Game Pudding
Venison, pheasant and partridge, slow cooked in port sauce with mushrooms, encased in suet pastry and oven baked.
MAIN FOOD MENU AT The King's Head in London
Within our historic walls, you’ll find a superb range of cask ales from specialist breweries, as well as delicious freshly cooked pub food.
Our chefs have been using their talents and only the best ingredients to create a collection of summer dishes with modern twists, so take a seat in one of our characterful pubs, relax, and prepare your taste buds for seasonal delights you’ll only find here.
Whichever pub you visit, each one has its own distinctive character, genuine service and vibrant atmosphere.
Food Menu
Pies
We pride ourselves on serving the very best traditional pies. Our pies are served with creamy mashed potato, steamed greens and glazed Chantenay carrots unless otherwise stated. Our pies may change based on seasonality.
Wild Boar & Chorizo Pie
With red pepper and baby onions in Fino Sherry sauce, in short crust pastry.
Buttermilk Chicken Pie
Marinated chicken breast, smoked bacon, leek and Butlers Secret mature Cheddar cheese.
Chicken & Portobello Mushroom Pie
British Chicken breast, in a portobello & porcini mushroom sauce, with truffle oil, in short crust pastry*.
Sweet Potato & Goat’s Cheese Pie^ (v)
Topped with a pumpkin seed and herb crumb.
Lamb Shank Shepherd’s Pie
Hand-pulled lamb shank in a rich gravy, topped with herb mash.
Steak & Kidney Pudding
Tender steak and kidney cooked in a rich port wine gravy encased in suet pastry.
Steak & Nicholson’s Pale Ale Pie
Beef cooked in Nicholson’s Pale Ale, encased in shortcrust pastry. Awarded gold at the British Pie Awards
Fish Pie
Salmon, king prawn and smoked haddock in a creamy white wine sauce, topped with parsley & mature Cheddar mash.
Lentil Cottage Pie^ (ve)
Puy lentil and vegetables, topped with carrot and sweet potato mash. Served with long stem broccoli.
STARTERS
Sticky Beef Brisket Croquettes
Served with horseradish cream mayonnaise.
Smoked Scottish Salmon
Served with sourdough bread.
Sun-Blushed Cherry Tomato & Basil Tart (ve)
Cherry tomatoes with basil pesto and tomato chutney baked in a puff pastry case with a balsamic dressing.
Lightly Dusted Calamari
Served with lemon aioli.
Soup of the Day (v)
Served with sourdough bread. Vegan serve available.
SHARERS
Landlord’s Platter
Our house speciality bar snacks collection. Sticky beef croquettes, lightly dusted calamari, boneless chicken pieces, Padrón peppers and mac & cheese bites, with a selection of dips^.
Fish Platter^
Wholetail Scottish scampi, king prawns with Marie Rose sauce, smoked Scottish salmon, beer-battered haddock goujons and mini salmon & dill fishcakes served with tartare sauce and lemon aioli.
Loaded Nachos
Hand-cut tortillas, cheese sauce, guacamole, salsa, sour cream and jalapeños.
Add pulled beef brisket • 1.00
MAIN DISHES
10oz Ribeye Steak
21-day-aged ribeye steak with garlic butter, a roasted flat mushroom, beef tomato and triple-cooked chips.
Add, blue cheese, peppercorn^ or Béarnaise sauce^ • 2.00
Grilled Sea Bass
Two sea bass fillets with chorizo, chargrilled peppers, baby potatoes and long stem broccoli
Garlic Chicken Schnitzel
Schnitzel smothered in garlic butter, with lemon aioli and skin-on fries.
Chicken, Bacon & Avocado Salad
Served on a seasonal salad topped with pumpkin seeds
Nourish Bowl (ve)
A tabbouleh salad on a houmous base, with chargrilled long stem broccoli, topped with pumpkin seeds.
Add Smoked Scottish Salmon • | Grilled Halloumi (v) • Chargrilled Chicken Breast •
Salmon & Dill Fishcakes^
Served with herb-glazed baby potatoes, house salad and lemon aioli.
Ocean Fish & Chips^
A combination of hand-batteredˆ haddock and breaded wholetail Scottish scampi served with triple-cooked chips, mushy peas and tartare sauce.
Nicholson’s Fish & Chips
Haddock hand-battered in Nicholson’s Pale Ale, served with triple-cooked chips, mushy peas and tartare sauce. Large • £x
Chicken and Chorizo
Chargrilled chicken breast, pan fried chorizo and long stem broccoli on baby potato wedges.
Hand-carved Ham, Egg & Chips^
Nicholson’s cured ham, served with two fried eggs, chips and salad garnish
Baked Macaroni Cheese (v)
Topped with a mature Cheddar crumb. Served with garlic ciabatta bread.
Add smoked bacon •
Toad in the Hole
Outdoor-bred British pork sausages, in a Yorkshire pudding. Served with mash, seasonal vegetables and crispy onions. Vegetarian serve available.
Burgers
Our mouth-watering burgers are topped with lettuce, gherkin, tomato, mayonnaise and come served with BBQ salsa and skin-on fries, unless otherwise stated.
Nicholson’s Burger
The all-new Nicholson’s Burger! Double beef patty, cheese sauce, bacon, tobacco onions, sriracha and crushed hash brown.
Buttermilk Chicken Burger
Crispy chicken breast, smoked bacon, avocado and smoked Cheddar cheese.
Beef Brisket Burger
Chargrilled Beef patty, hand pulled BBQ beef brisket, cheesy sauce, crispy tobacco onions.
Classic Cheeseburger
Chargrilled beef burger, with smoked Cheddar cheese.
Beyond Meat Burger (ve)
Plant-based patty, pickled pink onions, vegan Cheddar alternative (made with coconut oil), jalapeños & tomato salsa. Served with a house salad.
Add any of the following toppings:
Pulled Beef Brisket, Smoked Cheddar Cheese (v), Smoked Bacon, Jalapeños (ve), Guacamole (ve), Fried Egg (v) or Crispy Tobacco Onions (v) • BBQ sauce (ve) •
Desserts
Belgian Chocolate Brownie (v)
With vanilla pod ice cream.
Sticky Toffee Pudding (v)
With your choice of vanilla pod ice cream or custard.
Caramel Biscuit Torte (v)
With salted caramel sauce.
Vegan serve available.
Bramley Apple Pie (v)
With a choice of vanilla pod ice cream or custard.
Vegan serve available.
Sides
Halloumi Fries (v)
Skin-On Fries (v)
Triple-Cooked Chips (v)
Long Stem Broccoli (ve)
Mushy Peas (ve)
Mac & Cheese (v)
Garlic Bread (v)
Garlic Bread with Cheese (v)
House Salad (ve)
Steamed Greens (ve)
Beer-Battered Onion Rings
Hot Drinks
Americano
Cappuccino
Latte
Flat White
Espresso
A Selection Of Teas
Please ask a member of our team for the full range
