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Loughborough · open from 5pm · fire kitchen & bar

Cooked
over flame.

Live-fire cooking, low light and a long bar. Everything that can touch the embers, does. Walk-ins welcome at the counter; book the room for the full show.

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The fire

One hearth.
Everything touches it.

There's no gas line in our kitchen. Just a wood-fired hearth, a bed of embers, and a chef who's learned to read both. Smoke is a seasoning here — applied with the same care as salt.

The menu changes with what the fire and the season give us. Whole fish, charred greens, flatbreads blistered to order, and a bar that leans into smoke and bitterness as much as the plates do.

600°
hearth, at the coals
14
small plates nightly
0
gas in the building
"Easily the best meal we've had in Loughborough. We booked again on the way out."
— Hannah & Tom, via Google
Book the room

Pull up a seat.

Counter seats are walk-in. For a table, the bar, or the chef's pass, book below — we hold a few spots back every night.

✦ Table held. We'll text you to confirm — see you by the fire.
Find us

On the High Street.

41 High Street
Loughborough · LE11

Two minutes from the Market Place. The glow in the window is the hearth — follow the smoke.

Open hours
Tue — Thu5pm — 11pm
Friday5pm — late
Saturday12pm — late
Sunday12pm — 9pm
MondayThe fire rests