Après Club

The Café

For members. Or anyone who has ever referred to a hedge maze as manageable.

Served daily from 11:11 until the last claret is decanted.

Lucien Marceau, Clubhouse Chef

Estate Season · A note from the kitchen

Chef Lucien Marceau has returned from a fall spent somewhere between a stable block in Gloucestershire, a very long lunch at a house with its own hunt breakfast tradition, and a disagreement with a duke's second son over the correct way to hold a teacup. He arrived home tanned in a way that suggests time outdoors, tight lipped in a way that suggests time indoors, and newly fluent in the difference between dressage and everything else.

His fall menu draws from the rituals of those raised on hunt breakfasts, family portraits that don't quite match the family fortune, dogs better behaved than the guests, and the specific ease of people whose houses are older than most countries.

Expect elegance. Expect old money. Expect subtext.

Beverages

For warming hands, hearts and inherited titles.

Hot signatures

The Stable Block StandardEspresso, steamed milk, brown sugar.Ordered the same way every morning, without needing to ask.7
The Hedge MazeChai, cardamom, oat milk.Easy to get lost in, hard to leave.7
The Second SonEspresso, honey, smoked cinnamon.Overlooked, underestimated, still very good.6
The Hunt BreakfastEspresso, brown butter, nutmeg.Built for mornings that start before everyone else's.7
Estate LatteAlmond milk, apple, cinnamon.Quiet confidence, minor inheritance.7

Cold comforts

Paddock Iced LatteCoffee, oat milk, maple.Unbothered by the weather, much like the horses.7
Orchard Cold BrewCold brew, apple syrup, cloud foam.Crisp, a little smug.7
Frosted Earl GreyIced Earl Grey, lemon, honey.Correct at any hour.6

Seasonal specials

Estate ToddyWhisky, apple, clove, honey.An excellent alibi.14
Mulled ClaretRed wine, blackberry, cinnamon, orange.Dinner-party diplomacy in a glass.16
Golden Retriever LatteHoney, oat milk, pumpkin spice.Loyal, warm, occasionally muddy.8
Blackberry Hot ChocolateDark chocolate, blackberry, cream.The family solicitor shot is optional.12

Wine and Spirits

Selected by Alistair for those who know their vintages and their lineage.

ChampagnePol Roger Brut Réserve, non-vintage.30 glass · 145 bottle
ClaretChâteau Léoville Barton, Saint-Julien, 2018.46 glass · 210 bottle
White BurgundyDomaine Roulot, Meursault, 2021.50 glass · 225 bottle
English SparklingNyetimber Classic Cuvée.28 glass · 130 bottle
PortFonseca Vintage, 2016.32 glass
Single MaltThe Balvenie, fourteen years.22
SherryLustau Dry Amontillado, the house pour.16

Pairs well with tweed, old grudges and a fire that has been lit since noon.

Appetizers

For the hour between arriving and being seen.

Game TerrinePistachio, cornichon, toasted brioche.A dish with more history than the guest list.22
Stilton and Pear TartCandied walnut, honey.Correct, and quietly aware of it.18
Hunt Breakfast BoardSausage, black pudding, soft egg, toast.Traditional, unbothered by trend.24
Roasted Beet SaladGoat cheese, hazelnut, sherry vinaigrette.A salad with a title.19
Smoked Duck BruschettaFig, blue cheese, arugula.Nobody asks where the duck came from.20
Devilled Eggs, Estate StyleChive, smoked paprika, caviar optional.Simple, until it isn't.16

Mains

For lunch that becomes dinner without anyone noticing.

Roast PheasantBread sauce, game chips, watercress.Requires no explanation at the right table.42
Beef WellingtonPuff pastry, mushroom duxelles, red wine jus.For two, or one with something to prove.56
Estate SalmonBeurre blanc, fennel, dill.Quietly the best thing on the menu.38
Wild Mushroom TartGruyère, thyme, puff pastry.Vegetarian, unapologetically rich.32
Shepherd's Pie, ElevatedLamb, root vegetable mash, red wine reduction.Nursery food with a trust fund.34
Rack of LambRosemary jus, roasted root vegetables.Correct at every table it is ordered at.48

The Estate Bird

Whole Roasted GrouseBread sauce, game chips, watercress, a very good claret already poured.For two. Or one, if the season has been difficult.95

Dessert

Where the afternoon quietly refuses to end.

Sticky Toffee PuddingButterscotch, clotted cream.Nursery food, dressed for dinner.14
Blackberry FoolWhipped cream, shortbread crumble.Simple, and correctly so.13
Affogato d'AutomneVanilla gelato, espresso.Served with one honest confession.11
Apple Tarte TatinCaramel, crème fraîche.Right for two hundred years.15
Chocolate Espresso TorteSea salt, whipped cream.Quiet, rich, slightly dangerous.14

House notes

Tweed encouraged. Wellingtons acceptable indoors, within reason.

Dogs welcome, and generally better behaved than the guests.

References to the family estate applauded. Questions about the family fortune discouraged.

All menu items subject to weather, inheritance disputes and chef discretion.