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01271 861292
  • Marine Parade, 
  • Instow, 
  • North Devon, 
  • EX39 4JJ
01271 861292
Opening Hours:
9:30am - 11pm- NOW CLOSED
Food Service Times:
09:30–15:00 and 17:00–21:00
Open Today: 9:30am - 11pm- NOW CLOSED
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- pub lunches don’t get better than this!

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Sample February Brunch Menu
Children's Menu
Sample February Main Menu
Breakfast Menu 9-11.30am Mon-Sat
Wine list

BRUNCH & LIGHT BITES

Sandwich - Youngs beer battered cod fingers, homemade tartar, iceberg, bloomer
  • £8.75
Sandwich -Chicken and crispy bacon, iceberg, tomato, bloomer bread
  • £8.75
Sandwich- Prawn Marie Rose, iceberg, bloomer bread
  • £9.50
Smoked haddock and leek chowder, dill oil, sourdough

Our soup of the season

  • £9.50
Ham hock terrine with pea shoots, pickled fennel, quince jelly, sourdough toast
  • £8.75
Sautéed tenderstem broccoli with croutons and Shropshire blue cheese sauce (v)

Add poached egg +1

  • £7.50
Potted Devon crab with apple, toasted sourdough bread & mixed leaves
  • £9.75
To share: Fisherman’s catch - smoked salmon, crab pate, prawn cocktail, fish goujons & tartar sauce
  • £18.00
To share: Baked Somerset camembert, red onion jam, crusty bread (v)
  • £14.00

MAINS

Herb crusted cod supreme, fennel, leeks and samphire, rapeseed oil roasted new potatoes
  • £18.75
King prawn & crab linguini, garlic, chilli, white wine, fresh parsley, lobster oil
  • £18.25
Curry spiced roast Romanesque, lentil and chickpea dahl (vg, gf)
  • £12.50
Kale pesto risotto, pine nuts, vegan parmesan (vg)
  • £12.50
Chicken, ham and leek pie, mash, greens and gravy
  • £16.75
Youngs ale battered cod, sea salt chips, garden peas, tartar sauce
  • £14.75
Cumberland sausages, roasted apple and crispy kale, mash, rainbow chard, gravy
  • £12.75
Boathouse beef burger, ale onions, cheddar cheese, lettuce, gherkins, ketchup & mayo, fries 14

add smoked bacon +1 add blue cheese +1

  • £14.50
28 day aged certified Westcountry sirloin, pink peppercorn and bone marrow butter, roasted cherry tomato, mushrooms, chips (gf)
  • £23.00

Sides...

Chips

Skinny/Fat

  • £4.00
Crusty garlic bread

add cheese +1

  • £4.00
Spring greens and bacon
  • £4.75
Sautéed new potatoes
  • £4.00
Wilted rainbow chard, hazelnuts, herb oil
  • £4.75

PUDDINGS

Sticky toffee pudding, caramel and pecan nut ice
  • £6.75
Baked vanilla cheesecake, berry compote, granola
  • £7.50
Chocolate brownie, salted caramel ‘ice cream’ (vg)
  • £6.50
Apple and blackberry crumble with hazelnuts, custard
  • £6.75
Cheeseboard – a choice of one, two or three cheeses with biscuits, chutney and grapes

Westcountry brie, Sussex charmer cheddar, Shropshire blue

  • 4/6/8
Three scoops of Stapleton Farm jersey milk ice cream, please ask for today’s flavours

(vegan ice creams also available, please ask)

  • £5.00

JUNIOR CREW MENU

Pasta ribbons, with either pesto or a light tomato sauce, plus a wedge of garlic bread (v
  • £5.50
Plain beef or cheeseburger, soft bun, crisp iceberg and curly fries
  • £7.50
Battered cod goujons, garden peas and skinny fries
  • £7.25
Sausage, peas and gravy

With either mash or skinny fries

  • £6.00

Stapleton Farm Ice Cream Tubs

vanilla, chocolate, strawberry - or rum and raisin!

  • 3.5
Vanilla, chocolate, strawberry - or rum and raisin!

STARTERS

Sourdough bread, Netherend Farm butter
  • £1.50
Smoked haddock and leek chowder, dill oil, sourdough

Our soup of the season

  • £9.50
Ham hock terrine with pea shoots, pickled fennel, quince jelly, sourdough toast
  • £8.75
Sautéed tenderstem broccoli with croutons and Shropshire blue cheese sauce (v)
  • £7.50
River Exe mussels cider, bacon and leek sauce & crusty bread

(16.5 as a main size portion with fries)

  • £8.75
Potted Devon crab with apple, toasted sourdough bread & mixed leaves
  • £9.50
To share: baked Somerset camembert, red onion jam, walnuts, crusty bread (v)
  • £14.00
To share: Fisherman’s catch - smoked salmon, crab pate, prawn cocktail, fish goujons & tartar sauce
  • £18.00

MAINS

Herb crusted cod, fennel, leeks and samphire, rapeseed oil roasted new potatoes
  • £18.75
King prawn & crab linguini, garlic, chilli, white wine, fresh parsley, lobster oil
  • £18.25
Curry spiced roast Romanesque, lentil and chickpea dahl (vg, gf)
  • £12.50
Kale pesto risotto, pine nuts, vegan parmesan (vg)
  • £12.50
Chicken, ham and leek pie, mash, greens and gravy
  • £16.75
Youngs ale battered cod, sea salt chips, garden peas, tartar sauce, caramelised lemon
  • £14.75
Cumberland sausages, roasted apple and crispy kale, mash, rainbow chard, gravy
  • £12.75
Boathouse beef burger, ale onions, cheddar cheese, lettuce, gherkins, ketchup & mayo, fries 14

add smoked bacon +1 add blue cheese +1

  • £14.50
28 day aged certified Westcountry sirloin, pink peppercorn and bone marrow butter, roasted cherry tomato, mushrooms, chips (gf)
  • £23.00

Sides...

Chips

Skinny or Fat

  • £4.00
Crusty garlic bread

add cheese +1

  • £4.00
Spring greens and bacon
  • £4.75
Wilted rainbow chard, hazelnuts, herb oil
  • £4.75
Sautéed new potatoes
  • £4.00

PUDDINGS

Sticky toffee pudding, brandy ice cream
  • £6.75
Baked vanilla cheesecake, berry compote, granola
  • £7.50
Chocolate brownie, vegan chocolate ‘ice cream’, toasted nuts and fruits (vg)
  • £6.50
Apple, fig and chestnut crumble, custard
  • £6.75
Cheeseboard – a choice of one, two or three cheeses with biscuits, chutney and grapes

Lynher Dairies Cornish yarg, Somerset brie, Beauvale blue

  • 4/6/8
Three scoops of Stapleton Farm jersey milk ice cream, please ask for today’s flavours

(vegan ice creams also available, please ask)

  • £5.00
The Boathouse Full English

Sausage, smoked bacon, black pudding, mushrooms, roasted tomato, egg ‘how you like’ , beans on granary or white toast

  • £9.75
The Boathouse Vegetarian (v)

Spinach and new potato hash, beans, mushrooms, roasted tomato, egg ‘how you like’, beans on granary or white toast

  • £8.75
Smoked haddock & poached eggs on granary
  • £9.75
Mushrooms, spinach, vegan pesto on granary (vg)

(add poached egg +1)

  • £7.75
Served from 9am until 11.30am Monday to Saturday