Welcome to Worcester's most historic dining experience.
King Charles Restaurant
Serving superb Traditional English Dishes in an periodic atmosphere.
Also available:
• Outdoor catering
• Private party bookings
• Corporate events
Opening Hours:
Lunch: Tues ~ Sat: 12pm ~ 2:30pm
(last orders taken at 1:45pm)
(Veg options available for lunch)
Dinner: Mon ~ Sat: 6:30pm ~ 11pm
(last orders taked at 9:30pm)
Address:
King Charles II Restaurant
New Street
Worcester
WR1 2DP
Telephone: 01905 22449
Gift Vouchers available
It's not easy to forget the city's involvement in the Civil War, for there are plenty of reminders as you walk around the city streets.
King Charles House is one of Worcester's most historic houses. It was from this house that King Charles made his escape through the back door closely pursued by Cromwell's forces to exile in France, after being defeated at the battle of Worcester in 1651.
Nowadays this historic building is a restaurant which serves superb British dishes and offers very good value for money. Luncheon meals served between 12.00 - 2.30pm. Dinner is served between 6:30pm-9:30pm.
The Restaurant boasts a dungeon on the ground floor. Judge William Berkeley was born in this building in 1684. It is told that he kept prisoners who were awaiting trial in the restaurant dungeon which was also know as a bottled dungeon built of tile about 8 inches square, closely laid upon each other dry, without any mortar. The method of building is similar to the steening used for well making purposes. The restaurant is also known for its many sightings of ghosts!
In the upstairs bar which is reputed to have been the King's bedchamber and where he held council to his officers, you may relax and enjoy a drink. Meals are only served on the ground floor of the restaurant with full silver service.
~~~ Lunch Menu ~~~
Main Course Only
£9.95
Starter & Main Course
£12.95
Main Course & Sweet
£12.95
Starters
Soup of the Day
Whitebait
Sweet & Sour King Prawns
Battered King Prawns with a sweet & sour sauce
Creamed Garlic Mushrooms
New Zealand Greenlip Mussels
Topped with tomato sauce & melted cheese
Escargots
Cooked with smoked bacon, onion & garlic
Fan of Melon with Sorbet
Garlic Prawns
Spiced Poached Pear
On creamed stilton with cranberry sauce
Black Pudding
With Fried Egg with a mustard sauce
Chicken Liver Pate
With toast
Main Course
All main courses served with vegetables, new potatoes,
roasted potatoes and roasted parsnips
roasted potatoes and roasted parsnips
Liver Bacon Onion Gravy
Pork Fillet Zurichoise
Slices of pork fillet in a sherry, mushroom & cream sauce
Chicken Forestiere
Chicken breast in a wine, mushroom & tarragon gravy
Chicken Grande Mere
Pan fried chicken breast garnished with bacon, mushroom & diced potato
Lamb Kidneys
In a Mustard & Pepper sauce OR in a Madeira sauce
Three Grilled Lamb Cutlets
With gravy
Pan Fried Seabass Fillets
On shredded leek & bacon with a lemon butter sauce
King Prawn Masala
In a light creamy, spiced curry sauce (can be hotter if required)
Battered Cod Fillet
With parsley butter
Grilled Plaice Fillet
With lemon garnish
Poached Salmon Steak
In a prawn, mushroom & cream sauce
Pan Fried Cod Fillet
with Parsley Butter
Plaice Bonne Femme
£1.50 Extra
Poached in white wine & finished with a mushroom & cream sauce
Half Roast Duck
£1.50 Extra
With Plum sauce OR Gravy OR Orange sauce
6oz Fillet Steak
£1.50 Extra
With tomato & mushroom
Steak Diane
£1.50 Extra
Flattened fillet steak pan fried with French mustard, finished with a brandy, onions, mushroom & cream sauce
Choice of Sweet
Coffee
~ THREE COURSE TABLE D'HOTE MENU ~
FROM 1st MARCH 2011 TO 30th NOVEMBER 2011
£21.95 per person - 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Homemade Soup of the day
Smoked Mackerel Fillet
Chilled Melon
Spiced Poached Pear
On Creamed Stilton with Cranberry sauce
