The George
The George, Salisbury
At a glance
An 18th-century riverside gastro-pub on Bridge Street in Fordingbridge, on the edge of the New Forest about 11 miles south of Salisbury. Independent, with food made from scratch by the kitchen team. (Not the Salisbury "George & Dragon".)
Gluten-free options
The menu uses a clear two-tier key: (gf) for dishes that are gluten-free as served, and (gfo) where a gluten-free option is available — and a lot is covered. Gluten-free as served includes a Spanish frittata, slow-roast beef short rib, prosciutto-wrapped chicken, ham, egg and chips, a smoked trout salad, and several puddings (passionfruit Eton mess, a praline brownie, brown-butter peaches). Gluten-free options extend to soup with bread, fish and chips, sirloin steak, the beef burger, a fried-chicken burger, sliders, Caesar salad and a children's menu.
Before you order
Everything is freshly cooked to order, and the kitchen has a dedicated gluten-free fryer used exclusively for chips and gluten-free options — so the fried gluten-free dishes can be prepared safely. No broader allergen-process statement is published, so it's still worth a word with staff about other cross-contact controls. The Sunday roast isn't marked gluten-free.
Worth asking?
With everything made from scratch, what steps protect a coeliac from cross-contact (boards, utensils, gluten-free bread)? Can the Sunday roast be served gluten-free, with GF gravy and no Yorkshire pudding?
What this means for coeliacs
The menu uses a clear two-tier gf/gfo key across around thirty dishes, and the kitchen has a dedicated gluten-free fryer used exclusively for chips and gluten-free options, with regular coeliac customers. Broader cross-contact detail isn't published, so it's worth a word with staff for non-fried dishes.
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This information is researched but not guaranteed — menus and kitchen practices change. Always tell staff you are coeliac.