Please note we will be closed on Christmas Day to give our Staff a well earned break and time to spend with their famlies.
This is a chance for everyone to relax and enjoy a day with the family after a day of festivities. The doors will open, fire roaring, ready to welcome you all with Bloody Marys and some delicious pub classics, think sausage and mash, ham, egg and chips and of course our classic beef burger.
The kitchen will be open 12pm-4pm & 6pm-8pm on the 26th of December and from 12-3pm & 6pm-9pm on the 27th-30th of December.
Join us to in welcoming in 2025! Enjoy a wonderful four course set menu and celebrate in style with friends and family.
Our menu is a real treat, from scallops through to dry aged fillet. A full menu can be found below. End the night with fireworks and a complimentary glass of fizz, a joyous way to start 2025
To book a room or a table call +44 (0)1963220317 or email info@thequeensarms.com
A deposit of £50 will need to be paid in advance to secure your booking, price per person is £80. Allergies can be catered for, please notify us in advance.
Please note rooms are reserved for guests celebrating at the Queen’s Arms.
The kitchen will be producing ‘Classic British Pub’ dishes over the Christmas period to counter balance all the rich food at home. Think, pies, sausage and mash, ham, egg and chips, and home comforts.
Join us for our last ‘classic pub menu’ to finish off the festive season.
We are celebrating International Pie Day
With the owners being partly Scottish we can hardly not celebrate this day.
Join us for a traditional evening of haggis, neeps and tatties, gallons of whisky, the ode to the haggis Scot our resident Scottish bar manager will be donning his kilt and practicing his ode.
There will be a four course set menu including Haggins bon bons, Cullenk Skink, Chicken Balmoral, and Cranachan.
There will be bagpipes to welcome you on arrival Tartan and tweed encouraged!
Please call or email to reserve your place info@thequeensarms.com
£40 per person
Join us and enjoy dishes that incorporate the delicate and exotic spices of the East. We will be celebrating the British love of curry with some much loved classics all made in- house by our chefs. Think lamb Pathia, Chicken Pasanda and cocounut and squash dhansak, with sides such as Aloo gobhi, curried okar and naan.
Menu is £30 per head, and will be the only available menu on the night. Call or email to reserve your place info@thequeensarms.com / 01963220317
Everyone loves a pancake. Traditionally served to mark the beginning of Lent, we enjoy any excuse for a pancake.
We will be serving a selection of pancakes for pudding on our lunch and dinner menu come and enjoy a delicious treat with us.
Join us for this special evening. This is not just for couples, but an excuse to get together with friends and family and let them know you love and appreciate them.
For those feeling romantic, enjoy a sharing steak and for those staying the night a complimentary glass of bubbles.
Or perhaps if this isn’t the right night for you, show the person you love that you appreciate them, but buying a gift voucher to enjoy a romantic night out here on a different night.
Join us for Mothering Sunday and celebrate this day with family.
Treat your mother to lunch and show them how much you love them. We will be extending our sunday lunch until 4pm so you can all enjoy the day fully.
Booking strongly recommended to avoid disappointment
Join Emma from Wilde Green floristry studio for a delightful hands-on experience where you'll craft your very own stunning fireplace garland or table runner to adorn your mantelpiece or dining room table. You'll learn the art of wire-free sustainable garland making using an array of seasonal foliage, and charming decorative accents.
Indulge in the joy of creating something truly special while enjoying mince pies and festive drinks. Don't miss this opportunity for a creative morning out, to add a touch rustic charm to your holiday season.
All materials and tools are provided.
11am-1pm
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Join us for an indulgent night where we will create a sumptuous menu using the king of the sea, lobster. A wonderful way to start the festive season.
The kitchen will be creating an incredible bespoke menu for the night.
To book for this event, please email us on info@thequeensarms.com. Tickets are £50 per head and please note spaces are limited.
Get in the festive season while you learn a new skill with fellow creatives. Learn how to use a calligraphy pen to create beautiful letters that can be used for writing gift tags, name labels and even write your own bauble.
On the day you will be taught modern calligraphy by local expert Lindsay Taylor using a pointed pen.
The class includes a pen holder, nib and ink and a worksheet, Christmas tags and a bauble to take home. A great way to start the festive season and create your own unique gifts.
Times are 9.30am-12pm
£65 per person
email: info@thequeensarms.com
Join us as we celebrate the game season with some warming winter dishes to shake off the winter blues.
Head Chef, Rich Townsend, will create dishes using the best of the season, to inspire and delight. Venison, partridge and pheasant are all in abundance at this time of year.
£50 for a delicious three course set menu. Please note we will not be serving our ala carte menu.
This event is aimed at all women looking for support and inspiration, we have chosen the evening to allow those working to attend.
