The Kings Arms
Traditional country pub in Thornford, Dorset, serving locally-sourced food Wednesday to Saturday plus a Sunday roast menu. Burgers, steaks, schnitzels, fish, curries and a range of vegetarian / vegan options.
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Kings Arms Pound Road, Thornford, DT9 6QD
Menu — 74 items
Starters
9 ITEMSSoup of the Day
Homemade soup of the day served with cauliflower hash browns.
£6.50
Blanchbait
Breaded blanchbait with tartare sauce.
£7
Salt and Pepper Squid
Tender pieces of squid in a crispy salt and pepper coating with a sweet chilli dip.
£7
Beer Battered Cajun Strips
Chicken breast strips coated in Cajun mix and cooked in beer batter, served with a blue cheese dip.
£7
Potato Skins
With nacho cheese & sour cream, or with salsa.
- vegetarian
£7
Baby Camembert Rounds
Breaded mini camemberts with sweet chilli sauce.
- vegetarian
£7.50
Fried Haloumi
Sliced haloumi flash fried and served with a sweet chilli dip.
- vegetarian
£8
Cauliflower Hash Browns
Served with a sweet chilli dip.
- vegan
£7
Nachos
Tortilla chips smothered in nacho cheese sauce with salsa, sour cream and guacamole.
- vegetarian
£7.50
Lunch Sandwiches
6 ITEMSCheese & Coleslaw Sandwich
On rosemary focaccia bread, served with a salad garnish. Add chips, fries or full salad £2.50.
- vegetarian
£7.50
Smoked Streaky Bacon Sandwich
On rosemary focaccia bread, served with salad garnish.
£8
Steak & Sautéed Mushroom Sandwich
On rosemary focaccia bread.
£9.50
Sausage & Onion Sandwich
On rosemary focaccia bread.
£8
Tuna Mayo Sandwich
On rosemary focaccia bread.
£8
Steak and Nacho Cheese Sauce Sandwich
On rosemary focaccia bread.
£10
Grilled Sandwiches
5 ITEMSBrie & Cranberry Grilled Focaccia
Grilled rosemary focaccia sandwich with salad garnish.
- vegetarian
£9
Tuna & Cheddar Melt
Grilled rosemary focaccia sandwich.
£9
Smoked Streaky Bacon & Stilton
Grilled rosemary focaccia sandwich.
£9
Roasted Peppers, Red Onion & Mushrooms
Grilled rosemary focaccia sandwich.
- vegan
£8.50
El Ray Chorizo, Red Onion & Mature Cheddar
Grilled rosemary focaccia sandwich.
£9
Jacket Potatoes
6 ITEMSJacket Potato with Beef Chilli & Cheddar
Served with a dressed salad garnish.
£9.50
Jacket Potato with Cheese & Coleslaw
Served with a dressed salad garnish.
- vegetarian
£8.50
Jacket Potato with Bacon & Stilton
Served with a dressed salad garnish.
£9
Jacket Potato with Roasted Peppers, Red Onion & Mushrooms
Served with a dressed salad garnish.
- vegan
£9
Jacket Potato with Tuna Mayo
Served with a dressed salad garnish.
£9
Jacket Potato with Chorizo, Peppers & Red Onion
Served with a dressed salad garnish.
£9.50
Kings Burgers
10 ITEMSSteak Burger
Made in-house from locally sourced chuck steak mince and our own seasoning blend. Served with chips, fries or salad and coleslaw.
£13
Thai Spiced Vegetable Burger
Mixed vegetables and Thai spices in a red lentil crumb coating. Vegan option available.
- vegetarian
£13
Black and Blue Burger
Our steak burger coated in Cajun spices and topped with blue cheese sauce.
£14
El Ray Burger
Our minced chuck steak burger with chorizo, red onion, and nacho cheese.
£16.50
Haloumi Burger
Fried sliced haloumi.
- vegetarian
£13.50
Chicken Breast Burger
Simply a fresh locally sourced chicken breast cooked on the griddle.
£13
Loaded Dog
A jumbo Frankfurter served in a hotdog roll topped with nacho cheese and crispy onion bits.
£12.50
Cajun Chicken Burger
Fresh locally sourced chicken breast coated in Cajun spices and topped with blue cheese sauce.
£14
Cod Burger
Battered cod and tartare sauce. Contains gluten.
£14.50
Loaded Dog (Vegan)
Plant-based hotdog sausage in a hotdog roll, topped with nacho cheese (swap for salsa for fully vegan) and crispy onion bits.
- vegan
£12.50
Kings Steaks
4 ITEMSRump Steak 8oz
Locally sourced, served with sautéed mushrooms, griddled half tomato, and chips, fries, salad or jacket potato.
£18
Minute Steak 4oz
Thin sliced 4oz rump cooked for one minute each side, served with sautéed mushrooms and griddled half tomato.
