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 -£15 (175ml) or Winbirri Fizz £15 (175ml)

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- £3.25 each or 6 for: £16.50

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

Casting Off

Local Wild Grown Mussels are back for the season on our Specials…………………………………..

Basket of Whitebait with Tartare Sauce: £7 (D)

Basket of Crispy Panko Crumbed Fried Prawns with Sweet Chilli Sauce: £7 (D)

Crispy Fried Squid with Chickpea, Chorizo and Roasted Red Pepper Salad: £13 (D, G Traces)

Butterflied Garlic Butter Baked Sardines with Potato, Fennel and Black Olives: £12 (D, G)

Crab Thermidor Pot with Goats Cheese Crumb and Granary Bloomer: £15 (G)

Scallop, Crème Fraiche, White Wine, Tarragon and Parmesan Gratin: £15 (G)

Star Anise and Honey Glazed Pork Belly Bites with Roasted Plums and Plum Gel: £14 (G, D)

Chilled Almond and White Grape Soup with Warm Rosemary & Olive Focaccia: £10 (V) (G)

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: £22

Andy Frary’s Dressed Crab & Billy Ward’s Warm Garlic Buttered ½ Lobster: £43

Billy Ward’s Warm Garlic Buttered Norfolk Lobster: Half £28 – Whole: £49

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

Main Catch

Garlic, Ginger & Lemongrass Crusted Seabass with Pak Choi, Jasmine Rice and Coconut, Chilli & Lime Sauce: £25 (D, G)

Lemon Baked Cod Loin with a Butterbean Colcannon: £27 (G, D)

Teriyaki Seared Tuna Steak with Soy & Sesame New Potatoes, Aromatic Green Beans and Yuzo Aioli: £26 (G, D)

Beer Battered Haddock with Garden Peas, House Tartare, Hand cut Chips and Salad: £22 (D, G Un-battered)

Chicken Paprikash with Parsley & Brown Butter Potatoes, and Dill Crème Fraiche: £25 (G, D)

Butternut Squash and Cherry Tomato Crumble with Garlic Bread and Dressed Leaf: £22 (V) (G)

Vegan Option available on prior notice

Main Specials also 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: £28 Add ½ Lobster: £21 Or an Extra Dressed Crab: £13

Lobster Platter

Billy Ward’s Garlic Lobster ½’s, Shell on Crevettes, Cockles, Crayfish Tails, Oak Smoked Salmon, Rollmops: For 2: £72, For 1: £36 Add a Dressed Crab: £13

The Big One

Andy Frary Dressed Crabs, Billy Ward’s Garlic ½’s Lobster, Shell on Crevettes, Cockles, Crayfish Tails, Oak Smoked Salmon, Smoked Trout, Smoked Eel, Smoked Mackerel, Rollmops:

For 2 with Lobster: £114 With No Lobster: For 2 £72

For 1: £37 (Add ½ a Lobster: £21)

Add 6 Oysters: £16.50

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.

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

To Reel It In – All £10 (G, D, VG)

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

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

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- £2.50 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 2010 – 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

Warm Cinnamon Bun with Vanilla Pannacotta and Caramel Apples

Lemon & Elderflower Posset with Gooseberry & Elderflower Compote & Ricciarelle (G) (Contains Nuts)

Raspberry & Strawberry Semifreddo with Vanilla Shortbread and Salted Hazelnut Chocolate Bark (G)

Chocolate Brownie Cheesecake with Blueberry Compote (G)

Plum, Black Pepper & Star Anise Crumble with Custard (G, D) (Nuts)

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 :£8 ( G & D)

Cheese & Tomato topped Flatbread with Fries & Salad: £7.50

Breaded Chicken Goujon with Fries and Peas : £8 (G (Traces) & D)

Battered Fish ‘n’ Fries and Peas :£8 (Can be baked without Batter – (G, D)

Seafood Platter – Crevettes, Crayfish, Rollmop, Cockles, Trout, Fries and Bread: £11 (G & D available)

Chocolate Fudge Sundae – £4 (G, D) adaptable

Smarties Ice Cream Sundae with Chocolate Sauce – £4 (G)

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

Fresh Fruit with Whipped Cream or Ice Cream – £4 (D, G) (Vegan Pouring Cream Available)