The Jugged Hare is a British gastropub and game restaurant at 49 Chiswell Street, close to the Barbican. The warm, relaxed room combines the character of a traditional pub with a more polished restaurant experience, making it suitable for anything from a drink and lunch to a longer dinner.
Seasonal British game and fresh produce shape the kitchen’s identity. The menu changes with availability and can move through wild and farmed meats, fish and vegetable dishes, with careful cooking designed to showcase the character of each ingredient rather than disguise it.
The restaurant’s namesake preparation of hare is one of its best known signatures, traditionally served with comforting accompaniments. Sunday brings a dedicated roast selection with choices such as beef, pork, lamb and chicken, while an à la carte menu runs throughout the week.
A curated wine list, local beers and crafted cocktails support both bar visits and full meals. Set lunch and pre-theatre menus are particularly useful for guests heading to the nearby Barbican, while Sunday feasting and private dining options give larger groups reasons to settle in for longer.
Address: 49 Chiswell Street, London EC1Y 4SA, England
The Jugged Hare Menu
Bar Menu
Fullerton’s crisps
Pork crackling
Green olives
Anchovy olives
Smoked almonds
Black pudding croquettes
HP sauce
Haggis Scotch egg
JH mustard
Charcuterie board for two
all made in house
Charcuterie & cheeseboard for two
Monkfish scampi & chips
tartare
Pie, mash & gravy
Game burger
smoked cheese, slaw, chips
Triple cooked chips
Cheeseboard
Black Cow Cheddar, Cashel Blue, Rosary Ash goat’s chutney, crackers, grapes, celery
Cheeseboard
Sample Menu
Our menu changes daily
Rosemary & potato bannock
chicken skin butter
Nocellara olives
Anchovy olives
Black pudding croquettes
HP sauce
Haggis Scotch egg
seaweed ketchup
Leek vinaigrette, hazelnuts (pb)
Artichoke, truffled ricotta & tomatoes on sourdough (pb)
Cured mackerel, radish, cucumber
Devilled venison liver, onions
Suffolk roe deer tartare, game chips, mustard, bone marrow toast
Charcuterie board
all made in house from British rare breeds. Goat & walnut salami, black treacle pancetta, air-dried beef, smoked duck breast
Broad beans & peas, feta, pearl barley, lovage pesto (pb)
Smoked aubergine, black garlic, romesco (pb)
Torbay sole, capers & brown butter
Wild sea bass, Isle of Wight tomatoes
Chicken, leek & pancetta pie, mash, gravy
Wild Suffolk venison haunch, grelots, red wine jus
Grouse
First of the season’s grouse, liver pâté en croute, Savoy cabbage & bacon, game chips, bread sauce & game jus
Jugged Hare
Norfolk hare braised in it’s blood, buttery mash, black cabbage
350g Sirloin
Hereford Beef 35 day aged
350g Ribeye
Hereford Beef 35 day aged
950g Tomahawk for two
please allow 40 minutes
650g 45 day Aged Sirloin On The Bone
regeneratively farmed
Melted Cheddar, mushrooms & wild rice
Creamed sweetcorn
Triple cooked chips
Buttered nutmeg mash potato
Tenderstem broccoli
Green beans, almonds
Butterhead & beet leaves, mustard dressing
Smoked potato salad
Sunday Roast
All roasts served with Yorkshire pudding, duck fat roast potatoes, seasonal vegetables & rotisserie gravy
Bannock
house butter
Green olives
Anchovy olives
Artichoke
truffled ricotta & tomatoes on sourdough (pb)
Cornish mackerel rillette
crispbreads
Smoked trout
pickles, rye
1/2 pint o’ prawns
Marie Rose
Haggis Scotch egg
JH mustard
Black pudding croquettes
HP sauce
Venison tartare
game chips, bone marrow toast
Wood pigeon
beetroot, mustard seeds
45 day aged Longhorn beef sirloin
horseradish cream
Scottish Blackface leg of lamb
mint sauce
Suffolk free range chicken
pigs in blankets, sage stuffing, bread sauce
Swede, feta & chickpea Wellington
roast potatoes, kale, chestnut sauce (pb)
Monkfish
Isle of Wight tomatoes, curry butter
Smoked aubergine
black garlic, romesco (pb)
Cauliflower cheese
Creamed sweetcorn
Green beans & almonds
Pigs in blankets
bread sauce
Sunday roast trimmings
Triple cooked chips
Butterhead & beet leaves
mustard dressing
Pre-Theatre Menu
Monday – Saturday 5:30pm-6:30pm. 2 COURSES 29.5 | 3 COURSES 34.5. Includes a glass of Château Sainte Marguerite rosé or Daisy Spritz (Château Sainte Marguerite, St-Germain, soda water). Table items and sides are not included in the set price. The latest booking time for this menu is 6.15pm.
