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  • Marine Parade, 
  • Instow, 
  • North Devon, 
  • EX39 4JJ
01271 861292
Opening Hours:
10am -11pm
Food Service Times:
12-3pm // 5-9pm
Open Today: 10am -11pm
Food & Drink

Imaginative menus, with sustainable fish straight off the day-boat, seasonally inspired vegan and vegetarian options, and locally sourced prime joints roasted every Sunday, our menus have something for the whole family to enjoy.

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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

Welcoming but efficient service. A crisp Provencal rosé, a pint of our very own iconic Young’s Original bitter or, perhaps, a ‘driver- friendly’ non-alcoholic cocktail? Freshly prepared sandwiches, home-cooked classics and day boat specials. All served to your table throughout our beach-bar and restaurant. Lunchtime dining doesn’t get much better than this!

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Sandwich Menu Early Summer 2022
Main Menu Early Summer 2022
Junior Crew Menu Early Summer 2022

SANDWICHES

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

Smoked salmon, red onion, sour cream & watercress

331 kcal

  • £11
Young’s ale battered cod fish fingers, iceberg & tartar sauce

517 kcal

  • £9.50
Smoked ham, gem lettuce, tomato & beer mustard

646 kcal

  • £9.50
Crayfish, pickled cucumber & Mary Rose sauce

511 kcal

  • £9.50
Roasted beetroot, whipped vegan feta, watercress (vg)

358 kcal

  • £8.50

SNACKS

Red lentil & tomato soup, crusty bread (v)

288 kcal

  • £6
Four shell-on crevettes, Marie Rose sauce

349 kcal

  • £11.50
Tempura tenderstem broccoli, spiced peanut glaze (vg)

332 kcal

  • £5.50
Garlic & rosemary focaccia, smoked scallop roe, rapeseed

595 kcal

  • £6.50
Salt and pepper squid, fermeted chilli dip

249 kcal

  • £6.50
Pierre Koffman fries/triple cooked chips

491/353 kcal

  • £4.50

Hot Drinks

Espresso
  • £2.55
Double Espresso
  • £2.95
Americano
  • £2.95
Flat White
  • £3.00
Cappuccino
  • £3.50
Latte
  • £3.50
Hot Chocolate

Served with marshmallows.
Child size also available.

  • £3.50
Birchall Teas

English Breakfast, Earl Grey, Green Tea, Peppermint, Camomile, Red Berry, Lemon Grass & Ginger, Decaffeinated

  • £2.95
Available Monday to Saturday from 12-3pm

Before you order your food and drink, please inform a member of staff if you have a food allergy or intolerance.
We’re proud to be championing British farmers and producing fresh food sustainably.
An adults recommended daily allowance is 2000 Kcal
Please note that a 12.5% discretionary service is added to bills for tables of 4 persons or more.

STARTERS

Red lentil & tomato soup, crusty bread (v, vg on request)

288 kcal

  • £6
Garlic & rosemary focaccia, smoked scallop roe, rapeseed oil

595 kcal

  • £6.50
Mussels, tomato & courgette sauce, wild garlic crumb parsley

422 kcal

  • £12
Crayfish iceberg 'wedge' salad, pickled cucumber & Mary Rose sauce (gf)

Celeriac puree, black pudding 326 kcal

  • £10
Roasted beetroot, whipped vegan feta, walnut & caper salad (vg, gf)

Celeriac remoulade & rhubarb ketchup 282 kcal

  • £7
Smoked haddock fishcake, poached hens eggs, creamed leeks (gf)

382 kcal

  • £8.75
Exmoor lamb scrumpet, pea & mint hummus, yogurt

415 kcal

  • £9

SHARERS

'Fruits de Mer'

Cold seafood selection: Dressed Devon Crab, shell-on crevettes, mussels, smoked salmon, brown bread. Add half poached lobster (498 kcal) + £30

  • £36.50
'Fritto Misto'

Fried whitebait, salt & pepper squid, tempura prawns & cod goujons, tempura cauliflower & crispy onion rings, Marie Rose & tartar sauces, fermented chili dip 2284 kcal

