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Our menu features delicious dishes perfect for Spring & Summer with pub favourites and home cooked classics including our Brewery Tower Burger, legendary cheese pie and MPA battered fish & chips. With beautiful outdoor gardens for alfresco dining and a comfortable, spacious indoor restaurant for you to relax and enjoy your lunch, dinner or light bites with a glass of wine or perfectly poured pint. We also serve a fantastic Sunday roast with all the trimmings so book your table and enjoy a delicious lunch or dinner with us.
Please note booking regulations may vary due to Government guidelines
SERVED FROM 17TH MAY
SMALL PLATES & THINGS TO SHARE
Warm organic breads, houmous, spanish olives
butter, rapeseed oil & sea salt (v)
Houmous
with hand fried tortilla and chilli salsa (vg)
Pea & mint fritters
with flour tortilla houmous and Sriracha
Salad Caprese
Mozzarella & heritage tomato salad with torn basil leaves, pine nuts & frizze endive (gfa)
Baked Green Lip mussels
with bacon crumb and garlic & herb butter
Halloumi fries
with sweet chilli dipping sauce (gfa/v)
Salt & pepper squid
with chilli & coriander dipping sauce & grilled lime
Homemade soup of the day
with warm bread & butter (gfa)
Button mushrooms in a creamy Stilton sauce
served with warm mop up bread (v/gfa)
Chicken liver & brandy pâté
with apple & cider chutney and toast (gfa)
Seared king scallops
apple, shaved fennel and hazelnut salad with lemon & dill dressing (gfa)
Messy chips
Thick cut chips with pulled beef brisket & Cheddar melt (gfa)
Box baked Camembert
with apples, celery, walnuts & warm breads (gfa)
Grazing board
Salt & pepper squid with chilli & coriander dipping sauce, our famous messy chips, Spanish olives, houmous, hand fried tortilla and chilli relish
MAINS
Slow braised lamb shank
with butter beans, baby onions, bacon lardons and griddled gem hearts (gfa)
Honey roast duck breast
with roast butternut squash, spring onion champ and an orange & Cointreau sauce (gfa)
Smoked haddock, garden pea & spring onion risotto
with soft poached egg & shaved Grana Padano
Crispy fried banana blossom
served with thick cut chips, mushy peas, tartar sauce & lemon (vg/gfa)
Summer vegetables in a creamy Thai coconut curry sauce
topped with roast mixed nuts served with rice (vg/gfa)
Sage roasted chicken breast
with sautéed chorizo, gnocchi, sundried tomatoes, spinach & shaved Grana Padano
Fresh cod fillet in Manchester Pale Ale batter
served with thick cut chips, mushy peas, tartar sauce & lemon (gfa)
Small/Large
Our chef’s own steak & JW Lees ale pie
with thick cut chips, garden peas & ale gravy
Brewery Tower Burger
2 Beef patties, pulled beef brisket, dry cured bacon, burger relish, lettuce, tomato & Cheddar melt, on a sour dough bun with fries & coleslaw
Our legendary homemade cheese & onion pie
with thick cut chips, garden peas and Cheddar & chive sauce or gravy (v)
Piri Piri chicken burger
on toasted sourdough bun with tomato, baby gem lettuce, lemon & herb mayonnaise, skinny fries & coleslaw
Aromatic garden burger
Dill pickle, sliced tomato and vegan cheese melt on toasted sourdough with skinny fries (vg)
FROM THE GRILL
Our 28 day Black Angus steaks are specially selected by our butcher to ensure finest quality, tenderness, succulence and flavour
Grilled 8oz Sirloin steak
served with thick cut chips, roast vine cherry tomatoes, bhaji battered onion fries and Café de Paris butter (gfa)
Grilled 8oz fillet steak
served with thick cut chips, roast vine cherry tomatoes, bhaji battered onion fries and Café de Paris butter (gfa)
