One seating · Wednesday to Saturday
Twelve courses. Twenty-four seats. One sitting a night.
A tasting menu built from what the Kentish growers cut that morning, served from an open pass to a single room.
This week's menu
Written each Tuesday. Dietary requirements accommodated with notice.
Oyster, elderflower, cucumber
Rock oysters from Whitstable, elderflower cordial pressed in June.
Turbot on the bone, seaweed butter
Aged four days, grilled over embers, finished with dulse from the same coast.
Hogget, wild garlic, ash
Romney Marsh hogget, the shoulder slow-cooked in hay for nine hours.
Sheep's milk, honeycomb, thyme
Set cream from the dairy at Ashford, honey from the hives behind the kitchen.
From the kitchen
Cooked over embers, mostly
The kitchen has one induction ring and a six-metre hearth. Almost everything that reaches the pass has been near fire, which is a constraint we chose and now design the menu around.
We buy whole animals and whole boxes, so a course changes the week the grower changes. If you booked eight weeks ago, expect a different menu from the one you read then.
24
Seats
12
Courses
1
Seating per night
9
Growers within 30 miles
“The menu changed twice while we held our booking, because the weather changed. That is the point of the place.”
Sofia Marchetti
Guest, March
Opening hours
When we're open
- Wednesday
- 19:00 — one seating
- Thursday
- 19:00 — one seating
- Friday
- 19:00 — one seating
- Saturday
- 18:30 and 21:15
- Sunday — Tuesday
- Closed
Find us
Where we are
14 Marsh Lane Whitstable CT5 1BQ Kent, United Kingdom Twelve minutes on foot from Whitstable station. Street parking is free after 18:00.
Before you visit
Can you cater for dietary requirements?
Yes, with notice at booking. Tell us when you reserve rather than on the night, because the menu is built around whole ingredients.
Is there a dress code?
No. Come as you are; nobody has ever been turned away for what they were wearing.
How far ahead do bookings open?
Eight weeks, released at 10:00 on the first of each month. The waiting list moves most weeks, so it is worth joining.
What does it cost?
145 pounds per person for twelve courses. The wine pairing is 95, and there is a non-alcoholic pairing at the same standard for 45.
Bookings open on the first of each month.
Tables are released eight weeks ahead at 10am. The waiting list moves most weeks.