All of our food is prepared daily by our chefs on the premises using local producers and suppliers which benefits both Padstow and Cornwall as a whole.
| Bacon, eggs on toast | £5.50 |
| Poached eggs on toast | £4.50 |
| Full Cornish Two bacon rashers, kernow sausage, mushrooms, tomato, hoggs pudding, egg, hash brown, toast |
£7 |
| Full Veggie Tomato, spinach, mushrooms, egg, hash browns, toast |
£6 |
| Bacon sandwich (thick cut fresh bloomer) |
£4.50 |
| Sausage sandwich (thick cut fresh bloomer) |
£4.50 |
| Basement beans on toast | £3.50 |
| Smoked salmon, scrambled eggs | £7 |
| Toast, strawberry jam or marmalade | £2.00 |
| Crossaint, strawberry jam or marmalade | £3.00 |
| Lunch | |||
| St Austell bay mussels (Cider – garlic – thyme - cream - bread) |
£8.50 | Mussel and crab tagliatelle
(lemon - chilli - garlic - ginger - parsley) |
£9.50 |
| Tribute battered fish (Tartar sauce – triple cooked chips - petit pois puree) |
£8.50 | Soup of the day (chunky chough bread) |
£5.00 |
| Basement steak burger (Toasted chough bap– cheese - bacon - sweet chilli - fries) |
£9.00 | Cornish fish pie
(Chough bread) |
£8.00 |
| Woodland mushrooms on toast (Garlic – cream – chives - black truffel -parmesan) |
£7.00 | Ham hock
(triple cooked chips - poached hens egg - pea oil) |
£7.95 |
| Basement chicken burger
(Toasted chough bap– cheese - bacon - sweet chilli - fries) |
£10.50 | Beef fillet and black truffel pie
(creamed potato - kale chiffonade) |
£9.95 |
Romesco chicken tagliatelle (parsley - manchago cheese) |
£7.50 | Market fish of the day
(on a Marmitako stew of potato - chilli - garlic - bay - onions) |
£9.50 |
| Sides | Sandwiches All served on thick white or brown bread |
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| Creamed potato, chives | £3.00 | Smoked ham - Davidstow cheddar - tomato chutney | £5.50 |
| Sauté broccoli | £3.00 | Greek salad - Feta-olive - tomato - cucumber - leaves | £5.50 |
| Mixed leaves, balsamic, parmesan | £2.50 | Smoked salmon - Lemon - black pepper - cucumber | £7.00 |
| Tomato, rocket, red onion salad | £2.50 | Kernow sausage - Fried onions - mustard - ketchup | £6.50 |
| French fries, sea salt | £2.50 | Plum tomato - Rocket - mayonnaise - sea salt | £5.00 |
Starters
Pan-fried Camel Bass £7.00
Marmitako (tomato – chilli – onions – bay leaf – potatoes – saffron – garlic – beans)
House cured beef fillet £7.00
Shallots – horseradish crème fraiche – wall nut toast
Potted blue cheese £5.50
Port –chocolate - digestives
Parsnip & apple soup £5.50
curried pumpkin seeds - crusty bread
Basement fish cakes £6.50
salsa verde – herb salad
Main Course
Braised pork cheaks £14.00
Tenderstem broccoli – apple salsify – colcannon - cider jus
Baked salmon fillet £13.50
Fennel – tomato - spinach - capers - lemon scented potatoes – hollandaise
Free range Chicken supreme £13.50
Fragrant coriander rice – green thai sauce – chilli and lime flat bread
Pan roast hake fillet £13.50
Crayfish risotto – lemon – parsley - parmesan
Pan-fried cod £13.50
Triple cooked chips – petit pois puree – curry oil – pea shoots
Gevrick, leek and broccoli Pudding £12.50
Root vegetable mash – spinach soup
Desserts
Red Wine poached pear £5.50
Red wine chocolate sauce – cardamom and orange ice cream
Passion Fruit Chocolate Gateaux £5.50
Chocolate sauce - passion fruit ice cream
Pecan Sticky pudding £5.50
clotted cream – toffee sauce
Doughnuts £5.50
Rhubarb compote – vanilla custard
Baked Cornish Camembert (2 persons) £10.00
Wafers, grapes, basement chutney
White
1. Fault Line Sauvignon Blanc 2008/09 St. Clair Estate Marlborourgh - New Zealand
This is a serious Sauvignon Blanc made by Marlborough Winemaker Alana McGettigan. A superb wine with gooseberry, citrus and mineral characters. Excellent clean, refreshing finish.. (1) 12.5%vol
Bottle £25.00 | 175ml £6.50
2. Bacchus 2008/09 Camel Valley Vineyard, Cornwall - England
Light, floral and delicate with apple blossom and a racy edge. A really vibrant dry wine that shows the potential of our English vineyards. (1) 12.5%vol
Bottle £23.00 | 175ml £6.25
3. Viña Esmeralda 2008/09 Torres, Penedes - Spain
Fragrant, delicately floral, lightly spicy and with just a hint of sweetness. A success since its creation, Esmeralda may well be Spain’s most famous white wine. (3) 11.5%vol
Bottle £20.00 | 175ml £5.50
4. San Alessandro Pinot Grigio 2008/09 Veneto - Italy
Light and polished with almost tangible floral notes and a delicate nutty touch. (2) 12%vol
Bottle £14.50 | 175ml £4.00
5. Villa Rosa Sauvignon Blanc 2008/09, Curico - Chile
Lightly floral with a bright line running through it to give a refreshing, clean, zippy wine. (1) 13%vol
