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île de païn - bread & café
This is your spot for breakfast / lunch

Stylish bread heaven - by now the secret is out. Follow the gorgeous comforting smell of warm bread and settle down to the best breakfasts and lunches available anywhere! Think Mediterranean-inspired lunches, with ingredients such as balsamic caramelised onion and garlic chilli mayo. Freshly-baked croissants, magnificent sourdough bread and pastries will tempt you, as will the unique, local cheeses, great espresso coffee, and the fresh fruit salad with mint and lemongrass syrup. But what could be more comforting than perfectly baked bread with butter and preserves? Sit right next to the ovens and see the breads in various stages of preparation, then take some home with you, all wrapped up in white tissue paper.
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We celebrate our preferred Gastronomica Restaurants who commit to
  • Choosing food with Integrity - as organic as possible
  • Cooking with honest true and sound principles
  • Tastes and talks about fresh local food
  • Absence of detrimental additives, colourants or chemical taste enhancers
  • Consistent great combinations and presentations of food dishes

    Restaurants:

    Zacharys Pezula Zachary's
    "The menu's at Zachary's are created using the best integrity farmed, organic and bio-friendly products available."

    - Geoffrey Murray, Executive Chef

    Tel: 044 302 3333
    Zest Zest
    Were food is life
    The creative fusion of flavours on the menu will lead you into temptation.
    We only source local and all the freshest produce to complete our menu.
    This warm, cosy and comfortable restaurant with its beautifully décorated interior is open for dinners.

    Tel: 044 382 0456
    Cruise Cafe Cruise Cafe
    A Gastronomic Experience…. best modern-styled cuisine, freshest produce and excellent service
    Situated on the water's edge, Cruise Cafe offers a relaxed atmosphere with exceptional views of the Knysna Lagoon. We believe in only one philosophy, 'when only the freshest sustainable ingredients go in, something fresh and wonderful comes out'

    Tel: 044 382 1693
    Ile de pain île de païn
    Journalist Jacqueline Cochrane writes in Altitude Magazine describing île de païn: "The emphasis is on integrity, honesty, and quality, and on allowing that which is unaffected and timelessly good, to reclaim its natural priority above that which is soulless and empty. To eat here is to partake in a philosophy of living fully, with love, joy and natural goodness.
    Or as Markus puts it more lightly: "ile de pain - so good it makes you crazy….."
    Tel: 044 302 5707
    Belvidere Manor Belvidere Manor
    "Caroline's" Restaurant : a la carte, open daily from 7pm
    The Bell Tavern : open daily from 11am until late
    Caroline's restaurant in historic Belvidere House offers South African cuisine with a modern twist - but with taste! Best quality, fresh local ingredients are prepared daily and enjoyed from the verandah overlooking Knysna's lagoon. Awards include a blazon from the Chaine de Rotisseurs and a Diners Club Gold Wine List.
    Tel: 044 387 1055
    Falcon View Manor Falcon View Manor
    The emphasis is on high quality food and great service, set in an elegant, yet modern atmosphere. Nestled on two manicured acres, each room of the house has been created to ensure the utmost in relaxation, leisure, comfort and pampering.

    Tel: 044 382 6767
    Del Gusto Del Gusto
    del Gusto specializes in Italian Cuisine but is not confined thereto. The dishes on offer depend solely on the critical criteria of sourcing quality products and the seasonal availability of fresh ingredients. This gives rise to a constantly changing array of dishes which are always exciting and a healthy way of modern eating.

    Tel: 044 382 4711
    Pembreys Pembreys
    Taste and provenance of the ingredients is considered paramount in this kitchen where everything is made, from the Pastas to the Ice creams. The Menu is small, changes weekly and caters for all tastes. The Mediterranean-inspired Salad Buffet, Roasted Marrow Bones, Sweetbreads, Roasted Lamb Neck with Quinces, Springbok or Pork Belly make the choice exciting and hard!

    Tel: 044 386 0005
    Orchid Room Orchid Room
    Glassed in on three sides, the Orchid Room seems to hover above the landscape. Located on the upper level of the main complex, the 100 seat restaurant acquires its name from a magnificent wall of cultivated orchids extending from its entrance down to the lower level.
    The Orchid Room boasts a Sushi Bar with teppanyaki, a sumptuous buffet plus a fine dining à la Carte menu

    Tel: 044 302 2060
    Raasoei Raasoie
    The food is from North India which includes Chicken makhani, Rogan Josh, Kadai Prawns, garlic naan, lachha paratha and many more mouth watering varieties with competitive price. One has to wait for the food as it is freshly prepared but the result is worth it.

    Tel: 044 382 1444
    Zucchini Zucchini
    In the natural surrounds of Timberlake organic village
    If the walls of this honest country restaurant could talk the conversation would include words of fresh, vibrant, from scratch, home grown organic and compliments to the chef. To us simplicity is the key. You can expect dishes filled with flavour, a taste experience for the natural foodie.

    Tel: 044 882 1240
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