Pierneef à La Motte

Food:

In their first year of business this restaurant has established a loyal following. The Cape bokkom salad is one of the firm favourites on the menu with locals and tourists alike. For folks who don't like the idea of salty dried fish, there's a purely vegetarian option available too. Food is proudly South African with a contemporary gourmet twist and features the flavours of the Cape in the form of pickled ox tongue, snoek, snysels and seasonal ingredients such as fresh mushrooms in winter. Desserts such as the pear and liquorice tart, steamed ginger and honey pudding and brioche wentelteefjes more than match the mains and are worth leaving room for. All dishes carry wine recommendations – and they not automatically La Motte wines.

Wine:

La Motte features prominently but not exclusively. There's something for a variety of tastes and price sensitivities.

Service:

Warmly charming and eager to please. They are happy to be as friendly or professionally reserved as you allow them to be.

Ambience:

There's a lovely interplay between the outdoors and the inside thanks to the floor-to-ceiling glass wall. Classy, contemporary and elegant, with more than just a nod to artist Pierneef. Some of the famous artist's motifs have inspired the furniture and are also silk-screened onto seatback covers. Check out the quirky chandeliers...

And...:

Ignore the farm shop at your peril. There are some fantastic gourmet items inside. (FM, October 2011)

Karine Dequeker
8-May-2012

Have been wanting to get to La Motte for the past year and never got round to it, so when the opportunity to eat in Franschhoek arose today, that was the ultimate choice.

The setting is quite surprising, did not expect such comfortable fun decor. Love the ambience and the service. The food was a big yes with a big but, for some reason, some elements of the plates were totally delicious and surprising, but some other had no place on the plate... almost in a weird way. My highlight was the "pig's sult" dish which was no other than a delicious fromage de tete. Big portions of food though.

Will go back but maybe stick to starters only.

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Andrew Bonham
16-Apr-2012

I had the most amazing dinner and breakfast at this restaurant. The standard of food is comparable to anywhere in the world. It is an absolute must when visiting Cape Town

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Ronel Vorster
9-Mar-2012

Had dinner here last night. A fantastic experience with great service! Well done to the whole team!

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Roger Fourie
23-Jan-2012

The service on two occasions has been appauling, abyssmal, horrible.

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