Our main opening days are Thursday to Saturday for pre-booked lunch or dinner, plus an excellent Sunday lunch. We will open on Monday to Wednesday as long as we have at least 6 guests booked in - please call us and enquire. Gates open at 12.30pm for 1pm lunch service, and at 7pm for 7.30pm dinner service. There is only one sitting for either.
Booking essential please
See menu tab for latest menu example & price guide
Chef's Table
Modern European cooking, premium local ingredients, presented beautifully. The very best quality produce, freshly made every day in house, delivers a genuine fine dining experience at sensible prices. You can talk to our friendly award winning chef as he prepares each dish. Attentive, kind & memorable hospitality. That's my commitment to my guests ~ Silke, owner.
Set 4 course menu £55 with options, up to £95 for 9 course tasting menu. Usually we limit service to 14 guests. Capacity 24 for simple menus & garden group lunches. Bespoke menus for group bookings that you can discuss with our chef.
You have your table for 3+ hours single sitting so there's no hurry. Relax & enjoy atmospheric seclusion in a very stylish room set amid a spectacular Japanese garden.
Home grown, local & organic produce, meat & fish. Fine & unusual bone china, silver cutlery & exquisite stemware elevates your experience.
Japanese garden openings: In summer we do pre-booked charitable fund raising garden openings for our spectacular Japanese garden for groups of at least 10 at £10 per person or £100 minimum charitable donation for a smaller group. We provide a simple but lovely 2 course lunch at £22 per person plus drinks & service. For garden groups we can also do tea/coffee & home made cake at £10 per person plus service. Sorry, we can't allow dogs.
Food style
Aperitif
Bakery
Smokie
Funghi
Charcuterie
Risotto
Silky pastas
Dublins
Fishy
Ragu
Big Green Egg
Daube Provençal Rouge
Hispi Misu
Piggy things
Fowl
Crunchy or buttery Koffmans
Roots
Seriously good Canterbury cheeses
Basques, puds, choc, tarts, lemon
Artisan bean & leaf drinks
Starts at £55pp, service 12.5%
Wines
Interesting & reasonably priced table wines as well as high end vintages
BYO starts at £25 corkage for 75cl still wines: see policy on booking page
Allergies: we're a small team but can usually accommodate allergies, coeliac etc vegan with 2 days notice. Please enquire.
