Hiraeth relocates to Court Colman Manor Hotel

Hiraeth, the independently run pub and restaurant that secured its place in the Michelin Guide within eight months of opening, has relocated to Bridgend’s Court Colman Manor Hotel, taking over the manor hotel’s 50 cover restaurant.

Hiraeth’s relocation comes after the landlord of their original site chose to put the 400-year-old building near Cowbridge up for sale.

Having completed their final service at the pub on new year’s eve, the Hiraeth team have pulled out all of the stops to refurbish the dining room at Court Colman Manor, creating a space which uses plenty of natural materials and “elegant touches”.

Handmade herringbone tables dotted around the dining room have been made by a local craftsman from Bridgend; the 10-year-old oak cuttings used to make them came from a felled oak tree in Welsh former rugby union player Neil Jenkins’ garden.

The hotel’s extensive gardens will serve as the “canvas” for Hiraeth’s kitchen garden, ensuring a “bountiful harvest” of seasonal produce just metres from the kitchen door.

Just like at the previous venue, it will offer a monthly-changing taster menu and an à la carte menu which will change daily depending on what’s coming in from local suppliers. Once settled into its new location, Hiraeth’s chefs and co-owners Lewis Dwyer and Andy Aston will open the restaurant on Sundays throughout the year and will start offering Afternoon Tea in the spring.

Aston said: “We’re so excited to welcome our first guests tonight – it’s taken a Herculean effort from the team to get us here. We still have some finishing touches to make over the coming weeks, to really make the space our own, but as far as the kitchen goes we’re ready and raring to go. We hope that everyone who loved what we did in the pub will pay us a visit and love what we are doing here just as much – if not more.”