Restaurants near Johannesburg and surrounds
*Distances are shown as the crow flies and are not necessarily the actual travelling
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Sandton Grills restaurant
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Sandton (0.9 km from Johannesburg and surrounds) Famous for the finest grain fed and free range beef, this family friendly restaurant secures daily offerings for lunch and dinner accompanied by a well paired boutique and extensive wine list.
The décor invites a clean and simple approach with contrasting black and white mosaics, wooden floors and a daily specials school blackboard.
The menu sets the pace for grill specialties such as the Falkland Islands Calamari prepared with sweet chilli jam and lemon butter cream, fresh line fish, gourmet salads, vegetarian dishes, and freshly shucked oysters.
The Local Grill provides a family friendly, relaxed setting perfect for indulging in succulent grills.
Hurlingham Grills restaurant
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Hurlingham (0.9 km from Johannesburg and surrounds) A great menu that offers unpretentious, hearty cuisine with a glamorous edge serves customers at Chaplin's Grill. The restaurant is a great, bustling venue for any social occasion and together with a great wine list, the cuisine includes old favourites like pork belly rib and steaks, roasted rack of lamb, and even more exotic dishes like prawn curry. Enjoy your dinner under the watchful gaze of Mr. Chaplin himself, adorning the walls and providing an old school, classic feel.
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Bryanston (1.1 km from Johannesburg and surrounds) Serving the best in authentic and aromatic North Indian cuisine, Ghazal proffers superb traditional foods from this intriguing culinary centre of the world.A diverse menu created with a passion for Indian food offers a wonderful choice of dishes. Enthusiastic world-class chefs create masterpieces of Indian cuisine using the finest natural herbs and spices. There is a wide selection of breads to accompany your choices and for the vegetarians there is a superb selection of meat-free options.Take a journey through India to remember.
Parkmore Portuguese restaurant
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Parkmore (1.1 km from Johannesburg and surrounds) This bustling Portuguese family restaurant serves all the old favourites like trinchado, chicken livers peri peri, caldo verde, calamari and a variety of prawn dishes. The seafood is, of course, the speciality here. There is a comprehensive wine list to complement the menu. The prices are definitely competitive and the service is up to standard. No frills and fuss to be found here - just good quality food in a bustling yet relaxed setting.
Sandton Fine Dining restaurant
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Sandton (1.4 km from Johannesburg and surrounds) The exotic menu pleases with classic dishes that are both balanced and satisfying, catering for meat lovers in French fine dining style.
Signature dishes such as the braised duckling off the bone, with a creamy green peppercorn sauce, flamed in gin and garnished with lychees in melt-in-the-mouth pleasure along with the mango and prawn hors d’ oeuvre dressed in a light curry mayonnaise.
Dine to flickering candlelight in secluded privacy in private nooks and crannies enjoying classic dishes and daily specials at the beautiful Tudor style Coachman’s Inn.
Bryanston South African restaurant
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Bryanston (1.5 km from Johannesburg and surrounds) There are over 237 local Spur steak branches and 28 international ones. Spur offers hearty and satisfying meals with great value for money. The steak ranch is famous for their classic burgers made from AAA-grade beef, served with the crispiest chips and Spur’s own recipe for the tastiest onion rings.
Every branch is lively, vibrant and incredibly family friendly. There is a kiddies menu and a lovely entertainment area for children. The food is generously portioned, extremely tasty and brilliantly priced.
Sandton Contemporary restaurant
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Sandton (1.6 km from Johannesburg and surrounds) Mugg & Bean is a relaxed, cosy restaurant and coffee shop that is ideal for a family dinner, business lunch, or a catching up with friends over a delicious cup of coffee. It is renowned for its famous bottomless coffee and giant muffins.
The extensive menu caters for everyone, including vegans and vegetarians. The breakfast menu has everything from a typical South African farm breakfast to New Orleans French Toast and a Designer Omelette. There is a variety of sandwiches to choose from, as well as gourmet burgers, salads and soups.
There is also a large selection of traditional favourties such as lasagne, steak, chops and ribs. The special kids’ menu offers everything from potatoes, to steak to milk and cookies. It is sure to leave the little ones satisfied.
