Restaurant Menu

12-3pm and 6-9pm

Please tell us of any allergies; descriptions do not include all ingredients

Please ask to see our separate dietary and vegan menus

COLD NIBBLES:

Smoked almonds £3.95               Olives marinated in garlic & herbs £3.95            Sea salt & vinegar crisps £3.95

Sourdough bread from Webbsour, Cambridge; with Italian extra virgin olive oil or Netherend Farm butter £2.95

Roasted red pepper hummus with sliced jalapenos and char-grilled pitta bread £7.95

Roasted carrot, butterbean and caraway dip, with char-grilled pitta bread and feta cheese £7.95

HOT NIBBLES:

Tempura cream cheese stuffed bell peppers with zhoug and spring onion £6.50

Spiced falafel with muhammara dip £6.95

Jerk Chicken Pinchos with smoked tomato dip £8.95

Sticky pork belly chunks with soy, chilli, spring onion and sesame £7.95

STARTERS:

Twice baked gruyère cheese soufflé with wilted spinach, cream sauce and toasted pine nuts £12.95

Roasted celeriac soup with curried oil, celeriac crisp and sourdough bread £9.95

Confit savoy cabbage with miso butter, toasted walnuts, crispy cabbage and herb oil £9.95

Beetroot cured salmon gravadlax with pickled cucumber, horseradish cream, lemon and capers £12.95

Grilled whole king prawns with samphire and garlic butter Shell on or off £2.95 each or 6 for £15.95

Pan-fried pigeon breast with beetroot purée, quinoa and pickled walnuts £11.95

Venison carpaccio with black garlic emulsion, toasted hazelnuts and parsnip crisp £13.95

MAIN COURSES:

Salt-baked celeriac steak with puy lentil stew, char-grilled artichokes and olive salsa verde £24

Char-grilled hispi cabbage with harissa butter, lemon and pepper couscous and radicchio & feta salad £24

Pan-roasted fillet of halibut with clams, spinach purée, leek and potato cake and samphire £35

Fillet of salmon with piquillo pepper purée, grilled new potatoes, charred tenderstem broccoli & anchovies £31.95

Pan-roasted chicken breast with parmesan croquette, tenderstem broccoli, curly kale & mushroom sauce £29.50

Pan-fried duck breast with parsnip purée, confit potato, pak choi and pickled cranberries £35

Char-grilled Norfolk steak with triple cooked chips, wedged baby gem with Caesar dressing and peppercorn sauce

10 oz Rib-eye £32.50; 10 oz Sirloin £36

ADD: Fried double yolk egg £2.95   Fried onion rings £4.95

SIDE DISHES:

Triple cooked chunky chips £4.95     Skinny chips £4.95

Confit potato with gruyère cheese £5.95     Leek & potato cake £5.95

Crispy seaweed £3.95     Char-grilled tenderstem with salsa verde £4.95

Wedged baby gem with bacon crumb and Caesar dressing £5.95

Dessert Menu

CHEESE from the UK’s British cheese specialist, Neal’s Yard Dairy

Served with crackers, apple, celery and apple & pear chutney

Westcombe Cheddar, Somerset – pasteurised, hard, strong, cows’ milk cheese

Baron Bigod, Suffolk – pasteurised, soft, Brie-style, cows’ milk cheese

Colston Bassett Stilton, Nottinghamshire – pasteurised, creamy, buttery, blue, cows’ milk cheese

Yr Afr, Gwynedd – unpasteurised, creamy and savoury goats’ milk cheese

Wigmore,  Berkshire – unpasteurised, soft, mild and nutty sheep’s milk cheese

Choose any 3 cheeses £12.50 (£9.50 for 2; £14.50 for 4 or £16 for all 5)

PORT AND OTHER WINES FOR CHEESE 75ml

963   WHITE PORT, Sandeman, Porto, Portugal £4.20  Satin-smooth texture with soft floral aromas

967     2014 Bishop of Norwich, South Africa (50cl bottle) £5.40 Outstanding port style red, from the Cape

971    20-YEAR-OLD TAWNY PORT, Sandeman, Porto, Portugal £7.20  Pale, gentle, delicate – very fine indeed

SWEETS with recommended sweet wine

Chocolate nemesis with cherry ripple ice cream and hazelnut praline £9.95 – wine 967

Grilled and poached pineapple with pink peppercorn salsa, coconut sorbet & pineapple crisp £9.95 – wine 909

Passionfruit tart with fresh passionfruit, crème fraiche and coulis £9.95 – wine 902

Orange crème brûlée with blackberry sorbet and cinnamon tuile £9.95 – wine 903

Bread and butter pudding with vanilla ice cream and custard £9.95 – wine 954

Affogato Single scoop of vanilla ice-cream with espresso coffee or luscious PX Sherry £5.95/£6.95

Homemade ice-cream and sorbet: £2.50 one scoop; £1.50 per extra scoop

ICE-CREAM: clotted cream vanilla; chocolate; raspberry; caramel; cherry ripple

SORBET: coconut; blackberry; raspberry

SWEET WINE BY THE GLASS 75ml

902    LATE HARVEST SAUVIGNON BLANC, Vina Echeverria, Chile £6.95 Dried apricot & Seville Marmalade 

903    OUPA DANIE’S SWAN SONG, The Liberator 2018 S. Africa £6.95 Gently fortified Muscat 

909    CORDON CUT, Mt Horrocks. South Australia £8.50 Thrillingly fresh example of late harvest Riesling

918    BOTRYTIS PINOT GRIS, Greywacke. Marlborough, New Zealand 2023 £8.50 Exceptional example

920    SAUTERNES, Château Laville 2019, Bordeaux £6.95 Honeyed, concentrated & complex

950    PEDRO XIMENEZ, El Candado, Valdespino. Sherry £5.95 Liquid raisins; extraordinarily intense

954    RUTHERGLEN MUSCAT, Rosewood Vineyards, Australia. £5.95 Late harvest, fortified Muscat. Toffee and raisins

Coffee from The Brew Project, served with biscotti

Espresso, Macchiato, Piccolo £2.95    Americano £3.95/£4.95

Cappuccino, Latte, Flat white £4.50/£5.50    Drip-filter, Cafetière £3.95    Iced latte or Americano £4.50

Hot Chocolate Musetti Choc-issimo £4.95 Add: Whipped cream 50p

Tea from Birchall Teas, served with shortbread £4.25

Black teas – English Breakfast; Earl Grey; Darjeeling; Virunga Chai; De-caff; Green tea

Infusions – Peppermint; Lemongrass & Ginger; Chamomile; Red berry

 Homemade chocolate truffles x2 £1.95 

Cognac 75 Le Reviseur Cognac, sugar, lemon and Prosecco £10.95

Rum & Coffee Martini Rum, espresso, stout, crème de cacao £12.95         

Truffle Gin truffle-infused gin from Cambridge Distillery £7.95

Lounge & Bar Menu

12 – 9pm

Please tell us of any allergies; descriptions do not include all ingredients

COLD NIBBLES:

Smoked almonds £3.95            Olives marinated in garlic & herbs £3.95          Sea salt & vinegar crisps £3.95

Sourdough bread from Webbsour, Cambridge; with Italian extra virgin olive oil or Netherend Farm butter £2.95

Roasted red pepper hummus with sliced jalapenos and char-grilled pitta bread £7.95

Roasted carrot, butterbean and caraway dip, with char-grilled pitta bread and feta cheese £7.95

HOT NIBBLES:
Tempura cream cheese stuffed bell peppers with zhoug and spring onion £6.50

Spiced falafel with muhammara dip £6.95

Sticky pork belly chunks with soy, chilli, spring onion and sesame £7.95

Jerk Chicken Pinchos with smoked tomato dip £8.95

Roasted celeriac soup with curried oil, celeriac crisp and sourdough bread £9.95

Quinoa and kale salad with grapefruit, beetroot, pomegranate molasses and walnuts £13.95

      Add: Hot peeled king prawns £2.95 each

Grilled king prawns with samphire and garlic butter £2.95 each, £15.95 for 6 Shell on or off

Char-grilled swordfish with Waldorf salad £17.95

Steamed clams with fresh chili, garlic, lemon and dill tagliatelle £17.95

PX braised pig cheek with ratatouille, new potatoes, Manchego crisp and toasted sourdough £16.95

Salmon and cod fishcake with wilted spinach, poached egg and hollandaise sauce £19.95

Thai red curry with roasted courgettes and aubergine, char-grilled peppers, coriander rice and pak choi £16.95

Add: Hot peeled king prawns £2.95 each

Battered fish and chips with crushed peas and tartare sauce £19.95

Pie of the day with mashed potato, tenderstem broccoli and curly kale £19

Buttermilk fried chicken burger with siracha mayonnaise, red onion slaw & skinny chips £18.95