Bottle £14.00 | 175ml £4.00
6. Château L’Oiselinière de la Ramée, Muscadet de Sèvre et Maine Sur Lie Chereau Carré, 2008/09. Loire, France.
Just what a good young Muscadet is all about. A suggestion of sea breeze over new-mown hay, some mineral cool, finished with calm length. (1) 12%vol
Bottle £20
Bubbles
12. Prosecco di Valdobiaddene NV Domenico di Bertiol - Italy
Vibrant crisp and exceedingly refreshing. Packed with bright green apple fruit and a softening touch of sherbet for added zip. A great example of this very trendy fizz. 11 %vol
Bottle £25.00 | 125ml £5.50
13. Camel Valley Brut NV Cornwall - England
Superb golden sparkler with elegant fizz and full, ripe flavour, yet truly brut. This latest vintage shows a brilliant freshness. 12%vol
Bottle £38.00 | 125ml £7.00
14. Camel Valley Rosé NV Cornwall - England
An outstanding and award winning sparkling wine from Camel Valley. Made from Pinot Noir grapes this is a superior quality sparkling Rosé worthy of Champagne standards and praise. 12.5%
Bottle £40
Red
7. Simon Hackett Shiraz 2005/06, McLaren Vale - Australia
Carries the authentic note of McLaren Shiraz from a fine grower and winemaker steeped in the region. Deep red and full of ripe, spicy fruit with full McLaren Vale glossy rich flavour and expressive style. (D) 14%vol
Bottle £25.50 | 175ml £6.50
8.Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Zero, Collefrisio, 2007/08. Abruzzo, Italy.
Wonderfully rich and concentrated with a lustrous purple black colour that intimates the fruit to come. It is an astonishingly intense wine with masses of ripe black fruit; tarry, hedgerow complexity and a touch of chocolate to round it out. Exceptional stuff. (C) 13.5%vol
Bottle £20.00
9. Mazuelo Rioja Crianza 2005/06, Azabache - Spain
Instantly attractive combination of vital strawberry fruit and soft oak flavours that is the hallmark of Rioja, and its universal appeal. Very satisfying. (C) 13.5%vol
Bottle £20.00 | 175ml £5.50
10. The Paddock Shiraz 2008/09 - S.E. Australia
A delicious cracked black pepper aroma gives way to a chocolate and spice flavour in the mouth. A big, warm, soft, juicy Aussie. (D) 14%vol
Bottle £15.50 | 175ml £4.50
11.Villa Rosa Merlot 2008/09, Rapel - Chile
Ripe, fleshy aroma. Succulent and mouth-filling, softening to a velvety finish. (C) 14.5%vol
Bottle £14.50 | 175ml £4.00
Rose | Dessert
15. Laroma Pinot Grigio Rosé 2006/07 Araldica, Valdadige - Italy
As pleasing a Pinot Grigio rosé as you could meet. It has freshness, delicacy and rose-scented charm all the way through. (2) 12%vol
Bottle £15.50 | 175ml £4.50
16. Ménage à Trois Rosé Merlot-Syrah-Gewürztraminer, Napa Valley, USA.
A fruit-laden roller coaster ride of raspberries, strawberries, lychee nuts and flowers with a silky smooth finish. (D) 13%vol
Bottle £20
17. Brown Brothers Orange Muscat & Flora 2008/09, Victoria- Australia
Intense gold luminescence to the eye. This wine has startlingly lovely pure grape sweetness of Muscat, with a flash of orange. Fine, smooth and utterly luscious. (8) 10%vol
Bottle £16.50 | 175ml £5.75
Spirits (25ml unless stated)
Pernod 40% £2.75
Grand Marnier 40% £2.75
Baileys 17% (50ml) £3.00
Archers 23% £2.50
Gin 37.5% £2.50
Vodka 37.5% £2.50
Bacardi 37.5% £2.50
Whiskey 40% £2.50
Margan Spiced Rum 35% £2.50
Southern Comfort 35% £2.50
Kahula 20% £2.75
Port 20% (50ml) £2.00
Laphroaig 40% £4.00
Glenmorangie 40% £4.00
JD 40% £2.50
Remy Martin 40% £3.75
Pimms Jug (250ml pimms no 1 and a shot of gin - summer only) £15.00
Glass of Pimms (summer only) £4.00
Beer | Cider
Draught Estrella Damm 4.7% £4.25/£2.50
Cornish Rattler cider 6% £4.25£2.50
Cornish bottled Tribute 4.2% (500ml) £4.00
Corona 4.7% (330ml) £3.75
Soft Drinks
Coke, Lemonade, Diet Coke £1.95
Eledrflower Presse £1.90
Cornish bottled water (still or sparkling) £3.00/£1.50
Frbishers Mango and Orange Juice £2.60
Healey's Cornish Apple Juice £2.60
Tonic £1.60
Dash £0.80
Squash (orange, blackcurrent, lime) £1.50
Tomato Juice £1.60