The event will start at 6.45 am to meet and mingle, then our guest speaker, Judy Evans, will commence her talk at 7pm - 8pm
We will then break for sharing boards and a drink to discuss what we have learnt
Tickets are £26 per person and spaces are limited to allow a chance for everyone to meet and talk.
Our speaker will be Judy Evans
Judy is a registered naturopathic practitioner with over 20 years’ experience successfully helping thousands of women who suffer from postmenopausal and pre-menopausal symptoms such as: hot flushes, night sweats, low libido, depression, weight gain, PMS, postnatal depression and many other related conditions
Specalising in natural hormone balancing for women Judy has been continuously researching the subject since 1996. Due to the vast amount of knowledge acquired over the years, Judy is often asked to lecture to groups of women and write articles for newspapers and magazines. Judy is also founder of a support group which provides information to those interested in natural treatments for hormonal imbalances.
Judy was awarded her diplomas in naturopathy and herbal medicine after completing five year’s study at the College of Natural Medicine in London and Bristol. More information on Judy and her practice can be found here progesteronelink.com
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We love an excuse to celebrate and Halloween and Day of the Dead fit the bill.
We will be going all Mexican this weekend, with colourful decorations to liven up the dark winter nights and with warming Mexican dishes on our menu to bring a bit of colour to our lives, think a variety of tacos, burritos, quesadillas and delicious chilli bowls.
Enjoy it all with a cocktail or a tequila!
To book please call 01963220317 or email info@thequeensarsm.com
We love a stein of good German beer and who can resist a pretzle. You choose to sit in outside in our Oktoberfest themed marquee.
The kitchen will be creating an Oktoberfest menu including Pork Knuckle and sauerkraut; Jager schnitzles and spatzel noodles with a mushroom and cream sauce as well as pretzels and bratwurst hotdogs. This will be available alongslide our a la carte menu.
During the day on Saturday and Sunday there will be activities for the children such as make your own pretzels, face painting and games.
Oktoberfest will run 4-6 of October
Tickets are £20 which includes a Stein, sharing food board and a shot of Schnapps!
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Join us for an open air movie nights. Where we will be showing two movie classics, one on Saturday 14th September where we will be showing Dirty Dancing, and The Big Lewboski on Sunday 15th of September,
The films will start as dusk falls (around 8pm). Wrap up, bring a cosy blanket and sit back and enjoy the show with one of our themed cocktails for £6. We’ll break for an interval during the film, so you can grab some refreshments.
£10 per ticket (popcorn included).
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Enjoy the British summer on our terrace, with mouth watering barbecue all freshly prepared by our chefs.
Food will be available on the terrace from 12.00pm. There will be a set price for a selection of BBQ items and sides.
We also have solo artist, singer guitarist & front man of Tom & The Clementynes, Tom Clements performing from 3.30pm-5.30pm.
Our burgers are hand made from the bun to the relish. Celebrate burger day with a selection of some of our best burgers from the Queen’s Arms Classic to our crispy chicken.
Join us for champagne and oysters. We will be offering fresh oysters from Dorset paired perfectly with a variety of wine or champagne.
6 oysters with a glass of house white - £25
12 oysters with a caraf of Albraino - £50
24 with a bottle of house champagne £100
Please email us on info@thequeensams.com or call 01963 220317 to book.
We will be celebrating International Beer Day with the fantastic James from Lost & Grounded, he will be joining us to talk all things beer, with lots of different lagers and IPA’s to taste.
We will be showing the Olympic Ceremony in our bar and throughout the events.
Enjoy the British summer on our terrace, with mouth watering barbecue all freshly prepared by our chefs.
Food will be available on the terrace from 12.00pm. There will be a set price for a selection of BBQ dishes and pudding. A children’s set price menu too, with an ice cream, from local Sherborne gelateria, Ecco Gelato, in a cone to finish.
Join us as we watch our tennis champions battle it out on the court. We will be showing all the games on a small TV in our bar, and for special games we will being showing them in the dining room on our big screen.
Enjoy the sunshine and relax on our terrace listening to live music, in our mini nod to Glastonbury just down the road.
Meanwhile our chefs will be cooking up some mouth watering food on the BBQ such as
Grilled King Prawns, gremolata
Queens Arms Jerk chicken, sour cream
Teacle cured beef short rib, Texan glaze
Spiced cauliflower, puttanesca sauce
Lincolnshire sausage patty, milk roll, honey mustard sauce, onion
Food will be available on the terrace from 12.00-9pm. There will be a set price for a selection of BBQ dishes. Call 01963220317 fr more information or to book.
The lunch is open to all women and is a chance to gather and compare notes. Whether you are working or juggling home life, thinking of going back to work, running or business or thinking of setting one up join us for an inspiring day.
