Lunch

BAR BITES

Choose as a starter, light lunch or as an accompaniment with a drink or two

Mini fish + chips, tartare sauce £5.50
½ pint shell on prawns £4.95 
Leigh-on-Sea cockles £4.50
Faggots + peas £4.95
Dunmow Flitch pasty + pickle £4.50
Arbroath Smokie £4.95

POTTED WITH TOAST

Potted Cromer crab £5.95
Potted Stilton + Guinness £4.95
Potted rabbit + pistachio £5.95

TO SHARE

Axe Platter: smoked salmon, Parma ham, chorizo, cheese, chutney,chargrilled vegetables, olives + toast £9.95
Hot baked Camembert, vegetables crudités + cheese straws £7.95
Bowl of olives £2.95
Garlic bread £2.95

STARTERS OR LIGHT LUNCHES

Soup of the day + bloomer £4.50
Corn beef hash, homemade relish + fried egg £5.95/ 9.50
Smoked Hanningfield trout + crispy bacon salad £5.95/ 9.50
Salad of baked goat’s cheese, roasted beetroot, poached pear + walnut pesto £5.95
Mussels steamed with spring onion + cider cream £6.50/ 9.95
Crispy pork belly, panfried scallops + pea purée £7.95/12.95
Grilled sardine with pine nut + herby lemon stuffing £5.50/ 7.95
Smooth chicken liver pâté, remoulade. damson + port chutney, toast £5.95

HEARTIER MEALS

Toad-in-the-hole, mash + mushy peas £9.95
Steak + ale pie, selection of vegetables, creamy mash £10.95
Thyme roasted chicken, smoked bacon, tomato + Gruyère glaze, fondant potato + winter vegetables £11.95
Posh venison cottage pie, topped with neaps + tatties £10.95
Deep fried cod, chips, mushy peas, homemade tartare sauce £10.95
Peppered wing of skate, mussels, squid + capers, parmentier potatoes, fine beans £14.50
Fillet of seabass, saffron potatoes, chargrilled veg, sauce vierge + roast pepper dressing £15.95
Aubergine filled with ratatouille, roast pepper with blue cheese + mixed rice £9.95

TO SHARE FOR TWO

Forerib of beef, gratin potatoes, winter vegetables + Yorkshire pudding £17.95 each

SIDE ORDERS

Side salad £2.95
Vegetable selection £2.95
Bucket of chips £2.50
Cheesy Chips £3.50

DESSERTS

Trio of chocolate; brownie, white chocolate cheesecake, milk chocolate milkshake £5.50
Sticky toffee pudding, butterscotch sauce, caramel crunch ice cream £5.50
Treacle tart with vanilla pod ice cream £5.50
Rice pudding with raspberry jam £5.50
Trio of pear; crumble + clotted cream, sorbet, poached pear £5.50
Lemon posset with candied lemon + crème fraiche £5.50
Selection of cheeses, biscuits, grapes, celery + chutney £6.95

TO SHARE

Chocolate fondue, marshmallows, banana, clementine + strawberries £8.00

Prices include VAT. Gratuities at your discretion excepting parties of eight and over when 10% service charge will be added. Thank you.
Please note: Menus displayed on this site maybe subject to alteration by The Axe & Compasses. If you have a query about our menus or specific dietary requirements please do not hesitate to contact us.