The Axe and Compasses

Olives, pickles & semi dried tomatoes

with HP Sauce

With oil & vinegar

Our pickled cockles in spiced vinegar with buttered granary bread

With warm apple sauce

Garlic & herb ciabatta

Soup of the day served with croutons & crusty bread

In marie rose sauce with buttered wholemeal bread

With toast & red onion marmalade

Steamed Shetland mussels with garlic, cream, white wine & parsley with Dorrington's bread

Deep fried brie, cranberry sauce & mixed leaves

Bucket of barbecue chicken wings with BBQ sauce & garlic bread wedge

Whitebait, tartare sauce & dressed leaves

Parma ham, chorizo, salami, mixed olives & pickles, crusty bread, bread sticks & dipping oils

Choose any 3 bar bites for £10

Beer battered fish, chips, garden peas & homemade tartare sauce

Breaded wholetail scampi, chips, dressed side salad & taratare sauce

Please ask your server for more info

Salmon, white wine & crayfish cream sauce, crushed potatoes, seasonal vegetables & topped with crispy leeks

Steamed mussels with garlic, cream, white wine & parsley with bread & chips

Prawn & crayfish salad in marie rose sauce with buttered wholemeal bread

Sausages, creamy mash, garden peas, gravy & onions

Bread crumbed chicken breast stuffed with garlic butter served with salt baked potatoes & sugarsnap peas

8oz Ground steak burger in a brioche bun with tomato, lettuce, onion, relish & gherkin with chips

Butternut squash, chestnut & mushroom risotto

Confit pork belly, apple mash, honey glazed carrots, gravy & crackling

Beer battered halloumi, chips, garden peas & lemon mayonnaise

Calves' liver & bacon, creamy mash, seasonal vegetables, onions & gravy

28-day dry-aged steak, slow roasted tomato, field mushroom, chips & dressed rocket

Prime steak with thyme & onions topped with puff pastry

Free range chicken & mushrooms in cream & herb sauce topped with puff pastry

Feta, spinach, sweet potato & basil layered with filo pastry with roast red pepper dressing (also nice with salad)

With warm chocolate sauce & ice cream

Traditional spotted dick & custard

Served with custard

With cafè latte smoothie shot & shortbread

Vanilla ice cream, brownie pieces, chocolate sauce, whipped cream & crumbled hazelnuts

Ice cream & fruit sorbet - please ask server

Black bomber cheddar, brie & stilton with biscuits, red onion marmalade & grapes