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  • Marine Parade, 
  • Instow, 
  • North Devon, 
  • EX39 4JJ
01271 861292
Opening Hours:
9.30am -11pm
Food Service Times:
9.30am-11am // 12-3pm // 5-9pm
Open Today: 9.30am -11pm
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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Autumn 2021 Sandwich Menu
Junior Crew Menu
Autumn 2021 Main Menu (Lunch 12-3pm & Dinner 5-9pm)
Wine list
Autumn 2021 Sunday All Day Menu (sample)

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
Young’s ale battered cod fish fingers, tartar sauce & iceberg
  • £9.50
The Boathouse Club

Chicken, crispy bacon, egg mayonnaise, avocado, lettuce and tomato

  • £10.50
Egg mayonnaise, watercress (v)
  • £8.00
Marmalade glazed ham and mustard
  • £8.00

SNACKS

All at £5

Whitebait, bloody mary sauce
  • £0.00
Salt and pepper squid, fermented chilli
  • £0.00
Beetroot hummus, toasted sourdough
  • £0.00
Whipped scallop taramasalata, rosemary and garlic focaccia,

SIDES

All at £4

Crusty Garlic Bread

(Add cheese +£1)

  • £0.00
Rocket, watercress and parmesan salad
  • £0.00
Youngs ale battered onion rings
  • £0.00
Chips or fries
  • £0.00
Available Monday to Saturday from 12-3pm.

JUNIOR CREW MENU

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

SAILORS' TREATS

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

vanilla, strawberry or chocolate

  • £4

STARTERS

Baked potato soup, sour cream, avruga caviar

  • £6.50
Poached pear, cured ham, blue cheese and watercress (gf)
  • £8
Devon scallops, avocado, pumpkin and salsa macha
  • £11.50
Whipped feta, baked beetroot, pickled walnuts (v)
  • £8
Beetroot-cured salmon gravlax, potato salad (gf)
  • £9.95
Westcountry mussels, cider, smoked bacon, cream, sourdough

(£19.50 as a main with fries)

  • £9.95

TO SHARE

Baked camembert

pesto, radishes, chicory, little gem, sourdough (v)

  • £17

MAINS

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
Spiced tempura whole-crab burger

Pickled rainbow slaw, sriracha mayo, gem lettuce, fries

  • £18.95
Wild game, pearl barley and potato stew, thyme suet dumplings
  • £14.50
Pumpkin risotto, parmesan and sage (v, gf)
  • £14.50
Puy lentil and wild mushroom ‘Shepherd’s Pie’, crushed root vegetable topping, sprouting broccoli (vg)
  • £15
Calves liver, smoked champ potato, kale, glazed onions (gf)
  • £16.75
Boathouse beef burger, ale onions, cheddar cheese, lettuce, gherkins, ketchup & mayo, fries
  • £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

Smoked champ potato
Crushed carrot and swede
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

Apple and berry crumble, vanilla ice cream
  • £7
Sticky toffee pudding, salted caramel ice cream
  • £7
Lemon tart, clotted cream
  • £7
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

STARTERS

Baked potato soup, sour cream, avruga caviar

  • £6.50
Poached pear, cured ham, blue cheese and watercress (gf)
  • £8
Devon scallops, avocado, pumpkin and salsa macha
  • £11.50
Whipped feta, baked beetroot, pickled walnuts (v)
  • £8
Beetroot-cured salmon gravlax, potato salad (gf)
  • £9.95
Westcountry mussels, cider, smoked bacon, cream, sourdough

(£19.50 as a main with fries)

  • £9.95

TO SHARE

Baked camembert

pesto, radishes, chicory, little gem, sourdough (v)

  • £17

ROASTS

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

Picanha beef rump cap, braised beef cheek
  • £18.75
Venison Wellington
  • £19.50
Roast pork loin, pig in blanket & crackling
  • £17.75
Chicken crown stuffed with pigeon & partridge
  • £16.75
Celeriac and parsnip pithivier (vg)
  • £15.00

MAINS

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
Spiced tempura whole-crab burger

Pickled rainbow slaw, sriracha mayo, gem lettuce, fries

  • £18.95
Wild game, pearl barley and potato stew, thyme suet dumplings
  • £14.50
Pumpkin risotto, parmesan and sage (v, gf)
  • £14.50
Boathouse beef burger, ale onions, cheddar cheese, lettuce, gherkins, ketchup & mayo, fries
  • £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
Cauliflower cheese
Braised red cabbage
Young's ale battered onion rings (v)
Vegetable gratin
Braised carrots & broccoli
Chips or Fries

PUDDINGS

Apple and berry crumble, vanilla ice cream
  • £7
Sticky toffee pudding, salted caramel ice cream
  • £7
Lemon tart, clotted cream
  • £7
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

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.