The Compasses is now open 7 days a week
 ....................................................   Food and Wine
Entrance to Compasses Inn
 
 
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 our three chefs, Ian Chalmers and Ian Evans and Damien 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 are also pround of our extensive- Wine List.  We offer over 20 wines by the glass.
 
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