Food & Drink

Dining at The Blue Boar

Modern cuisine, seafood & traditional classics in North Norfolk

We offer vegetarian dishes and gluten free options. Our bar and restaurant are reserved exclusively for residents and the guests they bring — like having your own private chef and host for the evening.

The brick floored stable restaurant at The Blue Boar Inn

The Stable Restaurant

Residents only

You can be sure of excellent food at The Blue Boar Inn. Our dishes are served in our brick floored stable restaurant — the table is yours for the evening as we do not believe in processing people. Sit back, relax and take your time.

We now have a pavilion for al fresco dining and drinking, and a newly converted stable restaurant. Whether dining inside or outdoors under the Norfolk sky, every visit is a delightful surprise.

Head Chef James

40 years experience · UK, Bermuda & Australia

At the Blue Boar Inn we don't like to shout about how good our freshly prepared food is – we let our many delighted customers do that for us.

Using only the very best of locally sourced ingredients, our Head Chef, James, is proud to showcase the very best that his home county has to offer.

However, 40 years experience gained all over the UK, Bermuda and Australia means that James' menus are anything but provincial.

Free-range hens at The Blue Boar Inn that supply the kitchen's eggs

Locally Sourced Food

It couldn't be more local if James had grown it all himself

• Fresh fruit and vegetables from local independent growers, markets and farm shops
• Pork from the farm shop right next door
• Award winning beef, locally reared at Binham
• Fresh mussels and crabs direct from the coastal village of Brancaster (in season)
• Free range eggs from our own hens in Great Ryburgh
• Herbs freshly picked from the Inn's own gardens

Seasonal specialities such as marsh samphire, asparagus, fish and game mean that, whether you choose to eat in our cosy bar, relaxing garden or stylish restaurant, every visit to The Blue Boar Inn will be a delightful surprise.

Breakfast

Every stay begins with a freshly cooked breakfast in our plant-filled breakfast room — cooked to order, with free-range eggs from our own hens and the best of Norfolk's local producers.

A freshly cooked breakfast with scrambled eggs, mushroom, beans and tomato

The Blue Boar

Pre-Order Menu

All dishes must be pre-ordered in advance. Please advise us of any allergies or dietary requirements when placing your order.

Starters

Cold-Water Prawns

£13.95

Dressed leaves, house Marie Rose sauce, brown bread and butter

Smoked Scottish Salmon

£14.95

From Mid Norfolk Smokehouse, served with brown bread, butter and lemon

Prawn and Salmon Duo

£16.95

Cold-water prawns and smoked Scottish salmon from Mid Norfolk Smokehouse, dressed leaves, brown bread and butter

Salt and Pepper Squid

£12.95

Crisp-fried squid, sweet chilli mayonnaise and dressed leaves

Breaded Whitebait

£11.95

Salad garnish, lemon and tartare sauce

Pan-Fried Mushrooms

£12.95

Garlic and herb butter, Binham Blue cream and toasted bread

Oak-Smoked Mackerel Fillet

£12.95

Dressed salad and creamed horseradish

Hot-Smoked Duck

£14.50

Sliced duck with fig, walnut, blue cheese and dressed leaves

Main Courses

Meat

Beef and Ale Pie

£23.95

Seasonal vegetables and sauté potatoes

Slow-Braised Lamb Shank

£24.50

Rosemary, mint and red wine gravy, buttered mash and fresh vegetables

HG Graves Angus Beef Stroganoff

£24.95

Flambéed with cognac and finished with cream, served with rice

Aberdeen Angus Burger

£19.95

Smoked bacon, mature cheddar and a sesame bun, served with fries

Medallions of Local Pork Fillet

£24.95

Mushroom, shallot and Binham Blue cream sauce, fresh vegetables and new potatoes

Vegetarian

Stir-Fried Seasonal Vegetables

£18.95

Chilli and soy, served with steamed jasmine rice

Mushroom Stroganoff

£19.50

Flambéed with brandy and finished with cream, served with rice

Homemade beef and ale pie with cheesy mash and gravy

Fish & Seafood

Kiln-Roasted Hebridean Salmon Fillet

£24.95

New potatoes, fresh vegetables and a white wine, dill and butter cream sauce

Fillet of Plaice

£24.95

Shrimps and smoked salmon ribbons in a Chardonnay butter cream sauce, served with new potatoes and vegetables

Smoked Salmon and Prawn Tagliatelle

£23.95

Dill and Chenin Blanc cream sauce

Chicken and King Prawn Thai Curry

£24.50

Fragrant Thai curry sauce and steamed rice

Blue Boar Seafood Platter

£28.50

Hot-smoked and cold-smoked salmon, mackerel and prawns, served with hot buttered new potatoes and dressed leaves

Whole-Tail Scampi

£19.50

Golden breaded scampi, tartare sauce, peas and sauté potatoes

Available by prior arrangement: Steaks are available by prior arrangement. Lobster, crab and mussels may also be available, subject to season and availability.

Desserts

Norfolk Nudge

£10.95

The Blue Boar's own steamed pudding, served with pouring custard

Orange Marmalade Bread and Butter Pudding

£9.95

Served with pouring custard or cream

Warm Chocolate Fudge Cake

£9.95

Served with cream or ice cream

Bananas Flambé

£9.95

Flamed with coconut rum and served with caramel sauce

Vanilla Dairy Ice Cream

£9.95

Warm salted caramel sauce

Local Cheeseboard

£12.95 pp / £15.95 to share

A selection of local cheeses served with biscuits

Please remember this is a pre-order menu and all dishes must be selected in advance. Fries are served with the burger only; other dishes are accompanied by sauté potatoes, new potatoes, mash or rice as described.

A steak salad with new potatoes, egg and fresh leaves served in the garden

The Blue Boar Bar

The heart of a traditional country inn

The heart of every traditional country inn is said to be its bar and the Blue Boar is no exception. With its low beamed ceiling, expansive inglenook fireplace and cosy corners, the bar is the perfect place to while away the evening.

Guests are welcome to sample our selection of locally brewed real ales and fine wines in the comfortable surroundings of our 17th century bar, warmed by a roaring fire, or in the summer sunshine of our cottage garden.

Real Ales

Fine ales from Adnams, Greene King, Beeston Brewery and local micro-breweries

Wines & Seasonal Specials

The very best that East Anglia has to offer. Our selection changes with the seasons — we can't guarantee exactly what will be on offer when you visit, just that it will be a memory to treasure.

Dine as a Resident

The bar and restaurant at The Blue Boar are exclusively for our residents and the guests they bring — so an evening with us feels like having your own private chef and host. There is no public restaurant booking: dining is arranged as part of your stay.

Breakfast at The Wensum Table is included with every room, and residents can add The Supper Board when they book — hosting a table of up to eight for family and friends.

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