
The farm, now owned by the McCay's, is a favourite spot amongst locals as well as visitors to our wonderful city. It offers a luxury hotel, a spa, three world-class restaurants, stabling for horses, a private cricket oval and a rural atmosphere enhanced by breathtaking views of the vineyards stretching across a valley to the distant mountains in the middle of the bustling southern suburbs.
On a recent public holiday we took the short 15-minute drive from our home to the River Café,located on this magnificent estate, for a sumptuous breakfast. The River Café and adjacent wine shop have a continental café or bistro vibe with a large outdoor terrace under trellises decked out,at this time of year, by fragrant star-jasmine creeper. It offers different breakfast and lunch menus comprising a smallish but appealing selection of well prepared dishes. The breakfast menu offered omelettes, eggs Benedict, a traditional English breakfast of eggs, bacon, chicken or pork sausage, mushrooms, tomato,toast and marmalade, a breakfast grill which added fillet steak to the English breakfast, scrambled egg, and a modest selection of similar offerings. The food is well prepared and the helpings generous without being overdone.
Carol chose a smoked salmon omelette, which she declared delicious. I ordered the traditional breakfast and found it perfectly prepared and very satisfying. The meal came with toast and a selection of marmalade and jams. We finished off with two delicious, frothy, cappuccino coffees.The bill was a reasonable R210 including the tip.
This was our first visit to the River Café, although I was a guest at another Constantia Uitsig Restaurant, La Colombe, a couple of years ago. The River Café is a very different restaurant in a very different price bracket and we both agreed that another visit is a must. It may even become a family favourite!
River Cafe
Open 7 days a week
Breakfast: 08h30-11h00 Lunch: 12h30-15h00 Afternoon Tea: 15h15-17h00
Tel: + 27 (0) 21 794-3010 Fax: + 27 (0) 21 794-1812
E-mail: rivercafe@uitsig.co.za
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