Restaurants near Welgevonden Game Reserve
*Distances are shown as the crow flies and are not necessarily the actual travelling
distance.
Acornhoek South African restaurant
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Acornhoek (17.8 km from Welgevonden Game Reserve) A tasty blend of authentic African meals.
Pattido Restaurant is an intimate perfect venue for authentic elegant dining combined with the serenity and tranquility of its natural setting and is a first of its kind in the Lowveld that strictly serves African meals.
The restaurant is centrally and conveniently located on the R40 road to Hoedspruit, Kruger National Park and Manyeleti Game Reserve via an open gate. We are situated around the Kruger to Canyon escapement.
Business lunches, romantic dinners, team building and creative workshops are presented in our open-spaced building in the restaurant.
Pattido foods reflect a culture of sunshine and smiles. People lazily braai on a Friday afternoon while sipping a drink and enjoying some biltong, oxtail, mogodu, samp and beans or pap and gravy, not forgetting some of our rainbow nation flair with Indian curries; this reflects just some of what is on offer.
Spices from India are combined with flavours from the Dutch influence to create dishes like lamb curry and the oxtail.
Pattido Restaurant offers a delicious selection of flavours, usually presented with new and modern twists. Chefs take township, bush and household favourites and add their own flare and style. The direction of Pattido Restaurant is in the hands of seasoned professionals with outstanding records in the food and catering industry.
Trading Hours: Tuesday – Sunday: lunch 12-3; dinner 6-late; closed Monday.
Pilgrims Rest Light Meals restaurant
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Pilgrims Rest (20.3 km from Welgevonden Game Reserve) This family restaurant set amidst a serene garden revives travelling palates with traditional dishes such as burgers, vetkoek and local trout delights.
Waffles and pancakes pamper a sweet tooth as do savoury pies filled with hearty choices at Pilgrim’s Pantry.
Hoedspruit Pub Meals restaurant
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Hoedspruit (24.6 km from Welgevonden Game Reserve) With mesmerizing views beaconing tranquillity, Wildebeest Lapa captures the majestic Northern Drakensberg range dining alfresco watching the blushing sun slip away.
A traditional bush pub, this establishment invites family get-togethers enrobed in traditional African fare and hospitality for a cosy dining experience inspired by the spirit of Africa.
Graskop European restaurant
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Graskop (25.1 km from Welgevonden Game Reserve) Rosenkavalier Restaurant can be found in the Flycatcher Castle; a grand and elegant setting perched on the edge of the Drakensberg escarpment.
This 17th centaury dining experience enrobes the palate with speciality bohemian cooking and classical music for a feast that applauds and satisfies.
Then menu offers soups such as velvety butternut, with a hint of Eastern spices and coconut milk. Starters selections include home made pork terrine, baked black mushrooms with feta and rosemary and a variety of trout specialities such as the fluffy, buttery trout quiche with a delicious accompaniment of fennel, peppers, apple and balsamic vinegar.
Mains delight with Austrian beef roulades with a piquant filling of bacon, carrot and gherkin all served with clove-scented onion rice and fruity red cabbage. Lamb scallopini in a sauce of rosemary and red wine as well as grilled line fish on a bed of spinach and steamed potatoes.
Dessert enrobes the palate with layers of aromatic almond biscuit soaked in custard and alternated with tropical fruit compote the ultimate, “to-die-for” Castle dessert and steaming rice pudding with lemon curd and sour cream.
Discerning palates can enjoy breakfast and lunch in beautiful surroundings at the Flycatcher Castle in Graskop.
Graskop Portuguese restaurant
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Graskop (26.1 km from Welgevonden Game Reserve) Specialising in Portuguese and South African cuisine, this family run establishment secures an intimate setting and the most succulent, tender peri-peri chickens.
The extensive menu and Mozambican ambiance compliments aromatic Portuguese wines making for an excellent meal and all around service.
Dine in the bright and colourful surrounds snuggling up to the cosy winter fireplace or alfresco on the fully covered and heated patio.
Enjoy authentic cuisine, hospitality and Platinum Star Diners awards at Canimambo Restaurant
Graskop Fine Dining restaurant
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Graskop (26.1 km from Welgevonden Game Reserve) This family restaurant, opened in 1914, offers a relaxed and comfortable family dining experience. The restaurant has cosy dining rooms with relaxing background music and a playground outside for children. You can expect delicious meals, with the menu ranging from spare ribs and seafood to burgers and poultry dishes. Don’t forget to end the evening off with a night cap at the famous Coachman Bar.
