Freemen’s Kitchen and Bar
Exclusive to the Freemen’s; your kitchen and bar offers a place to enjoy your start the day breakfast, your meal deal lunch and your afternoon pick-me up, as well as a spot to unwind with friends.
We proudly serve Craft coffees as well as speciality teas and our menus embrace the variety of hearty soups, fresh paninis and tasty sandwiches alongside flavourful wraps and salads, all made with the freshest ingredients. Indulge in our selection of delicate cakes and pastries or grab a quick snack from our assortment of crisps and confectionery.
This outlet exclusively serves alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and is the place to be for most Res Life events featuring food and drink.
Opening times
- Term time: Monday to Friday (except Wednesdays), 8.30am to 9.00pm; Wednesday, 8.30am to 4.00pm
- Out of term: Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 4.00pm
Dietary information
This outlet provides halal, vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free hot and cold options. Items are labelled or highlighted on menus. If you are unsure, please ask a member of staff in the outlet.
Menu
Soup, light bites and snacks
Soup of the day
- Carrot and coriander
- Seasonal vegetable
- Cauliflower
- Tomato and basil
- Minted pea and potato
- Butternut squash and sweet potato
- Leek and potato
- Broccoli
Add a white or brown bread roll for dipping. Visit to see today's flavour in outlet.
Grab and go
- Sausage roll
- Cheese and onion roll (vegetarian)
- Southern fried chicken fillet tenders x3
- Seasoned potato wedges (vegetarian)
Sweets, crisps and more
A selection of retail confectionary is available along with various flavours of Walkers crisps, cakes and chocolates.
Sandwiches, paninis and ciabattas
£3.85 meal deal
- Main: Any tiffin A-C sandwich or soup of the day
- Fruit: A piece of fruit
- Snack or drink: A packet of Walkers crisps or any 330ml can or bottle of water
Paninis and toasties
Hot, toasted baguettes or toasted sandwich with melted cheese and a variety of fillings to choose from. Meat and vegetarian options available.
Ciabattas
Enjoy toasted ciabattas sandwiches with a variety of fillings:
- Cajun chicken and roast tomato melt
- Chicken, bacon, cheese, and tomato
- Mozzarella, tomato and pesto (vegetarian)
Hot food
Focaccia pizzas
- Margarita (vegetarian)
- Pepperoni
- BBQ chicken
Jacket potatoes
- Butter (vegetarian)
- Cheese (vegetarian)
- Beans (vegetarian)
- Beef chilli
- Creamy chicken and mushroom
- Chicken Balti
- Three bean vegetable chilli (vegetarian)
- Tuna mayonnaise
- Coleslaw
Hot and soft drinks
Hot drinks
Milk alternatives available at no extra cost.
- Latte
- Cappuccino
- Flat white
- Mocha
- Espresso
- Americano
- Hot chocolate
- English breakfast tea
- Speciality teas
- English breakfast decaf
- Pure green tea
- Peppermint tea
- Earl Grey
- Camomile
- Lemon and ginger
- Cranberry and raspberry
Soft drinks
- Riviera Cola*
- Diet Pepsi*
- R Whites Lemonade*
- Tonic water
- Riviera Energy
- Orange juice
- Cordial
- Canned drinks (Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Fanta)
*Available as a pint or half pint.
A greener alternative
In our bid to reduce single-use plastics, we have switched almost all our cold drinks to aluminium cans. We work with the University of Leicester Waste Management team and the Students' Union to provide key recycling points across campus and align with reputable and sustainably conscious suppliers.
Alcoholic drinks
Spirits
- Absolut Vodka (vanilla, raspberry)
- Moonshine Vodka
- Old J Rum
- Captain Morgan Rum
- Malibu Rum
- Southern Comfort
- Whitley Neil Gin (rhubarb, Parma Violet)
- Gordon's Gin
- Gordon's Pink Gin
- Fireball Whiskey
- Jack Daniel's Whiskey
- Famous Grouse Whiskey
- Peach Schnapps
- Disaronno
- Sambuca (classic, black)
- Jagermeister
- Silver Tequila
- Tequila Rose
- Sourz (cherry, sour apple)
All available as a single or double.
On draught
- Guinness, 4.1% abv
- Heineken, 5.0% abv
- Birra Moretti, 4.6% abv
- Beavertown Neck Oil IPA, 4.3% abv
- Inch's Cider, 4.5% abv
- Strongbow Dark Fruits Cider, 4.0% abv
Bottles
- Peroni, 5.0% abv
- San Miguel, 5.0% abv
- Desperados, 5.9% abv
- Bulmers Original, 4.5% abv
- Kopparberg, 4.0% abv (mixed fruit, strawberry and lime)
- Doom Bar, 4.0% abv
- Brewdog Punk Ipa, 5.4% abv
- VK, 4.0% abv (ice, blue, apple and mango)
Non-alcoholic bottles/cans
- Becks Blue, 0.5% abv
- Kopparberg strawberry and lime
Allergen information
The health, safety, and wellbeing of our customers is our top priority — and that begins with transparency around the food we serve. We understand how important it is for individuals with food allergies or dietary requirements to make informed choices with confidence. That’s why we’re committed to providing clear, accessible, and accurate allergen information across our food and drink outlets.
To support this, each outlet has allergen information on all in-house made products and our staff are trained to provide up-to-date allergen information when asked. We also use a dedicated online platform called Ten Kites for our outlets (Astrovan, Queens, Soul and The Square Cafe) which allows customers to view detailed allergen information for every item on our menus.
Each outlet features a QR code displayed clearly near the service area or tills. By scanning this code with a smartphone, customers are instantly taken to a digital menu showing allergens such as nuts, gluten, dairy, and more, specific to the outlet they’re visiting. If you have any questions or require further assistance, our trained team members are always on hand to help.
Our Food Production Kitchen handle multiple allergens and there is always a risk of cross-contamination. This is a live system so dishes allergens and preferences will automatically update without notice, where ingredients change. Note that we cannot guarantee dishes will be free from unlisted allergens due to the risk of cross-contamination by other customers in service areas.