The Cock, Hitchin

8 High Street, Hitchin, SG5 1BH

The Cock opening times

• Monday: Closed
• Tuesday: Closed
• Wednesday: 12:00–23:00
• Thursday: 12:00–23:00
• Friday: 12:00–23:00
• Saturday: 12:00–23:00
• Sunday: 12:00–19:00

The Cock kitchen hours & food serving times

• Wednesday: 12:00–15:00, 18:00–21:00
• Thursday: 12:00–15:00, 18:00–21:00
• Friday: 12:00–15:00, 18:00–21:00
• Saturday: 12:00–15:00, 18:00–21:00
• Sunday: 12:00–17:00

The Cock menu

Main Menu

Snacks

• 'Prawn Toast' — £11.00
  Hot honey, green chilli and spring onion
• Crispy lamb nugget — £9.50
  Lemon and chive
• Baron Bigod crumpet — £10.00
  The Cock lager and onion
  Suitable for: vegetarian
• Spiced pork quavers — £5.00
  Apple and mustard relish
• Blythburgh pork scotch egg — £9.00
  Apple and mustard relish

Starters

• Cured seabream — £14.00
  Pickled jalapeno, creme fraiche, dill
• Dry aged Herefordshire beef tartare — £13.00
  Shallot, cured egg yolk, beef fat brioche
• BBQ'd leek — £12.00
  Old Winchester, hazelnut, watercress
• Pea & mint soup — £10.00
  Creme fraiche, watercress
  Suitable for: vegetarian
• North Devonshire 'coronation chicken' — £12.00
  Apricot, raisin, almond

Mains

• Blythburgh pork — £28.00
  English apricot, leeks, summer herbs
• Lannock Farm spring lamb — £29.00
  Courgette, Irongate fine beans, shallot
• Kohlrabi — £24.00
  Jersey Royals, peas and broad beans, oyster mushrooms, watercress. Vegan available
• Baked cod — £26.00
  Norfolk samphire, fennel, gooseberry, lovage, roe cream
• North Devonshire chicken — £27.00
  Barley, BBQ'd corn, rainbow chard, cider sauce
• Sharing dry aged Herefordshire sirloin on the bone — £88.00
  Shallots, house glaze. Served with two sides

Sides

• Triple cooked chips — £7.00
  Suitable for: vegetarian
• Herb new potatoes — £6.00
  Suitable for: vegetarian
• Irongate Garden bitter leaf salad — £6.50
  Lemon dressing, pickled shallot
  Suitable for: vegetarian
• Charred Hispi — £7.00
  Brown butter, shallots
  Suitable for: vegetarian
• Potato terrine — £7.00
  Old Winchester
  Suitable for: vegetarian

Desserts

• Baked dark chocolate — £10.00
  'Cookies and cream'
• Roast apricot & almond tart — £10.00
  Crème fraiche ice cream, lemon thyme honey
• Frozen strawberry — £10.00
  Clotted cream, black pepper meringue

See the menu for The Cock

What's on at The Cock

• Tastings: Western France Wine Dinner – 5th November 2026 @ 7pm — Thu 5 Nov, 19:00

Facilities

• Full kitchen
• Live music
• Sunday roast
• Function room
• Beer garden

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• Rose & Crown, Hitchin (100 m)
• Teller Bar, Hitchin (200 m)
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• The George, Hitchin (200 m)

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