Sandton Contemporary restaurant
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Sandton (1.9 km from Johannesburg and surrounds) Mugg & Bean is a relaxed, cosy restaurant and coffee shop that is ideal for a family dinner, business lunch, or a catching up with friends over a delicious cup of coffee. It is renowned for its famous bottomless coffee and giant muffins.
The extensive menu caters for everyone, including vegans and vegetarians. The breakfast menu has everything from a typical South African farm breakfast to New Orleans French Toast and a Designer Omelette. There is a variety of sandwiches to choose from, as well as gourmet burgers, salads and soups.
There is also a large selection of traditional favourties such as lasagne, steak, chops and ribs. The special kids’ menu offers everything from potatoes, to steak to milk and cookies. It is sure to leave the little ones satisfied.
Bryanston Seafood restaurant
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Bryanston (1.9 km from Johannesburg and surrounds) Lord Prawn stands among seafood establishments as the lord of prawns. With reasonably priced seafood and platters for two, abundant wine to compliment each meal and a friendly comfortable ambiance - dining at Lord Prawn becomes a festive occasion.
Enjoy a seafood platter for two bursting with queen prawns, calamari, mussels, rice and chips. Or tasty curries, medium to strong, mouth watering ribs and traditional British-style fish and chips.
Combos consisting of rib and prawns or calamari and prawns appeal to those who can’t decide while sushi delights with delicious choices. Round off the meal with a chewy Turkish delight ice cream with white port.
Lord Prawn caters for seafood lovers who enjoy reasonable prices and value for money in comfortable surrounds.
Bryanston Bistro restaurant
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Bryanston (2.1 km from Johannesburg and surrounds) Wholesome and hearty with a passion for family and all things heartwarming, this beautiful and stylish bistro-style restaurant serves up only the best in hospitality, freshness and imaginative dishes. Specially roasted coffee and freshly baked artisan breads are available every day. The menu offers a large variety of dishes including mouthwatering breakfasts, cheese platters, burgers and other more exotic gourmet fare. Great wines complement the food.
Parkmore Bistro restaurant
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Parkmore (2.3 km from Johannesburg and surrounds) Enjoying status as contemporary French bistro dining, this highly unique bistro satisfies diners with a well though out and enticing menu suited to the comprehensive Thomas Maxwell wine list.
Intimate and festive, the menu brims with favourites such as steak tartare and Warthog Carpaccio dressed in blini and shallot marmalade.
Diners peruse delicious choices such as the Duck and porcini Pietettes - Duck rillettes, porcini and black mushroom in phyllo parcels finished off with a truffle porcini cream, paired perfectly with a Pinot Noir or the Stellakaya Hercules.
Deliciously moist Monty’s Fish Cakes packed with Kabeljou; Yellowtail and Salmon fish cakes dressed in a wholegrain mustard and cointreau veloute on parmesan and rocket is simply delectable doubled up with a Doubly Delicious Meringue – A spice of double meringue filled with cream and topped with mango, pineapple, pistachio nuts and cardamom.
Thomas Maxwell Bistro in Parkmore sings a serenade for the senses for those who choose to wine and dine at this fine establishment for lunch or dinner.
Parkmore Contemporary restaurant
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Parkmore (2.4 km from Johannesburg and surrounds) This vibrant restaurant is situated in an old car workshop and can seat only 40 diners, making it intimate and bustling at the same time. Modern interiors reminds of the building's previous use and the comfort food served here adds to the social ambience. The menu is seasonal and always serves one meat dish, one fish dish and one vegetarian dish for every starter and main. Enjoy your favourite drink with your food in this fully licensed, unique 'chop shop'.
Hurlingham South African restaurant
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Hurlingham (2.4 km from Johannesburg and surrounds) Marion's Restaurant offers a varied a la carte menu and a tasteful, elegant setting in which guests can savour the best that fine dining has to offer. The cuisine is traditional South African fare with flare and seasonal ingredients are used ensuring freshness and flavour. The ever-changing menu is complemented by a comprehensive wine list. The cocktail bar offers cocktails, cognacs and whiskeys.
Bryanston Italian restaurant
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Bryanston (2.5 km from Johannesburg and surrounds) The décor captures the mood with ornate arched windows, warm earthy tones and colourful murals flanked by a large wine display.
