moyo

i was atmoyoon sunday the 26th of april. i paid the bill at approximately at 4:14pm with the fake slip being process at 4:12pm. i was seated at table 38 i think. the table was out on the deck by the river beside me.

your waiter was probably working with another waiter with dreadlocks. i am saying this because i remember my waiter asking him for a card machine. he then produced a black card machine and processed to swipe away vigorously even though i have a chip card. he eventually put my card in the machine and i proceeded to enter my pin. at this time i received the fake slip which said communication error. this is how your waiter cloned my card and got my pin. he then went inside the restaurant and brought out a green card machine, which is the second slip. this went thru without any issues.

on wednesday while i was home with my family i was notified that r1000.00 was withdrawn from my account. i immediately cancelled my card and traced my transactions.

the following day i calledmoyokirstenbosch no fewer than 50 times with no successes. i got thru once to an african man claiming to be the manager, when i explained what happened he immediately put the phone down and i could not get thru after that. i tried calling the head office as well and once again i was unsuccessful.

yesterday i called and asked for the manager and i heard him in the background saying "who the hell is randall"

now i am really not happy about this. first your establishment clones my card, then puts the phone down on me and the i hear a manager say the above about me. is this really the impression you want to give out and how you treat customers?

service was speedy and super efficient. the location is at kirstenbosch, so everything is beautiful!! i enjoyed the whole experience - the warm reception, the amazing interior of the restaurant, the friendly waiters and of course, the entire meal & presentation thereof.

the only downside for me was with the food - i haven't been tomoyoin 5 years (last @stellenbosch) and i honestly feel they've lost a lot of the "traditional south african" element that made them so inviting in the first place; and instead, exchanged it for a more "tourist-trappy" type of experience.

i was expecting hearty lamb stews, with sweet, savoury "traditional" dumplings/kluitjies, melt-off-the-bone chicken, etc. ... you know ... warm, deep, rich and friendly south african food we all know... as south africans?  it just wasn't there anymore. 

nothing i had was any better than the food i could prepare in my own kitchen, for my friends... which saddened me a bit... especially considering what the meals cost.

still, a visit is definitely in order. it is well worth the entire experience :)

had lunch atmoyokirstenbosch today. went with a group of colleagues. i had the oxtail pot with steamed bread / dumplings, which was delicious! we ordered the mopane worms as a dare. i didnt really like it. ugh. 2 colleagues had the buffet, which looked like good value for money, but i was quite happy with my fall off the bone oxtail. it was a very hot day, and the place got quite hot, but the setting was so beautiful. pretty nice experience.

such a treat visitingmoyofor lunch today! the pathway leading to the restaurant is littered with numerous flowers and geese swimming in the pond while the sunny backdrop with the mountains was the cherry on top! i liked the free face painting too; thought it was a nice touch and made the experience more memorable! my friend and i both ordered sandwiches. she opted for the simply vegetarian sandwich on seed bread and i opted for the prego steak sandwich on pumpkin bread. my sandwich was average. the meat had a lot of fat still on it and the bread was slightly hard. i did enjoy the sauce they put on there though and thought that the chili gave it a nice kick. but in all honesty the sandwiches are overpriced and very plain. i will admit that the relaxed atmosphere of the restaurant made for a lovely lunch with a view. service was also pleasant mostly due the fact that the waitress who served us was very friendly.

beautiful setting with wonderful friendly service- just a pity about the food. i ordered themoyoburger , probably the worst burger i've ever eaten- dodgy tasting meat that was completely raw when it first came out. the rest of our party ordered brisket sandwiches and the kids had sliders and crumbed chicken. i cant honestly say that anyone really enjoyed the meal. it was just pretty average which one wouldn't expect at those prices!

visitedmoyoat kirstenbosch botanical gardens yesterday (14/12/2016) for our staff year end lunch. i was markedly disappointed. without the great botanical gardens as a backdrop it would be just another restaurant. the service was average; the beef was tender but lacked anything to make it stand out. the chicken was not cooked through (not all the pieces though) and the calamari tended towards rubbery. as for the vegetables, they looked like they were cooked a day or two before. admittedly their soup, and salads saved the day because of its flavours & textures. the entertainment was lovely but eventually became so loud that it totally drowned out conversation.  decor is unimpressive. i would not go back there again, not in a long time anyway.

