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The Lobster Pot in Upper Hale opened its doors in May 2005. Our philosophy is simply: we are passionate about what we buy and how we cook it.
Our fresh
fish and seafood is delivered daily so we have the pick of the markets.
Our meat comes from the Barn Catering Butchers on Elvetham Estate, and they
supply the finest British beef and the best quality meat in the locality.
G Hone of Farnham supply all our fresh fruit and vegetables directly from Covent
Garden. And our mixed baby salad leaves come from Secretts Farm, Milford, Surrey.
The desserts are all freshly prepared on the premises.
Our cellar is packed full of quality wines, draught beers and local real ales
to compliment our food.
The menu has many gluten-free dishes offering a much needed ‘safe place’
for Coeliacs to dine.
Thomas Stewart – Chef Patron
Tom
Stewart has worked in the catering profession for 25 years and has owned his
own business for the last 17.
His career started in Ireland where he worked his apprenticeship, winning the
student of the year at catering college and working at the renowned Marfield
House, Gorey. He moved to Switzerland and London, working in quality establishments
such as Rue St Jacques, Maxime’s, Les Alouettees in order to increase
his knowledge.
Tom’s first solo restaurant was Claire De Lune, Bruton, Somerset, that
he opened with his wife Kate in 1988. The following year saw him winning an
Acorn Award from the industry magazine, The Caterer and Hotel Keeper, as one
of 30 under 30’s most likely to succeed in the industry.
He became a director of Smart Restaurant Ltd in 1996. To date the company has
owned hugely successful gastro pubs in Hampshire: The Queens Head, The George
& Lobster, The Crab and Anchor and The Red Lion, Milford, Surrey.
Now all the years of experience are being centred on The Lobster Pot, Upper
Hale, Farnham, Surrey.
Bruno Bellemere - Manager at The Lobster Pot
Bruno Bellemere
has worked in catering for 27 years. He started in France with an apprenticeship
and exams that found him 3rd best in the county. Bruno then came to England
to learn the language and has been here ever since.
Bruno spent 13 years at Les Alouettes, Claygate, Surrey, and was the manager
when it obtained a Michelin Star. He then took the opportunity to manage The
Tante Clare, Chelsea, London with chef Pierre Koffman. During his 4 years there
it retained its 3 Michelin Stars.
Bruno moved out of London to Haselmere where he managed the Michelin Star restaurant,
The Fleur De Sel, with chef Michel Peraud. He movied to Fleet in 1998.
He managed The Queens Head, Dogmersfield and The George & Lobster, Crookham
Village for Smart Restaurant Ltd helping to build up their reputation.
Bruno also owned Le Chapeau in Fleet for 2 years.
Bruno and Tom are putting their years of experience together to create a gastro-pub
that is one of the finest eating houses in the Surrey/Hampshire borders.
We have created a pub that we would like to eat and drink in ourselves.
The Lobster Pot is a place to have a pint, a fresh baguette, a glass of Pinot Grigio, a bowl of olives, a 3- course meal or a pot of mussels. A place where your Ferrari driver can sit alongside your bricklayer and both equally enjoy what is on offer.
At the Lobster Pot you are offered food and service from the heart.
Coeliac Frinedly
Coeliac Diseas is caused by and intolerance to gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley, rye and even oats. It can be treated very successfully by excluding gluten from the diet.
The style of the menu makes it possible for most of the food on offer at The Lobster Pot to be celiac friendly. My daughter, Jessica, is a Coeliac and I understand how it is possible to exclude gluten from your diet and also how difficult eating out can be.
All items
on our menu marked with * are gluten free. Our salads and vegetables, including
dressings are gluten free. Rice, mashed potato, potato cakes and new potatoes
are all gluten free. We do not include sauté potatoes or chips as an
option due to the possibility of cross contamination during the frying process.
Please do not read this it is just a way to name check as many places as possible.
The Lobster
Pot Restaurant, Hale is very close to Farnham in Surrey. It is ideally places
between Fleet, Farnham, Aldershot and Guildford. Many of our clients travel
to The Lobster Pot from Camberley, Basingstoke, Reading, Yateley. Many of our
clients from our previous restaurants in Dogmersfield and Southwood near Farnborough
also are keen to travel a couple of extra miles to experience the amazing food
we produce. Well placed on the Hampshire, Berkshire, Surrey borders and not
far from Sussex makes us an ideal location for a quiet dinner or a company night
out. Christmas office parties are in regular attendance from November onwards.
We have Happy Eaters from Hants and out Berks clientele are nothing of the sort.
So whether you are new to us or have eaten with us when we used to own, The
Queens Head in Dogmersfield, The Merlin in Southwood or the George and Lobster
in Crookham Village (often thought of as Church Crookham, but either way near
Crondal ) then you will love the wonderful fresh food and culinary style and
excellence on offer at the Lobster Pot Today.
Click here for our Coeliac Menu
Early Bird Discount
Any meal ordered betwwen 6 pm and 7 pm receives a 10% dicount off the food.
