Monthly Menu 1st May -30th May

 Please be aware some dishes may sell out due to popularity and we may not always have Crab and Lobster available if the Fisherman are unable to go to Sea due to bad weather or we sell out due to their popularity. We may be called the Crab House, but this is just a name, and we are ultimately a Seafood and Fish Restaurant.

To bait your appetite……………….

Symbols applied to suit Allergens and dishes will be adapted accordingly ….. G = No Gluten, D = No Dairy can be adapted accordingly, and all other allergies can be catered/adapted for also, just let us know on booking.

(Our Kitchen contains all the above and with severe allergies to nuts, shellfish or gluten we may not be able to offer products fried or oven baked due to cross contamination)

Try a Wild Coastal Gin with Seaweed or a Bloody Mary Vodka Shot – Both £4 or a Glass of Champagne, Burn Valley Pink Fizz, Flint Charmant or Winbirri Fizz

Smoked Eel: £5, (G, D)/ Roll Mop Herrings: £5 (G,D) / Chilli Oil Infused Manchego: £5 (G), Homemade Mini Loaves with Cold Pressed Norfolk Rapeseed Oil or our Flavoured Oil  & Balsamic: £5 (G,D) , Lime and Chilli Dressed Crayfish Tails: £5 (G,D)  /Shell on Crevettes: £5 (G, D), Smoked Trout: £5 (G, D), Green & Black Olives: £5 (G, D) Smoked Mackerel : £5 (G, D), Cockles with Cider Vinegar (G, D)

Order a Selection from above and choose 4 for £17.50- All Cold from the fridge

Southerland Norfolk Brancaster Oysters from Scolt Head- £3.50 each or 6 for: £19

Natural with Lemon & Shallot Vinegar or Baked with Garlic & Parmesan Butter – Or Mix it Up!

50ml Dreamscape Sake with a Soy & Sesame Cured Oyster with Nori Seaweed Chip & Kewpie Mayonnaise: £10

Casting Off

Basket of Whitebait with Tartare Sauce: £8 (D)

Panko Prawns with Sweet Chilli Dip: £8 (D)

Crab Crumpet with Pickled Fennel and Cucumber Emulsion; £13

Semi Cured Torched Mackerel with Buttermilk, Green Apple and Rye Bread Crumb: £13 (G, D)

Harissa Baked King Prawns with Griddled Haloumi and Giant Cous Cous Tabouleh: £13 (G, D)

Tempura Salmon with Kaffir Mayonnaise, Curry Leaf Salt and Lime Pickle: £12 (G, D)

Chicken and Black Pudding Terrine with Piccalilli Spiced Vegetables and Tarragon Mayonnaise: £14 (G, D)

Caldo Verde with Fondant Potato, Kale Crisp, Toasted Chorizo and Onion Ash: £12 (G, D, V, VG)

Salads (D,G)

Our Salads are served cold except for the Lobster which is served warm with the butter melted.

Frary’s Wells Dressed Crab: £23

Andy Frary’s Dressed Crab & Billy Ward’s Warm Garlic Buttered ½ Lobster: £44

Billy Ward’s Warm Garlic Buttered Norfolk Lobster: Half £29 – Whole: £50

All served with a choice of Potato Side, Citrus Dressed Leaves, Homemade Pickles, Beetroot, Tomato and Bloomer Bread – (G, D)

Main Catch

Tandoori Monkfish Cheek with Cumin Rice, Coriander and Mint Chutney, Naan Bread and Honey & Lime Yoghurt: £29 (G, D)

Beer Battered Haddock with Handcut Chips, Tartare Sauce, Dressed Leaf and Garden Peas: £23 (G if baked unbattered, D)

Crab Linguini with Watercress & Almond Pesto and Garlic Buttered Clams with with Buttered Garlic Bread: £28 (G, D)

Hot Honey Glazed Halibut with Java Long Pepper, Charred Fennel and Coconut & Turmeric Potatoes: £32 (D, G)

Slow Cooked Lamb Shawarma  with Garlic Flatbread, Tahini and Pickled Chilli Harissa: £28 (G, D)

Spring Vegetable Orzo with Broad Beans, Artichokes and Ricotta: Vegetable: £22 (V) / Prawns: £26 (G, D)