thismoyois situated perfectly. love that you can still enjoy the gardens from the restaurant. sashen had a peri peri whole chicken which i nibbled on as well which was also accompanied by some fries. the chicken was really good. well spiced and cooked well. want to definitely go back as i see they've added a couple of new things to the menu.

we went tomoyofor lunch and it was terrible. the service was bad, the hostess tried to seat us in the back of the restaurant when there were plenty of tables open over looking the gardens. the food was very average. the beef samosas were very dry, the koftas were also very dry. the food just wasn't good and it was very overpriced. it's a pity it's so bad because it really is in a beautiful location.

visitedmoyotoday for the buffet lunch.  the service was good and the food delicious - our compliments to the cook!  however, the  african drum items in the foyer were at a deafening volume and continued for ever.  everyone in the buffet lounge looked uncomfortable and was lip reading their partners' conversations. it was at such an uncomfortable volume, it almost made you go into a fight or flight mode like a war cry - not conducive to a relaxed meal at all.  although we appreciate the african theme and atmospheremoyotries to create, the indoors acoustics of the place are not suitable for this kind of music at all.

we had a family lunch a couple of sundays ago at moyo, situated in kirstenbosch gardens. the location is really beautiful especially on a sunny day. for starters we ordered the roots platter, which had beef kofta, crocodile pies, pea samoosas and calamari. initially i thought i wouldn't be keen on crocodile pie, but i must admit, it was extremely tasty. for mains, we ordered oxtail amos, cape malay bootie, lamb shank and a flamed fillet. all the food, bar the bobotie, was really tasty and the portions are massive. what i particularly liked was the added extrasmoyohad to offer, such as the kids play area (for us it was great, as we had two children with us), the restaurant showed the formula 1, which satisfied the grumpy men with us that thought they would be missing out, as well as the local face painting. i have eaten at both the spier moyo( when it still existed) as well as the blouberg branch, and they fail to compare. we left really happy and satisfied as a family and would definitely return.

hubby and myself spent our monthly date day atmoyokirstenbosch. regardless of the cold and wet weather on that day we had such a warm and cozy experience with some fire, heaters and blankets. we used our entertainer app which scored us a free main meal. will definitely go there again.

on a beautiful sunday we visitedmoyoafter walking around the gardens. we had an entertainer voucher which we wanted to use. we managed to get a table outside with a beautiful view of the mountain. the service was less than mediocre which was a pity. the wine prices are really exorbitant. the ostrich salad was pretty tasty however was missing two ingredients - no effort to help compensate or add the ingredients when brought up with management. the oxtail linguine was wonderful however. we did not order a "moyo main" and thus the entertainer was invalid which was a pity. we will think twice before returning :-(

indeed, a memorable highlight at kirstenbosch gardenmoyorestaurant, packed with hundreds of people, queuing for the all-you-can-eat traditional south african cuisine was quite a thing. nonetheless, the setting and atmosphere was a stunner, the food was not too bad and more cannot be expected from the service. also, the spacious inside eating area and the outside shaded by trees area where we dined, the tribal style face painting by the staff, the african music and native dancing captured the essence atmoyoas a memorable and unique dining and travel venture.

after a long walk through the gardens in the heat of the day, my friend and i decided that we needed daiquiris.
the setting and decor at thismoyoare lovely and our waitress was very sweet and helpful. some of the other staff were quite surly and unwilling to help.
i had the mango daquiri and my friend had the strawberry one. both were delicious. standard cocktail prices of r55 a daquiri, maybe a bit expensive but they were large as well.
the food coming out around us looked great so would definitely give it a try next time.

after spending a couple of hours walking around, we were exhausted. my boyfriend and i had never been tomoyobefore so we were in for a treat. i had the vegetable tangine and my boyfriend had fish and chips. both meals were lovely. the environment is a peaceful and intimate one.