Evening Options
So many choices for your evening catering, we offer buffet options as well as served options.
A cheese & charcuterie treat...
Evening cheese and charcuterie cart
Minimum of 50 people
A selection of fine local cheeses and charcuterie meats.
Dorset Blue Vinney
A common farmhouse cheese, made in Dorset for over 200 years.
Made from skimmed Fresian milk, the result is a lovely creamy blue cheese
Dorset Ford Farm Coastal Cheddar
Aged for up to 15 months for a deliciously sweet and distinctive flavour
Somerset brie
Creamy, with a mild, fresh flavour and a soft edible white rind
Home-cooked, free range honey glazed ham
Italian salami Napoli, German peppered salami
Mortadella, chorizo, garlic sausage and pastrami
Pork pies and roasted vegetables
Houmous and vegetable crudités
A selection of tortilla chips, breadsticks and dips, crackers and handmade breads. Olives, sun-blushed tomatoes, pickles and a selection of homemade chutneys.
Pre-ordered individual vegan platter
A selection of vegan cheeses, vegan meat and savoury alternatives.
We would generally recommend catering for a minimum of two thirds of your total day and evening guests. However, this is only a guide and not always sufficient if you have particularly hungry guests...
You know your guests better than us, so we’ll leave the final decision to you!
Fuel the evening party!
Our fine Dorset hog roast
Serves 100 people (larger numbers can be catered for)
A succulent whole free-range Dorset pig, spit roasted served with Merlins own sage and onion stuffing, golden crackling, homemade apple sauce and mustards, relishes and condiments.
All served in a soft, large white bap.
Pre-ordered vegan option:
Roasted vegetables in a soft, large white bap (v)
Evening BBQ
Minimum of 60 persons
Devon Red beef burgers served in round white baps
Handmade free-range Dorset pork sausages in long white rolls
Free-range Cajun spiced chicken drumsticks
Fried onions, cheese, mustards, relishes and condiments available
Pre-ordered vegan options:
Vegan sausage
Plant burger
Corn on the cob
Evening finger buffet
For a minimum of 50 people
Vegetable spring rolls with Hoi sin sauce (vg)
King prawns in filo with sweet chilli sauce
Home-made cheese and tomato pizza slices
Free-range chicken fillets in breadcrumbs
Handmade pork and leek sausage rolls
Vegetable samosas with mango and lime dip (vg)
Falafels with tahini dip (vg)
Onion bhajis (vg)
Crudités and dips (vg)
Baskets of crisps (vg)
Individual gluten free buffet plates are available to pre order if required.
Evening street food trio
For a minimum of 50 people
Choose three of the following miniature snacks to be circulated amongst your guests. Any can be served as single choice larger portions.
Bacon rolls
BBQ pulled pork rolls
Battered fish and chips
Chicken goujons and chips
Mac n cheese keidi boats (v)
Beef burgers in brioche bun
Falafel and humous wraps (vg)
Pulled beef chilli with rice, sour cream and tortillas
Chicken curry and rice with mini poppadom
Jerk chicken wings with Caribbean rice and beans
Battered halloumi and chips (v)
Your chosen trio will be adapted for any vegetarian or vegan guests that we are aware of prior to the day.
Wood fired pizzas
Alfresco experience
Introduced in 2023, our Alfresco Terrace with our spectacular bespoke brick built wood fired pizza oven and our garden cocktail bar.
In addition to our existing evening catering options we can now offer our Wood fired pizza sharing buffet, Paella buffet, Noodle Bar or Fajita buffet. All freshly prepared in view of your guests while they enjoy sipping their evening cocktails!
Wood Fired Pizza Buffet
Served buffet style from the Alfresco Terrace. All prepared with handmade fresh dough, Merlins tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese and virgin olive oil and served with garlic bread, oils and a selection of dips. You can either select three of the options below or just leave it to us.
Choose from…….
Classic Margherita - tomato, mozzarella (v)
Spanish - chorizo, smoked cheese, red onion, black olives
Mediterranean - courgette, aubergine, mixed peppers, artichoke, green olives
BBQ pulled pork - spring onion, BBQ sauce
Ham and mushroom
Goats cheese, caramelised onion and rocket (v)
American hot - spicy pepperoni, jalapeños, red onions
Parley Garden Party - red onions, peppers, sweetcorn and mushrooms (v)
Cocktails
Our Alfresco cocktail bar will be opening every weekend between 7pm and 10pm, with the opportunity to extend this later into your evening depending on demand.
