Best Places to Eat in Johannesburg
Written by anjelina clarke
Finding local delicacies and good places to eat is always a huge challenge for foreign visitors. In a huge city, it is not an easy task to identify and locate the best of restaurants or pubs from a huge number of places spread around and if it is an unfamiliar foreign land, the task becomes even tougher. Johannesburg is not an exception in this case. There is infinite number of eating joints and restaurants in the city and filtering the good ones is a mammoth task, let alone finding the best ones. This article is all about some of the best restaurants in the city of Johannesburg. The intention of this article is to give a list to all tourists who are booking or about to book their cheap flights to johannesburg.
If you are an adventurous foodie and want to try everything from the African continent, Moyo’s is the best choice for you. Moyo’s serve everything African, from chicken from Algeria to fishes from Tanzania. Food is awesome here but it is not the only reason to give a visit to Moyo’s. The interior and decor of the restaurant with an African touch in its seating areas, makes it a good choice for all tourists visiting the city of Johannesburg. Moyo’s also offers entertainment to its patrons in the form of music, face painting, tattoo artists and many more. All in all, it is one of the best restaurants in the city with good food, ambience, music and variety.
If you are not “I eat everything that crawls” type and keep yourself far from the non vegetarian foods, Karma is a good option for you. Karma is an Indian restaurant which serves traditional Indian dishes wrapped in new age style. The ambience is good and the place is stylish. Karma serves the best vegetarian food in whole of the city of Johannesburg. So it is a SOS to all vegetarian people visiting the city, Karma would definitely make your day, and nights as well.
Lekgotla is again another Afro chic restaurant which serves dishes from the whole continent of Africa. Lekgotla has a unique interior with wooden dome like structures in the ceiling which give an impression as if numerous huts are interconnected with each other. Under this ceiling, various domes made up of metal and leather are placed with individual tables to give a unique feel to all the visitors. It is an awesome experience of having food under these domes with African music and ambience all around.
There are various other restaurants also in the city which serve delicacies from all across the world. From Italian pizza to Indian butter chicken, from hotdog to pasta and salad, you can find almost everything from everywhere in the city of Johannesburg. So next time when you catch your flights to Johannesburg, don’t forget to go to these restaurants to experience African food in an stylish way.
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