Dinner Menu  3 courses for £30 !

Starters £10

Chicken liver and whisky pate with toasted rosemary and sea salt focaccia

Baked black pudding and red wine Poached pear and red wine syrup

Fried halloumi, apple and fennel stick salad with sweet chilli dressing 

Bruschetta Roasted cauliflower, piccalilli served on rosemary and sea salt focaccia

Luxury marinated herring with mellow curry yogurt, poached apricots and boozy raisins

Oven roasted white pudding, baked fennel and Flashes plum sauce

Goats cheese ginger and garlic spring rolls with a chili and soy dipping sauce

Smoky sprats on rye bread with herby crème fraiche and poached apricots

Smoked herring pate with toasted focaccia

Main Courses £20

WHOLE TROUT (not too big, perfect for one person) baked in the oven with olive oil and coriander seeds

Fresh haddock fillet grilled in butter, garlic and fresh herbs

 Slow cooked French blade of beef casserole with red wine

Mushroom and potato fricassee with cream, garlic and parsley

Café 52 quarter pounder beef burger with grilled Strathdon blue cheese and confit onions

Scottish smoked herring fillets Seved with a green lentil and tipsy raisin salsa

Poached chicken breast with Dijon and honey cream sauce

Roasted aubergines and slow roasted peppers with Mrs B’s bramble vinaigrette and sweet soy sauce

Fried seabass fillet with creamy potato salad

Special dishes/ Side orders – Highly recommended! £10

1: ROYAL SLAW: Red cabbage, green apple, fresh orange, red onion, mayonnaise, yoghurt, parsley, quince syrup and Mrs B’s bramble vinaigrette.  With toasted sourdough

2: Roasted Kohlrabi curry and lemon mayonnaise   3: Whole rosemary and sea salt focaccia with mozzarella and white anchovies

Sample menu – subject to change

Tapas £5 per dish

Cullen skink

Smoked mackerel and caramelized red onion pate

Gammon, potato, leek and parsley casserole with ham stock

roasted red pepper and coriander humus

butternut squash curry with chic pea, fresh coriander and crème fraiche

grilled aubergines with confit onions

chicken breast with spiced Indian pickled mayonnaise

Sprats with a garlic and lemon crème fraiche

chicken stew with Indian spiced pickle, yoghurt and fresh curry leaves

Mushroom and Strathdon blue bruschetta

Roasted red pepper and courgette tartlet with Strathdone blue

Mark’s home made meatloaf

Peppered pastrami with pineapple and tomato salsa

home dried tomatoes and pistachio pesto

Creamy new potato salad

Selection of deli meat £7

Smoked ham, Italian salami and pastrami

Mini cheese board £7

Smoky style Cheddar/Taleggio/ Strathdon blue

Antipasto Platter £18.50

A wonderful selection of hand-picked favorites for 2 people to share

Side dishes £4.90

Home-made chips

Fried parsnips with maple syrup

Hot rosemary and sea salt focaccia

Crispy kale with sweet chilli sauce

White wine

Chacabouco Viognier, 2023, 13%  (175ml glass £8.25 / Bottle £29.00)

A delicious peachy viognier…. bursting with, well peach and other juicy stone and tropical fruit. The refreshing acidity from it’s high altitude origin really brings a zing to this white wine

Murphy’s Chardonnay, Australia, 2023, 13.5%  (175ml glass £8.25 / Bottle £29.00)

A beautifully clean, unoaked Chardonnay from the Big Rivers area on the borders between South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales. The warm mild weather helped create this near perfect Chardonnay

with tropical fruits and a long refreshing citrusy finish. I like this a lot

Place du village, France, 2024, 10.5% (175ml glass £8.90 / Bottle £30.00)

Celebrating the heritage, rooted in authentic French Terroirs each bottle invites you to savor the unique taste of France-

its stories and traditions and charm for life, this wine celebrates zesty notes of lemon and lime leading to a crisp and fresh , yet lush style on the palate

Grillo, Rupe Secca. Sicilia, 2024. 12.5% (bottle £34.00)

