The Cross Keys, King'S Cliffe

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Please note the new opening hours
Mon. CLOSED ALL DAY Tues. 11am-11pm Weds. 11am-11pm... Thurs. 11am-11pm Fri. 11am-11pm Sat. 11am-11pm Sun. 12pm-9pm No food on Sunday night and all day Monday.
Once again. A big thankyou to everyone who has supported me and the pub.
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Please note the new opening hours
Mon. CLOSED ALL DAY Tues. 11am-11pm Weds. 11am-11pm... Thurs. 11am-11pm Fri. 11am-11pm Sat. 11am-11pm Sun. 12pm-9pm No food on Sunday night and all day Monday.
Once again. A big thankyou to everyone who has supported me and the pub.
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The Cross Keys will be serving a traditional Sunday lunch. Cooked to perfection to order
Sorry no carvery.
... Please call 01780-470276
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Thank you for your kind words

Opening times on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.😁
🌲Christmas day🌲
12pm-5pm (last orders at 4:40pm).... 12pm-3:00pm for Food.
*Fully booked*
🥊Boxing Day🥊
12pm-6pm (last orders at 5:30pm). 12pm-4pm for Food.
⛄️🎄We look forward to seeing you, and on behalf of The Cross Keys Team, we wish you all a Very Merry Christmas!🎄⛄️
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An amazing fresh fish special our Head Chef has crafted come and try our regular daily fresh fish specials at our restaurant

Beautifully made by our Head Chef part of our fish specials which change daily and weekly

🐠 🐠 🎣 We have fresh fish specials come and try them today we have Hake special wrapped in bacon.
We also have fresh cod and chips.
We are now doing fresh daily fish specials
... Our fish supplier gets our fish from sea to the pub within 48 hours. 🎣 🐠 🐟
To book a table in the restaurant call 01780 470276
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Our current specials!👌🏻
Come on down a try our new 48hour from the sea to your dish fresh fish!, incredible flavour! And will not leave you dissatisfied. Paired with one of our finest Dry white wines, off our newly launched wine List! What’s not to love 😁🥂🍷

🇬🇧The boys are busy setting up ahead for this evenings Royal British Legion Quiz! £10 per entry of 4, 8pm kick off! 🇬🇧
More flags do you reckon? 😁

🇬🇧We are proud to be hosting, The Royal British Legion Quiz this Evening, Which all kicks off at 8pm! 🇬🇧
A huge thank you to all sponsors:
BDI solutions
... Howard Packing
Hamish Murcot
RN man+van
Platinum Roofing
Elm Heritage
🏆💸Prize money:💸🏆
First prize: £60
Second prize: £40
Third prize: £20
And a number of Special spot prizes throughout the evening.
Prize money sponsored by Kyle, Ian and Gary.
🎤And a Special Guest appearance from the one and only- Roy Carter, lead singer of the Heatwave! At 9pm🎤
Entry fee, £10 per team of four!
We looking forward to seeing you all and supporting such a fantastic charity!
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CHECK OUT OUR BRAND NEW CROSS KEYS MENU LAUNCHING THIS FRIDAY 30TH NOV from our new Chef Team.
We also have Daily Specials on offer along with different FRESH fish dishes on special daily and weekly
Starters All £5.25 each
... French onion soup served with herbed croutons (V) GFO
Creamy garlic mushrooms served with toasted ciabatta (V) GFO
Duck and orange pate, dressed salad, red onion jam and toast GFO
Traditional Prawn cocktail, buttered brown bread GFO
Halloumi salt and vinegar fries with homemade tartare sauce
Smoked Salmon, horseradish and cream cheese terrine, buttered brown bread GFO
Mains
Beer battered fish and chips, petit pois and homemade tartare sauce £10.95
Slow roasted brisket of beef, chive mash, chantany carrots and a red wine a rosemary gravy £11.95 GF
Pan fried rump of lamb. Potato gratin, braised red cabbage and red wine jus £14.95
El Mexicana burger- chicken breast, peppered bacon, chilli cheese, chipotle sauce, Cajun salted fries £11.50 GFO
Cross keys beef burger – Beef Pattie, cheddar cheese, bacon, romaine lettuce, sliced tomato, gherkin, brioche bun, rosemary salted fries £10.95 GFO
8oz sirloin steak, grilled tomato, flat mushroom, beer battered onion rings, hand cut chips and a dressed salad £17.95 GFO
Curried- coconut chicken rendang served with rice and green beans. £11.95 GF
Mixed vegetable rendang curry, served with green beans and rice £10.95 VG, GF
Wholetail scampi, hand cut chips, petit pois and homemade tartare sauce £10.95
Stilton and vegetable crumble served with salted fries £9.95
All Sides - £2.75
Hand cut chips
Rosemary salted fries
Beer battered onion rings
Seasonal vegetables
Rosemary roasted potatoes
Desserts – All desserts £5.25
Homemade Sticky Toffee pudding, toffee sauce and vanilla ice cream
Winter spiced fruit crumble, vanilla custard
Gluten free chocolate torte, chocolate ganache sauce, Chantilly cream.
Pear and cranberry frangipane tart, vanilla ice cream or vanilla custard.
Selection of ice cream (1 scoop £2.25, 2 scoops £3.50, 3 scoops £4.50)
Menu code guide GF – Gluten free GFO – Gluten free option V – Vegetarian VG – Vegan
TO BOOK A TABLE IN OUR RESTAURANT CALL 01780 470 276 or message us
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We are currently looking to employ passionate and hard working people to become part of a growing team! Experience preferred, not essential. All training will be provided.
Positions available;
Full time candidate and a part time candidate
... Both will include Bar and Restaurant work!
😁 Please give us a call 01780470276 😁
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We are delighted to announce new staff to the Cross Keys team this week. We have a new manager Kyle who brings a wealth of experience to us from the pub and restaurant sector and our experienced chef team Reece and Tyler Jackson Head chef.
We are developing a new food menu from next week with a range of daily specials including fish dishes along with our chefs home made desserts.
Come and say hello you won’t be disappointed.

