Food & Drink
At Undercastle, luxury is intentionally unshowy. We don’t have chefs or staff milling in the background. Instead, we offer something far more relaxed and private. Thoughtfully prepared meals, treats or even full menus waiting for you, so the cottage remains entirely yours and uninterrupted.
Your Meals are Prepared by a Close Friend of Undercastle
Carol is an accomplished home cook with more than 25 years’ experience creating dishes for private guests, family celebrations and weddings, as well as supplying bespoke menus and beautifully prepared food for luxury yachts. Her cooking is rooted in quality ingredients and local produce, enjoying long-standing friendships with the people who grow, rear, and make them.
Everything Here is Ready for You
It’s the ease of a five-star stay, without the formality and no one disappearing into the kitchen while everyone else unwinds. Just the rare luxury of everyone relaxing while simply popping a dish in the oven or placing something straight on the table. There are no schedules or waiting to be served. It’s something much better, where you’re all free to settle in, pour a drink, and enjoy your stay the moment you walk through the door with the least amount of effort, exactly as it should be.
How to Book
Once your stay at Undercastle Cottage is confirmed, you’ll receive our full selection of dishes, menus and tea-time treats as part of your booking confirmation. Minimum order value £200. All our beef, pork and lamb are from farms in the New Forest, and our chicken is from Dorset, just a few miles away.
Delicious Mains
Choose from a selection of restaurant-quality meals made by a brilliant cook who lives nearby. Think comforting classics, but elevated and ready to pop in the oven. Real food, handcrafted, deliciously indulgent, and effortlessly convenient.
Grazing Platters
Each generously filled platter serves 4 – 6 guests. A feast for the eyes and perfect for lazy lunches on the sun terrace, an informal first course or relaxed, nibbly evenings in, with a glass in hand.
Desserts
Blends a colourful board of cakes, tarts and handcrafted bites in seasonal flavours as well as traditional high tea favourites, chocolatey pieces and fruity treats.
BBQ Feasting Box
A choice of two generous BBQ Feast Boxes for 6 guests to cook out on the terrace for lunch or as the sun goes down. One is designed for meat lovers, and one is vegetarian or can be tweaked to be vegan. There is no minimum order value for the BBQ boxes. Pair a glass of wine or chilled beer from our wine and beer selections
The Cellar
We have a collection of exceptional wines, locally brewed beer and cider available to pre-order. The wines are curated from the world's oldest wine club, The Wine Society, whose specialist buyers source their wonderful wines directly from growers of the new and old world. We’ve tasted and loved these wines ourselves, and happily pour them for our friends and family.
