Nov 25, 2025 | depART
By BRUCE DENNILL The Greenhouse, Sandton, Johannesburg. Carte: This is a menu that goes very long on drink options – there are 11 types of tequila alone – which is in keeping with the venue’s general dining-meets-nightlife atmosphere (though...
Aug 28, 2021 | depART
By BRUCE DENNILL The Farm Stall at Halls, N4 Halls Gateway, Mbombela. Carte: Separate food and drinks menus, with plenty of choice – reflecting a pleasing combination of imagination and a lack of pretence – on both. Smart: A glass-enclosed tea-room and a...
Aug 21, 2020 | depART
By BRUCE DENNILL Lekker Bistro, 60 Bree Street, Parys. Carte: The menu’s written out on a chalkboard, which is brought to your table and balanced on a chair. The basics – chicken, steak, fish – but prepared with equal parts imagination and sumptuousness and referred...
Jan 17, 2017 | ARTicle
BY BRUCE DENNILL Carte: A large menu with a generous choice of dishes with an Italian bent, but often tweaked to include whatever fresh produce is on offer in the farm stall element of the property. Smart: The venue is all about rustic charm and enjoying the...
Sep 11, 2016 | ARTicle
By BRUCE DENNILL Carte: Loads of beautifully prepared meat – farmers in the area have been supplying the stuff since the governor at the Cape Colony was ordering it, so no surprises, there Smart: The décor and surroundings are wonderfully elegant, but if you’re...