SANDWICHES on white or granary bread, with sea salt and vinegar crisps OR; Chunky or skinny chips £1.00

Smoked salmon with cucumber, crème fraîche and dill £11.95

Coronation chickpea with red onion and rocket £9.95

Roast beef with horseradish remoulade and caramelised onion £9.95
Chicken and avocado with tarragon mayonnaise £9.95

WARM SANDWICHES served with skinny chips

Spiced tofu and kimchi with coriander soy yoghurt, rocket and spinach on toasted sourdough £11.95
Char-grilled smoked bacon, lettuce and tomato on toasted brioche with mayonnaise £11.95

Steak sandwich on toasted brioche, with caramelised onions, rocket and grain mustard £14.95

Set Lunch Menu

Monday-Friday 12-3pm

2 courses £26 or 3 courses £32

Please tell us of any allergies; descriptions do not include all ingredients

Char-grilled king prawns with samphire and garlic butter

Ham hock, leek and apricot terrine with apple chutney and toasted sourdough

Roasted celeriac soup with curried oil, celeriac crisp and sourdough bread

Confit duck leg with puy lentil stew and curly and crispy kale

Salmon and cod fishcake with wilted spinach, poached egg & hollandaise

Char-grilled hispi cabbage with harissa butter, lemon and pepper couscous and radicchio & feta salad

Bread and butter pudding with vanilla custard

Orange crème brûlée with blackberry sorbet

Tea or coffee with homemade biscuits

Sunday Lunch Menu

12-3.30pm

Please tell us of any allergies; descriptions do not include all ingredients

Sourdough bread from Webbsour, Cambridge, with Italian olive oil or Netherend Farm salted butter £2.95

Smoked almonds £3.95     Olives marinated in garlic & herbs £3.95     Sea salt & vinegar crisps £3.95

2 courses £31.50 or 3 courses £37 (£15/£20 for children under 12 years old)

Twice baked gruyère cheese soufflé with wilted spinach, cream sauce and toasted pine nuts

Roasted celeriac soup with curried oil, celeriac crisp and sourdough bread

Old Bridge prawn cocktail with tomato & basil salsa

Smoked mackerel pâté with cucumber, lemon and sourdough toast

Venison carpaccio with black garlic emulsion, toasted hazelnuts and parsnip crisp

Ham hock, leek and apricot terrine with apple and onion chutney and toasted sourdough

Roast sirloin of English dry-aged beef with Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, Savoy cabbage, roasted carrots, broccoli and gravy

Pan-roasted chicken breast with parmesan croquette, tenderstem broccoli, curly kale & mushroom sauce

Roast pork loin with apple sauce, crackling, roast potatoes, Savoy cabbage, roasted carrots, broccoli and gravy

Roasted root vegetable Wellington with roast potatoes, tenderstem broccoli, Savoy cabbage and vegetable gravy

Fillet of salmon with piquillo pepper purée, grilled new potatoes, charred tenderstem broccoli & anchovies

Battered fish and chips with crushed peas and tartare sauce

Char-grilled hispi cabbage with harissa butter, lemon and pepper couscous and radicchio & feta salad
Cauliflower cheese, for two to share £5.95

Bread and butter pudding with vanilla ice cream and custard

Chocolate nemesis with cherry ripple ice cream and hazelnut praline

Orange crème brûlée with blackberry sorbet and cinnamon tuile

Passionfruit tart with fresh passionfruit, crème fraiche and coulis

Grilled and poached pineapple with pink peppercorn salsa, coconut sorbet & pineapple crisp

Two cheeses from Neal’s Yard Dairy, served with biscuits, apple, celery and apple & pear chutney

Westcombe Cheddar, Somerset – pasteurised, hard, strong, cows’ milk cheese

Baron Bigod, Suffolk – pasteurised, soft, Brie-style, cows’ milk cheese

Colston Bassett Stilton, Nottinghamshire – pasteurised, creamy, buttery, blue, cows’ milk cheese

Yr Afr, Gwynedd – unpasteurised, creamy and savoury goats’ milk cheese

Wigmore,  Berkshire – unpasteurised, soft, mild and nutty sheep’s milk cheese

Three scoops of ice creams & sorbets:
Ice-Cream: clotted cream vanilla; chocolate; raspberry; caramel; cherry ripple
Sorbet: coconut; blackberry; raspberry

