Ertlio Namas
Lithuania
Ertlio Namas is a family-run restaurant in Vilnius Old Town, at Šv. Jono g. 7, Lithuania, housed in a historic building associated with the house of Jurgis Ertlis. The restaurant presents itself as a place to experience Lithuania’s culinary heritage up close, with an emphasis on historical atmosphere and a setting spread across several historic rooms and floors. Its own materials also note that access can be more challenging because of the old building, with staff available to assist on arrival. The kitchen centres on refined Lithuanian cuisine shaped by historical research and modern interpretation. The restaurant says it traces flavours from the Middle Ages onwards, and its menus are organised around themed tasting experiences rather than a conventional à la carte offer. Current menu pages list multi-course dinners, including a 7-part and 9-part tasting dinner, and describe dishes with live stories that accompany service, reinforcing the restaurant’s narrative approach to dining. Food and drink listings show dishes inspired by named historical periods and ingredients such as rye and wheat bread, turnip with curd cheese and black bread, pheasant with apples and plum jam, beer soup with beef, and sweet finishes including pear and hazelnut desserts. The drinks offer includes wine pairings and mead, alongside the restaurant’s own water, suggesting a considered pairing programme built around the tasting format. Practical facilities are geared towards hospitality in a heritage setting rather than modern convenience. The restaurant provides contact details for reservations and notes that the team can help with entry, arrange a ramp on request, and reserve a table on the more accessible first floor. It also states that the spaces extend over three floors, with no fully adapted toilet for guests with reduced mobility, so visits are best suited to guests comfortable with a historic, vertically arranged house.