It also looks like a pub from the outside, with attractive, well kept gardens and a small terrace where one can enjoy a drink outside in the summer. The smart cars in the car park suggest that it might not be the sort of place where one would drop in straight from the fields for a pint and a pie or a game of darts. Inside, there is a small bar with a few alcoves to sit in. Most of the space is given over to two or three adjoining rooms, simply furnished with pine tables and chairs, happily not too close together. The menu is written on a blackboard near the bar, and it lists many good things.
Bread is generally the first thing eaten and, if only for that reason, it is important.
A gallette of smoked haddock contained fish flakes in a little cake of sweet corn surrounded by haddock sauce. It was delicious and it must be said, would have done nicely on its own, with some salad, for a summer lunch. Indeed, all the helpings are welcomingly generous without overwhelming. Another first course was ducks' livers with pancetta and a splendid rich sauce with pine nuts. Scallops were plentiful with not too much coral, which happens to suit me.