Tag Archives: Cape
Catharina’s, Steenberg, revisit
A very successful revamp to the space at this showcase wine lands hotel (more detail here) which works a charm both daytimes and night. Since my previous visit, when service was clearly well trained but rather formulaic, there is a sense that it is now much improved and integrated. On the night, the cooking was technically [...]
Lemon Grass, Plettenberg Bay
This restaurant off a guesthouse has a peerless setting on a rivermouth at the sea, and its rather entertaining to watch people’s dropped jaws on entry. Enter through a Provence-styled garden to find a neat and breezy Meditteranean space; terracotta tile and white cloth tables that flow in an open-air fashion to a veranda that’s [...]
Independent restaurant reviews
Rossouw’s Restaurants is a website that complements the printed Rossouw’s guide, now in its seventh year. For both the printed guide and all reviews here, the principle is: reviews are conducted anonymously; and all meals are paid for. For this site, the blog, all reviews are written by the editor, JPR, unless noted. Naturally, you [...]
La Mouette, Sea Point, revisited