Graskop Portuguese restaurant
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Graskop (26.4 km from Welgevonden Game Reserve) Great Portuguese and Mozambican fare can be enjoyed here. Traditional recipes using the freshest ingredients ensure a delightful dining experience. Be sure to catch the live entertainment evenings, special event occasions, the unique drumming circle and just in general the warm, cosy atmosphere and vibe.
Hoedspruit South African restaurant
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Hoedspruit (27.5 km from Welgevonden Game Reserve) Ambri Africa dominates carnivorous palates with hearty African delights in a comfortable and casual setting.
Beguile the taste buds with eisbein, ribs, steaks, oxtails and even offal with a great kudu potjie that will satisfy the hungriest appetite.
Hearty food filled with taste; choose from chicken and prawn curry or 500g sole. For something lighter, try the hamburgers, chicken and herb salad, smoked trout salad and lasagnes.
Ambri Africa is a hidden rustic gem tucked away in Hoedspruit, a worthwhile visit for hearty carnivorous diners.
Kampersrus Country restaurant
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Kampersrus (29.9 km from Welgevonden Game Reserve) An idyllic place to relax and enjoy languid lunches and scrumptious breakfasts in the spectacular surrounds of Kamperus.
Serving an array of delicious meals from light lunches, afternoon teas and hearty lunches, diners soak up tranquil surrounds complimented by good food and great coffee.
Pilgrims Rest South African restaurant
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Pilgrims Rest (30.4 km from Welgevonden Game Reserve) Digger's Den is a relaxed, laid-back restaurant in the Royal Hotel in Pilgrim's Rest. Hearty, home-style cooking can be enjoyed here and traditional South African grub is served, ideal with a beer or five. Choose to sit in- or outside - the ambience carries through. The restaurant is family friendly and is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner every day.
Hazyview Contemporary restaurant
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Hazyview (34.5 km from Welgevonden Game Reserve) Tapas, pizza, wining and dining, Windmill Wine Shop attracts with roaring winter fires, handmade tables and cheerful coloured interior that exudes charm.
Enjoy delightful meals and rare, red and local wines from the temperature controlled cellar or pop in and grab some delicious goodies from the deli.
Pick goodies such as cheeses, cold meats, olives, marinated mushrooms, chicken liver pâté, pickled fish, smoked trout and home-baked farm breads, all piled onto rustic wooden boards and served alfresco on the deck.
For the serious sweet tooth, indulge in sinfully moist chocolate brownies or traditional malva pudding.
Hoedspruit South African restaurant
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Hoedspruit (34.7 km from Welgevonden Game Reserve) Nestled in the heart of Kapama Private Game Reserve with sweeping views across tranquil lakes, Kapama Lodge invites warm African hospitality complimented by local and international fare.
Chefs see to every whim and need for a personalised dining experience. Dine in the dimly lit Kapama Lodge main dining room or for a more traditional experience - the circular outdoor boma enclosed in dimly lit lanterns and the starlit sky.
For a more intimate experience, dine in comfortable seclusion in the bushveld under a blanket of stars and moonlit African sky.
Kapama Lodge serves fine cuisine from an À la carte menu with specialities like tender rack of lamb, gentle curries and flavourful seasonal vegetables concluded by delicious Kapama Lodge banoffee pie.
Awaken the spirit of Africa at Kapama Lodge.
Hoedspruit South African restaurant
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Hoedspruit (34.8 km from Welgevonden Game Reserve) The lodge extends itself with three dining experiences each unique in their setting, each complimented by decadent cuisine and South Africa’s finest vineyard cellar.
Rhino Boma invites buffet dining beneath an open sided thatch and crackling boma fire serving a variety of delicious food and impeccable service. Riverbed invites moonlit skies warmed by roaring bomas and open tables scattered over a dry riverbed lit by lanterns.
Dishes are prepared with seasonal local produce and fresh herbs grown at the lodge. Ethnic dishes and accompaniments like mealie pap (African-style polenta) and chakalaka (a hot and spicy relish) grace the palate for an authentic taste of Africa.
Specialist dishes like warthog stew and kudu casserole, impala sausages and mild oxtail curries create an exotic dining experience. Fish eaters and vegetarians are well catered for with fresh African vegetables such as sweet potatoes baked in their skin, wild spinach and feta cheese, spiced Zulu cabbage and steamed gem squash.
The Simatle Lounge offers a perfect setting for large groups and formal functions dominated by Leadwood trunks, glass concertina doors that invite the bushveld in and roaring fireplaces that extend to an open beam thatched roof for a true African feel.
