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Balcarres Suite
The Balcarres Suite is a private function room which can seat up to 100 people, it has its own private bar, dance-floor & can accommodate a DJ/Entertainer.
We can create packages for weddings, birthdays, & parties. Please pop in to see us to obtain a wedding brochure. We can also arrange Hog Roasts, BBQs & Bouncy Castles!
Lilac Room
The Lilac Room is a quiet, separated room, close to the front of the hotel. It is tastefully decorated and can hold up to 28 people, for smaller meetings, or a private dinner on request.
We do require pre-orders for meals in the lilac room, which must be chosen from the enclosed menus. In addition all meals must be chosen from the same menu. If wine is required, the extensive wine list can be chosen from.
Buffet Menus - Available in both Function rooms
Finger Buffet - £8.95 per person
Assorted Sandwiches – Roast Beef, Boiled Ham, Tuna Mayonnaise, Cheese
Sausage Rolls
Dinkie Pork Pies
Pies
BBQ Chicken Drumsticks
Assorted Quiche
Cajun Wedges
Chopped Salad
Coleslaw
Casserole Buffet - £9.95 per person
Choice of Two From:
Meat & Potato Pie
Chilli & Rice
Lancashire Hot-Pot
Chicken Tikka
Beef Casserole
Sausage Casserole
Chicken, Bacon & Mushroom Fricassee
Hot & Cold Buffet 1- £11.95 per personAssorted Sandwiches – Roast Beef, Boiled Ham, Tuna Mayonnaise, Cheese
Cornish Pasties
Pork Pies
Assorted Quiche
BBQ Chicken Drumsticks
BBQ Ribs
Chicken Curry & Rice
Chinese & Asian Buffet - £12.95 per person
Onion Bhajjis
Assorted Spring Rolls
Chicken Tikka Skewers
Salt & Pepper Ribs
Sweet & Sour Chicken
Boiled Rice
Naan Breads
Poppadums
Hot & Cold Buffet 2 - £14.50 per person
Open Finger Rolls
Sausage Rolls
Dinkie Pork Pies
BBQ Chicken Drumsticks
BBQ Ribs
Chicken & Ham Vol-au-vents
Spicy Jacket Wedges
Chopped Salad
Coleslaw
Fudge Cake
Apple Pie
Knife & Fork Buffet £18.95 per personSliced Beef, Ham & Turkey
BBQ Ribs
BBQ Chicken Drumsticks
Seafood Platter – Prawns, Salmon & Crab
Cornish Pasties
Sausage Rolls
Pasta Salad
Coleslaw
Chopped Salad
Chicken & Ham Vol-au-vents
Chocolate Brownies
Lemon Meringue
VIP Buffet - £24.95 per person
Selection of Sliced Meats – Honey Roast Ham, Roast Turkey, Roast Beef
Dressed Whole Salmon
Dressed Pate
Dinkie Pork Pies
BBQ Ribs
Sweet & Sour Chicken
Honey Roast New Potatoes
Chicken Tikka Skewers
Coleslaw
Rice Salad
Individual Bannoffi Pie
Lemon Meringue
Selection of Regional Cheese & Biscuits
FUNCTION MENUS – Lilac Room
Lilac Room – Menu 1 13.95 Per personStarters
Cream of Vegetable Soup
With crusty bread & croutons
Traditional Prawn Cocktail
With brown bread & butter
Mains
Slow Roasted Beef
With our famous 'Giant Yorkie', with market vegetables, roast & new potatoes
Pan-Fried Breast of Chicken
With peppercorn sauce, with market vegetables, roast & new potatoes
Desserts
Home-made Apple Pie
With lashings of hot custard
Chocolate Fudge Cake
Served with double cream
Lilac Rooms – Menu 2 £16.95 Per person
Starters
Red Cherry Tomato & Basil Soup
With crusty bread & croutons
Potted Morecambe Bay Shrimp
With brown bread & butter
Homemade Pate
Served with chutney, toasted muffin & salad leaves
Mains
Six Hour Braised Lamb Shank
With a creamy spring onion mash, market vegetables, and a rosemary thyme jus
Honey Roasted Ham Hock
With a pea puree and lyonnaise potatoes
Corn-fed Chicken
Filled with smoked cheese, wrapped in pancetta with Dijon mustard sauce & dauphinoise potatoes
Roasted Rib-Eye of Beef
With our famous 'Giant Yorkie' and all the traditional trimmings
Grilled Salmon
With asparagus cream sauce with buttered new potatoes, and market vegetables
Desserts
Lemon & Meringue
Served with double cream
Sticky Toffee Pudding
Served hot with ice cream
Strawberry Cheese Cake
Served with Chantilly cream
Lilac Rooms – Menu 3 £24.95 Per personStarters
Chicken Liver Fricassee
With smoked bacon & wild mushroom. Served with crusty bread
Sautéed King Prawns
In a garlic chilli butter & dressed salad leaves
Chicken & Asparagus Soup
Served with crusty bread
Mains
Pan-Fried 10oz Rib-Eye
With garlic & peppercorn sauce, steak garni & fresh hand-cut chips
Corn-fed Breast of Chicken
Filled with Black Pudding and wrapped in smoked bacon, with a Dijon mustard sauce & roasted new potatoes
Salmon En Croute
With asparagus, hollandaise sauce & new potatoes
Desserts
Strawberry Sable
Crisp biscuits, smooth pastry cream and fresh strawberries make a heavenly combination in the delicious dessert
Banana Bread & Butter Pudding
A banana laden version of a comforting British classic
Crepe Suzette
Flambéed classic of crêpes covered with a boozy caramelised orange sauce
FUNCTION MENUS – Balcarres Suite
For a seated meal in the Balcarres suite choose a maximum of two starters, two mains and two desserts from the following choices.
Starters
Soups; £4.95
Cream of vegetable
Roasted vine tomato and basil
Chicken and Asparagus
Sweet pepper and chorizo
Mushroom Pepperpot £4.95
Sautéed button mushrooms in a creamy peppercorn sauce and garstang blue cheese
Prawn Cocktail £5.95
Fresh prawns topped with marie rose sauce on a bed of crisp leaves, served with brown bread and butter
Fan of seasonal melon £4.95
With fresh fruits and blackcurrant sorbet
Avocado and Crayfish Cocktail £6.95
Topped with thousand island dressing
Chicken Liver Parfait £5.95
With red onion and raisin chutney and melba baquette
Trio of fish Terrine £6.95
Smoked and poached salmon with prawns on a bed of mixed leaves with lemon and dill mayonnaise
MAINS
Roast Rib of Beef £12.95
With a giant Yorkshire pudding all the trimmings and stock pan gravy
Oven Roast Turkey Breast £12.95
With stuffing and chipolata sausage
Leg of Bowland Lamb £12.95
With a rich rosemary and thyme Jus
Breast of Cornfed Chicken £12.95
Topped with a smoked bacon and mushroom cream sauce
Halibut Steak £14.95
With a prawn and champagne cream sauce
Salmon and broccoli bake £11.95
With penne pasta
Stuffed breast of Corn-fed Chicken £13.95
Filled with tomato and feta cheese wrapped in pancetta with a tomato and basil sauce
DESSERTS £4.95
Homemade Bannoffi pie
With fresh cream
Lemon Meringue Pie
With double cream
Profiteroles
With hot chocolate sauce
Apple and Sultana Cinnamon Pie
With custard
Individual Sherry trifle
Rich Chocolate and Praline Trifle