A village inn offering excellent pub
food and fine real ale in Dorset

The King's Arms is a village inn known locally in Dorset for the quality of our quite excellent pub food. Sourced from local producers it represents the best of British pub food, but our menu doesn't end there. We serve a great variety of other traditional British dishes.

To compliment our food there's a comprehensive wine list, featuring a good selection of around 30 world wines, many available by the glass. We also keep five real ales, continental lagers, traditional cider, a range of malt whiskies and serve speciality teas and coffees.

A visit to The Kings Arms is an experience you'll remember, a great example of proper British pub food, fine real ales and traditional hospitality.

Our Chef is AA Rosette Award winner Peter Harrison.

Please note that we do not serve fast food - we serve good food as fast as we can!

All meals are cooked to order - please be patient at busy times

Please click on the links below to download pdfs of our current menus:

Pub Food Menu


Starters & Light Snacks Chef’s Homemade Soup of the Day With toasted croutons and fresh baguette - £4.50 Chef’s Duck & Orange Paté With Herb Salad, toast and Cumberland sauce - £6.00 A Pint of Shell On Prawns With lemon, a rich Marie Rose Sauce and granary baguette and butter - £9.95 Deep Fried Crispy Whitebait With homemade tartare sauce and brown bread and butter - £6.00 Thai Style Spiced Fishcakes Accompanied by a spicy onion and mixed pepper salsa - £6.00 Kings Arms Deli Board A mix of Dorset ham, West Country paté and Camembert, served with Olives, sun blushed tomatoes, fresh baked bread and balsamic & olive oil dip - £950 SALADs Roast Cajun Spiced Chicken Supreme With mixed salad leaves, garlic and herbdressing - £10.95 Roasted Mediterranean Vegetables (v) With mixed leaf, sun blushed tomato herb salad, pesto dressing and pine nuts - £9.95 fresh baked baguettes Choose from either fresh baked white or granary baguette, or fresh sliced Bloomer Sliced Dorset Ham with English Mustard - £6.00 Grated Mature Cheddar & Dorset Ale Chutney - £6.00 Tuna, Cucumber and Red Onion Mayonnaise - £6.00 Prawn Marie Rose - £6.50 Chicken, Bacon, Lettuce & Tomato - £6.00 Pan fried Sirloin Steak Strips with fried onions - £7.50 Bacon, Brie and fresh Cranberry Sauce - £7.00 All served with salad garnish and root vegetable crisps Vegetarian options Homemade Roasted Mediterranean Vegetable Tart Glazed with Goats Cheese With a red pesto dressing and toasted pine nuts - £10.50 Chef’s Mushroom and Vegetable Stroganoff Infused with paprika, garlic and cream, served with a timbale of braised rice - £10.00 Broad Bean & Spinach Risotto Infused with fresh parmesan and coriander and served with garlic bread - £10.00	jacket potatoes Large King Edward Potato All served with salad garnish and butter - £6.00 Mature Cheddar Cheese & Bacon Tuna, Cucumber and Red Onion Mayonnaise