Six restaurants for flame-grilled feasts
Think the braai is only meant for the backyard? These six eateries, all serving flame-grilled food, may just light your fire.
Create your own live-fire experience with Woolworths’ expert braai shopping list.
GAUTENG
Marble
Chef David Higgs has combined fine dining and flame-grilled foods to great success at this stylish spot – indulge in grilled sirloin with hasselback potatoes and grilled mushrooms.
Corner of Jan Smuts and Jellico Streets, Rosebank
010 594 5550
Mash Braai House
This is a great option if you’re looking for authentic South African food done on the fire. Labelled as ‘elegant shisa nyama’, you’ll find anything from lamb to grilled fish.
The Buzz Shopping Centre, Witkoppen Road, Fourways
011 658 0213
The Potato Shed
The food served from the live firepit of this trendy restaurant in Newtown is both very tasty and very Instagram-worthy – like their signature red briôche bun burger.
Carr Street, Newtown Junction
010 590 6133
KZN
Classique Braai Lounge
Authentic African cuisine is the name of the game here. Order a platter with works: wors, chicken wings, brisket, short rib, pap and chakalaka, and dig in.
Shop 24, Oxford Village, Old Main Road, Hillcrest, Durban
031 765 1107
WESTERN CAPE
Homage 1862
All the food in this eatery is cooked on their wood-fired grills, which are also used to warm the interior. Dishes range from oxtail to a simple but yummy braaied mealie.
168 Loop Street, Cape Town City Centre
021 422 0900
Don Armando
The Argentinians also know a thing or two about cooking over the coals, and Don Armando in Green Point delivers fantastic flame-grilled food with an Argentinian flavour.
20 Corbern Road, Green Point, Cape Town
021 418 1462