Restaurants and Delis in Garden Route

In the relaxed atmosphere of the hotel we have created an indoor/outdoor restaurant, Café Bacchus, where visitors can enjoy food and drinks in a leisurely surrounding. Here people can escape from the rat race, stress and mechanical mindedness of our times. Café Bacchus specializes in a variety of mouth-watering cakes, including freshly baked cheese, carrot or chocolate cakes. It is not unusual to find travellers that turn off from the N2 into Storms River Village in order to enjoy our delicious light lunches. All this in a beautiful garden setting with a magical fountain in the middle, complimented by an enchanting statue of the delightful Bacchus himself.

While refreshing at Café Bacchus visitors would often find a hive of activity at the adjacent swimming pool. The swimming pool area, surrounded by four palm trees, makes an impressive setting, an ideal place for a model photo shoot. Many visitors at Bacchus can’t resist the temptation and join guests in the swimming pool.

The mischievous Bacchus has the nasty habit of overthrowing the itinerary of even the most rigid traveller. After being seduced by Bacchus many visitors stay over at the Inn for a day or two.You are welcome too !

The New York Times rated De Oude Martha as the best restaurant in the Tsitsikamma. After ruling the roost in the kitchen for 32 years, Martha finally retired on the 31st of January 2004. Today the Inn still remains loyal to the legacy Martha Makwela left and continues in the tradition of good, home cooked food.

Relax in our a la Carte restaurant where the décor is a blend of today and yesterday.
Where the welcome and the service is good and a new generation of women from our village are teaming up to provide a dining experience with cuisine for the entire family
We use only fresh, often organic and local ingredients with lots of fresh herbs from our garden mixed with a detail of love to create our mouth watering meals Our aim is to offer freshly made meals, warm and attentionate service and food that is constantly good so that one time customers will become regulators and ambassadors.
We invite you to visit a "well kept secret" in the Tsitsikamma

Superb cuisine, wonderful wines, friendly and professional service in a setting that is elegant is the credo for fine dining at Serendipity. The five course South African inspired table d’hôte menu, experienced leisurely in a refined atmosphere that increases the pleasure of your dining experience is the benchmark of Serendipity.

Right on Keurbooms Beach! You cannot get any closer or find more fabulous views to sip a cocktail while watching dolphins surfing waves, whales breaching in season and spectacular daily sunsets. Enrico's is Plett's trendiest restaurant and it’s easy to see why – here you can enjoy good food, good vibes indoors or outdoors in an unspoilt stunning location right near the Tsitsikamma National Marine Park. Work off the extra carbs walking on the spectacular Keurbooms Beach to Arch Rock and the strandloper cave.

Big Blu, formerly Tidals restaurant, has reincarnated itself with a little help from mother nature. In a word the view is simply spectacular and the ambience is casual and eclectic. This self-service Tapas restaurant offers traditional Tapas dishes as well as other dishes. Along with super friendly staff, there are regular weekend events. Enjoy tasty tapas dishes and a view not available anywhere else in the Garden Route!

Iridescent with red walls and fairy lights, The Firefly Eating House & Chai Bar is housed in a charming original 1906 Knysna tin mining house on the Knysna lagoon with a view of the famous Knysna Heads. The Eating House explores the complexity of spice and the Chai Bar, the subtleties of tea.

Their irresistible spicy food draws inspiration from around the globe. Firefly's Top Dish is the Cape Malay bobotie spring rolls with a mint chutni and the the spice tea latte wins as Top Tea. Try a Firestarter like the orange & ostrich spring roll with a Juniper berry dip followed by smoked Berbere beef with quail egg, served with apricot & mint couscous (berbere is a spice mixture whose ingredients usually include chillies, ginger, cloves, coriander, allspice and is a key ingredient in North African cuisine). Of course dinner at Firefly wouldn't be complete without Sugar ‘n Spice and all things nice. Highly recommended is the saffron & cardamom basmati rice cream.

île de païn - Island of Bread is something of an oasis, even amoungst the plethora of good eateries in Knysna. When Liezie Mulder and Markus Farbinger together with a small, young team opened the doors of île de païn in 2002, it was as though they tapped into something so treasured by the collective consciousness, that the appeal was indeed universal.

They built a wood fired oven and baked large, dark loaves of Companio bread for the nearby farmers market. Soon after, Liezie put a small menu together to complement the bread. Today the bread “complements” Liezie’s food breakfast and lunch take centre stage at île de païn. She draws from her love of local ingredients and utilizes her international experience and training to create menu‘s that are thoughtful, simple and unique for everyday enjoyment.

The wine list changes as often as the menu and receives equal attention and care. The desserts on display are for the finale or to take home for a postponed indulgence. On your way out you remember to take along a loaf (locals reserve one or two before sitting down) and some of the specialties as a gift to yourself or those near to your heart. Their annual gastronomic trips around the globe will ensure that île de païn will keep on going for years to come.