217 Birchfield Road Widnes Cheshire WA8 9AH 


 

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A La Carte Menu

Menus should be read as examples only and are subject to change at any time

S T A R T E R S

w = Wheat free

Fresh Vine Tomato Soup (v) (w) £4.95
Homemade Fresh Vine Tomato Soup 
Soup of the Day 
Please ask a member of staff for today’s choice 

Baby Vine Tomato Bruschetta (v) £5.75
Oven baked baby vine tomatoes, on sliced sweet onion bread toasted and glazed with olive oil and finished with Basil Pesto and Balsamic reduction

Prawn Cocktail £6.95 
Norwegian peeled prawns served with Chef’s ‘Marie Rose’ sauce on a bed of fine sliced iceberg lettuce, served with buttered brown bread.


Greek Salad (v) (w) £5.75
A salad of baby leaves, with Feta cheese, vine Tomatoes, Red onion, peppers, Olives and dressed with mint and lemon dressing

Crispy Confit of Duck £6.25
Confit of duck leg served on a light rocket salad dressed with balsamic and served with a pear and apple compote


Warm Feta Cheese and cured ham (w) £6.70
Feta cheese wrapped in prosciutto cruedo ham, pan fried and served with a dressed baby leaf salad
and onion marmalade

Duo of Melon (v) (w) £5.75
Ripe Seasonal Melon sliced and served with sorbet 

 

S T A R T E R S

w = Wheat free

Salt and Pepper Tiger Prawns (w) or Garlic Tiger Prawns £9.95
Tiger Prawns (out of shell) seasoned with a special salt and pepper seasoning served warm with a salad of 
Baby Gem lettuce and young spinach leaves with Rocket and spring onions, ginger, fresh pepper and Coriander
or 
Tiger Prawns (out of shell) cooked in garlic, butter and fresh herbs served with a slice of garlic bread

Blue Cheese and Potato Tatin £5.95
A puff pastry Tatin with blue cheese, red onions and potato finished with rocket and our balsamic reduction

Chicken Liver Pâté £6.75 
Our homemade chicken liver Pâté,
served with onion marmalade, hot whole meal toast and salad garnish

Thai Fish Cakes (w) £6.95 
Thai Fish cakes, fried and served with Sweet Chilli
and Coriander dressing and baby leaf salad

Grilled Goats Cheese £5.95
Goats cheese on toasted croute, grilled and topped with our onion marmalade and served with a small salad garnish and spiced walnuts

Grilled Garlic Field Mushroom with Garlic and Mozzarella £6.40
Grilled Field mushroom, cooked with Garlic herb butter
topped with Mozzarella cheese and grilled, served on oil and toasted onion bread



We will happily prepare any of our dishes plain if desired

 

M A I N C O U R S E S
Please note that our main courses are served as listed 
w = Wheat free


‘Sicilian’ Chicken (w) £15.60
Supreme of chicken filled with mozzarella, spinach and sun blushed tomatoes then wrapped in cured ham, pan fried and roasted, served with lemon and garlic couscous and 
a light chicken jus with tomato concasse


Rump of Lamb and red cabbage (w) £14.95
Roast Rump of English Lamb (cooked Pink or cooked through only) with new potatoes and braised red cabbage and a fresh mint and red wine jus 

Beef Stroganoff (w) £17.95
Strips of tender fillet of Beef, pan-fried with Onions, Mushrooms, paprika and tomato purée, 
finished with cream, served with Basmati rice. 

Crispy Confit of Duck £12.95
Confit of duck legs served on a light rocket salad dressed with balsamic
and served with a pear and apple compote and buttered new potatoes

Chicken Schnitzel £11.95
Chicken breast coated in breadcrumbs, pan-fried finished with either a Lemon and fresh herb cream sauce or Garlic Herb Butter. Served with hand cut Chips and green peas


‘Thai’ Beef Fillet Strips or Thai Chicken and Rice
Strips of tender fillet of Beef or Chicken, pan-fried with Onions, then finished with a light Thai Curry Cream 
sauce with Lemon Grass, Chillies and Coriander, served with Basmati rice. 
Beef £17.95 Chicken £15.95

Braised Shank of Lamb £12.95
Shank of Lamb gently braised with red wine and Rosemary, served with Spring onion mash and its braising juices and a trio of vegetables

Coterie’ Steak Burger £12.50
A burger made to our own recipe
from the best Steak, cooked 
and served on a seeded Bap, with a Salad garnish, Relish Mayonnaise and Chips

With an additional choice of:
Fried Onion or Bacon or Cheese (£1.10 each)


  We will happily prepare any of our dishes plain if desired

F I S H

(w) = Wheat free
Please note that our main courses are served as listed 


Salt and Pepper Tiger Prawns (w) £18.95
Tiger Prawns (out of shell) seasoned with a special salt and pepper seasoning served warm with Basmati rice 

Coterie Fish Pie (w) £13.95
Salmon, Cod and whiting cooked to order in white wine and our lemon butter sauce, topped with
Cheddar cheese and spring onion mash and glazed, garnished with broccoli and served with green peas
Superb!!!