Escargots
Cooked with smoked bacon, onion and garlic
Smoked Salmon
New Zealand Greenlip Mussels
Topped with tomato sauce and melted cheese
Chicken Liver parfait
with toast
Battered King Prawns
Deep fried, served with a sweet and sour sauce
Saute Pork Fillet
Slices of pork fillet in a sherry, mushroom, green peppercorn and cream sauce
Chicken Forestiere
Chicken breast pan fried in a Wine, mushroom and tarragon gravy
Chicken Breast
Pan fried in a tomato and basil sauce
Lamb Kidneys
In a mustard & pepper sauce or a Madeira sauce
6oz Fillet Steak
With tomato and mushrooms
10oz Rump Steak
With tomato and mushrooms
Grilled lamb cutlets (3)
With gravy
Grilled Plaice fillet
Pan fried Cod with parsley butter
Prawns Masala
in a light creamy, spiced curry sauce
Sweet from the trolley
Vegetarian: please choose from the a la carte main course
~~~ A La Carte Menu ~~~
~~~ To Begin ~~~
Homemade Soups
£4.95
Garlic Mushrooms
£5.95
Button mushrooms cooked in garlic & cream sauce
Garlic Prawns
£6.95
King prawns cooked in garlic butter
Whitebait
£5.95
12 Homeless Snails Bourgignonne
£5.95
Cooked in garlic butter with smoked bacon, finished with red wine & brandy
Tuna & Prawn Cocktail
£5.95
Crisp salad with tuna & peeled prawns with marie rose sauce
Stilton Stuffed Mushrooms
£6.95
Fan of Melon with:
- Prawns
£5.95
- Sorbet
£5.95
Pate Maison
£5.95
Chicken liver & brandy pate with toast
Stilton, Walnut & Port Salad
£5.95
Crisp salad with stilton & walnut tossed in a port vinigarette
Grilled Goats Cheese
£5.50
On mixed leaves with a balsamic vinegar dressing
Black Pudding & Fried Egg
£5.95
With a mustard sauce
Battered King Prawns
£6.95
With a sweet & sour sauce
Scallops
£6.95
Pan fried in an orange & lemon butter sauce
Smoked Salmon Platter
£6.95
~~~ Beef Dishes ~~~
Chateaubriand
£45.95
Fillet of prime beef, roasted in the oven, with a selection of vegetables & Madeira sauce Serves Two (24 hrs notice required)
Beef Wellington
£22.95
Fillet steak topped with pate & ham, encased in puff pastry & baked in the oven as comes (Medium Rare) or Well Done Only
Steak Diane
£21.95
Flattened fillet steak, pan fried with French mustard, finished with a brandy, onions, mushroom & cream sauce
Rump Steak
£18.95
16oz approx. uncooked
Fillet Steak
£21.95
10oz approx. Uncooked
Medallions of Fillet
£18.95
Pan fried slices of fillet steak
Choice of Sauces for Steaks
£2.95
- Poivre Sauce (Black Peppercorn Sauce)
crushed black peppercorns, red wine & brandy
(please say if you would like it milder with cream)
(please say if you would like it milder with cream)
- Rossini
pate & brandy sauce served on a fried bread cruton
- Antico
red wine, mushroom, onion & tomato
- Stilton
melted stilton finished with cream
~~~ Chicken & Duckling Liver ~~~
~~~ Kidney & Lamb ~~~
~~~ Kidney & Lamb ~~~
Chicken Champignonne
£14.95
Pan fried chicken breast in a mushroom, onion, white wine & cream sauce
Chicken Coupole
£14.95
Pan fried chicken breast in a ham, mushroom, spring onion & cream sauce
Duck A L’Orange
£16.95
Half roast duck served with an orange & grand marnier sauce
Duck with Plum & Ginger Glaze
£16.95
Half roast duck with a piquant sauce of plums, ginger & garlic
Liver Italienne
£13.95
Slices of liver sautéed with bacon, onions, sage & white wine
Kidney Dijonaise
£13.95
Pan fried lambs kidneys with a mushroom, onion, mustard & cream sauce
Roast Rack of Lamb
£19.95
With a port gravy
~~~ Seafood Dishes ~~~
Sole Bonne Femme
£16.95
Sole fillets poached in a white wine & finished with a mushroom. Onion & cream sauce
Scallops, Prawns & Mushrooms
£16.95
In a dill & cream sauce
King Prawn Frittes
£16.95
King prawns coated in light batter & deep fried
King Prawn Thermidor
£17.95
King prawns sautéed in butter with a mustard, cream, cheese, tomato & brandy sauce
Salmon Duglere
£15.95
Salmon fillet poached with a tomato, onion, white wine & cream sauce
