Excellent Italian restaurant in the upscale l'Hotel where rooms start at R650 a night. The restaurant is on the second floor and offers a very varied menu with quite reasonable prices. The style is formal with beautiful silverware, glasses and linen, but we found the service excellent and not too stiff. We made a reservation but there were only two other tables occupied during the evening we visited. Nice and quiet ambiance.
The food was great; in particular the smoked salmon carpaccio and the tenderloin medallions ('ao ponto' recommended). The ravioli with smoked surubim fish and pumpkin was quite nice also but didn't stand out. For desert we had a petit gateau which was very surprising as it was not a chocolate cake and the filling was an orange-white chocolate. Unusual but delicious.
The mains include meat, fish and poultry options, as well as risottos and pastas. Prices for mains range from R45 to R80. Your bill can stay low, but it will bend upward when adding wine. The wine list is quite exciting with bottles ranging from R100 into the upper echelons for high rollers. read more