The menu
What we are cooking
Small plates to start, fish over charcoal, and a short list for people who do not eat fish. Whole fish is sold by the kilo and priced on the board, so it is not listed here.
On the board today
Sold by the kilo- Sea bass · Morning Star £24/kg
- Black bream · Elizabeth Ann £19/kg
- Cuttlefish · Girl Rachel £16/kg
- Bay prawns · Elizabeth Ann £42/kg
Small plates
To start, or to share while you decide
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Six oysters on ice
£16.00Opened to order, with shallot vinegar and brown bread
Tonight -
Crab on toast
£11.50Picked this morning, brown butter, a lot of lemon
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Smoked mackerel pâté
£9.00With pickled cucumber and hot toast
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Fried squid
£12.00Seaweed salt and a wedge of lemon
From the sea
Cooked over charcoal, mostly whole
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Whole sea bass over charcoal
£26.00Grilled on the bone, dressed with olive oil and garlic
Priced tonight; by the kilo when the fish is large -
Grilled sardines
£15.00Six of them, roast peppers, bread to catch the oil
June to September only -
Shellfish pot
£48.00Clams, prawns and monkfish steamed in the copper pan
Tonight For two — allow 30 minutes -
Razor clam rice
£22.00Served wet, with plenty of parsley
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Octopus and crushed potatoes
£24.00Slow-cooked, then charred, with a great deal of olive oil
From the land
For those who do not eat fish
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Sirloin in the pan
£24.00With garlic and a fried egg on top
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Asparagus and soft egg
£13.50On fried bread, with brown butter
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Oxheart tomato salad
£9.00Red onion, oregano, olive oil, coarse salt
Sweets
Made in the morning, and only as much as fits
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Almond and fig tart
£6.00Shaped by hand, served at room temperature
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Rice pudding
£5.50Under a lid of cinnamon
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Chocolate and coffee pudding
£6.50Layered with cream, dusted with cocoa, made this morning
Tonight
Before you order
Tell us about allergies when you book, not when you sit. Almost everything here has touched shellfish at some point in the day.
Bread, olives and the little dishes that arrive unasked are charged only if you eat them, at £2 a head.