The Slug and Lettuce - Albert Square

Starters

~ SMALL PLATES ~

Garlic & herb ciabatta sticks (v) £2.49

Ciabatta & Wheatbran wrap served with beetroot humous and a sun blush red pepper tapenade OR pitted Spanish and Moroccan olives, extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar (v) £3.99

Southern-fried chicken goujons served with a Korean-style BBQ sauce and a pineapple & mango salsa £4.79

Breaded mushrooms served with a garlic mayonnaise dip (v) £4.49

Pulled pork steamed buns - soft oriental steamed buns filled with Korean-style BBQ pulled pork and pickles £4.99

Moroccan lamb - lamb, walnut & apricot meatballs served with Moroccan-style couscous, barrel-aged feta cheese and a tomato & harissa dressing £4.99

Mozzarella, tomato and avocado served with a sun blush red pepper tapenade (v) £4.79

Chicken & pepper skewers, char-grilled and drizzled with hot chilli sauce on a bed of Thai-style noodles £4.99

Crispy calamari - lightly floured and fried with sweet chilli sauce £4.79

Topped skinny fries - choose BBQ pulled pork and grilled cheese OR grilled bacon and grilled cheese £4.99


~ SHARERS ~

The feast for friends - southern-fried chicken, beer-battered onion rings, chicken & pepper skewers drizzled with hot chilli sauce, breaded mushrooms, toasted garlic & herb ciabatta sticks and skinny fries, served with a selection of dips £12.49

Nachos - tortilla chips with melting cheese, jalapeños, guacamole, sour cream and salsa (v) £8.49
with BBQ pulled pork £9.99

Asian platter - pulled pork steamed buns, hoisin duck spring rolls, crisp butterfly king prawns, chicken & pepper skewers drizzled with hot chilli sauce and crispy calamari, served with cucumber & spring onion crudités, prawn crackers and a selection of oriental dips £13.99

Feel Good Food

~ CREATE YOUR OWN SALAD ~

1. Choose your salad base

- Superfood salad - seasonal mixed salad leaves, avocado, baby spinach, cucumber, spring onion, tomato, edamame beans, slow-roasted tomato and toasted pumpkin seeds, served with a French dressing on the side £6.49

- Asian noodle salad - Thai-style dressed noodles, peppers, baby spinach, cucumber, spring onion, edamame beans and pickled red onion, served with a lime & chilli dressing on the side £6.99

2. Add a topping

- Lebanese-style chicken and couscous drizzled with tomato & harissa dressing £1.49

- Char-grilled salmon £1.99

- Chicken & pepper skewers drizzled with hot chilli sauce £1.79

- Stuffed roasted pepper with feta cheese and spicy rice (v) £1.49


~ FEEL-GOOD FOOD ~

Grilled sea bass served with lemon and our superfood salad £12.49

Courgette cannelloni - courgette strips with a tomato, chickpea & orzo pasta filling, smothered in a creamy white sauce, topped with cheese and served with our superfood side salad £8.09

Stuffed Mexican-style pasta shells - filled with black turtle beans, sweetcorn and cheese, sprinkled with crunchy nachos, smothered in salsa and served with our superfood side salad (v) £8.09

Tostadas & Sandwiches

~ TOSTADAS ~

- Our Middle Eastern-style flatbreads topped with a sun blush red pepper tapenade, choose from various toppings -

Lebanese-style chicken - garlic & herb marinated chicken breast, yoghurt, garlic, peppers, mint, coriander and lemon, served with sour cream £8.19

Spicy meat feast - lamb, walnut & apricot meatballs, BBQ pulled pork and sliced eight-hour-slow-cooked cured British beef brisket, served with a spicy chilli sauce and jalapeños £7.69

Four-cheese & slow-roasted tomato - crumbled barrel-aged feta, goats cheese, mozzarella and Cheddar cheese, with slow-roasted tomato and a coriander sprinkle (v) £6.99

