Restaurant

Dining

Balcary Bay Hotel offers an award winning cuisine, based on local Scottish fare with a classic French influence. There is a bistro style lunch menu available seven days a week and Sunday lunch offers a three course meal in our restaurant. In the evening there is a seasonal a la carte menu as well as a daily table d’hote menu and seasonal dessert menu.

In 2004 the hotel was awarded two AA red rosettes for food, Le Routier Scottish hotel of the year, Also winners in Johansens coastal hotel of the year 2007.


A La Carte Menu 2009
Starters
Rillette of hot & cold salmon, avocado and lime sorbet, Sekura cress, two dressings	£7.95
Confit leg of Goosnargh duck, potato pancake, caramelized apples, sage scented jus	£7.25
Seared king scallops, pea & lettuce puree, crisp pancetta, Shitake vinaigrette	£8.95
Baked goat’s cheese crottin in filo, roasted baby beets, spinach leaf, honey dressing (V)	£6.95
Lightly smoked venison, foie gras crouton, quail’s egg, citrus glaze	£8.25
Chilled melon & berry cocktail, fruit granita, fresh mint (V)	£5.25
Smoked haddock veloute, roasted salt cod, Avruga caviar	£6.95
Vegetarian soup of the day (V)	£3.95
Sorbet of the day	£2.25
(V) Indicates a vegetarian option
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Meat Main Courses
Pan roasted fillet of Galloway beef, celeriac mash, roasted radishes, smoked ox tongue, jus	£21.95
Roast loin of venison, golden swede fondant, curly kale, redcurrant jus, game chips	£17.25
Poached saddle of rabbit, Jerusalem artichoke risotto, wild mushrooms, liquorice foam	£17.95

All red meats will be served pink unless otherwise requested
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Fish Main Courses
Grilled fillet of Atlantic halibut with crushed potatoes and a shellfish and saffron broth	£17.95
Pan fried Shetland sea trout, spaghetti of vegetables, , ratatouille, tomato & cardamon sauce	£16.25
Steamed lemon sole Veronique, creamed potatoes wilted spinach, Vermouth and grape sauce	£17.25

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Vegetarian Main Courses
Sautéed potato gnocchi with creamed leeks, wild mushrooms and goats cheese	£13.95
Risotto of roasted butternut squash & Parmesan , with rocket pesto	£11.95

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Desserts	£6.95
White chocolate teardrop with macerated cherries and Kirsch syrup
Hazelnut macaroon crumble , with bananas, pears, caramel and Chantilly cream
Vanilla crème brulee with tulip tuille and poached kumquats
Iced Glayva parfait , with a rhubarb compote
Balcary’s assiette of citrus desserts

Scottish Cheese served with biscuits, grape chutney & celery	£7.25
Mull truckle A black waxed cheddar cheese from the Kintyre peninsula
Dunsyre Blue A creamy blue cow’s milk cheese from Lanarkshire
Gruth Dhu A soft white cheese rolled in cracked peppercorns from the northern Highlands
Cairnsmore A hard ewe’s milk cheese from Galloway
Clava An organic brie style cheese from the Highland Connage Dairy

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Freshly Ground Coffee and Hand Made Petit Fours	£3.15


We have a very extensive wine list with a wide choice of 100 wines and champagne from New World, Chilean, Lebanese, American and not forgetting French, German and Spanish wines.
An allowance of £30.00 is made to resident guests on our inclusive half board terms wishing to select from the A La Carte menu. Vegetarians may make a selection from the A La Carte menu

Please remember this is a Non Smoking Hotel



Sample Table D’hote Dinner Menu
Four Courses with coffee £35.75

Assiette of home smoked duck with tomato petals, asparagus, quails egg & truffle
Warm tartlet of wild mushrooms and parmesan with garden mache
Poached lemon sole Veronique with Vermouth foam
Salad of green beans & tomato tartare with a creamy dressing & roquette leaves

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Carrot, honey & ginger soup
Or
Pasionfruit sorbet

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Pan roasted Galloway beef fillet, celeriac Dauphinoise, baby vegetables & jus
Supreme of guinea fowl with fondant potato, wild mushroom, curly kale, truffle sauce
Sautéed potato gnocchi with blue cheese, walnuts and shallots
Grilled Atlantic halibut, pommes puree, wilted spinach, carrots, beurre blanc

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Please select sweets from the dessert menu
Or
A selection of cheese and biscuits

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Coffee and petit fours


All red meats will be served pink unless otherwise requested
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