We have a daily 'Specials' board which includes fresh fish. An example of our a la carte menu follows:

Starters

Home Made Soup  £3.50

Creamy Button Mushrooms  £5.50
in a garlic or stilton sauce

Smoked Salmon & Avocado Salad  £6.95

Ardennes Pate  £5.50
with toast & salad garnish

Breaded Brie  £5.50
with a cranberry and orange sauce

King Prawns  £7.50
in garlic butter & white wine

Moules Marinière  £6.50

Whitebait  £5.50
blanched in wheat flour

Deep Fried Sardines  £5.50
with lime & herb butter

Main Courses

10oz Steaks: Fillet  £19.00, Sirloin  £15.00, Ribeye  £14.00
Sauces for Steaks: Creamy Peppercorn & Brandy,
Stilton or Mushroom & Garlic  £2.00

Chicken Breast  £10.95
wrapped in bacon with a creamy white wine & wild mushroom sauce
or in a red wine & tomato based sauce with garlic, peppers & herbs

Lamb Cutlets  £10.95
in a mint flavoured gravy
or in a redcurrant jelly, orange & thyme sauce

Pork Tenderloin  £11.95
in a creamy cider & whole grain mustard sauce
or in a white wine, sage & finely chopped apple sauce

Duck Breast  £14.95
(cooked pink unless otherwise requested) in a red wine & berries sauce

All main courses are served with home made chips & salad or fresh vegetables & potatoes, except for rice dishes

Vegetarian

Pancakes  £9.75
filled with fresh vegetables or mushrooms topped with a cheese sauce

Risotto  £9.75
mixed peppers, mushrooms, onions and asparagus

Mushroom Stroganoff  £9.75
served with rice

Desserts

A selection of Home Made Desserts available from the blackboard

As our food is fresh and prepared to order,
during busy times there may be some delay

Testimonials

Sundays are about long drives in the country, enjoying the country views and looking forward to a hearty meal. But it is increasingly difficult to find places that ' serve food in the evening and have an extensive selection of dishes still on the menu when you arrive at 7pm starving and full of hope. The Red Lion in Wingham will not only fill a hole but will leave you eager to return so you can enjoy the other dishes.
It has the chocolate box charm that makes you feel like you are in the heart of the countryside.
It is quaint but not dirty like so many other old establishments that think to clean cobwebs would be like transforming the building.
When I dined at the restaurant last week with my other half we had our drinks and menus carried through to the restaurant by a friendly chap who showed us to our table.
It was decorated with framed paintings and sketches on a culinary theme. Fairylights were twinkling from the potted trees in each corner and music was at the level where you could hold a conversation and not be disturbed After pondering what to have for my starter, I asked our waiter's, advice and he recommended flat mushrooms stuffed with sweetly roasted garlic and cheddar cheese with a salad garnish that was very moorish.
My boyfriend, who is much more decisive, had warmed goat's cheese that was strong and crumbly, with salad and croutons.
For main course, I opted for the roast chicken with a divine sausagemeat, bacon and sage stuffing accompanied by fresh vegetables and roast potatoes.
The stuffing was out of this world and traditional roast dinners done well are a joy. There was certainly no microwaving of vegetables or 'plastic meat', although being a fussy madam I was disappointed to have more chicken leg than breast on my plate. Wanting something a little different, my partner chose tuna steak in a creamy tomato and caper sauce that he said was spicy and thick.
He did have to admit defeat and scrape the capers off midway through the dish because, they were so tangy.

' But he said it was a choice he would most definitely make again.
Puddings are always my favourite, but having two courses and feeling more than full I opted for a small bowl of Salcombe Dairy strawberry ice cream which was lusciously creamy and reminded me of a recent holiday in Salcombe, with its rolling hills and secluded bays.
Always willing to try to east as much as Mr Creosote (but failing), it was freshly-made raspberry crème brulee for Simon. It was eaten as though it was the last pudding he would eat again - 10/10.
A glass of rosé and a beer made this great value for money (the bill for two came to £54.10) and we will return soon.
Alice Seaman, Gourmet Review
Kent on Sunday - Sept 25th 2005