- add skinny fries for £1.49 OR sweet potato fries for £1.99


~ SANDWICHES ~

- All sandwiches are served with skinny fries. Swap for sweet potato fries for £1.49 -

BBQ chicken, Cheddar & bacon ciabatta - smothered in melting cheese and BBQ sauce £7.99

Southern-fried chicken breast wrap - crisp Cos lettuce, sour cream and a pineapple & mango salsa, in a wheat bran wrap £6.99

Mozzarella & tomato ciabatta - sliced mozzarella, beef tomato, slow-roasted tomato, avocado and seasonal mixed salad leaves, served with a sun blush red pepper tapenade (v) £6.99

Grilled chicken, beetroot humous & avocado wrap with slow-roasted tomato in a wheat bran wrap £7.19

Smoked salmon, cream cheese & avocado topless ciabatta with mixed seasonal salad leaves, lemon and pickled red onion £7.49

Philly flat-iron steak sandwich with melting Cheddar cheese, drizzled with an oriental BBQ sauce £8.49

Melted cheese - cheese toast with melting Manchego, mozzarella and Cheddar cheese, in thick toasted farmhouse bread (v) £7.19
- add a fried egg on top for £1.00

Veggie burrito - spicy rice, mixed peppers, onion, jalapeños, shredded Cos lettuce, grated mozzarella, Cheddar cheese, sour cream, guacamole and pineapple & mango salsa, in a wheat bran wrap (v) £7.99

BBQ pulled pork burrito - spicy rice, mixed peppers, onion, jalapeños, shredded Cos lettuce, grated mozzarella, Cheddar cheese, sour cream and guacamole, in a wheat bran wrap £8.19

Deli ciabatta - sliced eight-hour-slow-cooked cured British beef brisket, topped with melting Cheddar cheese, French’s classic sweet mustard and pickles £7.99

Mains

Grilled salmon & king prawn risotto served in a creamy risotto of green beans and broccoli £11.69

Khichdi - an Indian-inspired dish of cauliflower, spinach and rice in coconut milk, served with a superfood side salad (v) £9.99

Sausages and mash - three Cumberland pork sausages on a bed of buttery mashed potato, served with a red wine & onion gravy £7.99

Open chicken pie - chicken breast in a smoked Applewood cheese & bacon sauce, in an open puff pastry pie served with buttery mashed potato and garden peas £9.69

Hand-battered fillet of fish served with chips, peas or mushy peas, lemon and tartare sauce £9.99

Beef & double Gloucester steak pie - five-hour-slow-cooked British beef in a rich ale gravy, topped with chunks of double Gloucester cheese in cracked black pepper shortcrust pastry, served with green beans, broccoli and buttery mashed potato or skinny fries £9.99

Grilled chicken / salmon supreme on Thai-style noodles served with spring onion, cucumber, Thai-style sweet and sour sauce, pineapple & mango salsa and hot chilli sauce £10.19 / £10.49

British whole tails scampi served with chips, peas or mushy peas, lemon and tartare sauce £8.69

Fishcakes - smoked haddock and coley with potatoes and Applewood smoked Cheddar cheese, in oat & parsley breadcrumbs, served with our superfood side salad and skinny fries £10.19

Cottage pie - British beef mince in a rich gravy with Worcestershire sauce, topped with buttery mashed potato and grated cheese, baked until golden and served with peas or mushy peas and red wine gravy £8.49

Italian-style chicken / salmon supreme served with slow-roasted tomato, green beans, peppers and onion, buttery mashed potato and an Italian white wine & cream sauce £10.19 / £10.49

Smothered char-grilled chicken topped with bacon and grilled cheese, smothered in BBQ sauce and served with peas and skinny fries £8.49

Chicken tikka masala - chicken breast pieces in a tomato, yoghurt, garlic & coriander sauce, served with basmati rice, pineapple & mango salsa and warmed flatbread £8.49

