Mote Restaurant







If judged on location alone then The National Trust is sitting on potentially the best restaurant chain in the world! With some of the most historic and inspirational sites across the British Isles The National Trust decided to create an initial series of destination dining experiences at some of their most prestigious properties.
The Brief:
Create a restaurant experience that brings to life the Trust's brand personality, expresses its values and blends the best of contemporary design with traditional materials, attention to detail and local produce. This was to be no 'cookie cutter' project; each restaurant needed to be tailor-made to suit the locality and sympathetic to its environment.
The Solution:
From initial design concepts to final build 'i-am' planned, project managed and created 'The Mote Restaurant'; a new build restaurant that offers visitors traditional English fayre cooked from the very best local ingredients by an outstanding chef all within a unique interior that
reflected the adjacent medieval manor house.
The Result:
Since opening to great acclaim The Mote restaurant has now been trading successfully at Ightham Mote in Kent for the last two years and forms part of The National Trust's five format catering strategy as devised by 'i-am'.