Crisp and fruity white that is rather too easy to drink. Vividly ripe lemons and limes with some guava thrown in for good measure 

Rose

Rose, Big Top, white zinfandel, California, 10% (glass 175ml £7.90 bottle £29.00)

Easy drinking white zinfandel full of fruit aromas from grapes harvested in California. Light bodies and refreshing, this wine is rich in red berry fruit flavours

Prosecco

Amori Prosecco, Italy, 11% (glass £8.90/ bottle £34.00)

So, when you think prosecco, you think sweet, sparkling, but fundamentally one dimensional. Think again. Firstly, this is a delightfully crisp and elegant prosecco with vibrant apple and crisp pear notes and a delicate, floral and fruity finish that keep on giving. In other words, “it’s absolutely delicious”

Champagne

Champagne J-M Gobillard, Brut Tradition, France, 12.5% (£48.00)

Forget the glitz this is has soul. I’ve met the maker and his family and they’re lovely, kind and hospitable people making superb Champagne. This is gentle, elegant, beautifully balanced and harmonised with ripe apple.

Fabulous Spanish Sherries £9.95

Fernando de Castilla, Pedro Ximenez.15% vol

Thick, dark and syrupy with essence of figs and dried fruit

Fernando de Castilla, Ollo Roso. 18% vol

Light, aromatic, mellow bronze colour an served chilled

Fernando de Castilla, Armontillado. 17% vol

Amber in colour with a smooth nutty flavour,  served chilled, a fantastic pre dinner drink!

Magnificent ports £9.00

Taylors Vintage port 2017. 20% vol

Superb with cheese, dark chocolate or berry flavoured desserts.

Krohn, Porto Lagrima, White.20% vol

A fine developed aroma with a floral and fruity character, richness and balance. Serve chilled

Red Wine

Pe Tinto, Portugal, 2023, 13% (175ml glass £8.25 / Bottle £29.00)

Created by an Australian wine maker in the Alentejo region of Portugal, Pe Tinto is just ticket with its brambles and blackcurrants in abundance. A must.

Amanti del vino. Primitivo, Puglia Italy. 13% (175ml glass £8.25 / Bottle £22.00)

Brimming with ripe damson fruits, it has a naturally velvety palate to match. This wine will bow you over with its infectious enthusiasm 

Vermador, Monastrell & Petit Verdot,2023, Spanish 14% (bottle £34.00)

Big flavour, little price! No oak, bold Monastrell stuffs the wine with big red and black fruits with the petit verdot adding plumpness with more tannin and colour

Las Pampas Malbec, Mendoza, Argentina, 2024 13% (Bottle £34.00)

Full bodies and rich with ripe blackberry, plum and blackberry fruit. Just delicious 

Chȃteau Carbonac, Corbiѐres France 2022, 13.5% (Bottle £37.00)

With deep red reflections an intense bouquet distinguished by notes of dark fruit and spices On the pallet this wine produces wonderful expressions, absolutely fantastic.

Rioja Vega Tempranillo Colleccion, Rioja, Spain, 2022, 14% (Bottle £42.00)

This is outstanding. This is a multi-layered red of heavenly proportions. This is a celebration of quality, class, skill, love and passion that will take you on a trance like journey.  You will not feel in the least bit guilty when you knock your yoga classes on the head and invest in this instead!  And breathe..

 Soft drinks

Fresh orange juice (Tropicana) / Cranberry juice: £3.50

San pellegrino Limonata (cloudy lemonade) 330ml cans: £3.50

San pellegrino Aranciata (sparkling orange) 330ml cans: £3.50

Cawston press sparkling cloudy apple 330ml cans: £3.50

Deeside sparkling natural mineral water, 750ml: £5.50

Deeside sparkling natural mineral water 250ml: £3.50

Coca cola 330ml bottle: £3.50

Coke zero 330ml: £3.50

Old Jamaica ginger beer 330ml can: £3.50

Tonic water/ slim line tonic: £3.50

Rauch fruit juice (originally from Austria, absolutely superb and ultra-tasty)

