The menu · autumn

Everything that can touch the embers, does.

Plates come as they’re ready and they’re made to share. Three or four small plates each is a proper dinner; add a large plate between two if you’re hungry. Prices include VAT.

While you decide

Snacks

Two or three for the table while the embers settle.

Flatbread & beef dripping

Blistered on the hearth, smoked salt, a pot of dripping to dip

£6

Flatbread & whipped butter V

Same bread, cultured butter, burnt-onion salt

£5.50

Sourdough & brown butter V

Baked at 3pm, still warm at 5

£4.50

Gordal olives VGGF

Warmed on the grill’s edge, orange peel, thyme

£4.50

Smoked cod’s roe

On charred crumpet, chives, lemon

£7.50

Pork & fennel sausage roll Nuts

Ember-baked, mustard, pickled walnut

£6

Padrón peppers VGGF

Grilled hard, flaky salt. One in ten bites back

£6

Ember-roast almonds VGGFNuts

Smoked paprika, rosemary

£4

Small plates

From the embers

Made to share. They arrive as they’re ready, not in courses.

Charred hispi cabbage GF*

Anchovy butter, toasted crumb, lemon

£11

Hispi, the vegan one VGGF*

Miso butter, toasted seeds, lemon

£10.50

Lamb cutlets GF

Ember-roast garlic, salsa verde, two to a plate

£14

Grilled gem lettuce VGF

Smoked crème fraîche, crispy shallot, dill

£9

Tenderstem over coals VGGF

Whipped tahini, chilli crisp, sesame

£9.50

Radicchio on the grill VGFNuts

Blue cheese, pear, walnut, honey

£10

Half chicken thigh GF

Buttermilk, burnt lemon, chicken-fat hot sauce

£12

Ember-baked beetroot VGFNuts

Whipped goat’s curd, hazelnut, dill oil

£9

Pork belly, 12 hours GF

Apple molasses, fennel pollen, crackling

£13

Scallops in the shell GF*

Nduja butter, sourdough crumb

£14

Mushrooms on toast VNutsGF*

King oysters over coals, tarragon cream, hazelnut

£10

Ox cheek croquettes

Slow-cooked, horseradish mayo, pickle

£9

For two, or one who’s hungry

Large plates & whole fish

Steaks are cut in-house and rested properly. Ask for the weight of the day’s fish.

Dry-aged sirloin, 300g GF

45 days, bone marrow, watercress, our chips

£32

Côte de boeuf, 900g GF

For two. 45-day rib, bone-marrow gravy, chips, a green thing

£78

Whole sea bass GF

Over coals, fennel, burnt chilli oil, capers

£26

Fish of the day GF

Off the board. Whole or on the bone, ember-roast lemon

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Pork chop, 350g GF

Burnt apple, mustard greens, cider gravy

£24

Half chicken GF

Brined, bronzed, chicken-fat potatoes, green sauce

£21

Whole hispi, for two VGGF

The cabbage as a main. Miso butter, chickpeas, seeds

£19

Aubergine, charred to collapse VGGF*

Smoked tomato, chickpea, coriander, flatbread

£18

A thick dry-aged steak standing on its edge in a dark cold room — 45 days in our own cold room

A whole sea bass, grilled, on a white plate with rosemary — Whole fish, over the coals

A grilled pork chop on the bone with charred potatoes and greens — Pork chop, burnt apple

Alongside

Sides

Beef-fat chips GF

Or veg oil if you ask. Smoked salt

£5.50

Ember-baked potatoes VGF

Crushed, brown butter, chives

£5

Green salad VGGF

Whatever the market garden picked, mustard dressing

£5

Burnt leeks VGGFNuts

Romesco, almonds

£6

Charred sweetcorn VGF

Chilli butter, lime, parmesan

£5.50

Bone-marrow gravy GF

A jug for the table

£3

Finish

Puddings

Burnt cheesecake V

Damson, sheep’s milk, oat crumb

£8

Chocolate & smoked salt tart V

Crème fraîche, olive oil

£8.50

Burnt cream V

Set overnight, blowtorched at the pass, shortbread

£7.50

Ember-roast plums V

Brown-butter crumb, vanilla ice cream

£7.50

Sticky toffee V

Made with black treacle, clotted cream

£8

Two cheeses VNutsGF*

From the counter, oatcakes, pickled walnut

£9

Affogato VGF

Espresso, vanilla, a shot of something if you like

£6

Noon to nine

Sunday

Roasts run from 12pm until they sell out, which is usually about four. Book if you want one.