Brand new just on Bad to the Bone 4.5% and London Pride 4.1%

A reminder that today we have Roy Carter from Heatwave playing at 730pm onwards will be a fab gig! Having played with famous band he truly is awesome.

Went to watch rugby here a couple of weeks ago and had a cracking meal after. Good honest food in a top pub run by top people! Very family friendly and my 6 yr old boy decided to leave his iPod which the landlord kindly found and posted back to me without accepting postage costs! Would highly recommend!!

We went in today for lunch and were thoroughly impressed. Really nice food, good portion sizes and service was great (We highly recommend The Cross Keys burger with stilton). We will 100% be returning soon. Thank you!

We recently held our baby's christening party at the Cross Keys and we were so impressed. The spread that Janice put on was fantastic and very reasonably priced. Geoff and Janice both went to a lot of trouble to make sure we had everything we needed, including a case of Prosecco as a one off order. The function room at the back is perfect for a family get together and we were lucky enough to have a beautiful day so could use the beer garden. Thanks both

Proper village pub . Good food and the cross keys ale is a gem . Would highly recommend..

Last Friday I had some friends over for the Fish and Chips to celebrate two of their birthdays. Fantastic food and beer in a great friendly environment. They all commented on how lucky I was to have a pub like the Cross Keys to go to. Thanks Geoff and Janice.

Just simply what an English village pub should be. Terrific family birthday meal, great atmosphere, tasty ale - what's not to really like ... lucky King;s Cliffe.



Chris A.

I may be accused of nepotism but it can't be denied that the Cross Keys is ultra friendly and serves some of the best food and beers in the area. I will be back!

Had a fantastic meal at the Cross Key’s today. A lovely two meat Calvary. Very welcoming and polite.

Shall be returning, looking forward to our next visit

Thanks Ian and staff

Great landlord and landlady. Lovely village pub with a great friendly atmosphere. Good wholesome food. Would highly recommend this place.

First visit on Saturday the food was amazing wonderful staff and we will certainly go back on our next visit to fineshades

Fantastic village pub - great landlord and landlady who provide a superb pub experience with excellent food and drink. You have to try it!

Fantastic food will come again.

Cozy pub in a beautiful village. New owners are so friendly and welcoming. Great beer and fabulous traditional pub food at great value for money. Highly recommended!

A great atmosphere with a real fire, good food and lovely welcoming hosts. You can't get much better than that. Thanks.

Went for lunch today, my partner and I and the two children, we were made to feel extremely welcome and nothing was too much trouble.



Can't wait to return and sample dinner one evening minus the kids !!!



Keep up the good work.

Very good for children and food,booked for 22 people to have dinner one night, fingers crossed food will be as good as when I came for lunch xxx

Went to the cross keys for a meal with a group of 10 of us. First time we've been here since the new ownership. Was quite disappointed with the menu & food. 5 had the curry & way to salty. Had a steak, which was nice but the peppercorn sauce was just runny cream with peppercorns, no taste. Not sure if we'll be back again if it stays like this. Shame really as it's always been a great pub to dine at previously.

A bit disappointed after our Sunday lunch today. We came a few weeks ago and it was lovely for £11.95 but today it was £15.95 and nowhere near as good. The beef was chewy and

we got a teaspoonful of redcurrant jelly for 4 people for the turkey and a bowl of carrots with a few other veg to share. Two 'roast' potatoes looked like the deep fried spuds we used to put out for a darts night when I worked in a pub. Drinks were over priced - £3.50 for a St Clements ( orange and lemon as I had to explain - basically a small mix of bitter lemon and orange juice). The cold and incredibly quiet back room didn't help. I had praised the Sunday lunch to our friends, now I'm embarrassed that I took them there.

£10 for a carvery but food average and bland

The manager has very little customer service skills. Can be rude and flustered when busy

Staff are too busy rushing around and if the pub is busy they literally push past you. no manners or consideration.

Few people also left the pub as waiting time and service is slower than expected even during not busy times.

Nice to see an old pub still running but not worth the visit to be honest. Real shame in a dying industry where customer service is important.

Dogs are allowed in the venue but advice is dont bother taking your dog. Staff just push past, shove the dog out the way etc. Honestly a bad attitude and atmosphere in there with average food