Circa 1876 serves out of a historic cottage on the Roscrea Estate grounds at Pokolbin, with a kitchen garden and chicken coop supplying the plate. A head gardener grows the vegetables and keeps the hens, and the kitchen builds the menu around what comes in, so the farm-to-fork line is a short walk rather than a phrase. It shares the estate with The Convent, a few steps across the grounds.
Service is set price with a three-course minimum, lunch Friday to Sunday and dinner Monday to Saturday. Book ahead: a credit card guarantee is required, cancellation inside 48 hours is charged, and bookings of six or more take a 30 per cent non-refundable deposit. The set-menu format and the booking terms point it at a planned lunch or dinner rather than a drop-in.
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Circa 1876
| Mon – Thu | 5:30pm – 9pm |
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| Fri – Sun | 12pm – 2:30pm |
Lunch Friday to Sunday, 12pm to 2.30pm. Dinner Monday to Saturday, 5.30pm to 9pm. A set price three course minimum applies to every lunch and dinner booking. A credit card guarantee is required and bookings of six or more take a 30 per cent non-refundable deposit.
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Circa 1876 is at 64 Halls Road, Pokolbin, in Hunter Valley.
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Details last checked 2026-08-09.