£13.50
Sirloin Steak 8oz
Served with sautéed mushrooms and griddled half tomato.
£21
Gammon Steak 10oz
Served with a fried egg and griddled half tomato.
£15
Kings Dishes
10 ITEMSMoules Mariniere
Connemara river mussels in a wine, cream, shallot, butter and garlic sauce served with fries.
£16.50
Pork Schnitzel
Battened pork loin cooked in a lemon, thyme and breadcrumb crust. Add mushroom sauce £2.50.
£13.50
Sizzle Plate
Chicken, minute steak or pork loin with pepper or mushroom sauce, on a bed of red onion, mushroom and peppers. Served with salad garnish.
£16.50
Chicken Tikka Masala
Diced chicken breast, red onion and peppers cooked in our own tikka masala sauce, served on a cast iron sizzle plate.
£16.50
Chicken Parmo
A chicken breast in a paprika and parmesan breadcrumb topped with bechamel sauce and mature cheddar.
£16
Parmo El Ray
Our Parmo topped with chorizo and red onion.
£17.50
Kings Parmo
Our Parmo with smoked streaky bacon and BBQ sauce.
£17.50
Chickpea, Sweet Potato and Pepper Tagine
A vegan tagine of chickpeas, sweet potato and mixed peppers, served with rice.
- vegan
£16
Chilli Con Carne
Our own recipe beef chilli using locally sourced steak mince.
£14.50
Five Bean Smokey Chilli
Our bean chilli is slow cooked with smoked paprika for an extra depth in flavour, served with rice.
- vegan
£14.50
Mains
6 ITEMSBeer Battered Cod
Hand battered using one of our fine ales, served with tartare sauce and lemon wedge.
£14.50
Breaded Scampi
Ten wholetail scampi in a crisp breadcrumb served with tartare sauce.
£14.50
Hunters Chicken
Locally sourced chicken breast topped with smoked bacon, cheese and BBQ sauce. Served with salad garnish.
£14.50
Thai Style Fish Cakes
Two fishcakes made with potato, cod and prawn with subtle Thai spices, served with a salad garnish.
£14.50
Four Egg Omelette
Free-range egg omelette with tomato, chorizo, cheddar, mixed peppers, mushrooms and/or onion. Served with salad garnish.
- vegetarian
£13.50
Blackened Cajun Chicken
Locally sourced chicken breast, lightly to fully spiced, with mixed leaf salad and blue cheese dip.
£13.50
Desserts
14 ITEMSChocolate Fudge Cake
Rich chocolate fudge cake served warm.
- vegetarian
£6.50
Vegan Ice Cream
Vanilla dairy free ice cream, genuinely lovely.
- vegan
£7
Marshfield Ice Creams & Sorbets
3 scoops of vanilla, succulent strawberry, heavenly chocolate, salted caramel ice creams, or lemon, mango, blackcurrant sorbets.
- vegetarian
£7
Chocolate Brownie
Warm brownie topped with ice cream, chocolate and caramel sauces.
- vegetarian
£7
Belgian Waffle
Warm sweet waffle topped with vanilla ice-cream, caramel and chocolate sauces.
- vegetarian
£7
Forest Berry Eton Mess
Forest berries, meringue and fresh whipped cream.
- vegetarian
£7
Trillionaires Tart
Chocolate pastry case topped with rich toffee sauce, chocolate style ganache and golden sparkle.
- vegan
£7.50
Salted Caramel and Crunchie Bits Sundae
Layers of salted caramel ice cream, crumbled Crunchie bits and caramel sauce topped with fresh whipped cream.
- vegetarian
£7.50
Eton Mess Sundae
Our forest fruit Eton mess with vanilla ice-cream and strawberry sauce.
- vegetarian
£7.50
Syrup Sponge
Served with cream, ice cream or custard.
£7.50
Sponge Puddings
Ginger or toffee pudding topped with a hot sauce.
- vegetarian
£7.50
Trio of Pancakes (Biscoff)
Topped with crumbled Biscoff biscuit, ice cream, chocolate sauce and fresh whipped cream.
- vegetarian
£7.50
Trio of Pancakes (Forest Berries)
Topped with forest berries, caramel sauce, ice cream and fresh whipped cream.
- vegetarian
£7.50
Affogato
Vanilla ice-cream with crumbled Biscoff biscuit with a shot of espresso.
- vegetarian
£6.50
Sunday Roast
4 ITEMSSunday Roast
Choice of three locally sourced meats from: roast top side of beef & Yorkshire pudding, leg of pork & stuffing, leg of lamb, gammon, turkey & pig in blanket. Served with roast potatoes, gravy, and a selection of fresh vegetables.
£14.50
Vegetarian/Vegan Sunday Roast
Weekly vegetarian option available; vegan option when pre-ordered.
- vegetarian
£14.50
Small Roast
Smaller portion of the standard roast.
£10.50
Under 12s Roast
Standard roast in children's portion.
£9
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