The Compasses is now open 7 days a week
 ....................................................   Food and Wine
Entrance to Compasses Inn
Our Christmas Menu
available from Monday December 1st 2008
view or download the PDF file here
 
 
 
Opening Hours.

The main bar has eleven tables with an adjacent small dining room of three tables which can seat up to sixteen people for small private parties. Food is served from 12.00pm to 2.00pm and from 6.30pm to 9.00pm all week. Sunday lunch is served from 12.00pm to 2.30pm.

All our dishes are freshly made by ou
r chefs Dave Cousin and Damian Trevett.
 

The menu is written on black-boards as it frequently changes, affording us the opportunity to focus on seasonal food and local availability. Below is a sample of the dishes we offer.
The Bar
 

OUR WINE LIST
Apart from usually having three or four 'Real Ales' and a Guest Beer on draft,
we have an extensive Wine List, which is being updated at present and will appear here soon.

A Sample Menu
 
 
Starters  
Scallops and Bacon Salad  
Potted Crab and Avocado  
Winter Vegetable Soup with Chestnuts  
Pigeon and Puy Lentils Salad with Quail Eggs  
Goat's Cheese and Red Onion Tartlet  
Smoked Mackerel Parfait, Horseraddish & Lemmon Dressing  
Mussels in their shells, White Wine & Saffron & Garlic Sauce  
 

 
Main Dishes  
Fillet Steak, Wild Mushrooms and Madeira Sauce with Horseraddish Mash  
Pan Fried Chicken Breast, Wild Mushroom Risotto  
Venison Steak, Mixed Berry Sauce, Dauphinoise Potatoes  
Slow Roast Shoulder of Lamb, Shallot Mash, Redcurrant and Mint Jus  
24 oz Chateaubriand, Bernaise Sauce with Home Cut Chips (for two)  
Gressingham Duck Breast, Rasberry Sauce, Dauphinoise Potatoes  
10 oz Rib-Eye Steak, Dijon Sauce, Home Cut Chips  
 
Childrens Meals:
Ham Egg and Chips, Grilled Chicken Breast and Chips, Sausages and Mash,
Tagliatelle with Mushroom and Bacon Sauce incl. One scoop of Ice Cream £5.00
 
 
Vegetarian Dishes  
Wild Mushroom, Chestnut, Butter Bean and Fennel Casserole  
Roast Vegetable, Blue Vinny Risotto  
 
 
Fish Dishes  
Grilled fillets of sea-bass stuffed with tomato, garlic and lemon  
Tuna steak with a mango salsa  
Monkfish marinated in Thai spices served with rice  
Whole plaice with a lemon and pesto dressing  
A warm salad of scallops, crayfish and Chorizo  
 
Puddings  
Brioche Bread and Butter pudding with banana and rum  
Crème Brulee  
Sticky toffee pudding  
Wild Strawberry Alexander  
Chocolate and Kahlua mousse  
Raspberry Brulee Tart with an oat crunch topping  
Chocolate Brownie with mixed berries and blackcurrant ice cream  
 
Liqueur coffees  
 

 
The Fireplace
Lunchtime Menu
(in addition to main menu)
Filled Onion loaves with salad such as;
Crayfish, avocado and crayfish
Brie and Mango
Prawn and avocado
Goat's cheese and walnut
Rib-eye steak and onions
 
Salads
Apple Brie and walnut
Smoked salmon and avocado
Avocado, walnut and Vinny
Smoked chicken and bacon
 
Cheddar, bacon and onion
Goat's cheese and tomato

 

 

Others Dishes  
Wiltshire Ham, egg and chips  
Salmon steak  
with new potatoes & salad  
6oz Rib-eye steak and chips  

 
 
A cosy corner