Kelham Island
46 covers on a cutlery works floor
The plan shows tonight: which sections are open, and what fits.
- Tonight
- Dinner · 17:30–21:30 · last seating 21:00
- Room
- 46 covers · 4 sections · books to 8 online
- Counter 8
- Window 12
- Room 18
- Snug 8
A request, not a confirmation. Parties over 8 go in the snug, by enquiry.
Dinner
What the kitchen is sending tonight
The full card. Last seating is nine; the bar stays on until the room empties.
Sorrel and new potatonew this week
Jersey Royals, sorrel, cream£9.80VegetarianNo gluten
Rabbit and bacon puddingnew this week
Suet crust, cider, thyme£25
Gordal olives
Fennel seed, orange peel£4.80VeganNo gluten
Pork scratchings
Malt vinegar salt£4.50No gluten
Whipped cod roe
Smoked roe, potato crisps£7.20No gluten
Devils on horseback
Agen prune, bacon, bay£6.40
- Last seating
- 21:00
- On the card
- 35 dishes
- Sections
- Snacks, Small plates, Large plates, Sweet
Monkfish on the bone is off tonight. It comes back when the boat lands it.
The house
One room, one kitchen, no investors
Rivelin is the first floor of a former cutlery works, on Ball Street. The floor is 574 square metres and we have left most of it empty. 11 tables, a counter, and a stair down to the cellar where the wine lives.
Sorrel comes in Thursday. It goes on until it doesn’t. The card is rewritten every week around what the growers and the day boats send, so a dish you liked in April may be gone by June, and the set menus are priced off the same card at 15% less than the dishes come to separately.
The chef owns the place. There are no investors to answer to and there is no second site, which is why the phone is answered by someone who was here last night.
The room
Four sections, one floor, no stairs
46 covers in total, and you can see which of them you are getting before you ask for one.
Counter
Stools at the bar. Breakfast, and a glass before dinner.
8 covers · 2 tables · walk in
Window
One step up, under the Ball Street windows.
12 covers · 4 tables · books to 4
Room
The main floor, level with the door.
18 covers · 4 tables · books to 8
Snug
The end room, behind the partition. Yours for the evening.
8 covers · 1 table · walk in
Level entrance from Ball Street. Accessible WC, level.
One 120mm step up to the window platform. Everything else is on the level.
16 seated or 26 standing, on a £900 minimum spend.
Anything over 8 people is an enquiry, not a form.
Book
Ask for a table, we write back
- No deposit and no card
- A request, not a confirmation
- Parties over 8 by phone