DINING AT LYDGATE
Our restaurant has been awarded two rosettes by the RAC, dining and breakfast awards by the AA and the particularly coveted ‘steaming pot’ award by Which? Hotel Guide. Whether dining by candle light or taking breakfast in our conservatory dining room you will enjoy the spectacular views of the beautiful valley of the East Dart River.
The daily-changing menus feature locally sourced ingredients of the highest quality and meals are freshly prepared for our guests each evening. A three-course dinner is served every evening, except Mondays, at a cost of £32.50 per person with coffee and mints an additional £3.25.
A reasonably priced wine list composed of New World and European wines complements the menus.
Breakfast is a sumptuous meal. The buffet table offers a variety of juices, cereals, fresh and dried fruits and yoghurts. You may then order a cooked breakfast from our extensive menu which includes smoked haddock and salmon as well as the more traditional ‘Full English’. You will enjoy fresh eggs laid by our own hens each morning and the sausages and bacon are locally produced. Fresh home-baked bread with local or home-made preserves round off the meal.
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Some sample dishes from our menu...
Starters |
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Main Courses |
Terrines of Poached Salmon with Quails Eggs, Baby Plum Tomatoes and Salad Leaves
Grilled Goat’s Cheese with a Pear and a Walnut Salad
Oven-Baked Mushrooms stuffed with Cheese and Tomato with a Garlic, Parsley and Breadcrumb Topping
Carpaccio of Fresh Tuna with a Balsamic Vièrge Dressing
Avocado, Stilton and Crispy Bacon Salad with Honey and Mustard Dressing
Duck Paté served with Melba Toast
Soup of the Day |
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Roast Fillet of Lamb with a Mint Crust
Carbonnade de Boeuf
Oven-Baked Breast of Chicken in a White Wine and Tarragon Sauce
Pan-Fried Duckling Breast with a Red Wine and Red Currant Sauce
Casserole of Venison Steak enriched with Red Wine and Cranberries
Oven Baked Fillet of Salmon with Tomatoes and Fresh Basil
Lightly Grilled Fillets of Sea Bass
with Fennel Butter
Italian Stuffed Aubergine (vegetarian) |
Our impressive Cheese Board offers a wide selection of local cheeses such as Sharpham Brie, Celeste Camembert, Exmoor Blue, Devon Blue, Cornish Yarg, Curworthy, Quick’s Cheddar, Luscombe Goat’s Cheese.
Desserts
Summer Pudding topped with Fresh Blueberries and Raspberries
Fresh “gooey” Meringues filled with Devon Clotted Cream and
topped with Strawberries
Sticky Toffee Pudding
Eton Mess
Panna Cotta with a Balsamic Strawberry Sauce
Chocolate Truffles with Raspberry Compôte
Brandy Snap Basket filled with Devonshire Ice Cream topped
with Bananas and Hot Butterscotch Sauce
Fresh Raspberries in Red Wine Jelly
all the above are served with any combination of Devonshire
Clotted Cream, Double Cream and Ice Cream
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