Lunch
Menu
Lunch is served from noon until last orders at 3.30pm. Your restaurant booking is for one of our beautiful Georgian dining rooms, including the main restaurant and The Ivory Room. During the summer months, outdoor tables are available but cannot be pre-booked due to the charming eccentricity of the British weather. If you have a restaurant booking and there is space, you can request that your booking is moved outdoors. Outdoor tables are available for walk-in diners.
Savoury
A selection of light lunches and gorgeous grazing boards plus our savoury takes on Afternoon Tea and some Assembly House classics!
Soup, Sandwiches and Toasts
Roasted tomato and red pepper soup, basil pesto, garlic croutons V
A taste of sunshine in every spoonful, served with basil pesto and garlic croutons VGa GFa DFa
Add House fries £3.95
Soup, chips and sandwiches
Soup, served with fries, and a stack of finger sandwiches. Choose from Cheddar cheese and Bramley apple chutney or Norfolk ham and seed mustard or chunky hummus and chilli jam GFa DFa VGa V
Prawn, Crayfish and Smoked Salmon
Prawns and crayfish, Marie Rose sauce, topped with a slice of smoked salmon, lemon, baby gem in a hoagie roll, dressed salad GFa DF
BEETROOT AND FETA PÂTÉ V
Beetroot and feta pâté with sun-blushed tomatoes and rocket in a hoagie roll, dressed salad V VGa
posh cheese on toast V
Our best seller; mature Cheddar cheese, Woodforde's Wherry and Colman's mustard rarebit on thick-cut white toast, Bramley apple chutney V
Add crispy streaky bacon £14.00
Add House fries £3.95
DJ BARNARD'S 6OZ BEEF BURGER
A beautiful burger from our friends at DJ Barnard in a brioche bun with cheese, bacon, tomato chutney, Baby Gem, rainbow slaw and House fries or dressed leaves
BIG CHEESE BLACK BEAN BURGER V
A black bean burger made in House and served in a brioche bun with cheese, tomato chutney, Baby Gem, rainbow slaw and House fries or dressed leaves V VGa
show-stopper sausage rolls! V
A large Assembly House Norfolk pork sausage roll or a squashage roll (VG) made with fresh sage and onion, served warm with sticky onion marmalade. GFa DF
Add three salads of dressed leaf, rainbow slaw and lentil salad for £6.00
Add House fries £3.95PLOUGHMAN'S LUNCH
A wedge of Cheddar {V} and Binham Blue {V}, two slices of honey and mustard roasted ham, salad leaves, rainbow slaw, balsamic pickled onions, a baguette, a sausage or squashage {V} roll, Bramley apple chutney, grapes, apple Va VGa
meat, cheese and fish grazing board
Our signature selection of antipasti, charcuterie including chorizo, salami and Parma ham, smoked mackerel pâté, shell-on smoked prawns, hot-smoked salmon, Binham Blue and Baron Bigod (unpasteurised), Bramley apple chutney, cherry tomato and basil salad, rainbow slaw, crackers and olive and thyme mini baguette
Vegetarian/Vegan grazing board
A selection of antipasti and cheese (cheese will be vegan on request). Binham Blue {V}, Cheddar {V}, red pepper pate, beetroot and feta pate, lentil salad, cherry tomato and basil salad, rainbow slaw, Bramley apple chutney, tortilla chips, sun-dried tomato and mozzarella arancini and olive and thyme mini baguette.
Classic Caesar Salad V
Crisp Baby Gem lettuce, Parmesan, garlic croutons, Caesar dressing, anchovy. Add herby chicken breast or toasted goat's cheese. GFa Va
Savoury Afternoon Teas
Three tiers under chandeliers for those that prefer their afternoon teas savoury, rather than sweet! Please also see our breakfast edition of afternoon tea, Beforenoon Tea, which is served from 8am to 11am and includes a cake stand of treats plus a smaller version of one of our hot, cooked breakfasts
Afternoon Cheese
A savoury version of our famous Afternoon Tea! NOW AVAILABLE IN A VEGAN VERSION!
Tier One
A selection of dainty finger sandwiches, with a top-up available
Tier Two
Mark Mitson's famous Cheddar cheese, Colman's mustard and chive scone, a three cheese toastie with roasted tomato chutney, Assembly House sausage roll, Parmesan and pistachio shortbread, a little Eccles cake
Tier Three
A selection of local cheeses, Baron Bigod, Smoked Norfolk Dapple, Binham Blue, pickled grapes, Miller's Damsel crackers, Whipped Binham Blue, onion jam and granola trifle, all carefully guarded by a sugar mouse!
Vegans will receive two vegan cheeses plus beetroot and vegan feta pâté
Your choice of loose-leaf tea or coffee
Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free option available, please pre-book. We would advise that Baron Bigod is unpasteurised and therefore may not be suitable for some diners. If you are pregnant, please consult the latest NHS guidelines regarding cheese.