Mature Cheddar & Baked Beans Prawn Marie Rose Coleslaw Fresh Homemade Chilli For those with a smaller appetite In full support of Jamie Oliver’s Campaign for healthy and nutritious food for our children we will endeavour to offer smaller portions from our special boards with fresh veg whenever possible. All at - £5.95 Chicken Goujons, Chips & Peas Scampi, Chips & Peas Ham, Egg & Chips Tagliatelle Carbonara & Garlic Bread Sausage Chips & Beans GRILLS Grilled Lamb & Mint Sausages Presented on a grain mustard mash, mushroom, shallot and port jus and garden peas - £9.00 Grilled 10oz Horseshoe Gammon Steak Served with fried egg, grilled pineapple, chips and garden peas - £10.95 Sirloin Steak (10oz approx. weight) Served with field mushroom, grilled tomato, peas and chips - £15.95 SAUCES - All at £2.00 Peppercorn, Mushroom & Blue Vinny or Red Wine Shallot (All sauces available gluten free upon request) MAIN COURSES Homemade Steak & Ale Pie with Mushrooms enriched with Dorset Blue Vinny Cheese Topped with puff pastry, served with either chips and garden peas or vegetables and minted new potatoes -£10.50 Sliced Wiltshire Cured Ham, Eggs & Chips £9.50 Large Beer Battered North Sea Cod Fillet Served with chips, garden peas and homemade tartare sauce - £9.95 Local Butchers 6oz Prime Scotch Beef Burger Topped with smoked bacon and melted mozzarella, served in a toasted floured bap with chips and relish - £9.50 Homemade Cannelloni Tubes of pasta filled with rich bolognaise sauce topped with mozzarella cheese, served with a side salad and garlic bread - £9.95	Breaded Wholetail Scampi Served with chips, garden peas and tartare sauce - £9.95 Tagliatelle Verdi Carbonara Pasta strips cooked in a rich cream, bacon, mushroom and garlic sauce, served with fresh parmesan shavings and garlic bread - £9.95 Homemade 8oz Prime Purbeck Venison Burger With a red onion compote, grain mustard mayonnaise and served in a toasted floured bap, served with chips - £10.50 Chicken Tikka Marsala Served with Basmati rice and a garlic and coriander naan bread - £10.95 Spicy Chilli Con Carne Served with Basmati rice and tortilla chips and soured cream - £9.95 Slowly Braised Ham Hock Presented on a Herb Mash, and served with a rich Cumberland sauce and fresh vegetables - £12.50 Traditional Fish Pie Cod, salmon and prawns in a creamy sauce, topped with cheese and mashed potato - £10.95 Please see the blackboard for todays vegetarian specials Side Orders Portion of Chips £2.75 Garlic Baguette £2.50 Garlic Baguette with Cheese £2.75 Side Salad £2.95 Onion Rings £2.00 Vegetables of the Day £2.50 Marinated Olives £2.00 WEST COUNTRY CHEESeBOARD SELECTION Please see blackboard for todays cheese selection £6.50 Served with biscuits, celery, grapes and Dorset ale chutney COFFEE & TEA Selection of Liqueur Coffees £4.50 Black Coffee or Tea £1.60 Cappuccino £2.00 Au Lait £2.00 Latte £2.00 Double Espresso £2.00 Fresh Italian bean coffee


