Gauteng Central Restaurants

Tables and seating booths are meticulously displayed with crisp white linen and elegant tableware. Enjoy a pre dinner drink at the expansive bar before perusing the menu alfresco on the large patio flanked by shady trees. Dine indoors wrapped in soft evening lighting, soothing background music and high volume ceilings that invite warmth. Enjoy starters such as the chicken livers, peri-peri and creamy garlic snails. For mains try the JHB Grill flambé fillet steak - pan-fried and flamed with Jack Daniels and served with your choice of sauce. Can’t decide on fish or fillet, take delight in the fillet and prawn combo and rounded it off with a choc mousse cappuccino, decadent and satisfying. The beef is grain fed and available in a variety of sizes including succulent pork ribs, seafood such as good old hake and chips, and freshly caught line fish, all this and classic surrounds at the JHB Grill in Sandton.

Located in Fourways, Sandton, this steakhouse boasts black cobra polished walls and fittings, large glass doors and window, and an interior laden with heavy leather chairs, seating booths and balcony views. Peruse the extra-large steaks and full rack of ribs for larger appetites, bobotie, pies, boerewors, and chicken. Side dishes compliment succulent grills and include chips, baked potato, vegetables and onion rings with a salad buffet brimming with variety. Dessert calls for traditional Malva pudding, jelly, custard and tipsy tart. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, Karoo Cattle and Land Steakhouse caters for hearty appetites.

For red-blooded meat-eaters, Melville Grill is the only place to go. 1950’s style boards are used to display the best choices of beef for the day. Patrons who don’t fancy red meat are catered for with superb fish, chicken, antipasto and vegetarian offerings. Melville Grill has kept the decor simple and welcoming, with a black and white colour scheme and perfectly suited lighting.  A cosy yet sophisticated atmosphere adds the finishing touch to this meat-eater’s dream.

Excellent food any time of the day, live music in the afternoons and a bar/ club feel in the evenings.

If it’s a business lunch or executive dinner you want, The Bull Run is the restaurant of choice. Located opposite the Stock Exchange, The Bull Run has a sumptuous menu presenting prices in Rands, Dollars, Euros Pounds. Don’t be fooled by the business-style setting, this trendy restaurant maintains a relaxed and comfortable ambiance, enhanced by the décor of bare brick and soft lighting. The menu is filled with delicious choices and the finest meat of the best quality, aged to perfection and taken from the in-house butchery. There is also a wonderful selection of seafood, salads and vegetarian platters. The Bull Run chefs have thought of everyone in designing the extensive menu. The wine list is plentiful and award winning, making sure you can find the perfect accompaniment for your meal. Located near to popular night spots, The Bull Run ticks every box for a superb night out. The Chef Specials: Monday - 1 kg Beef or Pork Ribs for R119.00, Tuesday - 500g T-Bone Steak for R129.00, Wednesday - 12 Baked Oysters for R149.00, Thursday - Double Bull Run Burger for R109.00, Friday - Steak and Prawn Combo for R119.00, Saturday - 1 kg Queen Prawns for R149.00, Sunday - Any of the above specials.

For tender, melt-in-the-mouth steaks, aged to perfection and perfectly grilled, The Butcher Block is the place to be.A relaxed and casual ambience enhances a superb dining experience. The Butcher Block takes the utmost pride in providing the most flavoursome streaks of the highest quality. The meat is supplied by one of South Africa’s best suppliers and strictly grade AAA cuts are used.For those who don’t fancy red meat, there are chicken, fish and vegetarian options. Every taste and need is catered for.The wine cellar, which diners may visit, is carefully temperature-controlled and full of superb bottles from top South African wine estates.For superb steaks and wonderful wine, The Butcher Block excels!

The rich culture and history of South Africa is celebrated at the Butcher Shop and Grill on Nelson Mandela Square.This prestigious location is a buzzing meeting place for locals, tourists and business people for leisurely lunches around a relaxing water fountain or sumptuous and satifying evening meals.With its own butchery and a solid reputation for the highest quality meats, you can be assured that your meal at The Butcher Shop and Grill will be one to remember!

Gourmet Garage awakens the senses with a fun and colourful setting centred on burgers and early 20th centaury American cars. Stylish and original, the menu bursts with superb selections of steaks, ribs, fish, burger and chicken. For starters try voluptuous Nachos dressed in plain, chicken or blue-cheese and chilli layer. Burgers take the spotlight with over thirty choices starting from the basic cheese burger to the Hawaiian Burger. The menu entices further with gourmet burgers brimming with fillers like Lamb and Ostrich and even a Moët Burger for two. For those who don’t like red meat, try the chicken or veggie burgers and to top it all off, a delicate soft-serve ice cream or decadent hot chocolate brownie. Gourmet Garage transports the palate back in time, where a good burger was considered dining and driving 20th centaury cars was considered cool.

Cradled in The Furs Shopping Centre, at one of South Africa’s finest live music venues, The Grillhouse entices with succulent steaks and bustling ambiance, famous for steaks and ribs. Dine in art deco style seduced by subtle lighting, raw face brick, black leather, timber and warm earthy tones or alfresco on the wrap-around terrace and outdoor area. The menu caters for discerning and easy palates ranging from fine steaks to voluptuous seafood and tender chicken, with a range of vegetarian dishes to suit. Enjoy a glass of chilled wine or malt housed inside the wine cellar alongside a succulent steak and finger licking ribs at this New York style grill house.

Turn ‘n Tender lives up to promise of great love, food and warmth and thrives satisfying diners with red meat specialties. Signature dishes hit the spot with patrons as do the great selection of combos. Enjoy starter recommendations such as Goulash Soup, Marrow Bones on toast, or the Steak, Rocket and Feta Salad – cubes of beef on a bed of greens in a balsamic and red wine reduction. Meat lovers indulge in dry Pepper Point Rump (300g) or Steak Hit Parade - a 300g fillet topped with a rich and creamy sauce. Savour these delicious meals in modern surrounds or alfresco at Turn ‘n Tender in Parktown North.

Wombles Steakhouse has been providing delicious meals since it first opened in Zimbabwe in 1984.Using the choicest cuts of the highest quality beef, Wombles has earned a reputation for providing substantial portions. No one ever leaves hungry!After the sustained success of the Zimbabwe Wombles, owners Duncan and Yvette Barker decided to open others, the most notable to date being in Australia where they were awarded the Gold Plate.After further success with other restaurants, the Barkers decided to return to the African continent, choosing Johannesburg to launch a new Wombles and the success continues!Drawing from their years of experience and successes and taking influence from the varied establishments they’ve managed, true to form, Wombles, Sandton has flourished!