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Specials

House Aperitifs

  • £11.95

    The Rules...
    with Tanquerray Gin, Dubonnet & Cremant Blanc de Blancs

  • £11.95

    The Buckshot Bullshot...
    a Bloody Mary with a shot of Beef Consomme

  • £11.95

    The Grouse...
    Famous Grouse, Ginger Wine & Bitters

First Course

  • Starter / Main Course

    Prices For:

  • £7.50

    Asparagus, Pea & Mint Soup with Asparagus Tips
    (served hot or cold)

  • £ 7.50

    Cornish Crab Bisque with Brandy, Cream & Chives

  • £ 9.95

    Rabbit with Stornoway Black Pudding, Quaii's Egg & Cox's Apple

  • £10.50

    New Season English Asparagus
    served hot or cold with Hollandaise

  • £ 10.95

    Terrine of Venison
    with Cumberland Relish

  • £11.95

    Morecambe Bay Potted Shrimps
    with Watercress Salad & MelbaToast

  • £12.95

    Maldon Rock Oysters
    with Shallot Vinegar (half dozen)

  • West Mersea No.2 Native Oysters
    with Shallot Vinegar

  • £15.95

    or Mornay
    with Melted Cheese & Buttered Leeks (half dozen)

  • £13.50

    Devon Crab Salad
    with Asparagus & Lemon Mayonnaise

  • £14.95/£22.00

    Isle of Lewis 'The Uig Lodge" Smoked Salmon
    with Capers

  • £14.95

    Foie Gras & Smoked Duck Terrine
    with Apple & Calvados Jelly

Main Course

  • £ 21.95

    Roasted Squab Pigeon
    with Butternut Squash, Peas & Pancetta

  • (per person) £21.95

    Roast Label Anglaise Special Reserve Chicken
    with Asparagus & Morel Cream Sauce (for two)

  • £21.95

    Breast of Telmara Farm Duck
    with Foie Gras & Clementines

  • County Antrim Grass Fed Beef, Matured for 28 Days

  • £22.50

    Grilled Sirloin Steak
    with Chips & Bearnaise Sauce

  • (per person) £23.95

    Roast Rib of Beef on the Bone
    with Yorkshire Pudding, Horseradish
    & Creamed Leeks - (for two)

  • £23.95

    Grilled Halibut
    with Braised Fennel & Dandelion

  • £23.95

    Rack of Suffolk Black Faced Lamb
    with Leaf Spinach

  • £23.95

    Grilled Wild Sea Bass
    with Courgettes & Samphire

  • £26.95

    Venison Loin
    with Pear, Roast Chicory & Spiced Ruby Plums

  • £26.95

    Poached Wild Scottish Turbot
    with Asparagus & Hollandaise Sauce

Vegetables & Salads

  • £3.75

    Creamed Mash

  • £3.75

    Chips

  • £3.75

    Pomme Dauphinoise

  • £3.75

    Jersey Royals

  • £7.50

    Watercress, Peashoot & Land Cress Salad

  • £7.50

    Heritage Tomato & Shallot Salad

Puddings

  • £7.50

    Golden Treacle Sponge Pudding
    with Custard

  • £7.50

    Sticky Toffee & Date Pudding
    with Butterscotch

  • £ 7.50

    Queen of Puddings

  • £ 7.50

    Rich Chocolate Pudding
    with Chocolate Sauce

  • £ 7.50

    Gooseberry & Elderflower Fool

  • £ 7.50

    Chocolate Souffle
    with Pistachio Ice Cream

  • £ 7.50

    Burnt Cream

  • £ 7.50

    Raspberry Syllabub Trifle

  • £7.50

    Selection of Ice Creams & Sorbets
    made on the premises

Cheese

  • £11.95

    Cropwell Bishop Stilton Cheese
    with Celery & Apple

  • £12.95

    British Cheese Selection of:
    Stinking Bishop, Montgomery Cheddar, Shropshire Blue, Singleton's Lancashire & Bosworth Ash

Pudding Wine

  • Glass/50cl Jug/ Bottle

    Prices for:

  • £5.95, £25.95, £37.75

    Coteaux du Layon St Aubin Domaine Delesvaux
    (Loire) 2008

  • (25cl Bottle) £43.00

    Royal Tokaji Aszu 5 Puttonyos
    2005

  • (50cl Bottle) £ 48.00

    Renee Rostaing Cuvee M'Blanc Vdp d'OC
    2006

  • £7.95, £32.95, £48.00

    Chateau Rolland A.C. Barsac
    (Sauternes) 2003

  • £8.50, £37.00, £55.00

    Taylor's
    1998

  • £96.00

    Dow's Vintage
    1991

The menu varies daily with “Specials” which are clipped to the menus
Occasional Specials from Rules own Estate in the High Pennines


Belted Galloway Beef
- A rare and ancient breed raised on Wild Hill Farming Grasslands

Tamworth Suckling Pig
- Free Grazed in our Native Deciduous Woodlands

Blackgame, Ptarmigan, Pochard & Widgeon are sometimes available.

35 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7LB Restaurant Reservations: +44 (0)207 836 5314 Private Rooms Reservations: +44 (0)207 379 0258 Open every day: Monday - Saturday midday to 11.30pm and Sundays midday to 10.30pm
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