BREADS & BUTTER
Warm artisan breads with Netherend Farm butter
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Packed full of irresistible creations and comforting classics, all freshly prepared by our expert team of chefs using the very best ingredients — our All-Day menu at The Merlin is filled with big, bold flavours to tantalise your taste buds. Whether you fancy something from the grill; such as heritage breed pork belly, day-boat fish fresh from the port or a 30 day-aged ribeye steak, a healthy lunch or one of our homemade bar snacks, we’ve got it covered. Committed to bringing you only the tastiest of ingredients, our seasonal dishes rotate regularly to showcase the very best of nature.
Sharing is caring... so on Fridays and Saturdays, bring a loved one and enjoy freshly shucked rock Oysters or an Iconic Grill Sharing Board, choose from the Eight-Bone Free-Range Lamb Rack or 16oz Chateaubriand.
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Warm artisan breads with Netherend Farm butter
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Walnuts, sticky fig, rye and sourdough bread
Copper Marans scotch egg & golden beetroot piccalilli, sausage roll & brown sauce topped with seeds, pork belly on smoky creamed corn, crispy pig cheeks, apple sauce & crackling
BRITISH CHEESES
Celery, grapes, onion chutney, sourdough bread and Fudge’s nut biscuits
Made with unpasteurised milk – Lincolnshire Poacher | Sharpham Savour (v) Cropwell Bishop Stilton (v) | Cenarth Brie (v)
Blacksticks Blue cheese (v) | Fielding Cottage Wensum White soft goat’s cheese (v)
Lobster and crab bonbons, pea and truffle oil velouté
Roasted cauliflower steak, creamy purée and curried tempura with a warm, pickled sultana dressing Vegan alternative available
Beetroot, capers and dill crème fraîche on rye
Sloe gin chutney
Blacksticks Blue cheese, toasted English muffin
Spiced fruit chutney, pickles, toasted sourdough
Pomegranate and coconut tzatziki dip
Preserved lemon aioli and furikake
See daily Specials menu (v) or (ve)
UK & IRISH FARM ASSURED - 3 0 D A Y - A G E D
Carefully selected, premium grade cuts, sourced from selected British & Irish farms. Dry-aged on the bone for 7-10 days to deliver excellent flavour, succulence and superb tenderness. Hand-cut by skilled butchers to finish and expertly chargrilled by us for you to savour.
Served with twice-cooked chunky chips, our signature caramelised onion, stilton & panko crumb tart, confit tomato and parsley butter.
FINISH WITH
King prawns in garlic butter 4.00 | Scallops 5.00 | Mac & Cheese 3.95 | Samphire & baby spinach 3.50 | Peppercorn, béarnaise, chimichurri, porcini & black garlic or beef dripping sauce 2.00 | Halloumi fries 4.95 | Onion rings 3.50
Outdoor-reared heritage breed
Smoky creamed corn, roasted butternut squash, cavolo nero mashed potato, red wine jus & crispy crackling
Creamed potato, cavolo nero, pan-fried oyster mushrooms and jus
In a sesame seeded bun, with lettuce, tomato & pickle, crispy bacon, lashings of cheese & burger sauce. Skinny fries and beef dripping dip
Finished with your choice of flavour: truffle, chimichurri or massaman
With skinny fries, garlic confit and preserved lemon aioli
With chorizo, butternut purée, roasted shallots, cavolo nero, dauphinoise potatoes, chimmi churri and red wine jus
Twice-cooked chunky chips, minted pea purée and tartare sauce
Roasted sweet peppers, oyster mushrooms and slow-roasted tomato tapenade
Pan-fried samphire, broccoli and baby spinach, confit tomatoes and lemon olive oil 2367kJ/562kcal
Roasted butternut squash, wild mushrooms, sage butter, amaretti biscuit crumb and goats' cheese
Warm lentil falafel, roasted butternut squash, avocado, crispy chickpeas, pickled rainbow vegetables, baby spinach, slow-roasted tomato dip & soft tortilla
Add Grilled chicken breast or King prawns 4.00 | Salmon fillet 5.00 | Tofu (ve) or Halloumi (v) 2.50 |Goats’ cheese (v) 2.00
Baby gem lettuce, Parmigiano-Reggiano, anchovies, pan-fried croutons and Caesar dressing
Hazelnut, vanilla or caramel flavour syrup, espresso & amaretti biscuit