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4/1/2022

When we started at The Virginia Ash back in 2019 we had no idea how eventful the next 3 years would be, what with the flood of 2019 and the covid of 2020 and 2021. It certainly has been a challenge, but as we tip-toe gently into 2022 let's hope it will will a trouble free year. We must be due a good one by now! We celebrate our first 3 years on 9th January, so whether it's Back to The Future or Forward to The Past we are excited to be heading in the right direction! Join us for a great 2022, including (fingers crossed) the return of our Classic car meets from spring.
Lastly we wish you all a happy and healthy year to you and yours.

Yule be glad you joined us

11/12/2021

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our loyal customers who have continued to support us throughout this sometimes difficult and challenging year. We hope you have enjoyed it and we look forward to greeting and serving you in 2022. But in the meantime....It's Christmas! You can find our Christmas Opening times below, all the way up to the New Year, and don't forget we are offering our Festive Pre-Christmas Menu where yule be welcome to right up to Thursday the 23rd December. We have classic starters like DUCK LIVER PATE WITH TOAST and PRAWN AND CRAYFISH COCKTAIL WITH BREAD, delicious festive mains including ROAST TURKEY WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS and LEMON BAKED SALMON WITH HOLLANDAISE SAUCE, NEW POTATOES AND VEGETABLES, and of course we have some special Christmas Desserts like CHRISTMAS PUDDING WITH BRANDY SAUCE and RASPBERRY AND WHITE CHOCOLATE ROULADE. The Price per person for 2 Courses is £24.95 or for 3 Courses £29.95. So why not have a look at the full menu, then give us a call to book your Festive table. Click on the logo below to view the menu.

It's beginning to look a lot like....

27/9/2021

As the 'Indian Summer' of this sunny September draws to a close we are looking forward to Autumn and Winter dining in the warm, cosy atmosphere of The Virginia Ash. We have a new menu for Autumn to show you and...you've guessed it....Our Pre-Christmas Dinner Menu for 2021! Our Autumn Menu is available now and Our Pre-Christmas Menu will be available from the 1st to the 23rd of December. Browse the menus here on our website by clicking on any of the buttons below. We look forward to serving you some of our delicious Country Pub Meals and Traditional Christmas Fayre!

Autumn Main Menu

Autumn Light Lunch Menu

Sunday Lunch Menu

Pre-Christmas Menu

download our pre-christmas menu

TABLE BOOKINGS AND GENERAL ENQUIRIES: 01963 363 868
THE VIRGINIA ASH, SHERBORNE ROAD, HENSTRIDGE, SOMERSET BA8 0PL

FROM SEPTEMBER 1st 2021
Opening times are:
12 noon to 11pm Monday to Thursday
12 noon to 12 midnight on Fridays and Saturdays
12 noon to 10.30pm on Sundays

Food serving times are:
12noon to 2.45pm and 5.00pm to 9.00pm Monday to Saturday
12 noon until 6.00pm on Sundays

WELCOME NEW AND OLD

17/8/2021

As we head towards the end of summer there's still plenty of time to enjoy The Virginia Ash outdoors, speaking of which, have you seen the finished article of our new frontage? The final coat is on and we think it looks beautiful.
We would like at this point to say a very warm thank you to all our customers, old and new for making the summer so special. It has been a difficult year and a half for everyone so we were very grateful to see the return of old faces to support us and some new faces trying us out for the first time.

We would also like to thank everyone for supporting our Car events this year, including our regular Classics at The Ash and our recent Supercar Hogroast. We've really enjoyed them and hope you have too!

Lastly....just to let you know that our food service hours will be changing from September 1st 2021.
Monday to Saturday food will be available from 12noon to 2.45pm and from 5.00pm to 9.00pm.
On Sundays our food service will run from 12 noon to 6.00pm

While you are here...why not have a look at our menus and give us a call soon to book you table.....we are quite busy so it's always a good idea to ring and book

Our menus

TABLE BOOKINGS AND GENERAL ENQUIRIES: 01963 363 868
THE VIRGINIA ASH, SHERBORNE ROAD, HENSTRIDGE, SOMERSET BA8 0PL

THE BAR IS OPEN

21/7/2021

The Bar is open at The Virginia Ash! After so long with only table service you can now head to the bar to order! So don't be shy....It's just a bar!......you remember those? If you're unsure, then just look at our handy signage above! We're looking forward once again to serving you at.......the bar!

