Chakalaka

Great food, great vibe! Traditional South African grub with a twist. Very tasty and good selection! Edit: 4 years later and we just keep coming back! I've introduced friends here too. The closest I can come to showing a little SA food and culture in England ❤️ the staff are absolutely amazing! And of course the happy hour cocktails are to die for. My favourites are the Rooibos mar-tea-ni (try it! It's sooooooo good) and the pomegranate cocktail. Joburg sunset also gorgeous! The chakalager is a great beer too on tap and even better on a 2-4-1! This week though, for the first time in a little while, we were here and not just having drinks but food too. Half price mains from Mon-Wed each week and... Oh. My. Damn. I was gutted that they'd just run out of the beef ribs as I really wanted to try them! Oh well. Next time! I ordered the lamb bunny chow and it was absolutely GORGEOUS, and I was pleasantly surprised by the flavours! Tasted very reminiscent of traditional Durban curry! The lamb was tender and beautifully spiced and cooked. Tried a bit of hubby's wors roll and though I'm not a fan of wors (terrible South African I know!) It was actually lovely! Friend ordered the chicken sosaties and they were proper chicken sosaties - chunks of chicken with peppers and onions between. Deliciously marinated and cooked. Gorgeous! I was a little bummed when I had ordered the beef sosaties in the last and they were minced beef - closer to a shish than a sosatie. Not bad, but not an SA sosatie so made me sad 🤣 Please do the beef sosaties like your chicken ones - cubes/chunks of beef/pork/whatever - the SA way. The chicken ones were gorgeous 👌 Edit: tried the beef ribs tonight and husband had the footlong wors roll. The food is always good but WOW! This was next-level amaaaaaaaazing 🤤🤤🤤 Love love love this place!

Absolutely amazing find. 50% off mains Monday-Wednesday and 2 for £10 cocktails for happy hour. The food was incredible and the service was excellent. If I didn't live far away i would come here every week. My partner and I had 4 cocktails, starters, mains, and dessert for a combined £57 and both went home with a box thanks to the generous portions. We had ridiculous value for money (in the best possible way)!!

The two of us rocked up here early Saturday and it was heaving, we made a booking for the next available slot (an hour later) so definitely worth booking ahead. After reading various other comments previously we both went for the Sosatie (kebabs) I had chicken and my fella had meat, out of the two the meat was nicer. The chicken was drowned in what they call ‘monkey gland sauce’ too overpowering. The fries were nice but so heavily covered in piri piri seasoning I could feel my body withering under the onslaught of salt. We ordered 2 Staropramen also which were dark in colour and tasted weird, the house lager was much better, and the Shiraz (£20) was lovely. The staff are fab and the atmosphere is vibrant and warm and is what would probably make me return tbh