If you are looking for a good cup of coffee in the Market Square, Plettenberg Bay, please try the ART CAFE on the second floor above Mugg & Bean. ILLY coffee and delicious scones are as good as you will get anywhere and not expensive either.
MARIO’S RESTAURANT AT THE WATERFRONTRumour has it that Marios is the best lunch venue in Knysna and after lunching there this week I am inclined to agree. The food is consistently good with a varied menu which gives one plenty of choice and you had better be hungry because the servings are generous.My visitors who chose Pizzas pronounced them as good as they had had anywhere; quality and quantity more than enough as evidenced by the large leftover box being carried home . .
Service is good and the venue very pleasant next to the canal and the draw-bridge which sometimes one is lucky enough to see operating when boat traffic comes through . We sat inside with the doors open which was a good choice on this sunny day with a chill wind blowing from the Lagoon. Charges are very reasonable – My bill was R362 which included 3 glasses of wine, one beer and one Tab., good value I thought.
Mary 29/7/2008
CAFE LE FRANCAIS , Scarab Market just west of Sedgefield.
A fairly new venue but be warned the coffee , tho’ very good is also very expensi ve. I had a double Expresso which half filled a small coffee cup and cost R18. I rather expected a full cup for that price!? The glutenfree Brandy Tart was not too good either but I would not judge the place by that one item – other people eating there looked happy with their choices.!
Mary 8/7/2008
The one coffee shop I always feel comfortable going to is Gino’s in Woodmill Lane. The service and welcome you get whenever you go is like going to friends for tea at their home. The staff is competent and friendly, the food always good (especially those pancakes) and Gino is always on hand and keeping an eye on things and welcoming his “friends” to his “home”. Thank you Gino and staff for a great and consistent venue to meet.
Best Coffee in the garden route is at Café Rossini Knysna
Mugg ‘n Bean, Knysna is for me.
I’m not sure of your what your definition of good coffee is. If you like that boiled milk flavour to dominate a rather bitter espresso then maybe it is.
Assume your comment is directed at Mugg & Bean or is it more general? These are some of “reviews” we have received in response to adverts we have running in the local press and I think there is a lot we could and should be doing to grow the awareness and appreciation of not only coffee but the whole food thing as well.
Well… Mug and Bean Knysna actually have surprised me, it seems you can get a good coffee some of the time. However I am yet to appreciate a good coffee from Rossini, and wouldn’t risk an attempt to see if they have improved.
Like most I am sure they try but I think the South African market has a lot to learn. Most of us have a vague idea of what we like when we sit down for a cup but more often than not, no idea of why. I hope you will pitch in and help us grow the workshop we are building.
To Mary’s comment on the price of the coffee at Café François. I am sorry, the person on the till charged you for 2 espresso when she should just have charged R12. Feel free to pop in and claim one on the house. I am sorry you did not enjoy the tipsy tart, we have tried a number of recipes to accommodate special diets. If you have one that we can use I would appreciate it.