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The relaxing bar and restaurant provide an excellent venue for all types of social occasion, from informal bar lunches to intimate, candlelit dinners in the restaurant with its romantic atmosphere and outstanding view over the Galloway Hills. Wherever you eat your meal, you will enjoy the friendly service for which our hotel and staff have become famous. The restaurant, with its extensive menu, has a strong reputation for good quality food, using locally-sourced produce, and offering many delicious specialities.
Meals Served Daily:
Breakfast 7.30am - 9.30am
Lunch 12noon - 2pm
Dinner 6pm - 9pm
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Roast Special for both lunch and dinner every Sunday at £7.95.
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Daily changing Chef’s Specials ensure the menu remains fresh and inviting for both the traditionalists and the more adventurous.
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The Bruce Hotel offers facilities for small, medium or large groups for sit down meals, large buffets, small finger buffets and simple refreshments such as soup and sandwiches. A small, 12-seat, private Dining Room is available for intimate private or corporate dinner parties or meetings.
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Starters
Freshly made Soup of the Day £2.95
Served with crusty bread
Garlic and Herbed Mushrooms £4.45
Cooked in a creamy onion whisky and cream sauce with a cheese crust
Fan of Honeydew Melon £3.75
Plated on a pool of a smooth fruit coulis with a lemon sorbet
Prawn Cocktail £4.95
Served in a glass with julienne of mixed lettuce and a brandy sauce
Spicy Chicken Wings £4.45
Plated with a tossed salad and a chilli and garlic dip
Main Dishes
Fillet of Fresh Haddock £9.45
Cooked in a fresh homemade batter and served with tartare sauce plus a wedge of lemon
Scampi Basket £9.65
Deep-fried and served with tartare sauce plus a wedge of lemon
Escalope of Solway’s Salmon £10.95
Pan-served and presented on a bed of prawn mash and napped with a rich whisky and parsley sauce
Steak and Ale Suet Pudding £8.95
Served with a rich homemade gravy
Roast Galloway’s Beef with Yorkshire pudding £9.95
Served in its own rich pan gravy
Indonesian Chicken Curry £9.95
Cooked in a spicy coconut milk and tomato sauce with a hint of spices and garlic plain boiled rice,
Nan bread and a poppadom
Chicken 6th Earl £8.95
Pan-cooked in an apple, leek and whiskey sauce
Lasagne Al-Terno £8.95
Baked with a cheese crust
Sirloin Steak Sizzler £10.95
Pan-cooked to your liking with mushrooms, onion rings and a tomato
Vegetable Provencal £8.45
Presented with a bed of plain boiled rice and crusty bread
All of the above are served with a choice of potatoes or hand-cut chips, salad or vegetables
Sweet Corner
Apple Tart £3.95
Served with ice cream or cream
Border Tart £3.95
Served with ice cream or cream
Mrs Muffin’s Bread and Butter Pudding £3.95
Served warm with crème anglais or cream
Cheese Cake of the House £3.95
Freshly made and served with a duo of fruit sauces
Sticky Toffee Pudding £3.95
Coated with a warm butterscotch sauce
The Other Macallan £3.95
3 scoops of vanilla ice cream poured with a raspberry sauce
Cream O’ Galloway Ice Cream £3.95
3 scoops of locally produced ice cream - please select from flavours below;
Vanilla, Caramel Shortbread, Double Chocolate, Banoffee, Whiskey Honey & Oatmeal and Real Strawberry
A Selection of Sandwiches £3.45
Roast beef, roast gammon, roast chicken, cheese and tomato, tuna mayo, egg mayo, salad
A Selection of Toasted Sandwiches £3.95
Ham and cheese, ham and tomato, banana and cheese, tuna mayo
Baked Potato with a Selection of Toppings £4.95
Steak and ale, chicken curry, baked bean and coleslaw, tuna mayo
