Located in the beautiful Berkshire countryside, The Pot Kiln is a country game pub, with a mission to serve food direct from field to plate. The pub is decorated in a cosy fashion, with comfy chairs and a designated dining room. The drinks selection includes spritz options like the Cava Royale and Dandy Ginger (a zingy drink with dandelion gin), along with Red Mule and an alcohol-free gin and tonic.
Try the tapas if you're looking for something light, or enjoy the dishes as starters. They're great for sharing amongst the table, and there is a lovely selection of meat, fish and vegetables. We love the sound of the onion focaccia with English oil, and salted anchovies with feta, but can see the venison tartare with smoked egg, and beef short rib empanadas with gherkin ketchup being extremely popular with customers heading to The Pot Kiln looking for beautifully cooked meat - as many are. Vegetable based options include beer carrots with chives, a cauliflower steak (although it's cooked in beef fat), and chips with jamon, idiazabal cheese and bravas seasoning. Diving into the mains, the slow roast smoky costillas stood out to us, followed by the baked cod pil pil, baked saffron wild rice with cauliflower and capers, and salt chamber Hereford sirloin.
Leaving things on a sweet note, as all great meals should be, we'd never skip dessert. Choose from Spanish nougat, rhubarb sorbet with gingerbread and cava, or honey marshmallows with blood orange soup. Intrigued? So are we. The puddings certainly sound unique and particularly tasty, and last but not least, the chocolate custard cream cones may just take the cake. If you'll pardon our pun.