Natalie Barrett, our Head Chef, works very closely with our local suppliers to create a
traditional seasonal menu. Our meat is all from Dorset, free range and reared to the highest
standard by Mr & Mrs Stone of Stone Family Farm at Three Legged Cross. We use Dexter
beef as it gives a more sweet intense flavour compared to other breeds and our pork comes
from the rare breed Oxford Sandy and Black.
Starters
Basket of bread
£1.75
Bowl of olives
£2.50
Homemade soup of the day with granary bread (v,gf)
£5.95
Duck liver parfait with brioche toast and onion marmalade
£6.50
Creamy garlic mushrooms with granary bread (v,gf)
£6.95
Twice baked cheese soufflé (v)
£7.25
Smoked chicken and mango salad with basil dressing and sunflower seeds (gf) £7.50/£13.95
Wild mushroom and crispy prosciutto warm salad with a Rockbourne
poached egg (gf)
£7.95/£14.95
Half pint of shell-on prawns with garlic aioli and granary bread (gf)
£7.95
Fjordling smoked fish platter with celeriac remoulade, watercress and
granary bread (gf)
£8.25
Main courses
R.A.T burger with smoked bacon, emmental, Dorset gherkins and hand cut chips
£12.50
Goats cheese and caramelised red onion tarts on a bed of dressed salad leaves
with balsamic glaze (v)
£12.95
Roast chicken breast with a pea purée and wild mushroom jus (gf)*
£13.95
Pan fried spinach gnocchi in a sun blush tomato dressing topped with crumbled
feta cheese and sunflower seeds (v)
£13.95
Homemade steak and kidney steamed suet pudding*
£15.50
Confit rare breed pork belly with black pudding, apple purée and a cider jus (gf)*
£16.95
Dorset Lamb rump with crushed minted potatoes and a red wine jus (gf)*
£18.95
Seasoned 8oz Dorset 28 day aged Dexter sirloin steak with slow roasted tomatoes (gf)*
Optional Sauce:
£23.50
Port and Stilton Sauce
Peppercorn Sauce
£1.50
£1.50
*Served with seasonal vegetables
v - vegetarian
gf - made with non gluten containing ingredients (please advise your server if gf required)
As all our food is cooked to order there may be a 25 minute wait if starters are not ordered.
Please advise our staff of any allergies
All prices include VAT
Lunchtime favourites (available 12-2:15 only)
Rare roast beef sandwich with horseradish
£7.25
Scottish smoked salmon sandwich with lemon, cream cheese and dill
£7.25
Crayfish tail sandwich with avocado and salad
£7.25
Smoked chicken sandwich with feta cheese and pesto
£7.25
Welsh rarebit with slow roasted tomato and bacon
£9.00
Sausages of the day with wholegrain mustard mash and onion gravy
£9.95
R.A.T Ploughman’s Lunch
Rare roast beef, Lyburn old Winchester, pork pie, scotch egg, piccalilli, caper berries,
cornichon, grapes and granary bread
£13.95
Homemade puddings All £6.50
Sticky toffee and date pudding with cream, ice cream or custard
Seasonal fruit crumble with cream, ice cream or custard
Vanilla panna cotta with raspberries and crushed honeycomb (gf)
Hot chocolate brownie drizzled with salted caramel and Amaretto ice cream
Summer fruit meringue nest with a Chantilly cream and chopped pistachios (gf)
Homemade ice creams and sorbets (gf)
£1.75 per scoop
Rose and Thistle cheese board with celery, apple, grapes & water biscuits
(please see separate cheese menu)
Glass of port
£3.50/£5.00
Muscat de Saint-Jean de Minervois dessert wine
£6.70 (125ml) £18.50 (Half btl)
Hot Beverages
Cafetière of coffee (decaffeinated available)
Pot of tea
Liqueur coffee
£2.20 per person
£2.20 per person
£6.50 large glass
*Served with seasonal vegetables
v - vegetarian
gf - made with non gluten containing ingredients (please advise your server if gf required)
As all our food is cooked to order there may be a 25 minute wait if starters are not ordered.
Please advise our staff of any allergies
All prices include VAT