Columbine Restaurant, Buxton, High Peak

Introduction

The Columbine Restaurant is a small privately run restaurant in the centre of the Peak District main town of Buxton.

Steve and Kim McNally have run the restaurant for 12 years (after spending many years in guided restaurants and Country House Hotels).

Their aim is to use small local suppliers who can provide them first class produce which they serve in a variety of dishes from the à la carte menu. Full vegetarian menu and daily special boards.
High Peak Restaurants: The Columbine - Buxton, High Peak
The Columbine Restaurant
7 Hall Bank, Buxton
Derbyshire SK17 6EW
Columbine Restaurant December 2009
BBC countryfile magazine
Issue 28
December 2009


During the Christmas and festival seasons (July and December) the menus are added to with a set price table d'hôte menu.
The Ground Floor Restaurant The à la carte menu changes seasonally and all the food is prepared freshly on the premises.

A selection of 7-8 home-made puddings and desserts and a super local / English cheese board are also available. The Restaurant has 2 levels : ground floor and cellar.

Excerpt from the Good Food guide Entry 2007

This popular restaurant up behind the King's Head Hotel may prove hard to find, so ring for directions.

Portions here are large, but the cooking is simultaneously skilled, sensitive and robust.
White fish soup (two shelled crab claws clinging to the rim, excellent fish stock liquor the texture of full cream milk, chunky pieces of cod and haddock and floating fresh herbs) made a fine start for an inspector preceding sweet, tender lamb almost drowning in a good lamb stock infused with rosemary.
Or a large fillet each of moist yet springy sea bass and bream may come on leeks with elaborate decoration of flaky pasty crescents, radish, carrot and raw tomato.

Finish, if you've room, with a large triangle of light, moist-bread-and butter pudding, scented delicately with nutmeg, in a sea of creamy vanilla custard.

Wine prices follow this 2007 Good Food Guide excerpt.
House wine £10.75.
All wines under £18.00


Restaurant Opening Hours

May to October 7pm to 10pm (last orders), Monday to Saturday inclusive.
November to April, closed Tuesday, except in December.
Also open (for pre threatre only) on the first two Sundays of the opera festival in July

Pre and After theatre suppers by prior arrangement


The Ground Floor Restaurant
Location :
Positioned near the top of Hall Bank, opposite the slopes.
2 minutes walk from the Buxton Opera House.
1 minute from the Market Square and 4 minutes from Spring Gardens.

Map
 The Cellar Restaurant

The Restaurant has a relaxed informal atmosphere with good food, good service and customer satisfaction being the criteria.

 Pictures © Columbine Restaurant, Buxton, High Peak

Menus:

    Starters

    • *Freshly prepared Soup of the Day: £3.85


    • Sesame Chicken

      Sesame crumbed strips of chicken served with sweet chilli sauce: £5.85


    • Venison Terrine

      Terrine of local venison, sage and orange served with mustard seed sauce: £5.85


    • Natural Smoked Haddock Rarebit

      Baked on a Parsley Potato Cake with fresh Tomato Sauce: £5.50


    • A Rich Terrine of Local Game and Sage Leaves

      With Spiced Apples and Melba Toast: £5.45


    • Tossed Salad of Red Onion, Watercress and Beetroot with Parma Ham

      £4.85

    • Crown of Melon filled with Citrus Fruits under a Pink Grapefruit Water Ice

      £4.50

    • Strips of Free Range Chicken in Sesame Crumb

      Served with Sesame Salad and Sweet Chilli Sauce: £5.50


    • Scottish Salmon marinated with Dill and Lime

      Served with Crème Fraiche and Herb Bread: £5.85


    Vegetarian Menu Available
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    Main Courses


    • Tenderloin of Pork

      Tenderloin of Pork roast with locally made black pudding and spiced apples on Madeira gravy: £13.95


    • Sea Bass

      Fillet of Sea Bass with marinated crayfish tails in a ginger and spring onion butter sauce: £14.50


    • Duck Breast

      Honey baked breast of Gressingham duck with green peppercorn and red wine sauce: £14.50


    Peak District Cuisine - The Columbine - buxton

    • Peak District Sirloin

      Char grilled sirloin steak with smoked bacon and blue stilton cream: £15.00


    • Sea Trout

      Fillet of sea trout sautéed with queen scallops in a herb and lemon butter: £13.95


    • *Mushroom Samosas

      Garlic Mushroom filo parcels on a lemon salad, accompanied by a chunky vegetable curry: £11.75


    *are or can be vegetarian

    All main courses are served with a bowl of fresh mixed vegetables and potatoes.

    Puddings £4.75


      • A sample of homemade puddings @£4.75


    • Crème Brulée


    • Brandy Snap Basket filled with Fresh Fruit Salad


    • Bread and Butter pudding


    • White Chocolate Cheesecake


    • Hot chocolate pudding with fudge and hazelnut sauce


    • Treacle Tart


    • Banana Toffee Meringue


    • Caramelised pear and Apple mille feuille


    • We always have on offer an English Cheese Board which has a number of local Cheeses @£5.75