Low-lit dining room with linen-covered tables, bentwood chairs and candlelight

Table menu · updated weekly

Third Vale

Kitchen & cellar. Wood-fired small plates, valley produce, and a short list of low-intervention wine poured by the glass.

Wed & Thu
5pm – 10pm
Fri & Sat
12pm – 3pm, 5pm – 11pm
Sunday
12pm – 5pm, one sitting
Mon & Tue
Closed

Dietary key

01

Bread & snacks

Baked and fried to order, so they arrive first and arrive hot.

  • Hearth bread & cultured butter£5

    Three-day sourdough, finished in the coal oven. v

  • Smoked almonds£4.50

    Rosemary, valley honey, flake salt. vgn

  • Cheddar & pickled walnut croquettes£7

    Two per order, aged cheddar, sharp walnut centre. vn

  • Oyster mushroom crisps£5.50

    Thin, fried hard, malt vinegar salt. vggf

02

Small plates

Three or four between two is the usual order. They come as they are ready.

  • Burnt leek, hazelnut cream£9

    Charred whole over coals, cold-pressed rapeseed, chive. vgn

  • Cured trout£12

    Beetroot, horseradish cream, toasted rye crumb.

  • Whipped sheep's curd£9.50

    Spiced honey, fennel seed, warm flatbread for scooping. v

  • Braised shoulder on toast£13

    Nine-hour lamb, salsa verde, grilled sourdough.

  • Heritage tomato & elderflower£10

    On the menu only while the local crop holds. vggf

  • Hearth-roast carrots£8.50

    Dukkah, thick yoghurt, carrot-top oil. vgfn

Cuts of meat searing over glowing coals on an open kitchen grill
Everything in the next course is cooked over oak and charcoal in the open kitchen.

03

From the hearth

The board changes daily with the delivery. Ask your server what came in this morning.

  • Dry-aged sirloin, to share£56

    Forty-five days aged, rested over oak embers, bone marrow butter. Serves two, carved at the pass. gf

  • Whole plaice£26

    Brown butter, capers, charred lemon. Day-boat catch. gf

  • Hogget chop£24

    Smoked aubergine, mint, pan juices. Cooked pink unless you ask otherwise. gf

  • Coal-roast half chicken£22

    Garlic, thyme, dripping potatoes underneath. gf

  • Hispi cabbage, charred whole£15

    Miso butter, crisp shallot, toasted seed. Our main course for the table's vegetarian. v

04

Sides

Portioned for two to share alongside a hearth plate.

All sides £5.50

  • Fried potatoes

    Twice-cooked in beef fat, rosemary salt. gf

  • Green leaves

    Mustard dressing, soft herbs. vggf

  • Buttered greens

    Whatever is best this week, lemon, black pepper. vgf

  • Charred spring onions

    Romesco, sherry vinegar. vgn

05

Sweet

Short list, all made in-house. The custard runs out most Saturdays.

  • Burnt honey custard£7

    Set soft, toasted oats, cold cream. v

  • Dark chocolate & olive oil£8

    Sea salt, sourdough crumb, pouring cream. v

  • Three valley cheeses£12

    Oatcakes, quince, pickled walnut. vn

06

Cellar & pours

Everything by the glass is also available by the bottle. Prices read glass / bottle.

By the glass · 125ml

  • Skin-contact pinot gris£8.50 / £38

    Textural and dry, apricot skin, faint bitterness. vg

  • Old-vine chenin£9 / £42

    Flinty, bone dry, good with the trout.

  • Gamay, served cold£8 / £36

    Light red, cranberry, drinks like a summer wine. vg

  • Nebbiolo£11 / £52

    Rose petal, firm tannin, savoury. The sirloin wine.

Low & no alcohol

  • Fermented rhubarb soda£4.50

    Made here each week, lightly sparkling, not sweet. vggf

  • Alcohol-free aperitivo£7

    Grapefruit, gentian, soda, long over ice. vggf

  • Roasted barley tea£3.50

    Served hot in a pot, or iced in a tumbler. vg

Before you order

Allergens, service and the small print

Allergies

Our kitchen handles gluten, nuts, dairy, shellfish and sesame in one small space, so we cannot promise a dish is free from traces. Tell your server before you order and we will talk you through what is safe tonight.

Dietary markers

Markers describe the dish as written. Most plates can be adapted — the hispi, the carrots and the leeks are the easiest swaps — just ask.

Service

Prices include VAT. A discretionary 12.5% service charge is added to the bill and shared across the whole team; ask us to remove it if you would rather not pay it.

Larger tables

Groups of seven or more eat from a set version of this menu, chosen from the same courses, so the kitchen can send food together.