And as a Special Treat we have cooked up a Supercar Evening on Wednesday 11th August, complete with a Super HogRoast to go with it. Join us for a Fuel injected evening of fun!
(Supercar drivers are requested to leave by 9pm and have consideration for the local area when leaving)

TABLE BOOKINGS AND GENERAL ENQUIRIES: 01963 363 868
THE VIRGINIA ASH, SHERBORNE ROAD, HENSTRIDGE, SOMERSET BA8 0PL

INDOORS AT THE ASH

16/5/2021

BACK TO THE FUTURE

Maybe in a few years time May 17th will become 'National indoor Pubs Day' but for now we are just delighted to welcome you back...indoors...to our lovely pub!
From noon tomorrow...Monday 17th May 2021...you will be able to dine indoors at The Virginia Ash! And with the rain due to pour down for the next few weeks May 17th has arrived just in the nick of time!
Remember how nice it used to be to go into the pub for a lovely refreshing drink and some great food with your friends and family? Well its time to refresh your memory, so why not book yourselves a table and head on down to 'Indoors at The Ash'

A FEAST FOR THE EYES

We are sure you have noticed the renovation work done to the exterior of our beautiful building, but can you remember what it looked like on the inside? Why not refresh your memory and quench your thirst at the same time by joining us to celebrate May 17th 2021!
We also have new menus to feast your eyes on. Our Lighter Bites lunchtime menu is filled with tempting treats like our 10 different filled Baguettes and Panini which all come with a fresh and tasty mixed salad, Lunchtime Favourites like Scampi with Chips and peas or Macaroni Cheese with Garlic Bread, our range of delicious filled Baked Potatoes, plus loads of snacks and sides...including...Cheesy Chips!

DAY AND EVENING DINING

Our Main Menu is packed with delicious pub classics, available all day. Our Appetizers and sharing platters offer many choices from Prawn and Crayfish Cocktail with Marie-Rose Sauce and Brown Bread to our Hot Sharing Platter of Breaded Camembert, Garlic Mushroooms, Tempura Prawns, Onion Rings, BBQ Sauce, Aioli and Sweet Chilli Dipping Sauce.
For your main course we have freshly cooked Steaks, Burgers, Chicken, Ribs and Gammon to name but a few and our Entrees include classics like Chicken Tikka Masala with Pilau Rice and Naan Bread, Beer Battered Fish and Chips with Garden or Mushy Peas, and Vegetable or Beef Lasagne served with a fresh Mixed Leaf Salad and our delicious Garlic Bread.

SUNDAY IS A DAY OF ROAST

Served from noon till 6pm every Sunday is our renowned Sunday Lunch. All of our Roast lunches with meat include Roast Potatoes, Yorkshire Pudding and Seasonal Vegetables. Choose from Roast Topside of Beef, Roast Loin of Pork, Roast Turkey, Roast Lamb and Roast Half Chicken. We also offer a delicious Nut Roast. And if Sunday Roast is not your thing on a Sunday we have that covered too, with meals from the grill available, like Gammon Steak with Chips and Egg or Pineapple, and Hunters Chicken with Chips, Coleslaw and Corn on The Cob. Our tasty Sides and Snacks are available and we also offer children's portions of Sunday Roast plus many tasty alternatives!

From Monday 17th May 2021: Opening times will be: 12 noon to 11pm Monday to Thursday. 12 noon to 12 midnight on Fridays and Saturdays and 12 noon to 10.30pm on Sundays.
Food serving times will be: 12 noon to 9.00pm Monday to Saturday and 12 noon until 6.00pm on Sundays

TABLE BOOKINGS AND ENQUIRIES: 01963 363 868 • THE VIRGINIA ASH, SHERBORNE ROAD, HENSTRIDGE, SOMERSET BA8 0PL

ALFRESCO AT THE ASH

9/4/2021

The Virginia Ash Pub in Henstridge are delighted to announce their re-opening on Monday April 12th 2021! Until we are all further out of lockdown the pub will be open for outdoor service only, with opening times of Noon til Dusk! And you're in luck...We have plenty of outdoor space, including our lovely garden area, where you can tuck into some great Alfresco food from our 'Outdoor Eating' menu. You don't even need to book a table!
So why not pop down to the Ash this April and enjoy some superb drinks and delicious food...Alfresco!

