We have lots of exciting events planned for the coming months - watch out for more details!
- Pancake Day - Tuesday 28th February
- World's Biggest Pub Quiz - Sunday 5th March
- National Pie Week - 7th - 12th March
- St. Patrick's Day - Friday 17th March
- Mothering Sunday - 26th March
Downloads available on this page
(all at bottom of page):
- The November 2016 Navvy News
- Navigation Inn About Us leaflet -
including Sample Menus
Our new newsletter is finally here. Download at the bottom of the page.
Tapas (and a cocktail or two)
Created in Spain Tapas eating is a relaxed way of
sampling small plates of delicious Iberian inspired cuisine. You can enjoy a leisurely Tapas meal in the
bar on the sofas or in the dining room choosing from a selection of dishes. Order
as many as you want – see below for a sample menu (please use this as a guide –
the menu will change over time):
Chilli
and garlic prawns £4.75
Courgette
fritters with garlic aioli (V) £3.95
Patatas
bravas (V) £3.50
Pan
fried bread with garlic and chorizo £4.25
Free
range chicken with lemon and garlic £4.50
Salt
and pepper sesame squid £4.75
Basque
scrambled eggs (V) £4.25
Home
made bread with olives £2.95
Ginger
and honey marinated chicken wings £4.25
Save
10% on your tapas when you buy 3 or more and 15% when you buy 6 or more.
The
Tapas menu is currently available every Thursday
lunchtime and Thursday evening
when you can also save 15% on a cocktail when you buy three or more tapas
dishes or order a main course from our usual menus.
Please
note that our regular menus are still available.
Another Tequila Sunrise?
Welcome
to The Navigation Inn’s brand new cocktail bar! We are delighted to introduce our new Cocktail Menu - a choice of sixteen classic cocktails – perfect for a pre-dinner drink or just a
good excuse to get together with friends for a sophisticated glass or two at
any time.
Expertly
mixed by our resident barmen (we’ve read all the books!) our cocktail selection
ranges from classics such as Dry Martini
and Mojito to a refreshing Cuba Libre or Margarita to an exotic Pina
Colada or Brazilian Caipirinha.
Our
cocktail prices start from as little as £5.50 and the bar, suitably lit for the
occasion, is situated to the right as you enter the building.
The ‘Billy
Brooks’ £6
Vodka,
Kahlua and a splash of Bailey’s, topped with a green ice cube and coffee beans
to give that ‘just out of the canal’ look!
Classic Dry
Martini £6.50
Your
choice of Absolut Vodka or Bombay London Gin stirred with Noilly Prat Vermouth
and served with an olive
White Lady £6.50
Bombay
London Gin, Triple Sec, lemon juice and sugar
Gin Sling £6.50
Bombay
London Gin, Cherry Brandy, Lemon juice and soda water
Harvey
Wallbanger £6.50
Absolut
Vodka, Galliano and orange juice
White Russian £6.00
Absolut
Vodka, Tia Maria, Cream and Milk
Black Russian £6.50
Absolut
Vodka and Kahlua
Sea Breeze £6.00
Absolut
Vodka with cranberry juice and pink grapefruit
Mojito £6.00
Bacardi
Rum on crushed mint and lime
With
sugar and topped with soda water
Cuba Libre £5.50
Mount
Gay golden rum, lime juice and cola
Pina Colada £6.00
Bacardi
Rum, Pineapple and coconut juice, cream and lime juice
Margarita £6.50
Reposada
Tequila, Triple Sec and lime juice served in a frosted rim glass
Tequila Sunrise £6.50
Reposada Tequila, Orange juice and Grenadine
Old Fashioned £5.50
Jim
Beam Bourbon, Sugar and Angostura Bitters over ice
Manhattan £6.50
Jim
Beam Bourbon, Noilly Pratt Vermouth and Angostura Bitters served over ice
Caipriniha £6.00
The
most famous Brazilian cocktail. Cachaca,
lime and sugar served over crushed ice
Brandy Alexander £7.00
Courvoisier
VS Cognac, Crème de Cacao and single cream
Prosecco Julep £7.00
Courvoisier
VS Brandy, sugar and mint over crushed ice, topped up with Prosecco
Great Deals at The Navvy
Looking on the bright side, at least the media are starting to come up with good news stories rather than their usual relentless wall of doom and gloom. However, we know that it is still tough out there, and so are pleased to be able to offer some money saving deals to help ease the strain.