Coffee from The Brew Project, served with biscotti

Espresso £2.95  Americano £3.95/£4.95  Cappuccino, Flat White, Latte £4.50/£5.50

Tea from Birchall Teas, served with shortbread biscuits £4.25

Sunday Steak Night Menu

6-9pm

2 courses £31 or 3 courses £37

Please tell us of any allergies; descriptions do not include all ingredients

Ham hock, leek & apricot terrine with apple & onion chutney & sourdough toast

Three grilled whole king prawns with samphire and garlic butter (Shell on or off)

Roasted celeriac soup with curried oil, celeriac crisp and sourdough bread

Char-Grilled Norfolk steaks: 8oz Rump; 8oz Ribeye; 7oz fillet tail

with triple-cooked chips, wedged baby gem with Caesar dressing and peppercorn sauce

Char-grilled marinated 8oz pork steak on the bone

with triple-cooked chip, wedged baby gem with Caesar dressing and chimichurri sauce

Bread and butter pudding with vanilla ice cream and custard

Orange crème brûlée with blackberry sorbet and cinnamon tuille
Three scoops of ice creams & sorbets:

Ice-Cream: clotted cream vanilla; chocolate; raspberry; caramel; cherry ripple

Sorbet: coconut; blackberry; raspberry

We do not allow ‘substitutions’ to this menus

Wine

Click on the PDF link to see the full, current restaurant wine list.

The previous owner of the Old Bridge, John Hoskins, was the first person in the restaurant industry to become a Master of Wine, and wine became, and continues to be, a very important part of life at The Old Bridge.

See the separate pages about the Wine Shop and the opportunity to taste (and buy wine) whilst visiting the hotel.

The bar offers 15 ‘house’ wines by the glass. This is supplemented by 20 more wines we have open on our ‘Enomatic’ machine in the wine shop.

The main restaurant wine list looks rather daunting in its size, but we do have plenty of choice at the all-important £20-£30 bracket, as well as many fine wine options for those looking for something really special. Our aim is simply to find the very best examples of any particular style.

Price is a key part of our appeal. As with every restaurant, our starting price is quite high (£24), however, our mark-up is actually one of the lowest in the country. We add between £12 and £20 on to a normal retail price, never more, even for the most expensive bottles.

The majority, but not all, of the wines in the shop are on the restaurant wine list. So you are welcome to come into the shop and buy anything to drink in the hotel. The ‘corkage’ charge is £15. If you want to bring in wine from outside the hotel then the corkage charge is £20 per bottle.

We have been lucky enough to win all the major wine list awards in the country over the country – from the AA, the Egon Ronay Guide (when it existed) and the Harpers Wine Trade magazine. In 2021 we were awarded the accolade of BEST VALUE WINE LIST for the whole of EUROPE, by the the prestigious ‘World of Fine Wine’ Magazine. We hope you will have an exciting wine experience when you are with us.

The Bar

Private Dining & Party Events

The Oak Panelled Dining Room is a private room for parties of 20 to 60. The first half of the room is normally a private lounge for welcome drinks or post-meal aperitifs, and it then opens up in to a large dining area. It’s a lovely setting for business entertaining, family celebrations or smaller weddings.

The Mallard Room, on the far side of the main Restaurant, is an intimate room for up to 8.

The main Restaurant can also be let to groups of over 60.

Please do contact the sales team for further information on private hire and to request a private event brochure.

Breakfast

 Mimosa £8.95   Old Bridge Bloody Mary £10.95

Charles Heidsieck, Brut Réserve, Champagne £13

Hot Drinks

English breakfast;  Earl Grey;  Darjeeling; Green tea;  Peppermint;

Lemongrass & ginger;  Chamomile; Virunga chai;  Fresh mint;  Red berry & flowers

The Brew Project Coffee:  Cafetiere; Americano;  Espresso;  Macchiato; Piccolo; Cappuccino;  Latte;  Flat White; Iced Latte

Breakfast Table £15 (Served with tea or coffee and sourdough toast)

Orange juice; apple juice; still & sparkling water

Cornflakes; Weetabix; Bran Flakes; muesli; homemade granola

Natural Greek yoghurt; seasonal berry compote
Poached seasonal fruit; fresh fruit

Sugar roasted ham & Emmental sliced cheese

Homemade blueberry muffin
Selection of freshly baked pastries
Preserves – strawberry jam; raspberry jam; blackcurrant jam; marmalade; Marmite; honey

Cooked Breakfast (Served with tea or coffee and sourdough toast)
(Feeling hungry? Cooked and breakfast table £26)

