater dining room has a daily changing menu of seasonal produce in the tradition of modern European cooking with a few staple dishes washed down with an accessible wine list predominantly sourced from France, Spain and Italy.