Vegan Option available on prior notice

Main Specials are available…

Seafood Platters 

Crab Platter 

Wells Dressed Frary’s Crab, Shell on Crevettes, Cockles, Crayfish Tails, Oak Smoked Salmon, Rollmops: For 2: £44, For 1: £29  Or an Extra Dressed Crab: £13 or add a 1/2 Lobster: £22 

Lobster Platter 

Billy Ward’s Garlic Lobster ½’s, Shell on Crevettes, Cockles, Crayfish Tails, Oak Smoked Salmon, Rollmops: For 2: £74, For 1: £37 Add a Dressed Crab: £13

 The Big One

Andy Frary Dressed Crabs,  Billy Wards Garlic Buttered Lobster 1/2’s, Shell on Crevettes, Cockles, Crayfish Tails, Oak Smoked Salmon, Smoked Trout, Smoked Eel, Smoked Mackerel, Rollmops:

: For 2 £72 / £116 with Lobster

For 1: £36 (Add 1/2 Lobster – £22)

Add 6 Oysters: £19

Our Cold Seafood Platters are designed to share with maybe an extra side but do come with Shallot, Horseradish & Dill Potato Salad and Citrus Dressed Leaves…. All can be adapted for Non Gluten and Non Dairy.

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Sides
Bucket of Handcut Chips :£5 (G -Traces)/Bucket of Bacon Dusted Fries :£5 /Side Salad :£5 /New Potatoes :£4 /Bucket of Plain Fries: £4.50, Bucket of Sweet Potato Fries :£4.50, Shallot, Horseradish & Dill Potato Salad : £5 / Parmesan & Truffle Fries: £6.50

To Reel It In – All £10 

(G – GF, D – DF, N – Contains Nuts)

Norfolk Cheeseboard – Norfolk Dapple, Binham Blue and Norfolk Mardler with Crackers, Chutney, Fruit and Celery: £14 (G)

Or just want a taster then choose one cheese with crackers and a little chutney: £5 (G)

Try with a Port – Ruby, Tawny or Colheita or a Whin Hill Ice Cider

Selection of Norfolk Ice Creams & Sorbets from Ronaldo’s and Dann’s and many Homemade- £3 a Scoop (G, D)

Affogato :£4.75 (G, D)

Snappagato: £7.50 – Salted Caramel Ice Cream, Espresso Coffee and a Shot of  Black Shuck Banana & Toffee Schnapps (G)

Biscotti Biscuits to dip into a 50ml Tuscan Dessert Wine – Bonacchi, Vin Santo del Chianti 2016- Amber in colour with intense, heady aromas of candied fruit and toffee. The palate is sweet, with balancing freshness and shows lovely complexity from the ageing, which delivers caramel notes with sweet, citrus fruits through to a deliciously long finish – £8.50 (G) (N)

Lemon Almond & Ricotta Cake, Mascarpone Cream, Strawberries and Lemon & Basil Syrup (G) (N)

Tonka Bean & Bay Brulee with chocolate covered Marshmallow Shortbread (G adaptable)

Raspberry Pannacotta with Dark Chocolate Cremeux and Almond Crumb (G) (N)

Treacle Tart with Custard

Torched Meringue, Lime Crémeux, Cheesecake Ball, Lime Pate de Fruits and Lime Syrup (G)

Please note – Our desserts change throughout the month and we have a Vegan Pudding available.

Wells Crab House Children’s Menu

Garlic Buttered Toast – £2 (G)

Crispy Fried King Prawns – £4.50 (D)

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Cold Oak Smoked Salmon with New Potatoes & Peas :£9 ( G & D)

Cheese & Tomato topped Flatbread with Fries & Salad: £9

Breaded Chicken Goujon with Fries and Peas : £9 (G (Traces) & D)

Battered Fish ‘n’ Fries and Peas :£9 (Can be baked without Batter – (G, D)

Seafood Platter – Crevettes, Crayfish, Rollmop, Cockles, Trout, Fries and Bread: £12 (G & D available)

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Chocolate Fudge Sundae – £5 (G, D) adaptable

Smarties Ice Cream Sundae with Chocolate Sauce – £5 (G)

Fish Jelly Sweets with Vanilla Ice Cream – £3 (G & D with Sorbet)

Fresh Fruit with Whipped Cream or Ice Cream – £5 (D, G) (Vegan Pouring Cream Available)