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Independent restaurant reviews

By JPR | Published: April 9, 2008

Welcome to Rossouw’s Restaurants web, the place for independent commentary on the South African restaurant scene. This website complements the printed Rossouw’s Restaurants 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. Naturally, you may not [...]

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Winelists

By H2Mouth | Published: March 16, 2008

What makes a good restaurant wine list? Do I hear you say “when it’s cheap?”. I am sorry to say that I think the practise of subsidising the menu through the wine list is here to stay. With very few exceptions, restaurants mark wines up 300% or more and offer comparatively little in exchange [...]

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- Rory on Harvey’s, Durban: Sounds quirky. I’m up in Durbs for my annual visit and will def try check it out. Also looking forward to a...
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- JPR on Vanilla, Cape Quarter Extension, Cape Town: A quick starter here the other day, salt and pepper calamari, was very good – tender and very clear s&p...
- Michael on Jordan Restaurant with George Jardine, Stellenbosch: Bazil is absolutely right – this is truely great! Relaxed, views, friendly, unrushed but attentive and charming...
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- begreek on Peccadillos, Greyton: Having read various rave reviews on Peccadillos, we had high hopes but were sorely disappointed at this restaurant....
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