WINE LIST Light Medium Dry 1. Pinot Grigio Blush 3 £15.00 Sartori - Italy 125ml £2.95 175ml £3.90 250ml £5.10 Elegant and crisp, with clean summer fruit flavours and just a hint of sweetness. Dry and Full Bodied 2. Sancerre ‘La Perrière’ Rosé Guy Saget 2 £25.00 Loire - France Light salmon colour with a hint of raspberry. Refreshing and round on the palate, with aromas of red berries, strawberries and cherries. 3. Barefoot White Zinfandel 5 £13.50 California 125ml £2.65 175ml £3.50 250ml £4.65 Elegant and crisp, with clean summer fruit flavours and just a hint of sw Champagne 4. Lanson Black Label 1 £35.00 A fine mousse of bubbles and a toasty, honeyed nose in perfect balance. 5. Lanson Brut Rosé 2 £40.00 Beautiful pure colour, fresh and delicious with aromas of roses and fruit. 6. Reynier Brut 1 £25.00 A light, elegant Champagne with soft, full flavours and consistent mousse, good balance and age. 7. Laurent Perrier Brut 1 £40.00 Delicacy combined with rich full fruit flavour and a lingering finish. Sparkling 8. Prosecco 2 £16.00 Sartori - Italy Produced in the Veneto, this is Italy’s finest sparkling wine. With delicate fruit flavours and soft intensity. 9. Oliver & Greg’s Cava - 2 £15.00 Spain 20cl £5.50 Light appley and refreshing with an exciting mouthful of bubbles White Wines Aromatic Off Dry 10. McGuigan Black Label Gewurztraminer Riesling Australia 125ml £2.65 175ml £3.50 250ml £4.65 A gorgeous, aromatic white with rose petal aromas from the Gewurztraminer, balanced by the fresh citrus flavours of Riesling. 11. Trivento Viognier 3 £16.50 Mendoza - Argentina Enticing fruit flavours jump out of the glass in this delightfully fragrant Viognier.	Crisp and Dry 12. Ropiteau L’Emage Sauvignon Blanc 2 £12.90 France 125ml £2.50 175ml £3.40 250ml £4.40 Delicious gooseberry notes and a crisp, dry finish. 13. Trulli Pinot Grigio 2 £13.90 Lombardia - Italy 125ml £2.70 175ml £3.60 250ml £4.75 Flowery aromas with a hint of spice. Crisp with good fruit. 14. Anapai River Sauvignon Blanc 2 £19.50 Marlborough - New Zealand A vibrant, citrusy wine with an aroma of fres gooseberries and packed with tropical fruit flavours. 15. Vinho Verde Terras do Minho 1 £15.50 Vinho Verde - Portugal The “green wine” of northern Portugal. Crisp and zingy acidity and plenty of refreshing citrus fruit. Aromatic and Dry 16. Drostdy Hof Chenin Blanc (Steen) 2 £13.00 South Africa 125ml £2.50 175ml £3.40 250ml £4.50 Aromas of citrus fruit. Medium-bodied with plenty of deciduous fruit flavours These wines are recommended with our quality beef... 17. Château du Barry B £20.00 Lussac St. Emilion - Bordeaux - France Soft, rich plummy nose with delicious ripe fruit on the palate. Light and flattering. 18. Zarapito Malbec Bonarda C £15.50 San Juan - Argentina 125ml £3.00 175ml £4.00 250ml £5.30 The rich fruit combining perfectly with a hint of spice. 19. Barolo DOCG D £27.00 Calissano - Italy Full bodied with firm and velvety tannins and a lingering aftertaste of liquorice and ripe red fruits. 20. Châteauneuf du Pape Rouge ‘Clos de l’Oratoire’ Ogier D £39.00 Rhône - France A rounded, generous palate lifted by the warmth of a good vintage. 21. McGuigan Langhorne Creek Shiraz D £39.00 Adelaide Hills - Australia A full-bodied wine made from the very best old vine selected fruit from the Langhorne Creek region. 22. Wolf Blass President’s Selection Cabernet Sauvignon E £25.00 South Australia Dark chocolate and berry aromas, a rich, silky, rounded fruit style with a great warming finish.	White Wines continued Full Flavoured and Oaky 23. Moondarra Chardonnay 1 £12.90 South East Australia 125ml £2.50 175ml £3.40 250ml £4.40 Tropical fruit complimented with a touch of oak gives a classic appealing Aussie Chardonnay. Smooth, Dry and Fruity 24. Chablis 1er Cru ‘Fourchaume’ 1 £29.00 Domaine Jean Durup - Burgundy - France Great depth of complex flavours - quite mouthfilling with good acidity and well balanced flavours. Red Wines Light and Fruity 25. Linteo Montepulciano C £13.50 Abruzzo - Italy 125ml £2.65 175ml £3.50 250ml £4.65 Round, medium bodied and very soft tannins. Medium and Rounded 26. Brian McGuigan Private Bin Shiraz C £15.00 Australia 125ml £2.95 175ml £3.90 250ml £5.10 Full-flavoured and spicy with ripe fruit flavours. 27. Ropiteau L’Emage Merlot B £12.90 Vin de Pays d’Oc - France 125ml £2.50 175ml £3.40 250ml £4.40 Subtle, spicy character with lots of plummy fruit. 250ml 28. Stoneleigh Pinot Noir C £22.00 New Zealand Soft and supple with ripe, dark red berry fruit flavours, overlaid with savoury, toasty spice. 29. Espiral Old Vine Tempranillo C £15.50 Cataluñya - Spain 125ml £3.00 175ml £4.00 250ml £5.30 Ripe forest fruits over an elegant background of toffee and apricots. Full and Robust 30. Cape Promise Pinotage C £12.90 South Africa 125ml £2.50 175ml £3.40 250ml £4.40 Bursting with damsons and spice flavours with lasting finish. Dessert Wines Aromatic Off Dry 31. Château Septy £12.50 Monbazillac- Bordeaux- France 125ml £4.40 This wine gives a wealth of intense sweet fruit, rich and impressive.

