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Affordable tasting selection for such high quality of wines with amazing views and exceptional service. We absolutley love this place and come visit e…
Mokgethoa Makola
De Grendel Restaurant and Wine Estate, Plattekloof, Cape Town
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De Grendel has one of the best views. Loved the Platter and Wine as well. Good experience…
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I never knew this restaurant was nestled in the city. What a pleasant surprise. We were a party of 5 for lunch. We were seated quickly and our table w…
Charlotte Snyman
De Grendel Restaurant and Wine Estate, Plattekloof, Cape Town
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4 Reviews on “De Grendel Restaurant and Wine Estate, Plattekloof, Cape Town”
Affordable tasting selection for such high quality of wines with amazing views and exceptional service. We absolutley love this place and come visit every time we are in the area. Resturant menu is also very impressive but overpriced and usually a bit crowded. Great if you coming as a crowd but not ideal for date night. Rather spoil your partner to the wine tasting options with a gourmet platter side.
De Grendel has one of the best views. Loved the Platter and Wine as well. Good experience
I never knew this restaurant was nestled in the city. What a pleasant surprise. We were a party of 5 for lunch. We were seated quickly and our table was right beside the door. I loved the fact that you could see the processing part for the wines as you go down the ramp to the restaurant. I was totally entranced by the place already.   The five of us all decided to do the 5-course tasting Spring Lunch Tasting Menu. We began with the bread service of Yogurt and Muesli loaf with Jersey butter. The taste was beautiful. The butter was smooth. What a perfect way to begin. We followed this up with 2-Namibian Oysters (curried carrot foam, cumin, feta, cashew & dukkha). I’ve never had any type of oysters before. I was prepared for the worst but pleasantly surprised but I’m convinced it’s a cultivated taste.  You could choose the next course. I choose Plum tomato, heirloom tomato, Huegenot, cucumber, celery, daikon, and basil. It was refreshing and provided a lift to the palette with the lushness of the various tomatoes, the clean celery, and the daikon to finish it off. I loved it. The size of the portion was absolutely perfect. The gentleman chose the Springbok loin, celeriac, radicchio, courgette, cherry, 5 spice Au jus. From their cleaned plates, they enjoyed it.   My next course was Linefish, baby leeks, turnips, wild rice, cauliflower, chorizo, calamari, Cape Malay curry. What a delight! The fish was cooked to perfection, with large flakes of the fish coming apart as you put your fork to it. it was a delicate dish. From there, we finished off with our dessert. I chose the Pumpkin cake, ginger, pecan nut, orange, caramel, shortbread, cinnamon ice-cream. It was not a sweet dessert. The presentation of each course was done in an artful way with each component lending aid to the flavors around it.
We wanted to have lunch and then do a tasting, but once seated in the restaurant we realized it was an option between either a set 2 or 3 course lunch. No ‘normal’ menu. Neither of us wanted to do so as we had a late breakfast and couldn’t manage more than one course.So off to the wine tasting area. And thankfully they offer platters. Our server Darrin was excellent, the wines sublime and the platters exactly what we needed.Shout out to the MCC brut, sauvignon blanc. Just beautiful.