The old hay loft is the setting for the licensed restaurant at Erddig near Wrexham.
The beamed ceiling and wooden floors of the building overlook the Midden Yard providing an atmospheric location. Photographs of the interior of Erddig Hall and the estate, dating back to the restoration of the property by the National Trust in 1973, are hung around the restaurant walls.
The menu is composed of dishes using recipes and information from the extensive archives of the Yorke family who lived in Erddig from 1773 to 1973, as well as old local recipes.
Local ingredients and small family businesses including Woodlands Ice Cream are used as much as possible to create home-cooked food which is very popular with our many visitors. Woodlands Ice Cream is made at their farm in nearby Erbistock – their honeycomb flavour being particularly good.
A favourite with our visitors is ‘white pot’, an original recipe for bread and butter pudding from the Yorke archives containing eggs, cream and raisins soaked in sherry.
A lift is provided enabling all our visitors to access the restaurant which is on the first floor above the Trust shop.
It is possible to use the restaurant facilities for private functions which can be pre-booked with the Catering Manager.
Erddig Hall and Estate holds many events throughout the season including the very popular Victorian Festival in August and the Apple Festival in October. The restaurant menu is adapted during these festivals.
In August it includes a Victorian plum cake, again from the archives, which was used at a coming of age party held by the Yorkes, and many other Victorian favourites. Apples feature strongly in the menu in October. Both sweet and savoury dishes are on offer, including apple shortbread, and pork and apple casserole.
An additional catering outlet is provided in the parlour on the ground floor, which seats 20 people and provides light refreshments and ice cream and is available during the summer months.
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