Food & Drink
As well as classic British pub food, our menu showcases fresh and seasonal ingredients cooked to order by our experienced chefs. We champion hearty casual meals, perfect pies and our fabulous Sunday roast.
Most of our meat and poultry are British, of very good quality and responsibly sourced. Our fish comes from sustainable sources. Vegetables are British and seasonal wherever possible.
Food serving times:
Monday-Thursday : 11am -9:30pm
Friday and Saturday: 11am-9:30pm
Sunday: 12pm-9:30pm
Sandwiches
served until 5pm
Lemon & parsley hummus
pink pickled onion, heritage tomatoes, cucumbers, little gem lettuce (vg) - 488kcal
Cumberland sausage
roast shallots - 503kcal
Marmalade glazed ham
Branston pickle - 596kcal
Mature cheddar
heritage tomato, wild garlic pesto (v) - 493kcal
Homemade fish fingers
tartare sauce, lettuce - 473kcal
The Alex club-chicken & bacon
tomato, iceberg, mayo - 781kcal
Open bavette steak focaccia sandwich
fried shallots, blue cheese dressing - 441kcal
Before you order your food and drink, please inform a member of staff if you have a food allergy or intolerance. We’re proud to source the finest seasonal fruit, vegetables, meat, fish and dairy to create our menus.
All served in white or malted grain with soup or chips
Small plates
Lemon & parsley hummus, pita bread
pitta bread (vg) - 484kcal
Leek & ale sausage roll
cornichon - 417kcal
Coronation chicken Scotch egg
Piccalilli mayo - 316kcal
Somerset camembert
rhubarb chutney,spring crudité, sourdough - 764kcal
Ploughman’s
Marmalade glazed ham, pork and fennel sausage roll, pickled onions, mature Cheddar, celery, radish, sourdough - 982kcal
Triple cooked chips
wild garlic mayonnaise - 983kcal
Today's freshly soup
with hot buttered toast
Seeded sourdough bread
with wild garlic butter (543kcal)
Fennel and coriander olives
(139kcal)
Treacle cured salmon
apple, chive, crème fraiche
Pork pie
piccalilli - 568kcal
Potted ham hock
cornichon, toasted sourdough - 731kcal
Pan fried patato & shallots, parsley & butter
238kcal
Tender steam broccoli & toasted almonds
96kcal
Mains
The Alex burger
beef burger, beer onions, cheese, iceberg, pickles, ketchup, mayo, fries - 1197kcal
Beer battered cod
triple cooked chips, tartare sauce, mushy peas - 960kcal
Ox cheek & vegetable short crust pie
savoy cabbage, tender stem broccoli, gravy - 1017kcal
The Plant burger
ale onions, cheese, iceberg, pickles, ketchup, mayo, fries (vg) - 1004kcal
Cumberland sausages
crushed potatoes, roast tomato and garlic salsa - 909kcal
Bavette steak
with garlic butter, watercress, triple cooked chips , best cooked rare or medium rare (676kcal)
Heritage tomato salad
vegan feta, basil, shallots and wild garlic oil (vg) - 524kcal
BBQ Pork Sandwich
Crayfish & smoked mackerel fishcakes
Puddings
Kate's homemade apple & rhubarb crumble
clotted cream - 367kcal
Sticky toffee pudding
salted caramel ice cream - 385kcal
Double chocolate brownie
vanilla ice cream (vg) - 505kcal
Jude's ice cream,
choose from vanilla, chocolate, mango and passion fruit, vegan vanilla, vegan salted caramel, vegan strawberry - 149kcal
There are also regularly changing seasonal specials.
If you require further information on ingredients which may cause allergy or intolerance, please speak to your server before you order your meal. If you do have a food allergy it will be helpful to us if you could inform staff so we can ensure that the dish you select is not at risk of cross contamination by other foods during its preparation and service.
Small plates
Today’s freshly prepared soup
hot buttered toast
Lemon & parsley hummus
pitta bread (vg) - 484kcal
Fennel and coriander olives
139kcal
Potted ham hock
cornichon, toasted sourdough - 731kcal
Leek & ale sausage roll
cornichon - 415kcal
Coronation chicken scotch egg
Piccalilli, mayo - 373kcal
Somerset camembert
rhubarb chutney, spring crudité, sourdough - 764kcal
Pork pie
piccalilli - 568kcal
Roasts
All served with beef dripping roast potatoes, creamed leek, peas, maple roasted carrot, roast parsnips braised cabbage, celeriac puree, Yorkshire pudding, gravy
Please note: Roasts may sell out earlier.
Six hour slow lamb shoulder, lamb stuffing
1830kcal
Jacobs’s ladder, six hour slow roast beef rib, braised ox cheek
1739kcal
Half roast chicken with pork & sage stuffing
2190kcal
Slow roast pork belly with crackling
1732kcal
Beetroot, wild mushroom & freekeh Wellington
(v) or (vg) rapeseed oil roast potatoes, creamed spinach (v), peas, maple roast carrot, roast parsnips, braised cabbage, celeriac puree, roast cauliflower, Yorkshire pudding (v), gravy (v). kcal info: (vg) - 678kcal / (v) - 995kcal
Mains
Alex burger
beef burger, ale onions, cheese, iceberg, pickles, ketchup, mayo, fries - 1196kcal
Beer battered cod
triple cooked chips, tartare sauce, mushy peas - 1176kcal
Heritage tomato salad
vegan feta, basil, shallots and wild garlic oil (vg) - 524kcal
Plant Burger
beef onions, cheese, iceberg, pickles, ketchup, mayo, fries (vg) - 1003kcal
Pork and apple sausages
creamy mash, onion gravy - 903kcal
Sides
Cauliflower cheese
267kcal
Pigs in blankets
616kcal
Lamb and apricot stuffing
368kcal
Yorkshire pudding, braised ox cheek gravy
350kcal
Puddings
Sticky toffee pudding
salted caramel ice cream - 385kcal
Jude’s ice cream, 3 scoops
choose from vegan vanilla (152kcal), chocolate (153kcal), mango and passionfruit (162kcal), or vegan salted caramel (149kcal)
Double chocolate brownie
vanilla ice cream (vg) - 505kcal
Kate’s homemade apple & fig crumble
custard - 367kcal
If you require further information on ingredients which may cause allergy or intolerance, please speak to your server before you order your meal.
If you do have a food allergy it will be helpful to us if you could inform staff so we can ensure that the dish you select is not at risk of cross contamination by other foods during its preparation and service.
Our cocktails
Passionfruit Martini
Vanilla vodka, Passoa, passionfruit purée, lime juice, pineapple juice. Served with a shot of Prosecco
Espresso Martini
Vanilla vodka, Kahlua, double espresso
Blackcurrant Royale French 75
Tanqueray royale, lemon juice, Prosecco
Old Fashioned
Maker's Mark, brown sugar, bitters
Mojito
Bacardi rum, sugar syrup, mint, soda water
Margarita
Olmeca Blanco tequila, triple sec, lime juice
Dark & Stormy
Kraken Spiced rum, lime juice, ginger beer, sugar syrup, Angostura bitters
The Big LeBowski
Absolut Vodka, Kahlua, double cream, sugar syrup
Godfather
Monkey Shoulder whiskey, Amaretto
Aperol Spritz
Aperol, Prosecco, soda water
Bloody Mary
Absolut peppar, tomato juice, lemon juice
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