Afternoon Sea
Sail away with an afternoon tea that celebrates the sea!
TOP TIER
* Mini fish and chips, mushy peas, tartare sauce and lemon
MIDDLE TIER
* Fresh fishcake with smoked paprika aioli
* Shell-on smoked prawns
* Cromer Crab Rarebit
BOTTOM TIER
* Smoked mackerel pâté on one of our famous cheese scones
* Prawn and crayfish Marie Rose bridge roll
* Three finger sandwiches of smoked salmon and cream cheese on granary bread
Your choice of loose-leaf tea or coffee
We are unable to accommodate a gluten free diet for this tea
Assembly House Favourites
Staples on our lunch menu for, in the case of the Baked Chicken and Ham Pancakes, decades!
Twice-baked Cheddar cheese soufflé V
Rich and absolutely delicious, these individual double-baked Cheddar cheese soufflés are served with House fries or a dressed side salad V
Add creamed smoked haddock £15.95
Baked Chicken and Ham Pancake
For as long as we serve lunch, we will serve this classic from the 1970s in memory of our beloved boss Richard Hughes - it was the first dish he ever made as a 15-year-old commis chef in Great Yarmouth! Baked with double cream and Cheddar cheese, served with House fries or a dressed side salad and a whole lot of love.
fresh fish cake
Smoked haddock and poached salmon fish cake, chives, smoked paprika aioli, rainbow slaw, lentil salad and dressed leaf salad GFa
Sweet
A selection of sweet treats. Please also see our Afternoon Tea menu pages or ask your server to show you the latest offer
The Assembly House knickerbocker glory V
Our famous sundae, served since the 1960s at The Assembly House, with vanilla ice cream, fresh fruit sauces, whipped cream and hundreds and thousands. GFa, V, DFa, VGa
Affogato
Three scoops of the best vanilla ice cream with a shot of hot espresso to pour over! Add a shot of Bailey's or Amaretto for £4.50 V, GF, DFa, VGa
ETON MESS SUNDAE
Strawberry and vanilla ice creams, compote and fresh berries, whipped cream, crushed meringue, wafer biscuit
CHOCOLATE NUT BROWNIE FUDGE SUNDAE V
Brownie bites, chocolate fudge sauce, vanilla and chocolate ice cream, flake and wafer
Peach Melba V
Invented by French chef Auguste Escoffier at the Savoy Hotel to honour Australian soprano Nellie Melba in the late 1800s, our dessert is the Hughes Family version: tinned peaches, raspberry sauce, vanilla bean ice cream and a tuile
Vegan Chocolate Brownie
Served with vegan vanilla ice cream and berry compote VG DF
Scones and Cakes, served in the Grand Hall from 11am to 3.30pm
From a Traditional Cream Tea to a Chocolate Tea and a Savoury Tea to a Sparkling Cream Tea, we have a smaller-sized tea to suit you if you pop in!
two afternoon tea-sized scones
Choose from classic fruit, Cheddar cheese, Colman's mustard and chive, or triple chocolate
traditional cream tea
Two afternoon tea-sized fruit scones served with clotted cream and strawberry jam. Served with a large pot of our own Assembly House Afternoon Blend Tea. GFa
Savoury Tea
Two afternoon tea sized Cheddar cheese, Colman's Mustard and chive scones, with a piece of Norfolk Dapple cheese and Bramley apple chutney, served with a large pot of Assembly House Afternoon Blend Tea. GFa
Sparkling Cream Tea
You'll receive two afternoon tea-sized fruit scones served with clotted cream and strawberry jam, a large pot of our Assembly Blend Tea and a glass of Prosecco for £14.50 per person.
chocolate tea
Two afternoon tea-sized triple chocolate scones with dark and white chocolate chips, served warm with Nutella and clotted cream and a homemade hot chocolate laced with hazelnut syrup and finished with fresh cream. GFa V
Cakes
traditional victoria sponge
With gloriously thick vanilla buttercream and lashings of strawberry jam
carrot cake
Lightly spiced with indulgent cream cheese frosting
double chocolate brownie
GF VG
Please note, a 10 per cent discretionary service charge is added to all bills, 100 per cent of which is distributed equally between all staff working both front and back of house.
We treat our guest’s safety with the utmost seriousness but due to the size of the kitchen and variety of our menus we do not guarantee that we work in a nut, dairy, gluten or allergen-free environment and therefore cannot guarantee against cross contamination.
We do not declare every ingredient used within a dish on this menu, and recipes may be subject to change. If you have an allergy, please let us know when booking and before ordering so we can provide you with an allergy information in relation to the 14 legally defined allergens.
We are able to make accommodations for certain common dietary restrictions (vegetarian, GF, dairy-free, vegan) but we need to know when you book. To keep waste to a minimum we may not be able to cater for previously unannounced dietary requirements.
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