OUR SAMPLE MENU
Table service is provided whilst inside. We ask that during busy periods to please be patient. We are a small team, and cook to order; nothing is ‘pinged’ as we don’t have a microwave. If you do have an issue, please let us know, we can’t solve any problems if you stay silent.
Thank you for your understanding
Our small plates; ‘Westcountry tapas’
Our favourite way to eat… ‘pick and mix and share (or not)’. We suggest 5 different plates between 2 people, but you can always add more. A fun way to enjoy lots of flavours.
Choose a few to make up your meal. The plates come to you as and when they are ready, allowing for lots of different ‘courses’.
Our tapas dishes vary on a day-today-week-to-week basis, depending on what we can source at its best.
Many of our young diners choose to eat off the menu and 'tweak' tapas dishes to suit younger tastes (i.e. no chilli.) Selection of traditional children's options also available.
NIBBLES
Mixed olives
- (V/VG/GF/DF) 3.50
Mezze selection; stuffed vine leaves, olives, hummus, feta-stuffed peppers, crisp breads
- (V/VG/GF/DF) 10.50
Charcuterie selection, crisp breads
- 10.50
Artichokes; crispy, lightly battered, garlic mayo
- (V/DF) 5.00
Hummus crisp bread
- (V/VG/DF) 5.00
FROM THE WATERS
Fish tacos, mango salsa
- 10.00
Grilled, shell-on king prawns, Romesco sauce
- (GF/DF contains nuts) 9.50
1/2 grilled lobster, sweet paprika butter
- (GF) 27.00
Whole locally landed plaice, skillet-fire-grilled, thyme, tomato
- (GF/DF) 13.50
Brown crab meat, coriander, chilli, tomato & parmesan topped fires. Baked in the fire
- (GF) 10.50
Grey mullet fillet, pickled mouli, black lime
- (GF/DF) 9.50
FROM THE LAND
Za'atar grilled lamb rump, aubergine
- (GF/DF) 12.50
Fire-grilled beef, marrowbone butter
- (GF) 14.50
Fire-roasted beef dripping, sourdough
- 1.50
Crispy chicken wings
choose either buffalo sauce, ranch dressing or BBQ sauce.
- 9.50
Crispy pork belly bites, Sriachia honey
- (GF/DF) 9.50
Fire-grilled cecina (air-dried beef), grilled local kale (GF/DF)
- 10.50
FROM THE SOIL & DAIRY
Grilled Sivri peppers, grilled halloumi
- (V/VG) 5.50
Fired baked squash, feta, capers, black garlic
- (V/GF) 6.00
Grilled local baby gems, crispy onions, crispy capers, mustard dressing
- (V/VG/DF) 5.50
Peperonata Italian classic roasted peppers, pine nuts, pickled garlic, sultanas
- (V/VG/GF/DF) 6.50
Local mushroom Larb; Northern Thai dish; fresh herbs, grilled mushrooms, lime, toasted ground rice
- (V) 7.50
Charred artichoke salad, toasted almonds
- (V/VG/GF/DF) 6.50
DESSERTS
Lemon creme brûlée
- (V/GF) 8.50
Chocolate pot
- (V/VG/GF/DF contains coconut) 8.50
Basque cheese cake
Our own version of the Basque classic, fire baked
- (V/GF) 8.50
Scoop of Dunstaple Farm ice-cream
- (V/GF) 2.00/ scoop
Westcountry cheese - our cheese can be served as one, two or as many slices of whatever cheeses you wish. They always come with crackers, grapes and homemade chutney. Choose from our local selection
- (V) 3.50/slice
SIDES
Char-grilled tenderstem, parmesan, pine nuts
- (V/GF) 5.50
Cauli bhajis, mango chutney
- (V/VG/GF/DF) 5.50
B-R-I-ckles; deep fried pickles, ranch dressing
- (V) 5.50
Mixed local leaf salad, preserved lemon
- (V/VG/GF/DF) 4.00
Fresh tomato salad
- (V/VG/GF/DF) 4.00
Handcut, skin-on fries
- (V/VG/GF/DF) 4.00
Board of Manchego slices, olive oil
- (V/DF) 6.50
Sugarsnaps, toasted hazelnuts
- (V/VG/GF) 4.00
We cook on our open fire wood hearth (designed and built during the pandemic) and since then have tailored our menu to our solid wood fired style of cooking. We even went as far as cutting the gas line so no going back. Hugely better than burning fossil fuels, we source all our wood locally and are kiln dried.
Our menu offers up small snacks to enjoy with a drink, to stave off hunger, or to be enjoyed with others, trying new things. The small plates or British tapas, allow for us to showcase a huge variety of food grown and sourced locally and the menu is very much seasonal; ensuring the produce is at its best. 95% of our items are prepared here on site, using local produce and even some from our own garden!
We also do Sunday lunch, with the meats cooked on our open fire for a proper, flavoursome roast. The vegetables are all local and seasonal and some even come from our own garden! Group dining, events and outside catering be it tapas style or something more hearty can be arranged. Please enquire for further details.
Contact The Black River Inn
BOOKINGS@BLACKRIVERINN.CO.UK / TEL: 01409 231888
If you're enquiry is for a table within the next 48 hours please call us as we run on a small team, who at busy times cannot always get to emails. Thank you.