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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
6
Caramelised onion & mozzarella wood-fired flatbread
7
Freshly baked bread
5
olive oil, balsamic
Chilli & lime nuts
4
Aleppo pepper hummus & flatbread
5
Sweet Sicilian olives
5.5
Garlic & chilli King prawns
7
crusty bread
Middle Eastern lamb meatballs
6.5
mint yoghurt
English buffalo mozzarella & fig salad
6
Heritage beetroot & Golden Cross goat's cheese
6
Pigs in blankets
6
Salt & pepper squid
7
chipotle mayo
Halloumi fries
6.5
Pumpkin & sage arancini
6
fig relish
Buffalo chicken bites
6
blue cheese sauce
Starters
Seasonal soup
7.5
freshly baked bread
Seared Rye Bay scallops
13.5 / bigger 21 (with salad)
heritage cauliflower, Kentish cobnut & kale pesto
Baked camembert
10
candied nuts & cranberries, festive chutney, bread sticks
Middle Eastern lamb meatballs
9
lettuce & red onion, tomato, pita bread, mint yogurt
Salt & pepper squid
9.5
rocket, spring onion, red chilli, chipotle mayo
Chicory, maple roasted squash & Staplehurst blue cheese salad
9.5 / bigger 16
walnuts, cider vinaigrette (VG available)
Shiitake mushroom "meat" nachos
8.5
mozzarella, jalapenos, Pico de Gallo, lime yogurt
Kentish game terrine*
8
duck, pheasant, partridge, pigeon, celeriac & apple remoulade, toast (*may contain lead shot)
Chef Specials
A selection of on-the-day specials, expertly curated by our Head Chef.
Main Courses
Traditional fish & chips
17.5
mushy peas, tartare sauce, lemon (vg available 14)
Mushroom plant-based ‘meat’ burger
16
vegan cheese, rocket, tomato, chipotle mayo, chips
Steak, mushroom & Ale pie
18.5
Kentish new potatoes, seasonal vegetables, gravy
Winter power bowl
15
heritage beetroot, Aleppo pepper hummus, avocado, tomato, quinoa, pickled red cabbage
halloumi
3
chicken breast
+4
King prawns
+5
beef steak
+6
Wild boar burger
18
bacon, Flimwell smoked cheddar, onion chutney, beetroot, celeriac remoulade, chips
double it up
+6
Shiitake mushroom "meat" chilli con carne
16
tumeric rice, nachos, lime yogurt, avocado
Marden wild duck breast*
23
Kentish new potatoes, rainbow chard, wild mushroom, orange & five spice jus (*may contain lead shot)
Turkish chicken thigh kebab
19
tomato and red onion salad, green chilli, pita bread, mint yogurt
Thai spiced coconut fish curry
20
cod fillet, King prawns, red chilli, mange tout, bell pepper, jasmine rice
Beef steak ciabatta
15 (served daily until 6pm)
red onion chutney, English mozzarella, rocket, skin-on fries, salad
Roast turkey
18
traditional stuffing, pigs in blankets, duck fat roasted potatoes, vegetables & gravy
Steak
English grilled steak, vine tomato, flat mushroom, watercress, chips / fries / sweet potato fries (+£1)
35-day aged 10oz ribeye
29.5
Peppercorn Sauce
+2.5
Blue Cheese Sauce
+2.5
Garlic & Parsley Butter
+1.5
21-day aged 8oz fillet
33.5
Peppercorn Sauce
+2.5
Blue Cheese Sauce
+2.5
Garlic & Parsley Butter
+1.5
Surf & turf
King prawns
4
Artisan Wood-fired Sourdough Pizza
Available to eat in or take away
All pizzas can be made gluten-free
All pizzas can be made gluten-free
Our Own
The Pig on Fire
15.5
Nduja, Aleppo pepper, spicy chicken, roquito peppers, mozzarella, garlic, basil
Bethersden at Sea
16.5
King prawns, anchovies, corn, mozzarella, chilli, coriander, avocado
The Korean Piggy
15
Korean pulled pork, BBQ sauce, chilli, pickled ginger, pineapple, mozzarella
The Vegan Patch
14
Shiitake mushroom, butternut squash, jalapeno, sheese cheese, rocket, tarragon oil
The Fancy Goat
14.5
goat's cheese, mozzarella, figs, beetroot, cobnuts, caramelised onion, rocket, mint
Classics
Margherita
12
mozzarella, plum tomato sauce, basil (VG available)
Quattro Stagioni
15
Kentish ham, artichokes, mushrooms, olives, mozzarella, plum tomato sauce, basil
Pepperoni
14.5
pepperoni, mozzarella, plum tomato sauce, basil
Hawaiian
13.5
Kentish ham, pineapple, mozzarella, plum tomato sauce, basil
Calzone
15
pepperoni, sausage, mushroom, onion, mozzarella, plum tomato sauce, basil
Prosciutto & funghi
17
prosciutto crudo, buffalo mozzarella, mushroom, rocket, truffle oil
Pizza Extras
King prawns, spicy nduja, Korean pulled pork, chipotle chicken, pepperoni, Kentish ham, Prosciutto Crudo
+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, jalapeno
+1
Salads, Greens & Tatties
Chips
5
Skin-on fries
5
Sweet potato fries
5.5
New potatoes
4.5
Autumn salad
4.5
Puddings
Seasonal creme brulee
7.5
cinnamon shortbread
Seasonal crumble
8
mince pie ice cream
Cookie dough brownie
8.5
white chocolate & raspberry ice cream
Banoffee slice
8
Chantilly cream, caramelised banana, chocolate
Classic spotted dick
8
orange custard
Traditional Christmas pudding
7
red currants, brandy sauce
Selection of Callestick Farm Cornish fruit sorbets
7.5
Selection of Callestick Farm Cornish dairy ice creams
7.5
Selection of vegan ice creams
8
Kentish & East Sussex cheeses
grapes, quince jelly, celery, biscuits
Bowyer's Brie
+3
Canterbury Ashmore cheddar
+3
Staplehurst blue
+3
Golden Cross goat's cheese
+3
DESPITE OUR BEST EFFORTS, DUE TO THE NATURE OF OUR KITCHENS, WE ARE UNABLE TO GUARANTEE THAT OUR DISHES ARE FREE FROM ANY ALLERGEN
Menu Key
Vegan
Vegetarian
Gluten Free
Gluten Free Available
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.