10oz gammon steak
served with thick cut chips, roast vine cherry tomatoes, bhaji battered onion fries and pineapple or fried egg (gfa)
Charred cauliflower steak
in smoked house rub served with thick cut chips, roast vine cherry tomatoes, bhaji battered onion fries & chilli relish (vg/gfa)
On the side
Peppercorn & brandy sauce (gfa) 1.95
Ale battered onion rings 2.95
Creamy Stilton melt (gfa) 1.95
SALADS
Seasonal garden salad
with new potatoes, garden peas, avocado, radish, cherry tomatoes, soft boiled egg and mixed green leaves with your choice of house salad dressing: Olive oil & balsamic (gfa), Lemon and herb mayonnaise (vg/gfa), Caesar dressing (gfa) or honey & mustard dressing
Add Griddled halloumi (v/gfa)
Add Griddled chicken (gfa)
Add Griddled chicken tandoori (gfa)
Add Piri piri chicken
Add Lemon baked sea bass fillets (gfa)
Add Hot chilli beef (gfa)
SIDES & SUPPLEMENTS
Thick cut chips & Aioli (vg/gfa)
Skinny fries (vg/gfa)
Baby gem salad leaves with Caesar dressing & shaved Grana Padano
Baked cauliflower cheese (v/gfa)
Sweet potato fries (v/gfa)
JW Lees ale battered onion rings
Garlic & herb ciabatta with Cheddar melt (v)
PUDDINGS
Chocolate & hazelnut brownie
with Cheshire Farm raspberry ripple ice cream & chocolate sauce (gfa)
Lemon possett
with fresh raspberries, honey & shortbread
Apple & cinnamon compote
with honey & oat crumble topping and custard & ice cream
Baked vanilla cheesecake
with seasonal strawberries & clotted cream ice cream (vga/gfa)
Selection of British cheeses
with apple, celery, ale chutney & biscuits (gfa)
Affogato
Cheshire Farm vanilla ice cream, shortbread crumb & a shot of espresso coffee (vga/gfa)
Served From 17th May
Served Mon - Sat from 12:00 - 14:30
Two course £12 ; Three course £15
STARTERS
Homemade soup of the day
with warm bread & butter (gfa)
Pea & mint fritters
with lemon & herb mayonnaise (vg)
Classic prawn cocktail
with Marie-Rose sauce, lemon & granary bread (gfa)
Tandoori chicken bites
with mint yoghurt & lemon
MAINS
Pan fried seabass fillet
sautéed potatoes, wilted spinach & gazpacho salsa (gfa)
Chef’s homemade pie of the day
with thick cut chips, peas & gravy
6oz rump steak
with thick cut chips & peppercorn sauce (gfa)
Chicken Caesar salad
with baby gem, croutons, crispy bacon, Caesar dressing & shaved Grana Padano served with or without anchovies (gfa)
Summer greens risotto
with chopped chives & vegan Parmesan (vg/gfa)
PUDDINGS
Sticky toffee pudding
with toffee sauce & vanilla ice cream
Seasonal strawberries
with crushed meringue, whipped cream and Cheshire Farm strawberry & cream ice cream (gfa)
Selection of Cheshire Farm ice creams (gfa)
Creamy Stilton and crumbly Lancashire cheese
with ale chutney and fruit loaf
SELECTION OF SANDWICHES SERVED NOON TILL 2:30PM
Honey glazed ham, Prawns & Marie-Rose or Lancashire cheese & chutney
on white or brown bread with skinny fries and a pot of coleslaw (gfa)
Griddled chicken breast, bacon, lettuce & tomato
on warm ciabatta (gfa)
Hot roast beef
on warm ciabatta with a jug of onion gravy (gfa)
Fish finger bap
Ale battered fish fingers with tartar sauce & lemon
(v) - suitable for vegetarians, (vg) - suitable for vegans, (gfa) - gluten free alternative available (vga) - vegan option available. If you suffer from any food related allergies, please inform a team member before placing your order. Ask to see our Children’s Menu for little ones. *MPA is our JW Lees Manchester Pale Ale; a golden ale brewed in Manchester entirely from all British malt.