Summer has arrived at The Fairfax Arms, and with it comes a fresh update to our main menu, light bites and dessert menu.
Our latest dishes bring together proper pub favourites, seasonal ingredients and a few lighter options for warmer days in Gilling East. Whether you are joining us for a relaxed lunch, a special evening meal, a drink in the village or something sweet after dinner, there is plenty new to enjoy.
On the main menu, you will find a mix of starters, sharing dishes, pub classics and seasonal specials. Highlights include homemade soup of the day, toasted crab crumpet, leek tart tatin, shell on crevettes and our sharing platter of cured meats, olives, balsamic onions, crispy frickles and in house bread.
For mains, our summer specials include pan fried sea bream served on a fish broth with potatoes, chorizo, saffron, herbs and chilli, chicken supreme with smoked bacon and spinach, confit duck with potato, spinach and aubergine gratin, and aubergine steak served with cauliflower fritters and a balsamic glaze. Pub favourites remain firmly on the menu too, including our famous homemade steak and ale pie, hand battered haddock, beef burger and buttermilk chicken burger.
For those after something lighter, our new light bites menu is perfect for lunch or a more casual bite to eat. All baguettes are served on crusty bread with a balsamic dressed side salad, with fillings including chicken BLT, rump steak with Yorkshire blue cheese and red onion marmalade, honey roast beets with mozzarella, hand battered fish fingers and panko king prawns with jalapeño garlic sauce. We have also added summer salads, including grilled chicken Caesar salad and smoked salmon with soft boiled egg, chef’s salad and buttermilk ranch dressing.
And, of course, no menu would be complete without dessert. Our updated dessert menu includes homemade sticky toffee pudding with butterscotch sauce and vanilla pod ice cream, lemon curd meringue tart, caramelised apple and rhubarb crumble, strawberry balsamic pavlova and our chef’s study of chocolate. There is also a selection of ice cream and sorbet, affogato with York Emporium espresso, and the Fairfax Arms cheese board featuring five carefully selected cheeses.
Gluten free options are available across the menus, so please speak to a member of the team when ordering and we will be happy to help.
Check out the full menus here.
Book a table, call in for lunch, or join us for a relaxed evening meal in the heart of Gilling East.
