For the Table
Rosemary and thyme focaccia5,00 £GB
olive oil, sea salt
Gordal olives5,00 £GB
Fried and salted Valencian almonds3,00 £GB
Starters
Chicken liver parfait
farmhouse chutney, five-grain sourdough toast
Sticky belly bacon
parsnip purée, smoked garlic honey, sesame dukkah spice
Roasted butternut squash with Baharat spice
hazelnut cream, dill pickled cucumbers
Honey-baked goat’s cheese
black olive marmalade, lemon dressed chicory salad, sourdough croutons
Crab-cake
red-fish butter sauce, saffron rouille, chilli oil
Beetroot and Cashel Blue arancini
walnut butter, rosemary and port reduction
Mains
Confit duck leg
port-braised red cabbage, Madeira and prune sausage, pickled walnut, parsnip purée, red wine sauce
Pan-roasted cod fillet
White onion purée, lardo Ibérica, hen-of-the-woods mushroom, toasted hazelnut
Braised featherblade of beef
beetroot ketchup, truffle and Parmesan chips, red wine sauce
Sea bream
charred cucumber and samphire, poached mussel and tarragon cream sauce
Pan-roasted maitake mushroom
truffled sunchoke fregola, toasted sunflower seed and shallot dressing
Turkey breast
crispy apricot and sage stuffing, cranberry sauce, buttered sprouts, roast potatoes, parsnip purée, red wine sauce
For Two
35-day-aged sirloin of beef to share69,00 £GB
truffle and Parmesan chips, smoked garlic honey roasted carrots, red wine sauce
Sides
Truffle and Parmesan chips5,00 £GB
Carrots roasted with smoked garlic honey5,00 £GB
crispy onions
Port-braised red cabbage5,00 £GB
Invisible chips4,00 £GB
charity donation to Hospitality Action
Desserts
Vanilla crème brûlée
Set vanilla cream
apple cider granita, warm cinnamon beignets
Christmas pudding
orange marmalade and brandy sauce
Honeycomb ice cream
dark chocolate sauce and a wedge of honeycomb
Chocolate ‘Oblivion’
mint choc-chip ice cream, dark chocolate sauce
Warm spiced Eccles cake
with dry-aged beef fat, just whipped cream
To Finish
Four British and Continental artisan cheeses12,50 £GB
house made digestive biscuits, fig and orange chutney
Rum, raisin and white chocolate fudge4,00 £GB
FIZZ GL8
Proseeeo7,50 £GB
Ceradello Spumante Brut, Italy
Crémant de Limoux9,00 £GB
Domaine J.Laurens La Rose No.7, France
Champagne13,00 £GB
Serveaux Pur Meunier Brut, France
WHITE 12M
Macabeo4,50 £GB
Campo de Borja, Spain
Cotes de Gascogne
Maison de Vigneron, France
Viognier5,15 £GB
Kleine Oranjerie ‘Flora and Fauna', South Africa
Piepoul de Pinet6,00 £GB
Duc de Morny, France
Chardonnay6,50 £GB
Novas Gran Reserva (Organic), Chile
Pinot Grigio
Castel del Lupo Della Cinestra (Organic), Italy
Riesling
Lone Palm Vineyards, Australia
Sauvignon Blanc7,50 £GB
Catalina Sounds, New Zealand
Grüner Veltliner
Vitikultur Moser (Organic & Biodynamic), Austria
Albariño
Cranbazan Etiqueta Ambar, DO Rias Baixas, Spain
Sancerre Blanc
Domaine Michel Girard, Les Monts Damnés, France
Mercurey 1er Cru Clos du Mareilly Blanc
Les Heritiers Saint-Genys, France
RED iZEML
Garnacha4,50 £GB
Campo de Borja, Spain
Shiraz
Languedoc, France
Nero d'Avola5,50 £GB
Il Meridione, Italy
Quinta dos Quatro Ventos
Tinto Douro, Portugal
Malbec6,50 £GB
Bodega Urqo Los Durmientes, Argentina
Carmenere
Tabali Pedregoso Gran Reserva, Chile
Montepulciano7,50 £GB
Contesa, Italy
Grenache8,00 £GB
Lone Palm Vineyards, Barossa Valley, Australia
Rioja Reserva9,00 £GB
Ontanon, Spain
Pinot Noir
Soumah of the Yarra Valley, Hexham, Australia
Margaux
Chateau Tayac, France
Brunello di Montalcino
Campogiovanni, Italy
PINKISH
Wild Horse Rosé5,00 £GB
Western Cape, South Africa
Grenache Cinsault Rosé3,50 £GB
Languedoc, France
Cotes de Provence
Domaine de la Vieille Tour Rosé (Organic), France
COCKTAILS
Sour Cherry
Tequila blanco, cherry liqueur, lime, cherries
Didsbury Spritz
Didsbury raspberry & elderflower gin, raspberry & rose soda, prosecco
Piggy Pudding Old Fashioned
Gold rum, Didsbury Gin Xmas Pudding liqueur, spiced raisin syrup, bitters
Espresso Martini
Vodka, coffee liqueur, espresso, vanilla
Negroni
JJ Whitley gin, Campari, Valdespino Vermouth
Champagne Socialite
Champagne, seasonal syrup
NON-ALCOHOLIC
Bramble Fizz
Blackberry syrup, apple juice, soda
Berries & Petals
Raspberry & rose soda, raspberries
Valencian Spritz
Lyres Italian Orange, fig & orange soda
No G&T
Tanqueray 0.0%, tonic, grapefruit, rosemary
Driver's Negroni
Tanqueray 0.0%, Martini Vibrante, Lyre's Aperitif Rosso
BEER & CIDER
Siren/Elite Bistro. Ladysmith
4.2% Pale Ale, Our own beer! Stone fruit, tropical, citrus
Siren. Pastel Pils
4.8% Pilsner Style Lager, Gluten free
Siren. Broken Dream
6.5% Breakfast Stout. Chocolate, coffee, granola
Siren. Soundwave
5.6% IPA. Mango, citrus, pine
Lucky Saint Lager
0.5% Alcohol Free Unfiltered Lager. Smooth, citrus hop finish
Lucky Saint IPA
0.5% Alcohol Free Hazy IPA, Tropical and stone fruits
Aspalls Suffolk Cider
5.5% Medium dry and crisp
AFTER DINNER
Ruby Port Krohn Reserve
Fernando de Castilla Classic Fino Sherry
10-Year-Old Tawny Port Krohn
Fernando de Castilla Classic Pedro Ximénez
Kardos Tokaji Late Harvest Hungary
AOP Sauternes Maison Ginestet Classique, France