Bannock, house butter
Green olives
Anchovy olives
Haggis Scotch egg
Black pudding croquettes
Artichoke, truffled ricotta & tomatoes on sourdough
(pb)
Cornish mackerel, radish, cucumber
Welsh lamb, lamb fat scone, pickles
Wood pigeon, beetroot, mustard seeds
Smoked aubergine, black garlic, romesco
(pb)
Monkfish, Isle of Wight tomatoes, curry butter
Norfolk rabbit, lentils, green beans & peas, tarragon
Guinea fowl, chorizo, charred corn, courgettes
Smoked potato salad
Tenderstem broccoli
Green beans, almonds
Creamed sweetcorn
Triple cooked chips
Butterhead & beet leaves, mustard dressing
Affogato, coffee biscuit
Warm milk chocolate, pecan & Cognac brownie, vanilla ice cream, blackberries
Baked cheesecake, berry compote
(pb)
Ice creams & sorbets
(sorbets pb)
Cinnamon & honey fudge
British Cheeseboard
Black Cow Cheddar, Cashel Blue, Rosary Ash goat’s cheese. London honeycomb, onion jam, warm bannock, crackers. 8 supplement
Set Lunch Menu
Special August & September. 2 COURSES 24.5 | 3 COURSES 27.5. Includes a glass of Château Sainte Marguerite Rosé or Daisy Spritz (Château Sainte Marguerite, St~Germain, soda water).
Artichoke, truffled ricotta & tomatoes on sourdough (pb)
Cornish mackerel, radish, cucumber
Welsh lamb, lamb fat scone, pickles
Smoked aubergine, black garlic, romesco (pb)
Monkfish, Isle of Wight tomatoes, curry butter
Norfolk rabbit, lentils, green beans & peas, tarragon
Affogato, coffee biscuit
Baked cheesecake, berry compote (pb)
Puddings
All prices include VAT. A discretionary 12.5% service charge will be added to your final bill.
Peach & lemon pudding
clotted cream
Affogato
coffee biscuit
Dark chocolate tart
whipped crėme fraîche
Baked cheesecake
berry compote (pb)
Ice creams & sorbets
sorbets pb
British Cheeseboard
Black Cow Cheddar, Cashel Blue, Rosary Ash goat’s cheese; Chutney, crackers, grapes, celery. Cheeseboard for one: 16.5; for two: 29
British cheeseboard
Black Cow Cheddar, Cashel Blue, Rosary Ash goat’s cheese; Chutney, crackers, grapes, celery
Sunday Feasting in Josephine
2 COURSES @ 49.5 PP / 3 COURSES @ 58 PP. Sunday Feasting is available for four or more people on prior booking. Fish, PB & V options available from the Sunday à la carte menu.
House smoked trout
pickles
Cornish mackerel rillette
crispbreads
Venison tartare
game chips
Artichoke, truffled ricotta & tomatoes on sourdough
(pb)
Roast Platter
Beef sirloin, Blackface lamb leg & rotisserie Suffolk chicken | Yorkshire puddings, duck fat roast potatoes, pigs in blankets, sage stuffing, cauliflower cheese, seasonal vegetables, horseradish, mint sauce, bread sauce & rotisserie gravy
Peach & lemon pudding
clotted cream
British cheeseboard
supp 8 pp
Cocktails
Mezcal Negroni
Ilegal Joven mezcal, Carpano Bitter, Antica Formula
Paloma
Patrón Reposado tequila, apple eau-de-vie, lime, sugar, grapefruit soda
Margarita
Pa’Todos tequila, Cointreau, lime
Old Fashioned
Buffalo Trace Bourbon, sugar, Angostura bitter
Soft Drinks
Juice
Apple, Orange, Cranberry, Grapefruit, Pineapple, Tomato
Coca Cola, Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Zero
Schweppes, Tonic, Slimline Tonic
Schweppes, Lemonade, Ginger Ale
White Wine
BTL | 175ml | 250ml
Trebbiano del Rubicone, Villa Rossi, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
First Fleet, Chardonnay, South Australia
Joie de Vigne, Marsanne/Vermentino, Languedoc, France
Sauvignon Blanc, Babich, Marlborough, New Zealand
Red Wine
BTL | 175ml | 250ml
Pineo Sud, Sicily, Italy
Les Lauriers, Grenache/Carignan, Languedoc, France
Esteban Martín, Monastrell, Jumilla, Spain
Umani Ronchi, Montepulciano, Montipagano, Abruzzo, Italy
Draught Beer
Birra Moretti, Lager
Italy, 4.6%
Beavertown Satellite, Super Session IPA
2.8%
Beavertown Neck Oil, Session IPA
4.3%
Amstel, Lager
Holland, 4.1%
Cans and Bottles
Sol, Lager
Mexico, 3.4%
Heineken, Lager
Holland, 5%
Birra Moretti, Lager
Italy, 4.6%
Cruzcampo, Lager
Spain, 4.4%
Mocktails
New York Minute
Everleaf Forest, lemon juice, syrup, aquafaba, Zeno Tempranillo Cabernet 0.3%
Picanto
Crossip Blazing Pineapple pineapple juice, agave, lime, chillies
Sin-gria
Zeno Tempranillo Cabernet 0.3%, orange juice, lemonade, spiced berry syrup
Digestifs
All spirits are served as 50ml measures