This month our speaker is Sophie Maydon, the Founder and Director of PXL Talent, a global specialist headhunting and recruitment agency for the Visual Effects, Animation and Creative Industries. Her wealth of global leadership experience stems from positions as an agency head, and in-house roles, most notably at Double Negative, a multi award winning VFX and Animation studio. As Global Head of Talent Acquisition, at DNEG, Sophie grew the business from 300 to 7000 staff in 7 years. She also held the positions of Global Head of Human Resources and Global Head of PR and Communications for a period within the business.
Her most important role however, is mother to her three children, which balanced alongside her professional career has not been without challenges. Sophie is passionate about supporting women in retaining their careers through motherhood & returning to their careers after a career pause, as well as looking at ways in which companies, communities and society can better support working parents. She is an ambassador for Uplift Her a group supporting women in their career journey.
Afterwards enjoy a delicious lunch cooked by our head chef Rich Townsend of Chilli braised tomatoes and beans with sourdough followed by Saffron chicken with herb and fennel salad
A great chance to meet and mingle - I find these conversations can lead to a host of new ideas and inspiration.
We are bringing back the BBQ.
Depending on British weather will be firing up the BBQ for the first of our spring/summer BBQ weekends. Enjoy fresh prepared salads and dishes from our team of chefs. The BBQ will be running all day from 12pm until 9pm.
The kitchen team will lighting our wood fire BBQ to bring you a selection of fishes cooked over an open flame. It promises to be a fishy feast!
Menu
Hand dived scallops baked in their shell, wild garlic butter
Charred mackerel, coal roasted beetroot, hung yoghurt, horseradish, dill
Whole plaice cooked over applewood, sauce vierge
Served with sides of asparagus, Jersey royal potatoes and runner beans all cooked over the fire.
and to finish, Grilled pears in Corton Denham honey, cinnamon mascarpone and walnut cake
Wines from Berkamann Wine cellars have been hand picked to accompany each of the dishes.
Spaces are limited so make sure you book!
To book please call or email info@thequeensarms.com/01963220317
Join Charlie Bullen from Berkmann Wine Cellars, supplier to some of the best restaurants in the UK (including ours).
We will be celebrating Spanish wines and pairing them with a tapas menu of Padron peppers, ham croquetas, patatas bravas and fried calamari. Charlie will expertly guide you through a selection of Spanish wines, giving you the opportunity to sample wines you might otherwise not try.
Tickets are £60 per person, arrival for 6.30pm for a complimentary glass of Spanish Cava.
Spaces are limited, to book please email info@thequeensarms.com or call us on 01963220317 .
Enjoy the Wincanton races just down the road from us. Stay the night and we will ensure you have a racing post in the morning to study the form.
Enjoy a family Easter weekend with our children’s Easter Egg hunts for the children running from 11am - 3pm (or until the sweets run out!). Then join us for a traditional Sunday Lunch with roast lamb and all the trimmings, alternative roasts also available.
Wishing you all a very happy Easter.
Watch as Oxford and Cambridge battle it out on the water to see who will be the victor this year. Oxford have won 81 times and Cambridge 85 times. Wherever your loyalties lie this always makes for a fun event to watch.
The race starts at 4pm, so get here early to avoid missing the start.
We will be taking some of the best cuts of beef, to create a menu that will delight any steak lover. Enjoy the best cuts of steak and a glass of house wine for as little as £25.
10oz rump with all the trimmings and a glass of house wine £25
10oz ribeye with all the trimmings and a glass of wine £34
To book please email us or make a reservation online and select the steak promotion.
Join us to celebrate the Irish saint with a pint of ‘Irish Champagne’. We will also be serving Guinness rarebit all day.
We love a pie, and what better excuse to celebrate thank British Pie Week. We will be serving a selection of pies along side our main menu just for this week.
Enjoy a Pint and pie at lunch for £25
This is a day to particularly note all the hard work our employees put in to making this business work. We can’t thank them enough. From cleaning the rooms and washing the pots, to executing the menus, serving clearing and booking, and all the hidden things they do behind the scenes that makes this place tick. Please do remember to say thank you and a take a moment to think of them.
For those staying the night who are heading off to see the Wincanton races, enjoy an exclusive Fitzdare’s Cocktail on arrival from us.
The Jenninsbest Kingwell Hurdle day is one of Wincanton’s biggest fixtures of the year, it is headlined by the Grade Two Kingwell Hurdle, a race which often proves an important trial for the following month’s Unibet Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.
For those staying the night, or who have a keyring, and are heading off to see the Wincanton races, enjoy an exclusive cocktail from us.
For those staying the night, or who have a kerying, and are heading off to see the Wincanton races, enjoy an exclusive cocktail from us.