Below
you can see some of the fantastic offers we have to help make the pennies go a
little further! See our DINING section at the top and then SPECIAL DEALS for more information.
Set lunch and Early Bird menu Available Wednesday - Saturday lunchtimes and Tuesday - Friday evenings for orders received by 6.45pm, enjoy a 2 course menu for £11.95 or a 3 course menu for £15.50.
Fish and Chip
'Fry Day'
Join us on a Friday, lunch or evening, and enjoy home battered fish with hand
cut chunky chips, peas and home made tartare sauce for just £8.50. (Or take out
for £7.50)
Children's menu
We are pleased to offer a selection of child friendly dishes for children under 10, available Wednesday - Saturday lunchtimes and Tuesday - Saturday evenings between 6 and 7pm. As with our main meals these are home made using only the best ingredients (no bought in rubbish here!) The children's menu is priced at £5.95 (burger £7.50).
Gallery…
Our upper and lower bar
areas sport a lovely range of art by talented local artists. Recent additions include a series depicting The 27 Club by Flo Toller, and a set of
paintings by Kirstie Edwards inspired by Belgian artist Leopold Geysen. Flo’s sketch set, The 27 Club, feature Amy Winehouse, Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain
- all of whom share the unfortunate distinction of dying aged 27. Kirstie’s mixed media paintings cover Belgium and China, including The Great
Wall. All are for sale. We also have paintings by many other local
artists.
We are keen to keep our
exhibition of paintings fresh. If as an
individual or part of a group you would like to exhibit one or more paintings
or would like to hold an exhibition, we would be delighted to talk to you.
The Navigation 'Shop'
We are very proud of the suppliers we use and the fantastic goods that they invest so much time and energy in producing. We are regularly asked by customers where they can buy the produce from. Now, we are delighted to say that we have for sale a number of items from our Display fridge in our main bar area. These include Shropshire Cheese Company cheeses, Home Farm sausages, bacon, gammon and black pudding, Welsh Celtic Pride steaks, free range Ceiriog eggs and fresh local milk.
We hope that you will enjoy the chance to take away the produce so many of you enjoy eating in our dining room. Do let us know your thoughts!
Fresh fish available to order and collect
The fish we use at The Navigation Inn is supplied by M&J Seafoods. Although a national company, we use M&J because of their positive stance on sustainability, which very much fits with our own approach to the provenance of all ingredients we use.
“We are totally committed to responsible sourcing and supply of the best of the world’s catch from well-managed and sustainable fisheries. We source products within UK and International regulatory guidelines, while maintaining our commitment to actively promote greater variety and under-utilised species.”
M&J website: www.mjseafood.com
We are delighted to now be able to offer you the chance to buy your fresh seafood from us on an order and collect basis.
Below you will find a selection of items for you to choose from, which include items currently on special offer (prices may change in future months). Because of the popularity of this service, we are pleased to be able to extend the ordering deadline until 8pm on Thursday evenings. Your fish will be available for collection from The Navigation Inn from 6pm on Friday evenings, or during usual opening hours over the weekend.
Where relevant we have indicated whether a fish is whole or a fillet. Where it is a fillet we have suggested the size we will cut to and pack for you, but may be able to offer different sizes if required. Please ask.
As well as the items listed, we will be happy to quote prices on any other specific seafood requirements you may have. Please have a chat with us to discuss.
Book Exchange
We
now have a bookcase in our main bar area with a good selection of fiction and
non fiction books. Customers are welcome
to bring a book and exchange for one or to take a book home with them for a
suggested donation of £1 which goes to our regular charity The Midlands Air
Ambulance. Due to the success of the Book Exchange / Purchase, we are currently short of books. If you have any you don't need, we would be delighted to take them off your hands!
Free WiFi
You
can ensure that you are never out of touch when you are at The Navvy by using our Free Wi-Fi. Click into 'The
Cloud' when you are here, whether with your laptop, tablet or phone, and after a simple
first time registration you are up and running and able to stay connected any
time you are with us. You can also
download a simple app (FastConnect) which will allow your device to
automatically connect to The Cloud free WiFi any time you are at The Navvy or
in thousands of other places around the country. Brent can explain more (don’t waste your time
asking Mark, he is still using his dumb phone!).
