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Comment on The Red Barn Restaurant by Restaurants South Africa

Restaurants South Africa — Thu, 27 May 2010 08:33:20 +0000

I tend to agree. You just don’t get the sort of service you can expect in the bigger towns and cities. Our restaurants are either far too busy or far too quiet. There are no in betweens and there are very few which will ever get it right. Those that do are exceptional and they are generally well supported as a result. But even they creak and groan in the crazy times.

Comment on Difficult to forget (Restaurants) by Martyn Hill

Martyn Hill — Thu, 27 May 2010 07:51:11 +0000

Honest food….just 16km out of Knysna just before the Brenton-on-Sea beach is a quaint restaurant called Chef’s @ Nauticus Place and boy do these 3 Chefs know what food is all about. Unpretentious and great Pizza, steaks, seafood, venison etc. Give them a try you wont be dissapointed

Comment on The Red Barn Restaurant by admin

admin — Tue, 18 May 2010 15:51:17 +0000

There are a few place on the Garden Route where I enjoy taking the family and its to the sort of places where the emphasis is more on taste and sometimes even value for money. But service? That is a tough one in this part of the world and I rather look for some inherent sense of hospitality to compensate.

I don’t know the Red Barn that well but I think they are trying too hard and forgetting what is really important when it comes to food and the people they serve.

Comment on The Red Barn Restaurant by Peta Quinlan

Peta Quinlan — Tue, 18 May 2010 15:07:43 +0000

Happy to hear that your experience was okay. We had the Beef Roast with veg. Tasty but overcooked.
We were never offered coffee but the moms did receive a sherry on arrival. True that R85 is not bad but when you times this by 5 its costly !!!! Knysna residents accept sub standards because we have no choice but if we all speak out about sub standars in the service industry then perhaps one day we will walk out of a resaurant that charges R120 per head and say WELL WORTH IT< GOOD FOOD AND SERVICE, the way it should be !

Comment on The Red Barn Restaurant by admin

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 07:55:44 +0000

We did the regular Sunday roast at the Heath. They do a very tasty leg of lamb with pud to follow. The service is atrocious but it’s always been that way and you get used to it. The kids also have plenty of space to run around and build up an appetite. We enjoy it and at R85 with coffee thrown in I believe it’s good value.

Comment on The Red Barn Restaurant by petra quinlan

petra quinlan — Mon, 10 May 2010 07:19:27 +0000

MOTHERS DAY LUNCH GONE HORRIBLY WRONG

The restaurant getting my sour award is the RED BARN IN RHEENENDAL. A mothers day lunch to forget !

On arrival we were seated at a table outside in 14 deg. and wearing light clothes. When asked to move inside which was empty we were told that nobody is sitting inside today. So…? Anyway we went inside. Waited for 20 minutes before being offered a drink and a further 20 minutes for our selection of the 3 course set menu. My starter was a potato and asparagus quiche which was very tasty but two bites and it was gone! The kids had ONE spring roll each, to their horror. The main course was 2 slices of very well done roast beef, 1/4 gem, 1 tiny carrot. half zucchini, warm salad and if you were lucky 2 potatoes ( mine were missing). The Yorkshire pudding was very good and the only thing warm on our plates. Now here comes the best of all, the “baked custard pudding with berries” sounds delicious…well here is the recipe… a dash of ultramel topped with a swirl of cream and 10 gooseberries from a can served ice cold.

At a pop of R95 per head, this was day light robbery. The stop at Woolworth for a roast chicken and a chocolate cake was a hit !!!!

Comment on The Red Barn Restaurant by Marias Jourburt

Marias Jourburt — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:01:23 +0000

Top pizza – definitely worth the drive to Rheenendal.

Comment on The Best Pie Shop in Plett by Lunch at The Dry Dock — What We Ate Today

Lunch at The Dry Dock — What We Ate Today — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:38:32 +0000

[...] the craft and factory shops that we wanted to visit. On the way back we had intended to stop at a pie shop that is supposedly very good. I have to thank The Food Pornographer for that craving since she visited Harry’s Café de [...]

Comment on Difficult to forget (Restaurants) by Qissara

Qissara — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:44:01 +0000

Do you have any idea whether Braai & Bake (PMB) opened up somewhere else? And any idea where I could get the recipe for the Braai & Bake chicken and mushroom pies?

Comment on Kai Coffee Shop, Knysna by admin

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:13:47 +0000

Didn’t work out. Agape is just a decor and gift shop. No coffee.