La Campagnola warms the palate with delicious Italian cuisine and an a la carte menu that boasts delightful starters, salads and pastas.
Starter recommendations include the pan-fried calf brains with brandy and cream, and the smoked salmon carpaccio.
Salads and pastas offer substantial choices with an array of vegetarian options such as the penne Campagnola with cashew nuts, mushrooms and ricotta cheese.
Main course specialities include a tender rack of Lamb, veal escalopes with asparagus, and a superb beef fillet, served only upon the whim of what is seasonal.
Dine within the warm surrounds or alfresco on the pleasant terrace wrapped in shrubs and trees, perfect for balmy summers.
La Campagnola satisfies with delightful Italian delicacies that demand many return visits, so booking is essential.
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Parkmore (2.6 km from Johannesburg and surrounds) The friendly ambiance welcomes foreign palates to a world of mouth-watering tastes. Authentic Lebanese dishes such as baba ghannoush, fried and raw kebbeh to fattoush and labna wet the appetite.
Main courses boast great dishes but by popular demand kebabs, grills and shwarmas remain the firm favourites.
Dine within the informal café or formal dining area complimented by a full bar, pricey but interesting Lebanese wines and authentic Lebanese ambiance at Beirut in Parkmore.
Bryanston Seafood restaurant
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Bryanston (2.7 km from Johannesburg and surrounds) Ocean Basket is a popular South African restaurant offering hearty, fresh seafood at affordable prices. The extensive menu caters for all tastes, and even for the little ones. All main meals come with either stir fry, rice, chips or salad.
The fun, vibrant kids’ meals like ‘Mermaids Calamari Rings’ and ‘Captain Hook’s Prawns’ will make sure your brood is satisfied and healthy. There are also great seafood platters on offer and mouth-watering sushi, maki, sashimi and fashion sandwiches.
Morningside - JHB Italian restaurant
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Morningside - JHB (2.8 km from Johannesburg and surrounds) The decors whispers subtle Urban Chic infused with Boudoir classics that invite elite crowds to wine and dine elegant cuisine.
The menu favours fillet Dijon and the most delicate hot smoked salmon salads, delectable pastries and decadent desserts such as airy profiteroles to sinfully, rich crème brulee.
Dine upstairs where the mood captures dark and sexy warmed by a crackling fireplace or at the Bistro where hearty cuisine takes centre stage, Metro Restaurant will satisfy every whim and desire with urban elegance, in Morningside, Johannesburg
Morningside - JHB Asian restaurant
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Morningside - JHB (2.9 km from Johannesburg and surrounds) This beautiful, trendy and happening restaurant is situated in bustling Sandton and offers authentic Asian cuisine. A delightfully varied menu leaves guests spoilt for choice and all dishes are freshly prepared to provide a tastebud treat. The interior and setting is magical, and combined with warm hospitality, fast service and food flavours to die for, this place is a must-try.
Morningside - JHB French restaurant
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Morningside - JHB (3 km from Johannesburg and surrounds) This select boutique hotel seduces a delicate compact menu and extensive wine list paired perfectly with roast rabbit, seared tuna, guinea fowl and roasted duck with orange, ginger sauce and baby potatoes.
Homely comfort food graces the menu with delights such as Lamb shank in Port wine with mashed potatoes or beef and chicken fillets.
Adventurous palates take pleasure with a beef tartare served with French fries and Béarnaise sauce or the veal sweetbreads with portabellini and black truffle vol-au-vent.
Conclude this decadent dining experience with a crème caramel infused with Madagascan vanilla or seasonal berries marinated in vanilla liqueur and presented Melba style.
Dine in understated elegance or alfresco on the large patio sampling attractive and delicious dishes at this classic restaurant.
Sandton European restaurant
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Sandton (3 km from Johannesburg and surrounds) A well known landmark and favourite meeting place for diners, Baglio’s Café embraces delectable delights in the form of European style pizzas and ultimate Italian indulgence.
Casual yet chic, the ambiance is warm and classic Italian with a hint of cosmopolitan. The extensive menu is well catered for with complimenting local and international estate wines.
Situated on the corner of Nelson Mandela Square, diners experience quality value for money cuisine and the art of indulging at Baglio’s Café.