Full English: Chatteris Banger sausage, smoked back bacon, fried egg, baked beans, field mushroom,

hash brown, black pudding, grilled tomato £18.95 (DF, GFO)

Full Vegetarian: fried eggs, baked beans, wilted spinach, field mushroom, hash browns,

grilled tomato £16.95 (VEO, DF, GF)

Benedict – toasted English muffin with sugar roasted ham, poached egg and hollandaise £16.95 (GFO)

Royale – toasted English muffin with smoked salmon, poached egg and hollandaise £17.95 (GFO)

Florentine – toasted English muffin with wilted spinach, poached egg and hollandaise £15.95 (GFO)

Scrambled eggs on toasted sourdough with smoked salmon, crème fraîche and chives £17.95 (DFO, GFO)

Smoked haddock with poached egg, wilted spinach and chive butter £16.95 (DFO, GF)

Smashed avocado with chili, lime & coriander, poached eggs and toasted sourdough £15.95 (DF, GFO)

Chargrilled harissa chestnut mushrooms on toasted sourdough with roasted beef tomato £15.95 (VE, DF, GFO)

Shakshuka with chargrilled sourdough £15.95 (VE, DF, GFO)

French toast served with Greek yoghurt & seasonal berries or streaky bacon & maple syrup £15.95

Add:

Chatteris Banger Sausage £3.50;  Black pudding £3.50;  Streaky or back bacon £3.50;
Hash browns £3;  Baked beans £2;  Field mushroom £2;  Wilted spinach £2;
Grilled tomato £2;  Poached/Scrambled/Fried Egg £1.95; Sourdough toast with preserves £3.50

Afternoon Tea

Our “Full Afternoon Tea” must be pre-booked – We take bookings at 3.30pm or 4pm, Monday – Saturday. Your booking will be held in either the Dining Room or the Restaurant, depending on availability that day, and is served on vertical stands.

Our “Cream Tea” service at the Old Bridge is relaxed and informal, served in the Lounge and Bar. Our renowned homemade scones served with Jersey cream and strawberry jam come out of the oven around 2.30pm. and can be ordered individually along with our hot beverages. We also offer cakes, sandwiches and light meals in this area all day.  We do not reserve tables in the Lounge & Bar, these are available on a ‘first come first served basis’.

Please note we are able to cater to all dietary requirements and food intolerances if we are given advance notice at least 1 day prior to your booking.

A £10 per person deposit to secure all afternoon tea bookings. For tables of 1-9 we have a 2 day cancellation policy and for 10+ this increases to 1 week prior to your reservation with us.

If you are looking for a private event including afternoon tea, the Dining Room can be booked 12pm-5pm for a minimum of 20 guests. Please do contact reservations on 01480 424 300 to enquire.

The Old Bridge Afternoon Tea £27

Tea or Coffee

English breakfast;  Earl Grey;  Darjeeling; Green tea;  Peppermint;  Lemongrass & Ginger;  Chamomile; Virunga chai;  Fresh mint;  Red berry and flowers

The Brew Project Coffee:  Americano;  Espresso;  Macchiato; Piccolo; Cappuccino;  Latte;  Flat White;  or Cafetière

Finger Sandwiches

 Smoked salmon & crème fraîche;  Chicken, bacon & mayonnaise;

Beef, watercress & horseradish;  Red Leicester & caramelised onion chutney;

Cucumber and mint crème fraîche

Additional sandwiches are £6 per round

Classic

 Fruit scone with rich Jersey cream and strawberry jam

Raspberry profiterole;  Mirror glazed strawberry parfait

White chocolate blondie;  Chocolate & lemon posset

Or

Savoury

 Cheese scone with crème fraîche and chilli jam

Honey & mustard sausage roll;  Mushroom & spinach vol-au-vent

Parma ham & gruyere cheese potato croquette

125ml glass of Prosecco ‘Ca’ di Alte’ £7.95
125ml glass of Rathfinny Estate Rosé £11.50
125ml glass of Charles Heidsieck, Brut Réserve, Champagne £13

Children’s Menu

For children under 12 years old
We can also serve small portions of some dishes on the main menu

Battered goujons of cod with skinny fries and peas £8.95
Sliced breast of chicken with mashed potato and spinach £8.95
Two pork sausages with mashed potato and baked beans £8.95
Linguine with tomato and basil sauce and parmesan £7.50

Homemade ice-creams and sorbets:
£2.50 one scoop; £1.50 per extra scoop
Chocolate brownie with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce £5.95