Salmon and ‘Beurre Blanc’ Sauce (w) £17.50
Grilled Salmon Steak, served with ‘Beurre Blanc’ sauce and buttered Asparagus
(The classic sauce made with white wine, butter and cream).   Served with buttered new potatoes

Sea Bass (w) £11.95 One fillet £18.95 Two fillets
Pan fried fillet/s of Sea Bass and one of our daily sauces
Served with new potatoes and a trio of buttered vegetables


V E G E T A R I A N


Mediterranean Vegetable Risotto (v) £10.75
Fresh risotto with red onions, peppers, courgette, tomatoes and aubergine finished with a touch of 
cream and freshly grated parmesan


Open Portobello Mushroom Lasagne (v) £12.95
Grilled Portobello mushrooms glazed with stilton on lasagne sheets served with a brandy
and rosemary cream and garlic bread


We will happily prepare any of our dishes plain if desired



S T E A K S

 Please note that our main courses are served as listed 
w = Wheat free

All our steaks are cooked to your liking, 
served with field mushroom, baby vine tomato and a baby Yorkshire pudding with hand cut chips 

Red Wine Sauce
Cracked Black Pepper cream Sauce

The Coterie ‘Diane’ Sauce (Mustard, Brandy, Onion, Mushrooms, veal jus and cream)
All steak sauces are served in jugs
Garlic Herb Butter
(Can be served plain if you wish)

6oz UK Rib Eye Steak (w*)  £13.95
 

8oz UK Rib Eye Steak (w*)   £17.25
 

7oz UK Fillet Steak (w*)   £21.95
Fillet Steaks cooked from blue to medium are left whole, and steaks cooked medium to well up to 
very well done are Medallioned unless requested otherwise  

 As everyone has a personal preference in which way their beef is cooked,
we have defined how we cook it according to your request:

 Cooking descriptions for Beef

 Blue  -  Seared on all sides, with a raw cool centre

Rare  -  A crusty brown exterior with a warm red centre

Medium Rare  -  A crusty brown exterior with a hot pink centre

Medium  -  Well cooked exterior with a slight pink centre

Medium Well  -  Cooked through with no traces of pink but with some juices

 Well done  -  Very well cooked with few juices left

Very Well done  -  Charred and thoroughly cooked

(This takes a considerable time – please be patient)

P A S T A


Penne Carbonara
Penne pasta combined with bacon strips, black pepper,
double cream and Parmesan cheese

Tagliatelle Romanesque
Tagliatelle pasta tossed in a fresh chilli puree, capers, garlic olive oil and smoked bacon finished 
with parmesan and chopped parsley – Chilli Hot!!

Chicken, Bacon and Asparagus Lumaconi 
Chicken, smoked bacon and asparagus are smothered 
in Parmesan cheese sauce and tossed with Lumaconi pasta

Spaghetti Bolognese
The famous Italian dish



All pasta dishes are £7.95 as starter size or £11.95 as main course size

S I D E  O R D E R S


Green Salad £2.55
Mixed Salad £2.80
Market Vegetables £2.55
Sautéed sliced Mushrooms £3.30
Sautéed Onions £2.55
Minted Garden Peas £2.55
Buttered Spinach £4.10
Bowl of Mixed Olives £3.35
Garlic Bread £3.05
Garlic Bread & Cheese £3.55
Onion Rings £2.80
Hand cut Chips £2.80
New Potatoes £2.80

  

We will happily prepare any of our dishes plain if desired

Gratuities are not included except for parties of 10 or more when a discretionary 7.50% will be added  

We welcome party bookings but regret that on Friday and Saturday evenings, due to the pressure of business, we cannot always accept bookings of more than 8 people. For bookings of 10 or more people we design a limited version of our a la carte menu. For parties of 20+ people we require a set menu

Any coats, hats, umbrellas or personal belongings given to us to store are done so entirely at your own risk, the Coterie Restaurant Limited are unable to accept responsibility


We are please to present Celebration cakes that are brought in by clients in but ask that they are not  consumed on the premises
We do not knowingly use any GM products in the production on our dishes
Some of our dishes may contain nuts where not specified, please ask if you have a nut allergy or any dietary requirements. 
We have a menu that lists our wheat free items.

E&OE  - prices subject to change due to seasonal fluctuations

Menus should be read as examples only and are subject to change at any time
 

 

 

217 Birchfield Road Widnes Cheshire WA8 9AH