Filled Baguettes £4.95
Bacon, tomato and lettuce, hot roast beef, hot roast chicken, spicy pork, tuna mayo
Filled baguettes £5.95
Cheese and Prawns
Trio of Sausages and Mash £4.95
Served with an onion gravy
Open Prawn Sandwich £6.95
Open Smoked Salmon Sandwich £8.95
Three Egg Omelette with a Choice of Filling £6.95
Ham and tomato, mushroom, cheese, chicken or Spanish
Soup of the Day and a Sandwich £3.95
Sandwich choices as above
Starters
Lentil Broth Countryman’s Way
Prawn Cocktail
Topped with a tangy brandy and chive sauce with brown bread fingers
Fan of Honeydew Melon
Presented on a pool of a smooth fruit coulis
Mushroom Terrine
Served with a tossed salad and melba toast
Main Dishes
Fillet of Rainbow Trout
Pan-seared and served with a shellfish butter
Roasted Galloway’s beef auld-alliance
Presented in a rich red wine and brandy sauce with a garnish of croutons
Breast of Plump Chicken
Pan-cooked and served in a simple parsley and herb sauce
Clay-pot bean casserole
Cooked in a rich tomato and garlic sauce and served with a plain boiled rice
Potatoes and Vegetables
Sweet Corner
Rhubarb Sponge
Served with home made custard
Meringue Glace
Plated with ice cream and cream
Pear and Whisky Cheesecake
Set on a pool of mango coulis with a strawberry garnish
Apple Tart a la mode
Served warm with ice cream
2 Courses £14.95 | 3 Courses £17.95
SUMMER A LA CARTE MENU
Smoked Salmon and Smoked Mackerel Platter £5.65
Served with a blushed salad and drizzled with a balsamic and honey jus
Chicken Hussar £4.65
Julienne of chicken with red onions, lardons of bacon and presented in a mixed leaf salad
with fresh basil and a drizzle of olive oil
Mushroom and Leek Parfait £4.45
Plated on a tossed salad with a rich Cumberland sauce and melba toast
Locally Smoked Venison £5.45
Presented on a plate with a beetroot salsa and a salad nest
Haggis Carrick’s Delight £4.95
Plated turret style with a castle of traditional clapshot which is mashed turnip, potato, chives,
butter and black pepper and poured with a whiskey cream sauce
Mignons of Galloway’s Fillet of Beef £17.95
Cooked in a rich mushroom Drambuie and cream sauce with a hint of nutmeg
Trio of Lamb’s Cutlets £12.95
Pan-cooked to your liking served on a bed of mash with buttered mushrooms and poured
with a balsamic and red wine jus
Fillet of Chicken St. Lucia’s £13.45
Pan-served with a little garlic, red onion and peppers and finished off with a trio of fruit; banana,
pineapple and apple with fresh basil leaves and presented on a bed of Kilkenny mash
Trio of Seafood Pot Pourri £16.95
Scallops king prawns and monkfish cooked in a fresh herb sauce with a hint of dry white wine
and presented on a bed of buttered pasta
King Prawn Provencal £13.95
Cooked in a rich brandy and tomato sauce with a castle of rice garnish
Breast of Guinea Fowl Pennies £12.95
Pan cooked with a trio of green vegetables and fresh herbs and finished off in a rich cream sauce
with a hint of dark rum and presented on the plate with fresh spinach and a poached egg
Courgette and Spinach Roulade £9.95
Served warm with a hollandaise sauce and a red onion salad with julienne of carrots
Chocolate and Pistachio Nut Tart £4.95
Served with a scoop of Cream O’ Galloway’s vanilla ice cream and a dusting of icing sugar
Clootie Dumpling £4.45
A traditional Scottish sweet served warm with a jug of a warm crème anglais
Amaretto Pannacotta £4.45
Italian cooked cream sweet presented with a warmed chocolate sauce
Cranachan of Cream £4.45
A simple Scottish sweet of whipped cream, raspberries, honey and a good whisky,
presented
in a frosted glass with homemade shortbread and toasted oatmeal
Scottish Cheese Platter £6.45
A choice of Scottish cheeses with a small salad, biscuits and oatcakes







