add cheese for £2.00

Flat oven-baked Italian bread

add cheese for £1.50

Fresh West Mersea Wild Pacific oysters

Mixed Prawns baked in thermidor sauce

(To share for 2) Parma Ham, Bresaola, Salami Milano, Salami Napoli, speck, mixed olives, grilled vegetables antipasti

(To share for 2) Deep fried seafood medley of king scallop, tiger prawn, whitebait, calamari, scampi, zucchini, peppers, garlic may

Tiger & King Prawns, caviar, toast bread, iceberg lettuce, Marie Rose sauce

Sliced matured English Beef marinated for 90 days, served with lemon dressing, rocket salad and Parmiggiano Reggiano

Smoked Scottish salmon served with capers dressing, creamy basil mascarpone and toasted crouton

Octopus carpaccio, rocket, red peppers, cherry tomatoes, balsamic vinegar

Pan fried fresh King Scallops cream, white wine, garlic, chilli sauce and bread

Fresh Squid rings, battered, deep fried homemade tartar sauce

Butterfly tiger prawns, olive oil, lemon zest, tomato sauce, chilli & garlic and toasted bread

Crab cakes in panko coating, spicy aioli, lemon

Fresh Maldon mussels in rich fruity white wine, cooked with cherry tomatoes, chilli & garlic sauce

Asparagus baked with Parma Ham, butter and Virgin Olive

Oven baked goat’s cheese with beetroot & honey dressing

Portobello Mushrooms topped with spinach, sweet peppers and baked with goat's cheese

Speciality Buratta made from Buffalo Mozzarella served with Parma Ham, sun dried tomato and rocket salad

Cantaloupe Melon served with sliced aromatic smoked ham from Trento and fruit coulis – refreshingly nice.

Fresh Mozzarella served with sliced tomatoes & fresh rocket salad and a splash of Virgin Olive Oil & Pesto

Homemade soup of the day

Pasta tubes, prawns, mussels, Porcini mushrooms, cream, chilli, white wine & cherry tomatoes

Black pasta, king prawns, cherry tomatoes, chilli, garlic, white wine, parsley

Risotto, calamari, king prawns, scallop, mussels, cherry tomatoes, chilli, garlic, cream, parsley

Potato dumplings, garlic, chilli & cherry tomatoes, parmesan, parsley

Risotto, asparagus, peas, courgette and carrots, cream, garlic, basil, Parmigiano Reggiano

Baked layers of homemade pasta topped with Bolognese, Parmesan and Mozzarella

Baked layers of home made pasta baked with a medley of seasonable vegetables and parmesan

Sliced aubergine baked with tomato, basil, mozzarella & Parmesan cheese

Fresh swordfish steak pan fried, lemon butter and garlic sauce

Black cod, mushrooms, spring onion, canola oil

Monkfish fillets, cream, asparagus, touch of tarragon and cognac

Sea Bass fillets, tiger prawn, chilli, butter and sage sauce – medium spice

Halibut steak, white wine, cream, garlic, tomato sauce, Maldon mussels

Lemon Sole fillet topped with fresh spinach, fresh water prawns, and mature cheddar, baked in the oven topped with white wine sauce

Escalope of veal, tenderised, pan fried, marsala and porcini mushrooms

Lamb cutlets (pink), minty Chianti jus & mash

Slow cooked lamb shank in rosemary, garlic, mint and red wine, mash

Free range chicken Supreme cooked in a beautiful shredded smoked salmon, garlic, white wine & cream sauce

Breaded tenderised breast of free range chicken served with spaghetti Bolognese

Slowly cooked rolled pork belly, wild mushroom, spinach, demi-glace, cream sauce

English Beef steak, grilled to your choice

English Sirloin Steak Grilled to your choice

Fillet of English Beef grilled to your choice

Grilled fillet of English beef served on crouton, duck & port pate garnished with Girolles mushrooms and slices of black truffle finished with a Madeira demi-glace sauce.

Green Peppercorn, brandy, Dijon mustard

Wild mushroom sauce

Dolcelatte sauce, stronger cheese flavour for your pleasure