Typical Menu

PLEASE SEE THE BLACKBOARDS FOR OUR DAILY SPECIALS

gf = gluten free  v = vegetarian

Aperitifs

Glass of Giol Organic Prosecco 6.95

Nibbles

Green olives stuffed with sundried tomatoes 3.95

Garlic Ciabatta 3.95

Starters

Capreolus Cured Meat plate with pickles & bread 7.95

Country Pâté and Potted Mackerel with toast and Oscar’s homemade pickles 7.95

Mushrooms on Toast with tarragon and truffle 7.95 v

Calamari with Dorset Black Garlic Aioli 7.95

Smoked Mackerel Caesar Salad:
 Little gem lettuce, croutons, quail egg, pinenuts, 
white anchovies and shaved Parmesan 7.95 / 13.95

Poole Clam Chowder: Hake, Smoked Mackerel, Dorset Brown Crab, Potatoes,
 Lemon, Dill and a warm Hayman’s Roll 9.50 / 17.95

Scott Arms Sharing Board

Ideal to share as a starter or for one as a main

Capreolus Cured Meats, Country Pâté, Wye Valley Smoked Salmon, Potted Mackerel, Chalke Valley Cheese with Olives, 
Oscar’s Homemade Pickles & Hayman’s Bakery Roll 15.95

Mains

Bangers and Mash, butcher’s sausages from B. Curtis, Wareham, 
mash, stockpot gravy and peas 11.95

Whole Tail Scampi, a pub classic, chips, peas and homemade tartare 12.95

Jurassic Beer Battered Hake & Chips
served with mushy peas, homemade tartare 14.95

Scott Arms Prime Beef Burger
Melted Coastal Cheddar, 
onion marmalade, beef tomato, little gem lettuce, pickled cucumber ribbons, onion rings & chips 14.95

Roast Tenderloin Pork Wrapped in Serrano ham, Scrumpy and sage jus, 
served with market vegetables and Gratin Dauphinois 18.95 gf

Roast Supreme of Free Range Chicken, New Forest wild mushroom cream sauce, 
served with market vegetables and Gratin Dauphinois 18.95 gf

Aberdeen Angus Rump Steak, aged 28 days, with gratin tomato, salt & vinegar onion rings, and homemade chips 21.95
Add peppercorn or wild mushroom sauce £2.00

Vegetarian

Moroccan Vegetable Stew in a rich Raz El Hanout spiced sauce with apricots, 
almonds, coriander, preserved lemon, Harissa yoghurt and cous cous 12.95 v

Grilled Goat’s Cheese Salad roasted marinated Mediterranean vegetables, 
mixed leaves, Ciabatta crouton, toasted pine nuts, balsamic dressing 12.95 v

Sides

Veggies – selection of seasonal market veggies 3.95

Potatoes – homemade chips, sweet potato fries or buttered spuds 3.95

Mixed salad, English dressing 3.95

Salt & Vinegar Onion Rings 3.95

Children’s Menu

Tomato Penne Pasta 4.95 v

Bangers, Chips & Peas – 1 sausage 4.95 / 2 sausages 5.95

Scampi, Chips and Peas 5.95

Chicken Goujons, Chips and Peas 6.95

Battered Hake, Chips and Peas 6.95


Cheese Burger and Chips 6.95

All Pub Classics & Vegetarian options available at half portion/price for children.


Desserts

Sticky Toffee Pudding 6.95

Chocolate Torte 6.95 gf

Apple and Cinnamon Crumble 6.95

All served with Dorset Double Cream or Purbeck Vanilla Ice Cream

Crème Brulee with Shortbread 6.95

Purbeck ice cream – so local it’s made at the farm next door!

One scoop £2.00 Two scoops £3.50 Three scoops £5.00

Ice Creams Vanilla, Strawberry, Chocolate, Honeycomb Hash, Very Cherry, Mint Choc Chip, Stem Ginger, Clotted Cream, Salted Caramel, Rum and Raisin
Sorbets Mango, Lemon, Blackcurrant, Raspberry

West Country Cheese Board with Fudge’s Biscuits

Our favourite crumbly Coastal Cheddar, the one and only Dorset Blue Vinny, a multi award winning washed rind cheese from James’s Cheese called Francis and either something from the excellent Chalke Valley Cheese Company or some gooey Rock Star quality from Blur’s Alex James’s Goddess, served with Fudge’s Biscuits and Real Ale Chutney 9.95



And good cheese deserves a good accompaniment

Somerset Pomona (50ml) 
This is a truly unique English Liqueur worth investigating:
goes so well with a cheese board. 3.95



Calem LBV Port 3.95 

Calem 10 year old Tawny Port 4.95

Liqueur Coffees

An indulgent end to the day, or a great alternative to dessert, 
whether Irish with Jameson Whiskey 
or Jamaican with Blackwell Aged Rum 6.00



Coffee & Tea

Read’s are based in Sherborne and roast our coffee to order so it couldn’t be fresher.