Food

Restaurant

From 5 January, the First Class Restaurant will be available during peak hours and will continue to offer the best of British cuisine with innovative and distinctive menus and a truly personal service. The Restaurant will be open on selected services in the morning serving a range of hearty breakfasts to prepare you for the day and on selected services in the evening offering an à la carte menu.

View details of trains offering a Restaurant service.

Our food is driven by a passion for recipes that showcase the best, fresh ingredients. Our new menus have been created by Eugene McCoy and Marcus Bennett, the culinary forces behind the Tontine restaurant near Northallerton and the Bay Horse Gastro Pub near Darlington. Read more about on-board dining.

Breakfast

If you’re travelling with us in the morning, you’ll find a wide choice of breakfasts to suit your appetite. Breakfast is served Monday to Friday on the following services:

Southbound
06.00 from Newcastle / 07.00 from Leeds
06.30 from Newcastle / 05.50 from Edinburgh
NB: Last orders will be taken from Peterborough

Dinner

In the evening, the restaurant offers a full à la carte menu. Dinner is served Monday to Friday on the following services:

Southbound
16.00 from Edinburgh / 17.00 from Edinburgh
NB: Last orders will be taken from Peterborough

Northbound, Anglo Scottish route
16.30, 17.00, 17.30, 18.00, 18.20, 18.30, 19.00
NB: Last orders will be taken from Darlington with the exception of the 18.00 train taking last orders at Berwick.

Northbound, West Yorkshire route
19.03, 19.33
NB: Last orders will be taken from Doncaster

What’s being served?

Starters
All breakfasts are served before 11am and include a choice of starter:
Yoghurt Premium fruit yoghurt
Cereals Cornflakes, Alpen or porridge
Fruit Compote Fresh fruit segments
Main Courses
Great British Grilled Wensleydale bacon, pork sausage, free-range eggs (fried or scrambled), mushroom, hash brown, black pudding, tomato and fried bread	£16.50
Fish Craster smoked salmon with free-range scrambled eggs on brioche	£15.99
Classic Egg Florentine, a classic dish of two poached, free-range eggs on a bed of spinach. Served on a toasted muffin, topped with hollandaise sauce	£15.99
French Toast Traditional French toast with Wendsleydale bacon, mushroom and maple syrup	£15.99
Italian Breakfast Toasted ciabatta bread, roasted vine tomatoes, hash brown, mushroom, garlic and parsley roasted ceps with two fried eggs	£14.99
Continental Your choice of fresh fruit compote, yoghurt, cereal or porridge. Freshly baked Danish pastry, croissants and preserve with continental cheese and a slice of Wensleydale ham.	£10.99

Starters
Buy two courses and save £2.00* or buy three courses and save £3.50*
Creamy Onion and Cider Soup A warming soup of puréed onion, English cider and fresh cream	£4.99
Pressed Yorkshire Gammon Terrine and Pineapple Relish A rich, pressed Yorkshire gammon terrine served with a tangy pineapple relish	£6.99
Seafood Pancake with Thermidore Sauce A savoury pancake filled with a while fish and seafood mix, drizzled with a rich thermidore sauce	£6.99
Main Courses
Rump Steak with Café deParis Butter A succulent rump steak, cooked to your liking, served with a rich Café de Paris butter	£19.50
Roast Partridge with creamed Brussel Sprouts An oven-roasted partridge breast set on a bed of freshly creamed Brussel sprouts	£18.50
Pan-Fried Whiting with Crushed Potatoes and Tartar Hollandaise Pan-fried fillet of freshly caught whiting set on a bed of crushed potatoes and accompanied with a tartar hollandaise	£18.50
Root Vegetable Croquettes with Aubergine Relish and Sweet Potato Puree Crispy seasonal root vegetable croquettes served with a tangy aubergine relish and sweet potato purée	£14.99
Desserts
Black Cherry Pudding and White Chocolate Sauce A warm black cherry sponge pudding, topped with a sweet, rich white chocolate sauce	£6.50
Spotted Dick and Golden Syrup A traditional spotted dick pudding with golden syrup, topped with crème fraîche	£6.50
Cheese and Biscuits A selection of fine cheeses served with savoury biscuits, fresh celery and sliced apple	£7.50

*The Dinner menu shown is an examples of a number of menu rotations offered on our services. The exact menu on offer will vary depending on your date of travel.