The Axe & Compasses

Bar Bites

Choose any 3 bar bites for £10 & create your own bar bite platter

• Olives£3.50

  Olives, pickles & semi dried tomatoes

• Honey & Mustard Sausages£3.50

  with HP Sauce

• Bread Selection£3.50

  With oil & vinegar

• Cockles£4.95

  Our pickled cockles in spiced vinegar with buttered granary bread

• Pork Crackling£3.50

  With warm apple sauce

• Garlic Ciabatta£3.50

  Garlic & herb ciabatta

Starters

• Soup£4.95

  Soup of the day served with croutons & crusty bread

• Prawn & Crayfish Cocktail£5.95

  In marie rose sauce with buttered wholemeal bread

• Chicken Liver & Brandy Pate£5.95

  With toast & red onion marmalade

• Mussels£6.50

  Steamed Shetland mussels with garlic, cream, white wine & parsley with Dorrington's bread

• Brie£5.95

  Deep fried brie, cranberry sauce & mixed leaves

• Bucket of Wings£5.95

  Bucket of barbecue chicken wings with BBQ sauce & garlic bread wedge

• Whitebait£5.95

  Whitebait, tartare sauce & dressed leaves

• Meat Deli Board£7.50

  Parma ham, chorizo, salami, mixed olives & pickles, crusty bread, bread sticks & dipping oils

• Bar Bite Platter£10.00

  Choose any 3 bar bites for £10

Billingsgate

• Cod or Haddock & Chips£11.95

  Beer battered fish, chips, garden peas & homemade tartare sauce

• Scampi & Chips£10.95

  Breaded wholetail scampi, chips, dressed side salad & taratare sauce

• Market Fish

  Please ask your server for more info

• Salmon Fillet£13.95

  Salmon, white wine & crayfish cream sauce, crushed potatoes, seasonal vegetables & topped with crispy leeks

• Mussels£10.95

  Steamed mussels with garlic, cream, white wine & parsley with bread & chips

• Prawn & Crayfish Salad£10.95

  Prawn & crayfish salad in marie rose sauce with buttered wholemeal bread

Main Dishes

• Sausage & Mash£10.95

  Sausages, creamy mash, garden peas, gravy & onions

• Chicken Kiev£13.95

  Bread crumbed chicken breast stuffed with garlic butter served with salt baked potatoes & sugarsnap peas

• The Axe Burger & Chips£8.95

  8oz Ground steak burger in a brioche bun with tomato, lettuce, onion, relish & gherkin with chips

• Risotto£10.95

  Butternut squash, chestnut & mushroom risotto

• Pork Belly£13.95

  Confit pork belly, apple mash, honey glazed carrots, gravy & crackling

• Veggie Fish & Chips£9.95

  Beer battered halloumi, chips, garden peas & lemon mayonnaise

• Liver & Bacon£14.95

  Calves' liver & bacon, creamy mash, seasonal vegetables, onions & gravy

• Steaks

  28-day dry-aged steak, slow roasted tomato, field mushroom, chips & dressed rocket

  • 8oz Rump£13.95
  • 8oz Sirloin£18.95
  • 7oz Fillet£21.95

Sides

• Chips£2.95

• New Potatoes£2.95

• Creamy Mash£1.95

• Garlic Bread£3.50

• Onion Rings£3.50

• Side Salad£3.50

• Seasonal Vegetables£3.50

Specials Offers

Cheapest meal free, Offer excludes Bank Holidays

• Monday Offers

  • 1 Roasts£2.00

• Tuesday Offers

  • 1 Pies£2.00

• Wednesday Offers

  • 1 Fish£2.00

Pie Shop

Pies come with chips or mash & seasonal vegetables

• Steak In Ale£11.95

  Prime steak with thyme & onions topped with puff pastry

• Chicken & Mushroom£10.95

  Free range chicken & mushrooms in cream & herb sauce topped with puff pastry

• Feta, Spinach & Sweet Potato Parcel£9.95

  Feta, spinach, sweet potato & basil layered with filo pastry with roast red pepper dressing (also nice with salad)

Desserts

• Chocolate Brownie£5.95

  With warm chocolate sauce & ice cream

• Spotted Dick£5.95

  Traditional spotted dick & custard

• Apple & Cinnamon Crumble£5.95

  Served with custard

• Baileys Crème Brulee£5.95

  With cafè latte smoothie shot & shortbread

• Chocolate & Hazelnut Sundae£5.95

  Vanilla ice cream, brownie pieces, chocolate sauce, whipped cream & crumbled hazelnuts

• Ice Cream & Sorbets£5.95

  Ice cream & fruit sorbet - please ask server

• Cheese Board£6.50

  Black bomber cheddar, brie & stilton with biscuits, red onion marmalade & grapes