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A village inn offering excellent pub food and fine real ale in Dorset

Please note that we do not serve fast food - we serve good food as fast as we can!

Starters & Light Snacks

Chef’s Homemade Soup of the Day

Chef’s Duck & Orange Paté

A Pint of Shell On Prawns

Deep Fried Crispy Whitebait

Thai Style Spiced Fishcakes

Kings Arms Deli Board

SALADs

Roast Cajun Spiced Chicken Supreme

Roasted Mediterranean Vegetables (v)

fresh baked baguettes

Vegetarian options

Homemade Roasted Mediterranean Vegetable Tart Glazed with Goats Cheese

Chef’s Mushroom and Vegetable Stroganoff

Broad Bean & Spinach Risotto

jacket potatoes

Large King Edward Potato

For those with a smaller appetite

GRILLS

Grilled Lamb & Mint Sausages

Grilled 10oz Horseshoe Gammon Steak

Sirloin Steak (10oz approx. weight)

MAIN COURSES

Homemade Steak & Ale Pie with Mushrooms enriched with Dorset Blue Vinny Cheese

Sliced Wiltshire Cured Ham, Eggs & Chips

Large Beer Battered North Sea Cod Fillet

Local Butchers 6oz Prime Scotch Beef Burger

Homemade Cannelloni

Breaded Wholetail Scampi

Tagliatelle Verdi Carbonara

Homemade 8oz Prime Purbeck Venison Burger

Chicken Tikka Marsala

Spicy Chilli Con Carne

Slowly Braised Ham Hock

Traditional Fish Pie

Side Orders

WEST COUNTRY CHEESeBOARD SELECTION

COFFEE & TEA

WINE LIST

Light Medium Dry

1. Pinot Grigio Blush 3 £15.00

Dry and Full Bodied

2. Sancerre ‘La Perrière’ Rosé Guy Saget 2 £25.00

3. Barefoot White Zinfandel 5 £13.50

Champagne

4. Lanson Black Label 1 £35.00

5. Lanson Brut Rosé 2 £40.00

6. Reynier Brut 1 £25.00

7. Laurent Perrier Brut 1 £40.00

Sparkling

8. Prosecco 2 £16.00

9. Oliver & Greg’s Cava - 2 £15.00

White Wines

Aromatic Off Dry

10. McGuigan Black Label Gewurztraminer Riesling

11. Trivento Viognier 3 £16.50

Crisp and Dry

12. Ropiteau L’Emage Sauvignon Blanc 2 £12.90

13. Trulli Pinot Grigio 2 £13.90

14. Anapai River Sauvignon Blanc 2 £19.50

15. Vinho Verde Terras do Minho 1 £15.50

Aromatic and Dry

16. Drostdy Hof Chenin Blanc (Steen) 2 £13.00

These wines are recommended with our quality beef...

17. Château du Barry B £20.00

18. Zarapito Malbec Bonarda C £15.50

19. Barolo DOCG D £27.00

20. Châteauneuf du Pape Rouge ‘Clos de l’Oratoire’ Ogier D £39.00

21. McGuigan Langhorne Creek Shiraz D £39.00

22. Wolf Blass President’s Selection Cabernet Sauvignon E £25.00

White Wines continued

Full Flavoured and Oaky

23. Moondarra Chardonnay 1 £12.90

Smooth, Dry and Fruity

24. Chablis 1er Cru ‘Fourchaume’ 1 £29.00

Red Wines

Light and Fruity

A village inn offering excellent pub
food and fine real ale in Dorset

Homemade Steak & Ale Pie with Mushrooms enriched with Dorset
Blue Vinny Cheese

Sliced Wiltshire Cured Ham, Eggs
& Chips