Praise for our high-quality local food
We are very proud of our Taste of the West Gold and Silver awards. To win one of these awards you are required to use a high proportion of produce from the West Country. But why wouldn't we ? This beautiful region of England produces some of the best food and drink in the world. Most of our food is organic, and sourced locally. and is inventively prepared with a Mediterranean mood. The food is complemented by an outstanding drinks list.
One reviewer summed our approach very well,comparing Bank House Café to “a superb but relaxed French or Italian country restaurant, sitting in the shadow of the church in a corner of the town’s marvellous mediaeval square." Another writer described a visit that had just the right effect: “This was a lunch that made me grin from ear to ear all the way home. Proper food cooked withintegrity by people who care.”
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Lunch menu
Our menus usually evolve week by the week, so this menu is just a guide:
Pumpkin, ginger and chilli soup with Brinkton Bakehouse bread £4.75
Warm tart of three cheeses and caramelized onions with Wrington leaves £7.25
Wild Somerset venison burger with parsnip mash, greens and red onion
and cassis marmalade £8.50
Little pie of roasted vegetables tossed in humous with leaves £5.50
Fishcakes of naturally-smoked haddock with bacon, lovage and lemon
mayonnaise served with leaves £8.00
Garlic ciabatta £2.00
Green salad £2.50
Pizza
Margherita (tomato and mozzarella) £6.15
Americano (with mild chorizo) £7.25
Spicy (with hot chorizo sausage and jalapeno peppers) £7.50
Marinated anchovies, black olives and basil £7.50
Spinach, garlic butter and free range egg £7.25
Parma ham and rocket £8.50
Black olive, goat’s cheese and caramelized onion
with rosemary 7.75
Extras £1 per item
Puddings
Apple and cinnamon crumble with brown bread ice cream £4.50
Chocolate and hazelnut brownie with pecan and
praline ice cream £4.75
Meringue with autumn raspberries and vanilla cream £4.50
Award-winning Mendip Moments ice cream - choose from chocoholic
crunch, strawberries and cream, vanilla bean, praline and
pecan crunch or brown bread ice cream £4.50
Somerset cheese plate
Three sheep and cow cheeses from Wootton organic dairy (unpasteurised and vegetarian) - all prize winners too - with bread, chutney and leaves £7.25
ON SUNDAYS OUR LUNCH MENU ALWAYS FEATURES A CLASSIC ROAST
Dinner menu
Our menus usually change by the week, so this menu is just a guide:
Warm salad of whisky-smoked woodpigeon breast with pickled
autumn raspberries £5.00
Lentil, cumin and red pepper soup with bread £4.50
Warm tart of tomato, basil and local sheep’s cheese £4.00
Hot-smoked trout pate with horseradish and parsley, with toast
and leaves £4.75
Award-winning wild boar and red wine salami with chilli jam
and fig and aniseed toast £5.00
Fillet of wild Somerset venison with balsamic lentils and tomato
and chilli chutney and greens £14.00
Partridge slow-cooked with bacon, shallot and thyme, served with
celeriac mash and greens £13.50
Somerset Old Spot pork casserole with cider, apple and rosemary
served with mustard mash and greens £13.00
Fillet of halibut in a coconut and coriander crust, with rice and greens £12.00
Field mushroom, porcini and lovage risotto with parmesan and leaves £9.00
Green salad £2.50
Garlic ciabatta £2.50
Pizza
Margherita (tomato and mozzarella) £6.15
Americano (with mild chorizo sausage) £7.25
Spicy (with hot chorizo sausage and jalapeno peppers) £7.50
Marinated anchovies, black olives and basil £7.50
Spinach, garlic butter and free range egg £7.25
Parma ham and rocket £8.00
Extras £1 per item
Puddings
Chestnut and chocolate torte with crème fraiche £4.75
Intense lemon tart with crème fraiche £4.75
Local quinces baked in honey, vanilla and bay with vanilla ice cream
and Pedro Ximenez sherry £4.00
Award-winning Mendip Moments ice cream - choose from chocoholic crunch,
vanilla bean, pecan and praline crunch, strawberries and cream
or brown bread ice cream £4.50
Somerset cheese plates
Three cow and sheep cheeses (all award-winners too, unpasteurized
and vegetarian) from North Wootton Dairy in Shepton Mallet, with bread, leaves
and chutney £7.25
Christmas menu
We are taking bookings for our Christmas menu, which we'll be serving through
December. Please preorder your selections.
PIZZAS WILL STILL BE ON OFFER AT LUNCHTIMES
Lunch served between 12pm and 3pm
Dinner served between 7pm and 11pm
Last orders in the evening 9.30pm
Two courses £21 Three courses £26 Four courses £30
Warm salad of whisky-smoked wild duck breast with balsamic lentils
and cranberry and pickled pear relish
Roast parmesan and parsnip soup with bread
Salad of Somerset pears, walnuts and Exmoor Jersey Blue
Confit of wild rabbit served with tomato and chilli chutney
Bronze Exmoor turkey breast stuffed and rolled in Parma Ham with roast
rosemary potatoes, Brussels sprouts pan-fried with pancetta and chestnuts,
parsnip puree and greens
Wild Somerset venison casseroled with pickled walnuts, served with celeriac
mash and red cabbage
Partridge slow-cooked with bacon, field mushrooms, thyme and shallots,
served with roast potatoes and greens
Fillet of sea bass with walnut pesto, braised lentils and greens
Butternut squash filled with roasted vegetables, crumbly goat’s cheese and basil oil
Panettone bread and butter pudding with cream
Christmas pudding ice cream with brandy snaps
Chestnut and chocolate torte with crème fraiche
Damson and sloe gin ice cream with shortbread
St Nicholas slice (Belgian chocolate, meringue and cherries in kirsch)
Cheeses from Somerset with bread and salad leaves, quince cheese,
caramelized walnuts and local apple chutney
