8 cheap Michelin-starred pub lunches

21-Nov-2017 - Last updated on 21-Nov-2017 at 10:51 GMT

Bargains to be found: Michelin-starred venues can offer great deals

Michelin-starred meals can often be pricey but new information has shown that lunch dishes at venues, including pubs with the coveted accolade, can be affordable.

A new list from discount website Voucher Cloud has revealed details of the most affordable lunches at venues awarded with a Michelin star.

Hand & Flowers, Marlow, Buckinghamshire – £25 for two courses, £29.50 for three courses

The country’s only double-starred pub, the Hand & Flowers offers a set lunch every day with the exception of Sunday.

The set lunch includes smoked haddock velouté with dill oil and Granny Smith apple tortellini; chicken 'jambonette' chasseur with tomato fondue, roasted shallot and soft herb crust; and ginger parkin with banoffee ice cream and milk crumble.

The Masons Arms, Knowstone, Devon – £21 for two courses, £25 for three courses

Devon-based the Masons Arms offers a plethora of dishes for diners wishing to order from its set lunch menu.

For starters, guests can choose either cream of asparagus soup or guinea fowl terrine with Russian salad.

Main courses include stuffed aubergine with goats' cheese, vegetable ribbons and chilli oil; fillet of sea bream with herb risotto and tarragon butter sauce; or pork tenderloin with polenta and grilled courgette.

To finish the meal, desserts such as a trio of Devon and Somerset cheese or panna cotta with roasted pineapple are available.

Red Lion Freehouse, East Chisenbury, Wiltshire – £24 for two courses, £28 for three courses

Michelin-starred pub with AA five gold star accommodation, the Red Lion is set on the edge of the Salisbury Plain.

The pub’s ‘prix fixe’ menu is on offer from Wednesday to Friday at lunch time and Wednesday and Thursday evening.

Venison liver parfait with red onion chutney and toast; or chicory and pear salad with stilton, toasted walnuts and mustard dressing is on offer for starter.

For the main course, diners can choose from roast Cornish pollock with herb spätzle, kale and sauce soubise; or confit duck leg with chickpea and chorizo cassoulet.

For the sweet-toothed customers, desserts include chocolate crémeux with cocoa crumbs and fleur de sel and Bramley apple crumble with vanilla custard.

The pub also offers wine pairing with the various dishes for an additional £18.

Harwood Arms, Fulham, west London – £24.50 for two courses, £29.50 for three courses

The only Michelin-starred pub in the capital and number six on the Top 50 Gastropubs list, the Harwood Arms prides itself on being “not your average gastropub”.

From Tuesday to Friday lunchtime (excluding December and all bank holidays), the pub offers its daily starter, main course and dessert from the blackboard.

Hind's Head, Bray, Berkshire – £25 for three courses

Available Monday to Saturday, diners at Heston Blumenthal’s Hind's Head in Bray, Berkshire, can enjoy powdered duck ham with beetroot carpaccio, baby turnips with an orange and hazelnut dressing to start.

As a main course, they can have shepherd’s pie with Charlotte potato and whole-grain mustard and to finish, an apple and blackberry crumble with Calvados-soaked raisins and vanilla ice cream.

Cross at Kenilworth, Kenilworth, Warwickshire - £25 for three courses

Warwickshire’s Cross at Kenilworth serves excellent food, cooked by award-winning chefs. After starting life as an inn back in the 19th century, it has recently been refurbished to reveal its original features.

Starters include pumpkin soup with chestnuts and cranberries; and wild mushroom risotto with Madeira jus.

For the main course, diners can enjoy Wiltshire pork belly with grilled broccoli, fondant potatoes and chorizo; or a fillet of Cornish hake with white green beans, flat beans and a shellfish sauce.

For pudding, there is fig leaf ice cream with black fog, honey madeleine, dried fig purée and pistachio.

Alternatively, diners can choose a caramelised apple and hazelnut tart with bay leaf ice cream and nutmeg custard.

Royal Oak Paley Street, Maidenhead, Berkshire - £28 for two courses, £33 for three courses

Available Monday to Friday, the Royal Oak offers diners either beef tartare, confit egg yolk, radish and watercress or wild mushroom risotto with Parmesan and herbs.

For the main course, there is a choice of rump of lamb with roasted squash and grilled lettuce or Cornish cod with chorizo, mussels and coco de paimpol.

Afterwards, customers can enjoy whipped chocolate and crunchy hazelnut éclair or bitter marmalade sable with vanilla ice cream and fresh orange.

The Sportsman, Seasalter, Kent – £55 for five courses

While the Sportsman does not offer a set lunch, it does offer a five-course daily tasting menu, which is a shorter version of its tasting menu.

Dishes include oysters; followed by salt-baked celeriac with apple and fresh cheese; brill fillet braised in vin jaune with smoked pork belly; roast breast and confit leg of local Aylesbury duck with spiced roasting juices; and dark chocolate and salted caramel tart with vanilla ice cream.

The full list of restaurants compiled by Voucher Cloud: