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Eat & Drink
Our Menus
Celebrating the very best of local and seasonal produce, our menus are subject to change.
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Daily Menu
Sunday Roasts
Children’s Menu
Takeaway
Afternoon Tea
Wine List
Drinks Menu
Daily Menu
Finger Food & Sharers
Garlic & rosemary wood-fired flatbread
5.5
Caramelised onion & mozzarella wood-fired flatbread
6.5
Nigella seeds, sumac, cheese wood-fired flatbread
5.5
Freshly baked bread
5
olive oil, balsamic
Hickory smoked nuts
4
Harissa hummus & flatbread
4.5
Sweet Sicilian olives
4.5
Korean BBQ pulled pork mini tartlet
6.5
Maple tofu & cashew nut
5
Baked mushroom, onion jam, brie
6
Paddock Wood chorizo
6.5
Fig & cobnut salad
5
Halloumi fries
6
Shell on King prawns
6.5
chipotle mayo
Starters
Crown Prince spiced pumpkin soup
7.5
toasted seeds, crusty bread
Seared King scallops
13.5 / Bigger 20
wild mushroom, tarragon, Kentish cobnuts, butter sauce
Marden wood pigeon salad*
9 / Bigger 14.5
Kentish blue, dry cranberry, pickled red cabbage, forest berry jus (*game dishes may contain lead shot)
Braised pig cheeks
9.5
mango, chilli, grilled spring onion
Baked Camembert
10
candied nuts & cranberries, festive chutney, ciabatta sticks
Smoked haddock, salmon & cheddar fishcake
9 / Bigger 16
hollandaise sauce
Moroccan baked beetroot & lentil salad
8.5 / Bigger 14
edamame, pickled red cabbage, pineapple, mint & yoghurt dressing
Chef Specials
A selection of on-the-day specials, expertly curated by our Head Chef.
Main Courses
Traditional fish & chips
16
mushy peas, tartare sauce, lemon (vg available)
Roasted yellow courgette
15
chick pea hummus, heritage cauliflower, chimichurri
Game pie*
18
venison, pigeon, wild boar, duck, juniper, roast potatoes, seasonal vegetables, gravy (*game dishes may contain lead shot)
Slow cooked beef blade
19.5
mashed potatoes, roasted roots, brussels sprouts, maple sauce
King prawn linguini
18
coriander, garlic, chilli, ginger, cherry tomato (GF available)
Beef burger
17
pulled beef brisket, smoked paprika cheese, chipotle mayo, pickles, chips, autumn slaw
double it up
6
Turkish shish chicken kebab
18.5
skin-on fries, garlic & chipotle mayo, pickled chilli, salad, woodfired garlic flatbread
Roast turkey
18
traditional stuffing, pigs in blankets, duck fat roast potatoes, vegetables, gravy
Steak
English grilled steak, vine tomato, flat mushroom, watercress, chips / fries / sweet potato fries (+£1)
35-day aged 10oz ribeye
29
Peppercorn Sauce
+2.5
Blue Cheese Sauce
+2.5
Garlic & Parsley Butter
+1.5
21-day aged 8oz fillet
33
Peppercorn Sauce
+2.5
Blue Cheese Sauce
+2.5
Garlic & Parsley Butter
+1.5
Surf & turf
5
King prawns
4
Artisan Wood-fired Sourdough Pizza
Available to eat in or take away
Our Own
The House on Fire
15
pancetta, chipotle chicken, mushroom, roquito peppers, mozzarella, garlic
The Sea
16
King prawns, anchovies, corn, mozzarella, chilli, coriander, avocado
The Smugglers Piggy
14
Korean pulled pork, BBQ sauce, chilli, pickled ginger, coriander, pineapple, mozzarella
The Vegan Patch
13
Plant-based "meat", butternut squash, celeriac, onion, tomato, sheese cheese, tarragon, garlic
The Fancy Goat
13
goat's cheese, mozzarella, figs, cobnuts, beetroot, mint, caramelised onion, mint, rocket, aged balsamic
Classics
Margherita
12
mozzarella, plum tomato sauce, basil
Quattro Stagioni
14
West Malling ham, artichokes, mushrooms, olives, mozzarella, plum tomato sauce, basil
Pepperoni
14
pepperoni, mozzarella, plum tomato sauce, basil
Hawaiian
13
West Malling ham, pineapple, mozzarella, plum tomato sauce, basil
Calzone
15
pepperoni, sausage, mushroom, onion, mozzarella, plum tomato sauce, basil
Sloppy Guiseppe
16
beed brisket, spicy nduja, buffalo mozzarella, roquito peppers, garlic, oregano
Pizza Extras
King Prawns, Spicy Nduja, BBQ Pulled Pork, Chipotle Chicken, Pepperoni, West Malling Ham, Beef Brisket
+2.5
Plant-based "meat", Mozzarella, Vegan Cheese, Avocado, Artichoke, Anchovies, Buffalo Mozzarella, Figs
+1.5
Mushroom, Corn, Kalamata Olives, Red Onion, Pineapple, Roquito Peppers, Butternut Squash, Celeriac
+1
Salads, Greens & Tatties
Chips
5
Skin-on fries
5
Sweet potato fries
5.5
Roast potatoes
5
Tenderstem broccoli
5.5
Puddings
Kentish apple, pear & cinnamon crumble
8
satsuma & custard
Pistachio crème brûlée
7.5
festive shortbread biscuit
Salted caramel chocolate brownie
8.5
mince pie ice cream
Traditional Christmas pudding
7
red currants, brandy sauce
Sticky toffee pudding
8
vanilla ice cream, toffee sauce (vg available)
Selection of Callestick Farm Cornish fruit sorbets
7.5
Selection of Callestick Farm Cornish dairy ice cream
7.5
Selection of vegan ice cream
8
Kentish & East Sussex cheeses
grapes, quince jelly, celery, biscuits
Somerset Brie
+3
Canterbury Ashmore cheddar
+3
Staplehurst blue
+3
Golden Cross goat's cheese
+3
Menu Key
Vegan
Vegetarian
Gluten Free
Making a difference
Sustainably sourced
Making a difference
Sustainably sourced
We believe in sourcing responsibly, that’s why 85% of our food is sourced within 25 miles of an Elite Pub.
We handpick suppliers that are doing their best for the environment and the world around us, whether it’s supporting local farmers, recycling waste, or donating profits to charity.
