Jeremy Clarkson has responded to complaints about the pricing of food and drink at his new pub , The Farmer’s Dog. Hundreds of people were seen queuing outside the presenter’s new watering hole in Asthall, near Burford in Oxfordshire , as it opened to the public for the first time on Friday (23 August). The pub’s restaurant has two menus, a weekday main menu, which consists of British classics like sausage and mash, steak pie and a Lancashire hotpot.
On weekends, a carvery is served between midday and 9pm. When the menu was first shared with the public on the Farmer’s Dog Instagram page, Clarkson’s fans remarked that there were no prices on the menu, which might suggest that dishes would be more expensive compared to pubs in the area. “You know it’s expensive when they don’t include the prices,” wrote one fan on Instagram, as another added: “No prices.
Always a worry.” When one commenter joked on X/Twitter that they would need to remortgage their home to afford a round of drinks at the new pub, Clarkson responded: “It’s £5.50 a pint.
” At the time of the opening, the former Top Gear presenter said that all produce used in the restaurant’s dishes would be locally sourced and produced by British farmers. “The menu changes – it’s whatever we’ve got. There’s no Coca-Cola, no coffee, other pubs do coffee.
Cornish tea. We do British food. “Everything that you consume in here – every single thing – even the black pepper and the sugar, is.