The Parson's Nose

Reservations 028 9268 3009
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    Shortlisted – Food & Wine Magazine Best Restaurant Ulster 2018

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    Mail on Sunday Top 50 Sunday lunches UK – 3 course menu £25

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    Wood fired pizzas to go Dough slow fermented for 72hour. Our pizzas are made using Italian Caputo flour and San Marzano tomatoes

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    Tasty menu for the little ones

The Parson's Nose

A charming Georgian pub & restaurant in picturesque Hillsborough is the perfect spot to enjoy authentic food & ales.

Our Food

With a firm focus on using fresh, seasonal and local produce, you’ll love our dry–aged steaks, succulent seafood, proper pub grub classics and our authentic wood–fire pizzas

  • 5–10–5

    5–10–5 Sample Menu

    Monday–Friday
    12.00–6.30pm

    Starters £5

    Spiced cauliflower soup,
    homemade wheaten

    Walnut crusted goats cheese parfait,
    pickled peaches, dressed leaves

    Chicken liver parfait, mixed leaves,
    red onion chutney & toasted sourdough


    Mains £10

    Roast chicken & prosciutto ballotine,
    porcini mushroom cream,
    mash, local vegetables

    Pan fried hake, peperonata, basil,
    crispy gnocchi & garlic butter

    Spring pea and broad bean risotto,
    aged Parmesan, pangrattato

    Strangford cod cheeks, peas, broad beans,
    smoked bacon, gem lettuce, new potatoes

    Desserts £5

    Chocolate brownie, caramel sauce &
    vanilla ice cream

    Local strawberries & cream, pistachio meringue

    Lemon posset & summer berries

  • Main Menu

    HOME BAKED BREADS
    PARSON’S ‘GREAT TASTE AWARD’ WINNING GUINNESS & TREACLE WHEATEN
    black olive tapenade & local butter
    £4

    WOOD–FIRED SOURDOUGH FLATBREAD
    oregano & sea–salt, extra virgin olive oil, Italian tomato dip
    £4



    STARTERS

    TODAY’S SOUP
    Parson’s wheaten bread, local butter

    TOONS BRIDGE BURRATA
    warm salad of wood fired pumpkin, chilli & parsley oil, spiced pumpkin seeds
    £7.5

    SLOW COOKED BEEF & YOUNG BUCK BLUE CHEESE ARANCINI
    roast tomato ragu, rocket, Parmesan
    £8

    SPICED FISH SOUP
    Strangford crab on toast
    £8.5

    MUSHROOMS ON WOODFIRED SOURDOUGH
    crispy hens egg, pickled mustard seeds
    £8

    CONFIT DUCK LEG
    braised puy lentils, pickled radicchio
    £8.5

    PARSON’S SEA TROUT FISH CAKE
    salsa verde mayo, hot smoked trout, watercress, pickled shallot salad
    £8.5

    TWICE BAKED CAULIFLOWER CHEESE SOUFFLE
    apple & walnut salad,toasted wheaten
    £7.5

    BRAISED RABBIT & MUSHROOM PAPPARDELLE
    aged Parmesan & hazelnut
    £7

    PORTAVOGIE PRAWN ORZO
    roast red pepper, shaved fennel & chorizo pangrattato
    £8.5




    MAINS

    BATTERED FISH OF THE DAY
    mushy peas, hand cut chips, proper tartar sauce
    £13.5

    WOOD–FIRED LASAGNE
    dry–aged beef, guanciale cured pork, Toons Bridge mozzarella, house salad, garlic sourdough
    £14

    ROAST CHICKEN SUPREME
    Parmesan gnocchi, braised leek, wild mushroom, Madeira cream
    £16

    PORK WELLINGTON
    black pudding, prosciutto, burnt apple puree, cavolo nero & creamy mash potato
    £16

    PAN ROAST COD
    savoy cabbage, white wine veloute, potato & fennel gratin
    £18

    BRAISED RABBIT & MUSHROOM PAPPARDELLE
    aged Parmesan & hazelnut
    £14

    PORTAVOGIE PRAWN ORZO
    roast pepper, shaved fennel & chorizo pangrattato
    £16

    HANNAN’S BEEF CHEEKS
    creamed Parmesan polenta, roast beetroots, baked onion & red wine sauce
    £17

    PUMPKIN RISOTTO
    black pepper mascarpone, sage &candied walnuts
    £14

    DRY–AGED IRISH BEEF BURGER
    salad, house ketchup, pickle, hand cut chips
    £13

    PARSON’S GOURMET BURGER
    Young Buck blue cheese, guanciale, red onion marmalade, hand cut chips
    £15


    HANNAN’S HIMALAYAN SALT CHAMBER AGED STEAKS

    35 DAY AGED SIRLOIN 300g
    sauteed spinach, onion rings, side & sauce
    £26

    35 DAY AGED RIB EYE 300g
    sauteed spinach, onion rings, side & sauce
    £28



    SIDES £3.5
    House salad – black olives, sun dried tomatoes, leaves, pickled shallots, aged Parmesan
    Drew’s seasonal vegetables
    Champ
    Onion rings
    Hand cut chips
    Skinny chips (add truffle & Parmesan £1)


    SAUCES £2.5
    Pepper sauce
    Smoked bacon & mushroom sauce
    Roast garlic & anchovy butter




    WOOD FIRED SOURDOUGH PIZZA

    CLASSIC
    Tomato, basil, mozzarella
    £9.5

    PEPPERONI
    Local artisan chorizo, pepperoni, red chilli,
    mozzarella
    £12

