Peasantly atmospheric with soft lighting and furnishings, Wenlock and Essex in Essex Road offers guests a comfortable informal setting for an enjoyable evening with family and friends. Relax and unwind in its pleasant ambience while dining from a modern British menu.

For a light meal the à la carte menu offers sliced roast ham with pork pie and smoked applewood cheese, rollmops, anchovies and cured salmon, open rare roast beef sandwich and fish finger sandwich with tartare sauce. More substantial fare includes smoked haddock fish cakes with honey mustard sauce, venison pie with seasonal vegetables and mash, classic steamed mussels in cream and garlic and spinach and feta parcel with sweet potato wedges. On Sundays treat yourself to roasts of chicken with thyme and onion stuffing, rolled rib of beef with Yorkshire pudding and pork and crackling with homemade apple sauce. For a sweet ending choose between raspberry and blueberry cheesecake, bread and butter pudding and dark chocolate and ginger biscuit tart. A range of cocktails, wines, beers and cider provide warming comfort.