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Les Creatifs Restaurant

Reviewers' Choice 2023 - Top 100
Contemporary Fine Dining French
Location Pointer Hobart Grove Shopping Centre, Corner Of Hobart Road &, Grosvenor Rd, Bryanston, Sandton, 2191, South Africa
4.7
(578 reviews)
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  • Romantic
  • Gourmet Guide Plated
  • Reviewers' Choice 2023 - Top 100

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Chef Wandile Mabaso is a creative food artist full of global experiences. He has vast international experience and has worked with internationally renowned Chefs in Michelin star restaurants in New York and Paris.

Classically trained in French cuisine, he currently specializes in contemporary French haute cuisine, where only the finest luxury ingredients are used and treated with extreme perfection in the most bespoke settings.

Today, Chef Wandile Mabaso is the owner of Les Créatifs Restaurant, which is shaking up the Johannesburg food scene with its unique offering: an experiential form of dining that takes guests on an exciting gastronomic journey.

Gourmet Guide™ Description

Wandile Mabaso – with his stellar pedigree, including stints at Michelin-starred restaurants in Paris and New York – made waves on the Gauteng culinary scene when he transformed a former office space and opened Les Créatifs (The Creatives) five years ago.

This perfectionist chef has elevated his game in a four-course celebration of the African continent, applying his French-learned techniques while telling magical African stories through his food. Courses are named after the regions where the main ingredients are sourced – Dullstroom trout, Krugersdorp beef tongue and cheek, Delmas duck, and Cape lobster.

The Delmas duck is the pièce de résistance—a whole roasted duck topped with herbes de Provence from which the breast is removed and pan-fried, served with a naartjie gastrique and cumin lentils. The generous lobster tail is smoked and served with a Cape Malay-inspired jus, celeriac pureé, and fermented sorghum and samp risotto-style. Dessert tells the story of bees, using Dullstroom pollen honey with honey espuma, a pollen biscuit, and plum caviar, while the African Soprano is a take on the classic French opera cake, using chocolate sourced from Ghana along with amasi.

Opening Hours

  • Monday CLOSED
  • Tuesday 17h30 - 23h00
  • Wednesday 17h30 - 23h00
  • Thursday 17h30 - 23h00
  • Friday 17h30 - 23h00
  • Saturday 17h30 - 23h00
  • Sunday CLOSED

Reviews (578)

4.7 out of 5.0
Based on the past 12 months
Food 4.7
Value 4.5
Service 4.8
Ambience 4.6
  • Vusi S. Dined: 2 days ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Sun 15 Feb 26
    I am so proud of Chef Wandile's top notch establishment it is a true example of Black excellence. 👌🏾

  • Roland R. Dined: 5 days ago
    3.8
    Food 4.0
    Value 4.0
    Service 4.0
    Ambience 3.0

    Reviewed on: Thu 12 Feb 26
    We missed a local MCC in your wine list. We did not like the fact, that Les Créatif’s dies not offer a range of wines by the glass. Staff was very friendly.

    Les Creatifs Restaurant responded on Thu 12 Feb 26:
    Thank you so much for the review we appreciate it.

  • Serinah C. Dined: 3 weeks ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Wed 21 Jan 26 (Guest left no comment)

    Les Creatifs Restaurant responded on Wed 21 Jan 26:
    Thank you for the review we appreciate your feedback

  • Retha L. Dined: 4 weeks ago
    1.5
    Food 3.0
    Value 1.0
    Service 1.0
    Ambience 1.0

    Reviewed on: Sun 18 Jan 26
    Very disappointing experience. Food was fine, but not memorable. Service was very poor and an attention to detail just wasn’t there. Not what you would expect for this price.

    Les Creatifs Restaurant responded on Sun 18 Jan 26:
    Good day Retha Sorry to hear the experience didn't meet your expectations. We take your feedback seriously and are truly sorry the service let you down. We'll use this to improve and ensure our attention to detail meets your standards in future visits. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Best regards, Management

  • Nomthandazo M. Dined: 2 months ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Fri 19 Dec 25
    Amazing experience. Service was great and the food unmatched.

    Les Creatifs Restaurant responded on Fri 19 Dec 25:
    Thank you for the review, much appreciated.

  • Gavin F. Dined: 2 months ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Tue 16 Dec 25
    Excellent, Personable, Effecient and Favorful!

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  • Sicelo M. Dined: 2 months ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0
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