WINE & DINE
A light flavourful lunch to a delicious evening meal in our garden, bar, restaurant or the private dining room. You can even takeaway if you prefer.

Our menus showcase the top quality produce and game available on our doorstep at this time of year. We also offer some excellent fish fresh from the south coast.
There are usually specials on the board and always some delicious homemade puddings.
See our Facebook page for details of these.
Click here for The Menu
Click here for the Slightly Peckish Menu

Our kitchen hours are
Tuesdays 12 noon to 2pm & 6.30pm to 8.30pm.
Wednesdays to Saturdays this week 12 noon to 3pm & 6.30pm to 8.30pm.
Sunday Lunch 12 noon to 3pm.
We generally post this Sunday’s menu on our FB page by the Friday before.
Click here to see a sample Sunday menu.

We are very enthusiastic about good food at The Queen’s Head.
All our dishes are freshly made, seasonal, and delicious, with a lot of attention to detail.
We source as much as we possibly can from the farmers and producers around us.
The quality and freshness is amazing and the food miles are as low as possible.

MENUS & WINE LIST

We love making our own…we make all sorts of things in our kitchen, our sourdough, wild garlic focaccia, chutneys, beetroot ketchup, chicken and truffle butters, Gritchie ale honey… If we don’t make it for practical purposes – we haven’t mastered the brie quite yet – we find the best quality available from as nearby as possible. We put a lot of effort into sourcing and supporting our local producers. Seasonality, locality, quality and sustainability are our watchwords for everything we do.

The joys of Spring and Summer. Fresh salads, bowls of steaming mussels fresh from the coast, charcuterie boards for lazy afternoon grazing in the courtyard join some of our more traditional dishes. We have fired-up our Bertha charcoal oven in the kitchen so many of our dishes now have an extra delicious applewood charcoal smokiness to them. Tasty ‘Small Bites’ dishes that you can have on their own as a nibble with a casual pint of beer or order a number to mix & match and spend the afternoon sharing them with friends in our pretty, leafy garden. Strawberry cream teas in the high summer, chef Andy’s summer puddings…mmm, bring it on!
Click here for The Menu

Click here for the Slightly Peckish Menu.

Sunday lunches. Sunday lunch is back again. We vary our menu with what is available…some weeks there is a special four bone rack of lamb, a short rib of aged Dexter beef or a slow roast Gloucester Old Spot pork belly with all the trimmings. There is always a vegetarian option available. We tend to post the menu for this Sunday on our Facebook page during the week. Click here for a sample Sunday menu.

When the nights start drawing in. In the Autumn and Winter we focus more on our large supply of top quality local game and hearty dishes to warm you up when you come in from the cold. There are usually at least a couple of specials on the board as seasonal ingredients come into their prime and inspirational produce arrives at our kitchen door.

If you fancy a lighter lunch a number of the dishes on the menu can be ordered in a starter size and there are a selection of delicious and generously proportioned ‘sub’ sandwiches. Check what specials are on the board and ask your server to tell you about the puddings of the day.

As it gets colder outside things start heating up in our kitchen! Our incredibly popular taster menus are back with the first one being in the second week of October. There will be 5 indulgent courses for £50 a head with an optional 3 course wine flight to accompany the dishes for £20 a head.

The next taster menu will be in January 2022

Click here for the last taster menu for an example of what we do.

6 courses celebrating and complementing the outstanding game raised and roaming wild in and around the Chalke Valley.

£50 per head. 3 course wine flight £20 per head.

Our ‘Specials’ are really special!

Special purchases of luxury ingredients that suddenly become available in small quantities like a box of whole plaice or Cornish mussels, or short-seasoned ingredients like hand-foraged New Forest mushrooms. They vary throughout the year and with the weather. Blink and you will miss them.

Our Facebook page is the best place to find what specials are on this week.

We love puddings! Regardless of the season our puddings are well worth saving room for. Made from scratch with love and boundless enthusiasm for the ingredients, sometimes they come and go by the week, or even the weekend.

For special occasions we can serve up a perfectly grilled
T-bone or tomahawk steak with a variety of sauces; whole crab with garlic butter or lobster mayo; or a whole lobster thermidor – or with just garlic butter if you prefer.
We will need 48 hours notice for those.

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Our team are very proud of our cellar and are very particular about the quality of the pints we serve. We have a few popular resident ales, beers and ciders on tap, and guesting ales that change with the seasons. A lot of these are locally brewed, part of the fun of running a pub is discovering and offering an exciting new find or bringing back a popular local favourite for the summer or winter. Of course we are liberally supplied with all the usual spirits and stock a well chosen wine list. We are always happy to recommend a bottle to go with your chosen dishes and we have a stash of treats behind the bar to follow or compliment a delicious pudding or coffee.

MENUS & WINE LIST

THE SLIGHTLY PECKISH MENU

SAMPLE SUNDAY MENU

WINE LIST

CURRENT OPENING HOURS

THE MENU

Enjoy a drink or 2 in the bar and nibble on some tasty bar snacks or stay a little longer and have a delicious lunch or evening meal in the garden, bar,
restaurant or in our private dining room.

We are a rural pub and muddy boots, wet dogs and children are very welcome.
We are however an adult environment and supervision of the dogs and children
is greatly appreciated for everyone’s safety and enjoyment.

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