The Small Restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner daily with all bookings by appointment. There is seating both inside the Manor House and on the patio beside the hotel gardens. A classic menu with refined seasonal dishes elevating the best in local produce is served alongside choice wines from the valley.
Legendary chef Chris Erasmus, of Foliage in Franschhoek, is our consultant chef. Chef Chris has undertaken a programme of mentorship and training with our team of chefs as well as foraging expeditions in the Robertson Valley.
Rose Ashby of the esteemed Spring Restaurant at Somerset House in London wrote the first menu for The Small Restaurant, scouring the valley to source the finest producers of local ingredients and designed the menu to offer simple, sophisticated and strictly seasonal Italian-inspired dishes.
The Restaurant’s major artwork is the bold, graphic and abstract tapestry weave from Renée Rossouw, who drew inspiration from her own nostalgic relationship with the hotel’s surrounding landscape.
BREAKFAST
CROISSANTS, MUFFINS, 2 SLICES OF SEEDED LOAF SERVED WITH THE FOLLOWING:
SWEET:
LAVENDAR MARMELADE, HONEY, GLAZED FIGS
SAVOURY:
BRIE CHEESE, WHITE CHEDDAR, FOREST HAM
HOMEMADE MUESLI (GLUTEN FREE & DIABETIC FRIENDLY) GREEK YOGHURT, SEASONAL FRUITS
EGGS BENEDICT
EGGS FLORENTINE
SCRAMBLED EGGS, BACON, ROASTED TOMATO, TOAST
OMELETTE WITH A CHOICE OF THE FOLLOWING FILLING: SPINACH, HAM, CHEESE, TOMATO, MUSHROOM, BACON
FRESH JUICES
BEETROOT, RED APPLE, MELON
CELERY, APPLE, SPINACH
ORANGE, CARROT, APPLE
DINNER
STARTERS
RAVIOLI NUDI
BEEF FILLET TARTAR, HOMEMADE KUMQUAT & PASSION FRUIT VINAIGRETTE, RAISIN PUREE
AFRICAN SOUP & TOASTED SOURDOUGH BREAD
CAPE BOKKOM, APRICOT & QUAIL’S EGG CAESAR SALAD, WILD GARLIC DRESSING
MAINS
ROASTED PORK BELLY, BRUSSEL SPROUTS, RED CABBAGE MARMALADE, GARDEN HERB & PINE NUT SALSA VERDE, CORN
PAN-FRIED CAULIFLOWER STEAK, POMEGRANATE EMULSION, CHARRED BEETROOT, ROASTED ALMONDS
PAN ROASTED LINE FISH, BASIL MILLET, CHARRED BROCCOLI, VADOUVAN JUS
SEARED BEEF FILLET, WILTED GARDEN GREENS, SMOKED BEEF DRIPPINGS
ADD ONS
SUMMER GREENS
WILTED SPINACH, LEMON & OLIVE OIL
SWEETS
BAKED LOCAL LEMON TART, ROSE GERANIUM ICE CREAM, SUMMER BERRIES
NECTARINE PANNA COTTA, KRONE MCC & BERRY JUS, STONE FRUIT SALSA