    HAWAIIAN
    Ham, treacle baked pineapple,
    mozzarella
    £12

    PROSCIUTTO
    Prosciutto, rocket, mozzarella
    £12

    SPICY PRAWN
    Garlic & chilli prawns, chorizo,
    rocket, mozzarella
    £13

    MUSHROOM
    wild mushrooms,roast garlic,
    mozzarella, fennel & rocket
    £12.5

    SPICY SAUSAGE
    ‘Nduja sausage, roast red peppers, mozzarella
    £12.5

    ZUCCA
    roast pumpkin, mozzarella, sage & chilli
    £11

     

    DESSERTS

    Freshly made and changing every day
    £6.5

     

     

    Menu subject to change  

     

     

     

  • Dessert menu

    Sample Dessert Menu

    Our desserts are freshly made in–house every day

     

    Sticky toffee pudding,
    butterscotch sauce, vanilla ice cream
    £6.5

    Bitter chocolate semi freddo,
    poached pear, orange curd, hazelnut biscuit
    £6.5

    Armagh apple & blackberry crumble,
    blackberry ripple ice cream
    £6.5

    Baked vanilla rice pudding,
    spiced raisins, raspberry sorbet
    £6.5

    Baked white chocolate, lime & ginger cheesecake,
    roast red wine plums
    £6.5

    Selection of home–made ice creams
    £4




    Dessert wine

    Quady Essensia Orange Muscat 2012
    Glass (75ml) £3.95
    Bottle (375ml) £19.95

  • Sample Sunday Lunch Menu

    3 course £25

    Starters

    Roast spiced carrot soup,
    buttered croutons, home–made breads

    Smoked haddock, bacon, scallion & sweetcorn chowder,
    home made wheaten bread

    Chicken liver parfait,
    red onion jam and malt crisps

    smoked salmon fishcakes,
    watercress puree, celeriac, bitter leaf salad

    Leggygowan goats cheese pannacotta,
    candied walnuts, red wine poached pear 

    Mains

    Peter Hannan’s Roast salt aged Sirloin of beef, rich pan gravy

    Roast chicken breast, Madeira veloute

    Pan seared fillet of cod, red wine truffle vinaigrette

    Salt baked celeriac risotto,
    truffled brown butter breadcrumbs

    Crispy belly of Pork,
    cider roasted apples & red wine jus

    (All served with seasonal vegetables, champ & roast potatoes)

    Desserts

    Buttermilk pannacotta,

    confit plums, white chocolate & cranberry crumble

    Apple & roast nut crumble,
    cinnamon ice cream

    Sticky toffee pudding,
    toffee sauce, ginger ice cream

    Dark Chocolate brownie,
    chocolate sauce, vanilla ice cream

     

  • Wood fired pizzas to go menu

    DOUGH SLOW FERMENTED FOR 72 HOURS.
    WE USE ITALIAN CAPUTO FLOUR & SAN MARZANO TOMATOES

     

    CLASSIC
    Tomato, basil, mozzarella
    £9.5

    PEPPERONI
    Local artisan chorizo, pepperoni, red chilli,
    mozzarella
    £12

    HAWAIIAN
    Ham, treacle baked pineapple,
    mozzarella
    £12

    PROSCIUTTO
    Prosciutto, rocket, mozzarella
    £12

    SPICY PRAWN
    Garlic & chilli prawns, chorizo,
    rocket, mozzarella
    £13

    MUSHROOM
    wild mushrooms,roast garlic,
    mozzarella, fennel & rocket
    £12.5

    SPICY SAUSAGE
    ‘Nduja sausage, roast red peppers, mozzarella
    £12.5

    ZUCCA
    roast pumpkin, mozzarella, sage & chilli
    £11

     

  • Sample kids menu

    Mains £5

    Chicken goujons

    100% beef burger

    Grilled chicken breast & gravy

    All served with local vegetables, chips or mash

    Pizza & pasta

    Tomato & mozzarella pizza

    Pepperoni pizza

    Meatballs & tomato sauce pasta

    Desserts £3

    Chocolate brownie sundae

    Sticky toffee pudding

    Home–made ice cream

     

  • Vegetarian Menu

    Sample Vegetarian Menu

     

    Starters
    Wood–fired sourdough flatbread, oregano, sea salt, extra virgin olive oil and Italian tomato dip £4
    Today’s soup, home baked wheaten bread, local butter £5
    Toons Bridge mozzarella burrata, chilli roasted butternut squash, spiced pumpkin seeds £7.5
    Tomato & white bean minestrone, with basil pistou, garlic flatbread £6

    Mains
    Roast butternut squash risotto, candied walnut, kale £9
    Spiced cauliflower steak, quinoa & pickled radicchio salad, caper & raisin dressing £10 (Vegan)
    Potato gnocchi, caponata, purple sprouting broccoli & goats cheese £9
    Primavera wood–fired pizza – courgette, artichoke, Toons bridge mozzarella, San Marzano tomato sauce £11

    Sides £3.5
    House salad
    Hand cut chips
    Skinny fries
    Drew’s seasonal veg
    Champ


    Some dishes can also be adapted to be vegan. Please ask your server for advice.

     

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Accolades

Don’t just take our word for it. We’re proud to have some fantastic endorsements for our food.

  • McKenna's Guide

    Recommended

    2010-2018

  • Michelin Guide

    Eating Out in Pubs

    2010-2018

  • Georgina Campbell's Ireland Guide

    2010-2018

  • AA Guide

    2010-2018

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Opening Hours

Food served daily from noon to 9.00pm (10.00pm Friday and Saturday) Available for functions and private dining. For bookings please call us on 028 9268 3009

48 Lisburn St, Hillsborough
County Down
BT26 6AB

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