  • £26.50
Baked camenbert

served with honey, garlic & rosemary focaccia toasted soldiers 1172 kcal

  • £17

MAINS

Today's Market Fish

With wild garlic gremolata or a white wine & grape sauce plus a side of fries, salad or seaweed salt baby jacket potatoes

Devon-landed lobster 'Thermidor', house wedge salad, fries

1088 kcal / 1696 kcal

  • half £35
  • whole £70
Battered fish of the day, chips, minted peas, tartar & chip shop curry sauce

Crushed root vegetable topping & tenderstem broccoli (vg) 1218 kcal

  • £18
Vegan 'fish' and chips, tartar sauce, grilled lemon

750 kcal

  • £16
King prawn & Devon crab linguini, garlic, chilli, white wine, soft herbs

Triple cooked chips, minted peas, tartar sauce, grilled lemon 1054 kcal

  • £19
Whole soft-shell crab ‘burger

Gem lettuce, red cabbage kimchi ‘slaw, fries 1054 kcal

  • £19
Courgette hasselback

Haricot beans, crispy kale & sundried tomatoes (vg) 640 kcal

  • £16
Dingley Dell smoked ham

Two poached hen’s eggs, piccalilli, chips 728 kcal

  • £15
Boathouse burger

Ale onions, cheese, lettuce, gherkins, ketchup & mayo, fries 1294 kcal (Plant based alternative available (1041 kcal), gf on request)

  • £16.50
10 oz rib-eye steak

Roasted field mushroom, Beauvale blue cheese sauce, chips.
Add three king prawn skewer (198 kcal) +£5 Add half a grilled lobster thermidor (532 kcal) +£35

  • £33

SIDES

All at £4.50

Tempura tenderstem, spiced peanut glaze

332 kcal

  • £5.50
Beauvale blue cheese ‘wedge’ salad

219 kcal

  • £6
Seaweed salt baby jacket potatoes, sour cream

337 kcal

  • £5
Pierre Koffman fries/chips

491/353 kcal

  • £4.50
Half dozen king prawns, wild garlic, parsley & lemon gremolata

232 kcal

  • £9

PUDDINGS

All at £7.50

Steamed jam pudding, custard

878 kcal

  • £7
Sour cream pannacotta, poached rhubarb & ginger crumb

478 kcal

  • £6.50
Peanut & caramel, vegan crème Chantilly (vg, gf)

(vg, gf) 808 kcal

  • £7.50
Atlantic Spirit Lundy gin & raspberry curd meringue tart

Blood oranage sorbet 1059 kcal

  • £9
Three scoops of ice cream, please ask for today’s flavours

(vegan ice creams also available, please ask) 219 kcal

  • £5
Before you order your food and drink, please inform a member of staff if you have a food allergy or intolerance.
We’re proud to be championing British farmers and producing fresh food sustainably.
An adults recommended daily allowance is 2000 Kcal
Please note that a 12.5% discretionary service is added to bills for tables of 4 persons or more.

JUNIOR CREW MENU

Battered fish strips, garden peas & fries

402 kcal

  • £8
Plain beef or cheeseburger, crisp iceberg & fries

402 kcal

  • £8
Sausage, beans & fries

161 kcal

  • £7.50
Ham, egg & fries (gf)

457 kcal

  • £7.50
Pasta, tomato & vegetable sauce (v)

661 kcal

  • £7
Tempura vegetables, focaccia fingers & pea hummus (vg)

274 kcal

  • £7

Milkshakes

Strawberry, Chocolate, Banana or Vanilla
  • £2.75

Puddings

Chocolate brownie with chocolate ice cream (vg)

261 kcal

  • £5
Vanilla ice cream, raspberry sauce & mallows

317 kcal

  • £5
Before you order your food and drink, please inform a member of staff if you have a food allergy or intolerance. Many of our dishes can also be adapted and made suitable for those avoiding gluten. Please ask for more information.

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Add a Little Sparkle!

Take a look at our wine list too – featuring an imaginative selection from vineyards across Europe and beyond. Highlights including Provencal and Slovenian rosés, bold Spanish reds and fabulous Italian sparklers. And with a number offered by the magnum, you can really push the boat out!

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