Don't forget that as well as dining outside Our Takeaway Service is running as well!

We are also delighted to announce the return of Classics at The Ash which starts on Wednesday April 28th and continues every last Wednesday in the month right through till the end of summer.

Full Dinner Service will return soon, but not before May 17th when lockdown restrictions should hopefully be relaxed even further. All updates on our services and offerings will be posted here and on our facebook page.

The Ash on Facebook

Golden Virginia

11/10/2020

The curtains are off! The major facelift is almost complete at The Virginia Ash pub in Henstridge. The stunning Golden facade of our beautiful Grade 2 listed building takes it back to how it would have looked centuries ago. We are extremely proud of the beautiful results. The new colour scheme for the windows and doors is mirrored in the colour and style of our new signs and with just the outside lighting to fit and some lovely window boxes to attach the transformation is nearly done.

After completing our internal re-vamp some months ago the opportunity presented itself to give this centuries old building the facelift it deserved. The Virginia Ash is now ready for the 20's and beyond! So come and join us for breakfast, lunch and dinner at The Ash!

BACK TO THE FUTURE!

26/6/2020

We are back from the 4th July ! Yes, your favourite local drinking and dining pub restaurant is back after a facelift for the future! The curtains are still up on our cosmetic makeover to the outside of The Virginia Ash but our beautiful Grade 2 listed pub will be back in action from the 4th July! We have spent the lockdown period giving the outside of our beautiful premises a beauty treatment and unlike Wimbledon we are ready to start serving...and we do mean serving! One of the rules for re-opening is that we have to provide table service for all we offer...that's a Win, Win for you ! We have loads of indoor space for social distance dining and a stunning outdoor dining and drinking garden to make the most of these lovely sunny days!
Have a look at our new menus and book yourselves a table for summer 2020!
We have some new dining hours and a new menu to feast over so scroll on down then get on down to The New Virginia Ash for a Summer to remember!

Our first Sunday lunch is on the 5th July. Call us soon to book your table!

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK
DINING HOURS:
Food available 7 days a week
Monday to Friday from 11.30am to 3.00pm and 5.30pm to 9.00pm
Saturdays from 11.30am to 9.00pm | Sundays from 12.00 noon to 7.00pm
TABLE BOOKINGS AND GENERAL ENQUIRIES:
01963 363 868 • THE VIRGINIA ASH, SHERBORNE ROAD, HENSTRIDGE, SOMERSET BA8 0PL

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Forward to the Past!

Yule be glad you joined us

It's beginning to look a lot like....

WELCOME NEW AND OLD

THE BAR IS OPEN

INDOORS AT THE ASH

BACK TO THE FUTURE

A FEAST FOR THE EYES

DAY AND EVENING DINING

SUNDAY IS A DAY OF ROAST

ALFRESCO AT THE ASH

Golden Virginia

BACK TO THE FUTURE!

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Opening times are:
12 noon to 11pm Monday to Thursday
12 noon to 12 midnight on Fridays and Saturdays
12 noon to 10.30pm on Sundays

Food serving times are:
12noon to 2.45pm and 5.00pm to 9.00pm Monday to Saturday
12 noon until 6.00pm on Sundays

THE ASH BLOG

BACK TO THE FUTURE

A FEAST FOR THE EYES

DAY AND EVENING DINING

SUNDAY IS A DAY OF ROAST

The Ash Blog

Archives

Categories

​Opening times are:12 noon to 11pm Monday to Thursday12 noon to 12 midnight on Fridays and Saturdays12 noon to 10.30pm on SundaysFood serving times are:12noon to 2.45pm and 5.00pm to 9.00pm Monday to Saturday12 noon until 6.00pm on Sundays

Opening times are:
12 noon to 11pm Monday to Thursday
12 noon to 12 midnight on Fridays and Saturdays
12 noon to 10.30pm on Sundays

Food serving times are:
12noon to 2.45pm and 5.00pm to 9.00pm Monday to Saturday
12 noon until 6.00pm on Sundays