Spoil your significant other with a special Valentine’s Day meal at these restaurants in Pretoria.

Black Bamboo Restaurant (Ashlea Gardens)

Pamper your partner with a scrumptious five-course tasting menu, plus bubbly on arrival and live music for R650 per person. Email info@theblackbamboo.co.za to make a booking.

The Rib Eye Steak at Black Bamboo. Photo supplied.

Chapters Restaurant (Centurion)

Start Valentine’s Day early with a breakfast braai buffet from 7am to 9.30am for R245 per person. Bookings are essential and can be made via 021 660 3300 or marketing@leriba.co.za.

The dining room at Chapters Restaurant. Photo Supplied.

Forti Grill & Bar (Menlyn)
Pull out all the stops for your partner with an exclusive Valentine’s Day three-course dinner at a fancy fine-dining Italian restaurant for R1990 per couple. The menu includes two platters to share; a choice between kingklip, steak or pasta for mains; decadent dessert options; a bottle of Billecart-Salmon Brut or Demi Sec Premium French champagne; imported mineral water; and coffee or tea per couple. Call 012 003 6180 or email forti@forti.co.za for bookings for either the 6pm or 9pm seating. Bookings are secured by pre-payment.

Garden Grill Restaurant at Garden Court (Hatfield)

Celebrate love with a hearty buffet dinner from Garden Grill Restaurant for R295 per person, including a welcome drink. Call 012 432 9600 or email gchatfield.reservations@tsogosun.com to make a booking.

Granita at Kievits Kroon (Kameeldrift-East)

Head over to Kievits Kroon for a scrumptious seven-course dinner, full wine tasting and a nightcap for R980 per person. Or enjoy a picnic and two movies on the estate’s gardens for R760 per person (including a bottle of wine per couple). Contact 021 819 8650/8600 or email reservations@kievietskroon.co.za to make a booking.

Kievits Kroon. Photo supplied.

Hemingways Restaurant and Wine Cellar at Leriba Hotel (Centurion)

Treat your loved one to a tasty three-course dinner for R795 per couple, including a bottle of wine. Bookings are essential. Call 012 660 3300 or email marketing@leriba.co.za to make a booking.

Kream Restaurant (Brooklyn)
Impress your partner with an intimate Valentine’s Day dinner at Kream Restaurant for R550 per person. The three-course set menu includes a selection of starters, five meaty mains, two vegetarian options and a white and ruby chocolate gateaux for dessert. A deposit of R150 per person is required for bookings. Call 012 346 4642/4 or email brooklyn@kream.co.za to make a booking.

La Pentola (Riviera)

Make your way to La Pentola for a lovely five-course lunch or delicious dinner for R950 per couple. Highlights include a grilled fillet topped with cranberry, rosemary and port sauce, a phyllo pastry cigar filled with brie cheese and seasonal vegetables; and a mixed berry cheesecake topped with raspberry coulis and drizzled with a dark chocolate ganache. Call 012 329 4028/9123 or email us@lapentola.co.za to secure a ticket.

Meadow Green Restaurant (Centurion)

Treat your significant other to a delicious three-course dinner at Meadow Green Restaurant for R599 per person. Key features include a buffet main course with a soup station, salad bar, carvery with three meat options (including a rare roast beef with rosemary jus and creamed horseradish), hot dishes, vegetables and starches, a stir-fry bar, a pasta station, and a selection of homemade breads and locally and internationally sourced cheeses. Bookings are essential on lodge@irenecountry.co.za or 012 667 6464.

The interior at Meadow Green Restaurant. Photo Supplied

Prosopa Restaurant (Waterkloof)

Go all out this Valentine’s Day with a five-course set menu, mineral water, coffee or tea and a bottle of Graham Beck brut or rosé bubbly per couple for R750 per person. The menu includes a selection of dips with bread rolls, three appetiser options, a palate cleanser sorbet shot, a choice of four mains (including rib-eye riganato with creamy mushroom, lemon and oreganum sauce, parmesan-and-garlic green beans and Greek lemon potatoes); and a dessert platter with chocolate mousse, baklava and galaktoboureko (a Greek milk tart).

The interior at Prosopa. Photo Supplied.

Range Restaurant and Wine Cellar at Court Classique Suite Hotel (Pretoria)

Celebrate love with a romantic Valentine’s Day candlelit dinner for R760 per couple (including live entertainment and a welcome drink). The three course menu includes crumbed goat’s cheese with poached pear, beetroot gel and lavas rocket; Norwegian salmon and pickled beetroot laid on apple tart, crumbed mash and cream reduction; and a choice between red velvet swiss roll and chocolate cheesecake for dessert.

Villa San Giovanni Ristorante (Wonderboom Airport)

Villa San Giovanni is offering five Valentine’s Day packages: the silver four-course meal for R395; the gold four-course meal plus a wine pairing for R550; the platinum four-course meal with a standard room and breakfast for R955; the platinum elite four-course meal with wine pairing, a standard room and breakfast for R1150; and a diamond four-course meal with wine pairing, a luxury suite, breakfast and flowers for R1450.