The Hunstman Carvery

The Huntsman Carvery is located in the centre of the historic village of Dunchurch.

Dunchurch is a large village, located on the south-western outskirts of Rugby in Warwickshire, the centre of Rugby is just 2.5 miles.

The business is surrounded by a selection of complementary businesses including public houses, florist, hair salon, estate agents as well as other restaurants/takeaways.

The Huntsman Carvery is a destination business attracting people from outside the area.

Dunchurch is accessed just off the A426 and M45 motorway.

The business benefits from free customer parking directly outside.
Hilton Smythe is delighted to present to the market The Huntsman Carvery, a highly renowned restaurant offering a traditional English carvery cooked to the highest standard.

The well-established restaurant opportunity was opened by our client over 35 years ago and is now being offered for sale due to ill health.

The 'turn-key' business currently only opens at weekends with constant bookings of over 300 over the two days as well as a healthy takeaway trade of around 100 meals.

Our client only added the takeaway option due to the forced closed period through the COVID pandemic however they have decided to keep the option since reopening the restaurant.

The Huntsman Carvery offers a set 3 course menu with a choice of 7 starters, 3 meats and 4 desserts. The main event includes Roast Rib of Beef, Roast Turkey or Roast Gammon sourced from a local award-winning butcher established in 1922.

All the main courses come with a choice of yorkshire puddings, sage & onion stuffing, hand-made sausages, roast potatoes, mashed potato, two vegetable sides and gravy.

One of the key reasons the business model works so well is that every booking is made prior to visiting the restaurant with a £5 non-refundable booking deposit. This enables the kitchen to pre order the correct level of ingredients and the owner to rota the correct number of staffing to allow a smooth service.

Our client admits they run the restaurant to suit, and any new owner will have the ability to not only extend the current opening hours but to add an outside catering side which would easily increase the current turnover levels.