Vegetarian lasagne - baked butternut squash in a rich tomato sauce, with layers of pasta, spinach and goats cheese sauce, served with garlic ciabatta bread (v) £8.29

Beef lasagne - minced beef and pork in a rich tomato sauce between layers of pasta and creamy cheese sauce, served with garlic ciabatta sauce £8.29

Burgers

- All served in a soft glazed brioche bun. Our own recipe beef burgers are all made with British & Irish beef, lightly seasoned and char-grilled to perfection -

Classic beef burger / chicken burger served with our house burger sauce, crisp Cos lettuce, beef tomato, pickles and skinny fries £8.99

Topless beef burger on a burger bun base, topped with avocado and slow-roasted tomato and served with our superfood side salad £9.49

Bacon & cheese beef burger - grilled bacon, Cheddar cheese, our house burger sauce, crisp Cos lettuce, beef tomato and pickles, served with skinny fries £9.99

Deli beef burger with eight-house-slow-cooked British beef brisket, melting Cheddar cheese and French’s classic sweet mustard, topped with pickles and served with skinny fries £10.69

Veggie burger - a vegetarian burger in a mixed-nut breadcrumb coating, made with sweet potato, mozzarella cheese and mixed peppers in garlic and coriander, served with skinny fries (v) £8.99

Smothered char-grilled chicken burger with bacon and Cheddar cheese, smothered in BBQ sauce and served with skinny fries £10.19

Oriental beef burger served with Korean-style BBQ pulled pork, cucumber and spring onion, sweet chilli sauce, duck spring rolls and prawn crackers, in a steam basket, with extra chilli sauce for dipping £10.69

- add another burger / chicken breast for £2.99

Grills

Char-grilled salmon / flattened turkey breast served with spicy rice and our superfood side salad £9.99 / £9.49
- swap your spicy rice for skinny fries for 49p

Seafood mixed grill - freshly grilled sea bass, salmon supreme & king prawn skewers, with a superfood side salad £12.49
- swap your side salad for broccoli and green beans for £1.00

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- Both of our British steaks and 35-day aged, char-grilled to your liking and served with skinny fries, grilled tomato and beer-battered onion rings -

10oz rib-eye steak £14.49

8oz rump steak £11.99

Add:
- peppercorn sauce £1.79
- bearnaise sauce £1.79
- grilled king prawn skewer £2.49

Sides

Chips with garlic mayonnaise (v) £2.49

Skinny fries with garlic mayonnaise (v) £2.49

Sweet potato fries with garlic mayonnaise (v) £3.49

Beer-battered onion rings (v) £2.49

Superfood side salad (v) £2.49

Garlic ciabatta breadsticks (v) £2.49

Buttery mashed potato (v) £2.49

Spicy rice (v) £2.49

Green beans and broccoli (v) £2.69

Desserts

Cookie cup - a cookie biscuit base filled with chocolate brownie, marshmallow pieces and chocolate honeycomb and served with vanilla ice cream £4.99

Vanilla ice cream £3.99

Hot chocolate-puddle pudding with chocolate sauce, served with hot custard, cream or vanilla ice cream £4.99

Caramel apple crumble pie served with hot custard, cream or vanilla ice cream £4.99

Alcoholic ice cream (1.6% ABV, for grown-ups only) - three cocktail flavours of strawberry bellini, pina colada and mint mojito, served with a cigar wafer £4.99

Salted caramel bar served with salted caramel sauce and cream or vanilla ice cream £4.99

Partini - share this cocktail of vanilla ice cream, salted caramel and chocolate ganache, with a crisp meringue, fruit compote and whipped double cream, drizzled in salted caramel sauce £9.99

Information

Please note this is a sample menu and dishes may change, if you have any special requirements please contact the restaurant or 5pm.

We try to keep sample menus as up to date as possible but please let us know if you spot anything you think should be updated email customercare@5pm.co.uk.