Ember-roast beef rump

Yorkshires, beef-fat potatoes, greens, bone-marrow gravy

£22

Pork belly, 12 hours

Crackling, apple, the same trimmings

£20

Half chicken GF*

Bread sauce, the same trimmings

£19

Whole hispi roast VG

Miso gravy, roast potatoes, greens, a vegan Yorkshire

£18

Kids’ roast

Half a plate of any of the above

£9

From the bar

Cocktails

The bar leans into smoke and bitterness. Ask for something sweeter and they’ll oblige.

Smoked old fashioned

Rye, ember-charred orange, bitters, served under a cloche of oak smoke

£12

Negroni, our way

Burnt rosemary, blood orange, Campari, gin

£11

Ember sour

Bourbon, burnt honey, lemon, egg white

£10.50

Fireside

Mezcal, Ancho Reyes, pineapple, lime

£11

Coal-black martini

Vodka, charcoal, olive brine, dirty and cold

£11

Damson spritz

Damson gin, prosecco, soda, thyme

£9.50

Woodsmoke espresso martini

Vodka, cold brew, smoked syrup

£10.50

A cocktail under a cloud of smoke on a marble bar — Smoked old fashioned

A red cocktail with a sprig of rosemary and a twist of orange being sprayed — Negroni, our way

A bartender stirring a drink under a woven pendant lamp — The bar, from six

Low intervention

Wine

Everything by the glass is open and poured fresh. The full list has about forty bottles; ask and we’ll bring it over.

House white · Vinho Verde, Portugal VG

Bright, a touch of fizz. Glass 175ml / bottle

£6.50 / £28

Skin-contact · Rkatsiteli, Georgia VG

Amber, dried apricot, tannin. Loves the pork

£9 / £42

Chénin blanc · Loire VG

Waxy, honeyed, dry. Fish and hispi

£8.50 / £38

House red · Grenache, Roussillon VG

Juicy, peppery, drink it slightly cool

£7 / £30

Gamay · Beaujolais-Villages VG

Crunchy red fruit. Chicken, lamb, everything

£9 / £44

Nero d’Avola · Sicily VG

Dark, smoky, built for the côte de boeuf

£9.50 / £46

Pét-nat · Rosé, Loire VG

Cloudy, strawberry, low alcohol

£8.50 / £40

Natural wine flight VG

Three glasses, our pick that week, with notes

£18

Wine of the week VG

On the board. Usually something we opened too much of and fell for

See board

Keg & can

Beer & cider

Ember lager

Brewed for us in Leicestershire, 4.2%. Half / pint

£3.20 / £5.80

Rotating pale

From a Midlands brewery, changes weekly. Half / pint

£3.50 / £6.20

Smoked porter

Dark, dry, tastes like the room. 330ml

£6

Keeved cider VGGF

Herefordshire, naturally sweet, 5%. 330ml

£6.50

Gluten-free pale GF

Can, 330ml

£5.50

Nothing in it

Low & no

Made with the same care as the cocktails.

House soda VGGF

Smoked grapefruit & thyme, or rhubarb & ginger

£4

Ember tonic VGGF

Aromatic non-alcoholic spirit, tonic, burnt orange

£6.50

Alcohol-free lager

0.5%, from the same Leicestershire brewery

£4.50

Filter coffee VGGF

Roasted in Nottingham, black or with milk

£3

Spring water VGGF

Still or sparkling, 750ml

£3

Allergens & the small print

V vegetarian · VG vegan · GF gluten-free · GF* gluten-free without the bread or crumb, just ask · Nuts contains nuts.

We cook over an open fire in one kitchen, so we can’t promise any dish is free from traces of anything. Tell us about allergies when you book or when you sit down and we’ll walk you through what’s safe; the full allergen matrix for every dish is behind the bar. An optional 10% service charge goes on tables of six or more and every penny of it goes to the team.

Flames leaping through the bars of a charcoal grill in a brick hearth

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Hungry yet?

Three small plates each and something from the bar. Book a table and let the fire do the rest.

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