Review on The Museum Inn

Holding pride of place in a village of 'roses round the door' cottages, this gem of an inn was extended by Victorian superstar archaeologist and anthropologist General Augustus Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers to accommodate visitors to his museum of personal treasures. The museum may be no more, but the inn carries on in style.

Inside, it is an enticing mix of flagstone floors, roaring fires and cosy alcoves with a menu that is pitched somewhere between top-end gastro pub and modern restaurant cooking. Judiciously sourced ingredients form the backbone to dishes such as braised oxtail, Cashmoor quails' egg and sour cherry terrine, Portland fish stew, roast local venison loin with butternut squash mash, and herb-crusted rack of Dorset Horn lamb with ratatouille and aubergine purée.

A few simpler offerings such as Longhorn steak sandwiches are also offered at lunchtime, while desserts might range from prune and Armagnac pudding to cappuccino-style crème brûlée with shortbread biscuits. The same menu is also available in the curiously named Shed Restaurant (a barn-like dining room open Friday and Saturday nights and Sunday lunch).

The Museum Inn is also featured in: Michelin Guide, Good Food Guide, AA Guide

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Cuisine

Modern European

Chef

Neil Molyneux

Restaurant Opening Times

Lunch: 12.00 - 2.00pm (2.30pm Sat-Sun)
Dinner: 7.00 - 9.30pm (9.00pm Sun)

Accepted credit cards

Visa, Master Card, American Express

Online Booking Availability for The Museum Inn

Facilities at The Museum Inn

  • Alfresco dining
  • Disabled access
  • Private dining room
  • Private parties
  • 70 covers

Accomodation

Accomodation is available

Parking

Private parking is possible at a location nearby

Address

The Museum Inn
Farnham
Dorset
DT11 8DE

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The Museum Inn Sample Menu

SAMPLE A LA CARTE

Homemade breads - £3.50 Mediterranean olives £3.95

To Start
Soup of the day with homemade bread £5.95
Chargrilled New Forest asparagus, tomato berries, toasted hazelnuts and lemon dressing (v) £7.25
Dorset Crab, dill and crème fraiche tortellini, watercress veloute and herb croutons £8.75
Twice baked Wookey Hole cheese soufflé, candied walnut salad (V) £7.95
Smoked duck breast, pomegranate seeds, candied beetroot, chicory and parmesan crisp £8.50
Conker gin and rosemary cure sea trout, saffron pickled shallot rings, cucumber jelly £8.25
Pan fried Dorset pigeon breast, lime chilli and mint Israeli couscous, red pepper coulis £7.50

Pub
The Museum burger, garlic mayonnaise, hand cut chips, smoked bacon and cheese £13.95
21-day dry aged sirloin steak, thin cut fries, mushroom, tomato, sauce béarnaise £26.00
8oz rump steak, thin cut fries, mushroom, tomato, sauce béarnaise £19.00
Beer battered haddock, triple cooked chips, crushed peas and tartare sauce £13.95
The Museum pie, buttered savoy and mashed potatoes £13.95

Mains
Golden fried gnocchi, pea puree, peas, broad beans, Vichy carrots
and crumbled goats cheese (v) £14.25
Slow roasted local pork belly, glazed pig cheek, fondant potato, pickled beetroots £18.95
Oriental hot and sour stew, mushroom and ginger dumplings, pak choi (v) £14.95
Dorset lamb rump, chargrilled Ratte potatoes, olives, confit cherry tomatoes, wild garlic £9.00
Poached pollock, confit chicken wing, samphire, saffron potatoes, red wine and caper butter £19.50
Roasted guinea fowl breast, leek and tarragon croquettes, baby leeks and sautéed carrots £18.50

Sides
Cauliflower cheese | Charred leeks | Mixed leaf salad | Greens and bacon | Skinny chips £3.00
Triple cooked chips £3.50

Puddings
Bitter dark hot chocolate fondant, pistachio ice cream £7.50
W. Chateau Delmond Sauternes (100ml) £7.50
Treacle tart, Dorset clotted cream, lemon curd, brandy snap £7.00
W. Monastrell, 'Dulce' DO Yecla, Familia Castano, Italy (100ml) £7.25
Apricot and ginger bread and butter pudding, vanilla custard £6.95
W. Monastrell, 'Dulce' DO Yecla, Familia Castano, Italy (100ml) £7.25
Vanilla & plum baked cheesecake, Balckcurrent sorbet, star anise syrup £6.95
W. Chateau Delmond Sauternes (100ml) £7.50
Red wine & cinnamon poached pears, soya milk crème patisserie, £7.50
hazelnut brittle, macerated blackberries
W. Stickey Mickey sauvignon blanc (100ml) £10.00
A selection of Artisan English cheese, grapes, quince jelly, crackers £9.50
Dorset Blue Vinney – Rosary Ash goats – Wookey Hole Cheddar – Tunworth Brie
W. Corney and Barrow 10-year-old Tawny Port (100ml) £8.50
Selection of Dorset ice cream & sorbets
Vanilla pod – Chocolate – Cherry – English Strawberry
Raspberry – Blackcurrant – Lemon
3 Scoops - £5.95
2 Scoops - £4.50
1 Scoop - £2.50

Restaurant menus often vary from day to day, so the above should be treated as examples of what to expect in terms of cuisine and price.

The Museum Inn Christmas Menu

Restaurant menus often vary from day to day, so the above should be treated as examples of what to expect in terms of cuisine and price.

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