Just Rewards?
It is always
nice to be recognised for your achievements and endeavours.
We are delighted to learn that for the fifth year running we will be in The Good Pub Guide (2016/17) as a full entry. We have seen the
entry, and a very nice write up it is too!
Thanks to those customers who by their recommendations have made this
possible. We have also made it into the AA Pub Guide for 2016/7 for the second time.
We are also
pleased to announce that we have now achieved Gold standard in the British Hen Welfare Trust Awards. This recognises our commitment to using only
free range eggs in all of the dishes on our menu and follows on from the Silver we
were awarded last year. This top award has come about mostly due to our
decision to start making our own ice cream and of course double checking our
suppliers of items such as mayonnaise.
Finally we
are delighted to announce that our kitchen has been upgraded to the highest
possible rating (5 Very Good) by Shropshire County Council as part of their Scores
on the Doors scheme. It reflects the cleanliness of the food
preparation areas and the work of the staff who work in them, so
congratulations to all of them.
The Navigation Dining Club
Even though
the economy might be uncertain, at The Navvy we continue to offer a great
choice of menus to suit all tastes, occasions and budgets (more details can be
found below), so have a look and come and join us. Don't forget that our
Dining Club offers great benefits and is FREE to join.
‘The
Navigation Dining Club’ is a fantastic way to enjoy great benefits and
discounts on food at The Navvy, just by dining with us! Free to
join, just fill out an application form (available to download at the bottom of
the page or pick one up at The Navvy), and we will enrol you with the
following benefits:
- FREE to join
- A
personalised membership card
- A visit
record card – after every 4th qualifying visit we will give you
a £10 voucher to be spent against food at The Navigation Inn.
- The
opportunity to name 2 special dates for you – visit us during those weeks,
and receive 10% off your total bill for a table of up to 4 people
- A
regular free copy of ‘The Navvy News’
- Exclusive
offers and promotions
Navvy News - latest edition
The latest
edition of The Navvy News is now available for you to download at the bottom of
the page. If you would like to receive a regular free, colour email
version then click on the 'Find / Contact Us' tab at the top of this
page and you can sign up there.
Music at The Navvy
Music is a
great love of our lives, and we would very much like to hear more of it at The
Navvy. Musicians and music groups of all sorts, shapes and sizes are
very welcome to use our bar area / Gallery room for rehearsals, impromptu jam sessions
etc. If this is of interest to you, please feel free to chat to us about
your needs / thoughts and we will be delighted to help you out.
Our now long
standing monthly Folk Music evening is a lovely informal evening of
instruments and voice. Our next event takes place on Wednesday 28th September.
Entry is free and you are welcome to come along and join in or just relax and
enjoy the music and the atmosphere. It starts at about 8.30pm.
Quiz Night
- 2nd Thursday of each month
Our
next quiz takes place on Thursday 8th September in
our bar area. Please note that there will be no quiz in January. Entry is £1 per person with a maximum team size of 4
people. The winning team receives £5 and all other monet goes to The
Midlands Air Ambulance. Quiz starts at 9.15pm. We hope to see you there.
Gift Vouchers
If you are stumped for a gift, why not consider a Navigation Inn Gift
Voucher? They are available in any denominations - just give us a call
and we will sort it out for you.
Boating your
way to The Navvy
If
you are lucky enough to be coming down The Montgomery Canal by boat, then there
are moorings opposite us for your convenience. It is worth noting that if
you are planning to cruise down the Canal, you will come through the locks at
Welsh Frankton as you leave the Llangollen
Canal. These locks
are manned, and only open between 12 and 2pm each day. You MUST prebook
by calling the Canals and Rivers Trust on 03030 404040 by 10am on the day you
wish to come through the locks. If you do not book, you will not be
allowed through, even if it is a quiet day. Once you are through the
locks it is a leisurely 2 - 3 hours down to The Navvy. Bear in
mind that you will also need to book a return passage. During the winter
season (roughly November - March) please note that 48 hours notice for
passing through the locks is required.
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