Poached Salmon Fillet
£15.95
In a prawn, mushroom & cream sauce
Pan Fried Seabass Fillets
£18.95
On shredded leek & bacon with a lemon batter
~~~ Vegetarian Dishes ~~~
Served with Salad or Vegetables
Parsnip & Gruyere Bake
£13.95
Stilton with Stuffed Mushrooms
£13.95
With a port mayonnaise
Vegetable & Pasta Bake
£13.95
Mushroom Strogonoff
£13.95
~~~ Addtional Vegetables~~~
~~~ and Salads ~~~
~~~ and Salads ~~~
Mixed Salad
£3.95
Green Salad
£3.50
Spinach
£2.95
Peas
£2.95
French Fries
£3.50
Mushrooms
£2.95
Petit Pois Francais
£3.95
(cooked with ham, onions & cream)
~~~ Pasta Dishes ~~~
Main Course
£13.95
served with salad
- Spaghetti Bolognese
Traditional minced beef, tomato & onion
- Tagliatelle Carbonara
Ribbon pasta cooked with ham, garlic & cream
Choice of Sweet
£3.95
Cheese & Biscuits
£4.95
Filter Coffee
£1.75
Liqueur Coffee
£3.95
IF YOU HAVE ANY FOOD
ALLERGY/INTOLERANCE/DISLIKE,
PLEASE INFORM THE STAFF WHEN YOU ORDER.
ALLERGY/INTOLERANCE/DISLIKE,
PLEASE INFORM THE STAFF WHEN YOU ORDER.
Head Chef: Steve Davies
Please note dishes may vary slightly due to seasonality
King Charles II Restaurant
King Charles House
New Street
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR1 2DP
Telephone: 01905 22449
E-mail: enquiries@kingcharlesrestaurant.com
King Charles House
New Street
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR1 2DP
Telephone: 01905 22449
E-mail: enquiries@kingcharlesrestaurant.com
King Charles II Restaurant
King Charles House
New Street
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR1 2DP
Telephone: 01905 22449
King Charles House
New Street
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR1 2DP
Telephone: 01905 22449
From the moment you walk into this ramshackle looking, slightly leaning black and white framed building you get a sense of its history...
Stephanie Preece - Worcester News (January 2011)click here to read full article
Worcester City Council, Star Awardclick here to see the award
After visiting the King Charles in May I discovered that the professional lunch club I founded 8 years ago had stopped running. I sent out a few emails and was delighted to find that there was still a demand from the professional community both for a lunch and for the King Charles. The first lunch was on June 15th and the team at King Charles did us proud. 45 excellent lunches all served reasonably quickly and with the minimum of fuss. The next lunch is in the diary and bookings are flowing in.
Ian Priest - Independent Banking Consultants
Very nice meal, portions very generous
Mr E (June 2011)
We were welcomed by two friendly members of staff who asked us to go upstairs into their lounge area. We were given menus and asked if we would like a drink while we mulled the menu over and made our choices.
The food was good quality, fresh and above all else, tasty! The staff were friendly and very accommodating along with the atmosphere which was very welcoming.
M (June 2011)
I recently had the pleasure of enjoying the following evening meal:
Smoked Salmon, which was of gargantuan proportions, nonetheless, utterly mouth-watering. For the main course I chose the Prawns with steak - a type of surf and turf. It was sumptuous. It was a truly unforgettable meal. Sadly I couldn't manage a dessert. However, a wide range of mouth-watering sweets are available from a good old fashioned dessert trolley.
The King Charles is certainly worth a visit. However, I recommend that you pre-book a table, and one is rarely lucky enough to get a table on spec!
Elizabeth Hayden-Jones
This restaurant is a little tucked away on the street - but the decor and furnishings are very classic and regal. The food portions were big but just what you would want from a Christmas menu - we all had a great time - amazing food and great service! Would definitely go again.
G.T (December 2010)