Welcome to the website of the UK's first and only gastropub to be certified by the Soil Association. We opened in 1998 and our ethical business ideals remain the same today: we serve delicious organic food carefully sourced from independent producers, while keeping our environmental impact and food miles super-low. In fact, 80% of our fresh produce comes from the Home Counties. We change our menu daily according to what's available – if something isn't in season, you won't find it on the menu.
Everything we sell is organic and of superb quality – from our home-baked bread to our homemade ice cream and pickles. Our meat comes from small farms where the highest standards of animal welfare are respected. We were the very first restaurant in the UK to have our fish buying policy approved by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS), and we serve sustainable, local Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified fish whenever possible.
We are obsessed with having the lowest carbon footprint possible: we re-use and recycle wherever possible, and our electricity is wind and solar generated.