The Menu
Seasonal plates, eight hand-pulls kept well, and the Sunday roast that sells out. Allergies? Tell us when you book and again when you sit down.
Lunch 12pm to 3pm · Dinner 5pm to 9pm
Starters
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£6.50
Soup of the day
Made that morning. Sourdough from the High Street bakehouse, Kentish butter
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£8.50
Ham hock terrine
House-pressed, piccalilli from our own jars, cornichons, toasted granary
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£7.50
Beer-battered mushrooms V
Wild wood mushrooms in house ale batter, garlic aioli
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£8.00
Smoked mackerel pâté
Toasted rye, capers, lemon, leaves from Tenterden
Mains
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£16.50
Fish and chips
Beer-battered haddock, hand-cut chips, mushy peas, tartare, lemon
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£15.50
Steak and ale pie
Kentish beef slow-cooked in Spitfire gravy, puff lid, greens
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£17.50
Chicken supreme GF
Wild mushroom risotto, tarragon cream, roast skin
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£15.00
Beef burger
8oz patty, smoked cheddar, onions, brioche, triple-cooked chips
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£14.50
Mushroom Wellington V
Spinach, roast roots, red wine jus, crisp pastry
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£18.00
Chef's daily special Special
What came in this morning. Ask at the bar — it changes when the market does
Puddings
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£7.50
Sticky toffee pudding
Vanilla custard, butterscotch sauce. James's, people book for it
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£7.00
Apple crumble
Bramley apples, oat crumb, clotted cream from the dairy down the road
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£8.00
Chocolate fondant
Warm dark chocolate, vanilla ice cream, comes out when it is ready
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£9.50
Cheese board
Kent and Sussex cheeses, chutney, crackers, grapes
Pumps and glasses
Guest pumps change with the barrels. Ask at the bar — Sophie will let you taste before you choose.
Cask ale
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£4.80
Shepherd Neame Spitfire
Kent's house pint. 4.2%. Crisp, hoppy, keeps well
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£5.20
Westerham British Bulldog
Local amber. 4.5%. Malt first, citrus after. From Crockham Hill
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£5.50
Hop Fuzz Elderflower IPA
Guest ale. 5.0%. Floral hops, elderflower, summer in a glass
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£5.00
Copper Kettle House Ale House
Brewed for us by Canterbury Ales. 4.8%. Biscuit malt, Kent Goldings
Wine by the glass
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£6.50
Sauvignon Blanc
Marlborough, NZ. Tropical, sharp, cold
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£6.00
Pinot Grigio
Veneto, Italy. Pear and apple, easy
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£7.00
Malbec
Mendoza, Argentina. Dark fruit, soft finish
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£6.50
Merlot
Languedoc, France. Plum and cherry, friendly
Spirits
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£5.50
Gin shelf
Twenty plus, including Kent stills, with proper tonic and a lemon
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£6.00
Whisky
Scotch, Irish, Japanese. Ask Sophie — she will talk you through it
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£7.50
Copper Kettle hot toddy House
Whisky, honey, lemon, clove. The winter one, for when the fire smokes
Soft drinks
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£3.50
Artisan lemonade
Squeezed to order, mint, lots of ice
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£3.00
Kentish apple juice
Pressed in Tenterden, still cloudy
Sunday roast
Sundays from 12pm until we sell out. Dripping potatoes, seasonal veg from Tenterden, Yorkshire pudding, and gravy Helen still won't write down.
The roasts
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£19.50
Sirloin of beef
28-day aged Kentish beef, pink in the middle, crisp fat
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£18.50
Lamb shoulder
Slow-roasted six hours, rosemary, garlic, falls apart
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£16.50
Free-range chicken
Sage and onion stuffing, pigs in blankets, bread sauce
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£15.50
Nut roast Wellington V
Chestnut and cranberry, mushroom duxelles, vegetarian gravy
On the side
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£2.00
Extra Yorkshire
One is rarely enough. We know
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£4.50
Cauliflower cheese
Cream, mustard, golden crumb, big spoon