Special Event Nights
Anniversary Buffet Bank Holiday Sunday 28th May
We will
be celebrating our first year of business at The Lobster Pot
with a 2 course Gourmet buffet, from 6 o’clock
Ramsay & Moreau Wednesday 14th June
An evening of delicious Gordon Ramsay recipes complimented by a selection of wines from Moreau, our main wine supplier. Come and tempt your palette
Bring your Dad out for a meal and tell him how much you love him!
Independence Day Tuesday 4th July
A chance to dress up in hats and spurs for our Wild West BBQ
Here are some events you have missed this year, but there is always next year.
St George’s Day Sunday 23rd April
Starters
Kalamata
olives * V
Potato skins with melted cheddar, bacon & sour cream *
Crispy fried brie and a cranberry dip V
Greenland prawn cocktail with Marie rose sauce * with grissini
Spicy Louisiana chicken wings
Crispy whitebait and tartare sauce
Crispy mushrooms with garlic mayonnaise V
Soup of the day *
Avocado fan and a blue cheese dressing * V
Slices of melon with lemon sorbet * V
Butterfly king prawns either Thai style or with garlic butter *
Crispy tempura vegetables with garlic mayo V
Chicken liver pate with a spiced fruit chutney *
Peking duck pancakes
Penne Carbonara
Filo prawns and tartare sauce
Smoked salmon served simply with lemon and capers *
Garlic bread V
Garlic bread with cheese V
Lobster Pot Platter - (minimum 2 people)
crispy mushrooms, filo prawns, brie melter, tempura veg & garlic bread with
a selection of dips
Salads all marked with * can be served without croutons
Starter Main
Crispy bacon and parmesan salad with Caesar dressing *
Greek Taverna - tomatoes, feta cheese, avocado & olives *V
Char-grilled chicken and bacon salad *
Warm goats cheese salad with pesto on a toasted muffin V
Warm salad of salmon *
Grilled scallops & bacon salad with Thai dressing *
Avocado and prawns *
Crispy mushroom and brie duo V
Vegetarian Dishes
Covent
Garden bake *
Mushroom stroganoff, rice & a mixed salad *
Provençale nut Wellington with goat’s cheese
Curry – see curry corner *Penne Napolitano with pesto served with a mixed
saladOmelette - cheese & tomato, mushroom or fines herbes *
Crispy tempura vegetables with garlic mayo, garlic bread and salad
Curry Corner served with rice * and Naan bread
Choose: Mild - Korma Medium - Balti or Hot - Thai Red
Chicken Prawn Vegetable
If you are a vegetarian all dishes with V are for you. We cannot guarantee there are no traces of nut in our dishes
Meat Dishes
Cumberland
bangers & mash
Lasagne al forno with salad and garlic bread
Steak and kidney pie, braised in Hogshead Tea
Peking duck pancakes
Chicken à la crème *
Grilled lamb’s liver & bacon with caramelised onions * Kleftiko, a
braised shank of lamb with mint & redcurrant *Chicken Kefallina, topped
with ham, feta and passata* Loin of lamb in pastry with a rosemary sauce Crispy
honey roast duck (boneless) with an orange & Cointreau sauce *Medallions
of fillet of beef Forestière, a wild mushroom & Madeira sauce* Beef
Wellington, fillet of beef in puff pastry
Meat from the Grill
Butterflied
chicken breast *
Barnsley lamb chop *Gammon steak and double egg *
Scottish rib-eye steak 10oz port & stilton sauce or brandy and peppercorn
sauce *
Scottish fillet steak 8oz port & stilton sauce or brandy and peppercorn
sauce *
Surf ‘n’ Turf 10oz rib-eye steak and four butterfly king prawns
*Chateau Briand with béarnaise sauce (minimum 2 people) * per person
Fish Dishes
Fish ‘n’
chips - haddock fillet in a crispy beer batterFisherman’s Pie * Salmon
en croûte with a tarragon butter sauce Crispy jumbo scampi tails and tartare
sauce Poached salmon with hollandaise sauce *Butterfly king prawns Thai style
or with garlic butter * Lobster & prawn Thermidor *
All main courses are served with your choice of mixed ‘Secretts’
salad or vegetables and potatoes of the day
Fish from ‘the Planche’ *
We have
a daily selection of fresh fish available to be cooked on ‘the Planche’.
Planche is the Spanish name for griddle and we have four in our kitchen.
This means that food is cooked quickly and simply, with very little oil, so
that all the flavour can be sealed in. Please be sure to find out what is on
offer today.
The fish
is served with a mixed salad and sauté potatoes. It is accompanied by:
basil pesto, thai style, béarnaise sauce, saffron velouté or simply
with cracked black pepper and lemon
For parties: salmon escalope, seabass fillets and a selection of fish is always available.
A 10% service charge will be added to the bill of parties of 8 or more
If you
are a Coeliac all dishes with * are gluten-free. Please let us know who you
are. Other dishes can be served without gluten but you will need to ask when
ordering for example: a salad or soup without croutons or a curry without naan
bread. Remember to mention you would like no wafer when it is time for dessert.
