The Ampersand Hotel

Pain au raisin, muffins, butter brioche, orford smoked cheddar, gloucester old spot ham, feta & spinach parcel, pizza dolce, croissant, maple & pecan lattice, banana bread, sour dough fresh fruit salad, organic yoghurt, bircher muesli, granola, cereals

Eggs (any style) , bacon, pork sausage, black & white pudding, tomato, field mushrooms, kidney & grilled sourdough

Sweet vermouth & campari topped w/ soda

With borlotti beans & spinach

Inspired by the heroine’s fair companion in bizet’sopera carmen, our light fresh & fruity summer cup is an harmonious arrangement of ocho tequila, elderflower liqueur, lemon & grapefruit, & kamm & sons ginsengspirit sweetened w/ star anise & vanilla syrup

Using the herbal liqueur distilled to a closely guarded recipe by the carthusian order of la grand chartreuse monastery – visited by wordsworth in 1790 - this sophisticated sour would surely have inspired the great writer. Our recipe is no secret: portobello gin, green chartreuse, lime juice & velvet falernumshaken w/ egg white & ice, together creating liquid poetry

Child prodigy girolamo frescobaldi’s keyboard artistry revolutionised music in the late renaissance era. With its fresh citrus notes, this gin-based composition evokes a summer breeze rippling through an amalfi lemon grove. Sipsmith gin, limoncello, fino sherry

Cooling cucumber, sunburst lemon & sweet apple reflect the seasons, the subject of a tapestry by william morris whose works form part of our neighbour, the v&a’s important collection of Italian-influenced art by 19th century britain’s pre-raphaelite movement.sipsmith vodka, kamm & sons, lemon juice, cucumber syrup, pressed apple, ginger ale

The romantic riviera gardens at mortola - planted w/ flora from far-flung lands by eminent victorian sir thomas hanbury (creator, also, of the gardens at wisley, surrey) - inspired this exotic cup.Pierre ferrand 1840 original formula cognac, pressed pineapple, apricot brandy, velvet falernum, orgeat.

So‌ intoxicating are paul cezanne’s myriad paintings of montagne sainte-victoire near aix, you can almost smell the wild rosemary that subtly nuances our superior provencal sling. Pierre ferrand 1840 original formula cognac, apricot brandy, white grapes, rosemary, prosecco.

To the apple picked by eve in the garden of eden as imagined by titian, we add cinnamon, lemon, & blackberry for this tempting libation.

Unlike‌ common wine sold to poor peasant nemorino as a ‘magic potion’ by the charlatan doctor in donizetti’s comic opera, l’elisir d’amore, the deception here is that this loving cup, one of a trio, contains no alcohol whatsoever. Lychee, rose, raspberry & lemon.

Macabeu, parellada & xarel - lo

Moscato

Grenache blanc, vermentino, ugni blanc

Pinot‌ gris

Grenache gris

Verdicchio - biodynamic

Grenache noir, cinsault, merlot

Montepulciano, sangiovese

Frappato,‌ nerello mascalese

Cabernet franc - organic / natural

Carignan, syrah, grenache, mooredre

Muscat