Kapama River Lodge intoxicates the senses with pampered flair and pays homage to true African bushveld dining.
Hazyview Continental restaurant
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Hazyview (35.5 km from Welgevonden Game Reserve) For delicious continental cuisine and impeccable hospitality, The Ant and Elephant is the place to be.
A superb menu is on offer at this homely, country restaurant. Popular options include the surf ‘ n’ turf, the slow roasted lamb shank and the pork fillet. The wine list is modest but proffers some popular South African bottles.
The decor encompasses the warm feel of a country establishment and the staff are friendly and welcoming to match.
A great place for the whole family, The Ant and Elephant is well worth a visit
Mpumalanga Contemporary restaurant
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Mpumalanga (36.3 km from Welgevonden Game Reserve) Noted as Mpumalanga’s best-kept secret, this beautiful hotels perched on the edge of the escarpment boasts magnificent views and cool mountain air.
The interior is warm and stately dressed in old-fashioned charm, crackling fires and flickering candlelight.
The menu favours contemporary cuisine infused with a touch of French, South African and Cape Malay influences. Fresh seasonal produce cooked to perfection compliment well chosen wines and the crisp mountain air
Beautiful presentations and generous portions of five course table d’hôte and three course mains brim with colour and flavour. Try succulent line fish, hearty stews or perfectly grilled steaks followed by desert and a creamy cheese board.
It’s easy to see why Mpumalanga’s best-kept secret is Mount Sheba Hotel.
Hazyview Steakhouse restaurant
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Hazyview (36.9 km from Welgevonden Game Reserve) Starters of prawn, mango and sunflower seed salad, deli platters of homemade pesto, tapenades and marinated artichokes followed by lamb cutlets with rosemary potatoes, crocodile curry and rump with parmesan mash and green peppercorns sauce will only be complemented by a pavlova with Chantilly cream, confetti of fruit and vanilla syrup, and irresistible milktart, or a cheese platter that will do any fire place, loving couple and good bottle of red proud.
Wines have been carefully selected, tasted, and some more, having gone with a few old faithfuls like the Rubicon, Rupert & Rothschild, Haute Cabriere and L’Ormarins, to a couple of new slightly frisky recruits like the Cape point Sauvignon Blanc and the Groote Post “Old Mans blend”. For the more adventurous a Gosset Grande Réserve in true French tradition is also available.
Décor and table arrangements are rather special, with direct access to the largest rose supplier of the Lowveld market
Hazyview Mediterranean restaurant
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Hazyview (37.4 km from Welgevonden Game Reserve) Famous for mouth watering Mozambican style peri-peri chicken and delicious Mediterranean dishes, diners enjoy the beautiful Sabie Valley alongside a glass of fine wine and delectable specialities.
Located in the scenic surrounds, Restaurant Cozihna Velha offers a seasonal a la Carte menu for breakfast, lunch for dinner and soothing pre dinner drink under the stars.
Hazyview Belgian restaurant
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Hazyview (38.2 km from Welgevonden Game Reserve) Located on Main Street in Hazyview, Le Pâtissier’s menu is predominantly café style, with delicious baked good and hearty continental breakfasts and lunches.
The large open plan verandas shaded by cool flamboyant trees, an aromatic coffee and delicious breakfast makes a great start to the day.
Breakfast choices include croissants with country ham and emmenthal, quiche Lorraine, salads and frites served with owner’s real Belgian mayonnaise.
The wine list caters for all palates, perfect with a chilled lunch and the friendly helpful service makes dining easy at this bustling little café in Hazyview.
Dullstroom South African restaurant
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Dullstroom (38.5 km from Welgevonden Game Reserve) Serving breakfast, lunch and dinners, Sanboni Restaurant offers dining at a lingering pace, just enough to slow you down to appreciate good food and tranquil surrounds.
From mouthwatering buffet breakfasts, lazy lunches and hearty dinners, to alfresco dining on the terrace overlooking the pool.
Winter or summer, Sanboni Restaurant caters for easy palates in relaxed surrounds.
Hazyview International restaurant
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Hazyview (39 km from Welgevonden Game Reserve) Perched on a hillside overlooking the Sabie River Valley and veiled Drakensberg Mountains, Tuskers Restaurant offers diners a haven of peace and tranquillity while sampling true African cuisine.
Dine within the thatch roof dining hall cooled by summery fans or curl up next to the crackling winter fire with a glass of sherry before indulging in pan fried African food and excellent wines.