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  • Marine Parade, 
  • Instow, 
  • North Devon, 
  • EX39 4JJ
01271 861292
Opening Hours:
10.30am -10pm
Food Service Times:
12-9pm
Open Today: 10.30am -10pm
Festive Dining in Instow

Make Christmas truly magical and join us over the festive period for fabulous food, cheerful service and dramatic views onto the beautiful sands of Instow Beach and the beautiful seas beyond!

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Food & Drink

Specialising in the best that North Devon has to offer, from fresh, sustainable fish straight off the boat, locally reared and matured steaks, and a range of regional brews, our food and drinks menu has something for everyone.

Seaside Sundays...

When it comes to great Sunday Roasts, you can’t beat The Boathouse. Locally sourced, prime joints of meat, fabulous veggie options, plus we also go completely overboard when it comes to all your favourite trimmings. Bring on the weekend.

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Lunch by the bay

A pint of local ale or our own iconic Young’s Bitter. Open sandwiches and freshly prepared classics. Friendly but efficient service. All served in our fabulous beach bar and restaurant by the sands of Instow- alfresco dining doesn’t get much better than this!

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Wine list
December 2021 Sunday All Day Menu (sample)
Sandwich Menu December 2021
Main Menu December 2021 (Lunch 12-3pm & Dinner 5-9pm)
December Junior Crew Menu

STARTERS

Roast celeriac soup

Chestnut gremolata, toasted sourdough (vg)

  • £6.50
Smoked haddock & dill croquettes

Curried aioli, chicory, watercress

  • £8
Pork rillettes, pickled cucumber

Cornichons, toasted sourdough

  • £8
Smoked Devon mackerel pate

Orange & chestnut butter, toasted sourdough

  • £8
Pan-fried gnocchi

Wild mushrooms, rocket & nut ‘pesto’, toasted chestnuts (vg)

  • £7
Westcountry mussels, cider, smoked bacon, cream, sourdough

(£19.50 as a main with fries)

  • £9.95

TO SHARE

Baked camembert

Cranberries, walnuts, pistachios, toasted sourdough (v)

  • £17
‘Fritto Misto’: Fried whitebait, squid, prawns, cod goujons and soft shell crab with scallop roe taramasalata, fermented chili dip and tartar sauce
  • £20

ROASTS

All served with roast potatoes, braised carrots, crushed root vegetables, tenderstem broccoli, red cabbage, Yorkshire pudding and gravy

Topside of Exmoor beef, braised beef cheek
  • £18
Glazed gammon, pig in blanket
  • £16
Roast turkey breast, sage and onion stuffing
  • £17
Beetroot Wellington, freekeh & chestnut mushrooms
  • £15.00

MAINS

Pan-roasted sea bass

crushed potato, sprouting broccoli, sundried tomato & butter sauce (gf)

  • £9
King prawn & Devon crab linguini

Garlic, chilli, white wine, soft herbs

  • £18.95
Young’s ale battered cod,

Triple cooked chips, minted peas, tartar sauce, grilled lemon

  • £16.75
Smoked haddock, scallop & prawn pie,

Brown crab & Sussex charmer mash, rainbow chard

  • £18.95
Pumpkin risotto, parmesan and sage (v, gf)
  • £14.50
Boathouse beef burger, ale onions, cheddar cheese, lettuce, gherkins, ketchup & mayo, fries

Ale onions, cheddar cheese, lettuce, gherkins, ketchup & mayo, fries (gf on request)

  • £14.95
Ultimate plant burger

Ale onions, cheddar cheese, lettuce, gherkins, ketchup & mayo, fries (v, vg on request)

  • £14.95

SIDES

All at £4

Yorkshire pudding & braised beef cheek
Braised red cabbage
Pigs in Blankets
Cauliflower cheese
Rocket, watercress and parmesan salad
Chips or fries

PUDDINGS

All at £7

Apple, fig & chestnut crumble

Vanilla custard

Dark chocolate brownie, toasted hazelnuts, raisins

Vanilla ice cream (vg)

Spiced winter fruit Bakewell

Clotted cream (v)

Cropwell Bishop Beauvale blue cheese

Quince jelly, seeded crispbread (v)

Three scoops of ice cream, please ask for today’s flavours

(vegan ice creams also available, please ask)

  • £5
Before you order your food and drink, please inform a member of staff if you have a food allergy or intolerance.
(v) suitable for vegetarians (vg) suitable for vegans (gf) made without gluten
Many of our dishes can also be adapted and made suitable for those avoiding gluten – please ask for more information

SANDWICHES

With mixed leaf salad on your choice of granary or white bread (gluten free bread available)

Roast beef, horseradish mayonnaise and rocket, gravy dip
  • £11
The Christmas Club

Roast turkey, crispy bacon, sage & onion stuffing, brie, cranberry

  • £10.50
Young’s ale battered cod fish fingers, tartar sauce & iceberg
  • £9.50
Brie, iceberg, cranberry sauce
  • £8.00
Marmalade glazed ham and mustard
  • £8.00