Pineapple or strawberry: £3.95

Lemonade bottle: £3.50

Irn bru 330ml bottle: £3.50

Segafredo coffee

Black coffee / Espresso: £3.50

Cappuccino / Latte: £3.95

Mocha: £4.50

Segafredo hot chocolate: £4.50

Double Espresso / Flat white: £4.50

Tea

Pot of breakfast tea: £4.50

Fabulous loose tea: £5.50

Fill your pot with a choice of:

Earl Grey / Chamomile / Peach with flowers / Japanese cherry green tea

Fresh mint Tea: £5.50

Beers

Budweiser Budvar 5.0% Vol, 500ml £6.90

A true quality lager from the Czech Republic

Erdinger, wheat beer 5.3 % Vol 500ml £6.90

Gently spicy, lively and harmonious, every sip leaves you wanting more

Modelo 4.5% vol 355ml £6.90

A classic Mexican pilsner, Boasts a refreshing crisp taste with a hint of sweetness

Estrella Damm 4.6% Vol, 330ml £5.90

Refreshing and versatile with a strong hoppy character but no bitter taste, an easy drinker

Cruzcampo 4.4% vol 330ml £5.60

Founded in Seville in 1904. Brewed with subtle hoppy notes, fruity characteristics and finished with its signature Cruzcampo bitterness

Corona Extra (Mexico) 4.5% Vol, 330ml £5.90

Trip the `light’ fantastic

San Miguel, 0.0% vol, 330ml £5.50

Malty notes of barley deliver a subtle roasted flavour with balanced bitterness a great refreshing non-alcoholic lager

Erdinger 0.0% vol 500ml £6.00

Distinctively refreshing favour of our isotonic thirst-quencher Erdinger

Ciders

Thatchers gold, apple cider 4.8% vol, 500ml  £6.90

A “Sensory ram-raid of bitter apples”

Henry Westons, vintage apple cider 8.2% vol 500ml £6.90

Crafted from bittersweet apples this vintage cider is slowly matured, spending time in a traditional oak cask which ensures its exceptional taste. Rich and fruity apple cider, smooth, rounded, medium dry to taste.

Fabulous Spanish Sherries £9.95

Fernando de Castilla, Pedro Ximenez.15% vol

Thick, dark and syrupy with essence of figs and dried fruit

Fernando de Castilla, Oloroso. 18% vol

Light, aromatic, mellow bronze colours and served chilled

Fernando de Castilla, Amontillado. 17% vol

Amber in colour and has a smooth nutty flavour, serve chilled as a pre-dinner drink!

Magnificent ports £9.00

Taylors Vintage port 2017. 20% vol

Superb with cheese, dark chocolate or berry flavoured desserts.

Krohn, Porto Lagrima, White.20% vol

A fine developed aroma with a floral and fruity character, richness and balance. Served chilled

Cocktails

Elderflower Gin fizz £8.50

Gin with elderflower cordial, tonic garnished with fresh fruit

Prosecco elderflower glass £8.50

Prosecco with elderflower cordial

Pimm’s £8.50

Pimm’s and lemonade with orange, cucumber, fruit and mint

Aperol spritz £7.50

Prosecco, Aperol with a splash of soda, garnished with fruit and mint

Mimosa £8.50

prosecco, fresh orange juice garnished with a orange slice 

Negroni £8.50

Campari, rosso vermouth and gin garnished with an orange slice

Margarita £8.50

Tequila, Cointreau, fresh lime juice served with a slice of lime

Old fashioned £ 8.50

Bourbon, Angostura bitters with an orange slice

Amaretto sour £7.50

Amaretto, fresh lemon juice and sugar syrup, shaken and served with an orange wedge

Cosmopolitan £8.50

Vodka, Cointreau, Fresh lime and cranberry juice garnished with fresh fruit

Espresso Martini £8.60

Espresso coffee, kahlua, shot of vodka, sugar syrup, shaken with ice 

Baileys espresso £8.60

Espresso coffee, baileys. vodka, sugar syrup shaken with ice 

Liquor coffee £8.50

Double espresso, your choice of liquor with a layer of cream and a coffee bean garnish