SNACKS

All at £5

Whitebait, bloody mary sauce
Salt and pepper squid, fermented chilli
Beetroot hummus, seeded crispbread
Whipped scallop taramasalata, rosemary and garlic focaccia,
Deep-fried breaded brie, cranberry sauce

SIDES

All at £4

Pigs in Blankets
Rocket, watercress and parmesan salad
Youngs ale battered onion rings
Chips or fries
Crusty Garlic Bread

(Add cheese +£1)

Available Monday to Saturday from 12-3pm & excluding Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day

STARTERS

Roast celeriac soup, chestnut gremolata, toasted sourdough (vg)

  • £6.50
Smoked haddock & dill croquettes, curried aioli, chicory, watercress
  • £8
Pork rillettes, pickled cucumber, cornichons, toasted sourdough
  • £8
Smoked Devon mackerel pate, orange & chestnut butter, toasted sourdough
  • £8
Pan-fried gnocchi, wild mushrooms, rocket ‘pesto’, toasted chestnuts (vg)
  • £7
Westcountry mussels, cider, smoked bacon, cream, sourdough

(£19.50 as a main with fries)

  • £9.95

TO SHARE

Baked camembert

Cranberries, walnuts, pistachios, toasted sourdough (v)

  • £17
Artisan salami & coppa cured hams

Seeded crisp-bread, roast artichokes, pickles, figs, caperberries

  • £17
'Fritto Misto'

Fried whitebait, squid, prawns, cod goujons and soft shell crab with scallop roe taramasalata, fermented chili dip and tartar sauce

  • £20

MAINS

Pan-roasted sea bass

Crushed potato, sprouting brocolli, sundried tomato & butter sauce (gf)

  • £18
King prawn & Devon crab linguini

Garlic, chilli, white wine, soft herbs

  • £18.95
Young’s ale battered cod,

Triple cooked chips, minted peas, tartar sauce, grilled lemon

  • £16.75
Smoked haddock, scallop & prawn pie

Brown crab & Sussex charmer mash, rainbow chard

  • £18.95
Beetroot Wellington, freekeh & chestnut mushrooms, rainbow chard, gravy (vg)
  • £17
Pumpkin risotto, parmesan and sage (v, gf)
  • £12.50
Boathouse beef burger, ale onions, cheddar cheese, lettuce, gherkins, ketchup & mayo, fries

Ale onions, cheddar cheese, lettuce, gherkins, ketchup & mayo, fries (gf or request)

  • £14.95
Ultimate plant burger

Ale onions, cheddar cheese, lettuce, gherkins, ketchup & mayo, fries (v, vg on request)

  • £14.95
10oz Exmoor ribeye steak

Triple cooked chips, roasted cherry tomatoes

  • £26

SIDES

all at £4

Pigs in Blankets
Creamed leeks & Brussel sprouts
Rocket, watercress and parmesan salad
Young's ale battered onion rings (v)
Crusty garlic bread (v)

Add cheese +£1

Chips

Fries or triple cooked

PUDDINGS

All at £7

Apple, fig & chestnut crumble, vanilla custard (gf)
Dark chocolate brownie, toasted hazelnuts, raisins, vanilla ice cream (vg)
Spiced winter fruit Bakewell, clotted cream (v)
Cropwell Bishop Beauvale blue cheese,

Quince jelly, seeded crispbread (v)

Three scoops of ice cream, please ask for today’s flavours

(vegan ice creams also available, please ask)

  • £5
Before you order your food and drink, please inform a member of staff if you have a food allergy or intolerance.
(v) suitable for vegetarians (vg) suitable for vegans (gf) made without gluten
Many of our dishes can also be adapted and made suitable for those avoiding gluten – please ask for more information

JUNIOR CREW MENU

Roast turkey, pig in blanket, crushed potato, greens, gravy

Crushed potato, greens, gravy

  • £8
Gnocchi with rocket nut ‘pesto’ (vg)

  • £6
Plain beef or cheeseburger, crisp iceberg and fries
  • £7.50
'Not' chicken nuggets, chips and beans (vg)
  • £7.50
Battered cod strips, garden peas and fries
  • £7.75
Pumpkin risotto plus a wedge of garlic bread (v)
  • £6

SAILORS' TREATS

Child's chocolate brownie, vanilla ice cream
  • £4
Ice cream tubs

vanilla, strawberry or chocolate

  • £4

Add a Little Sparkle!

Add a little sparkle to your special celebration, push the boat out and opt for a magnum of wine, these are the equivalent of two bottles and we offer bubbles, Rose, White and Red wine options. One of our personal favourites is Mezza di Mezzacorona a Glacial bubbly from the foothills of the Italian Alps with tasting notes of White Peach, Pineapple, Wild Mountain Rose.