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Les Creatifs Restaurant

Reviewers' Choice 2023 - Top 100
Contemporary Fine Dining French
Hobart Grove Shopping Centre, Corner Of Hobart Road &, Grosvenor Rd, Bryanston, Sandton, 2191, South Africa
(489 reviews)
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Attributes

  • Romantic
  • Gourmet Guide Plated
  • Reviewers' Choice 2023 - Top 100

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.

Reviews (489)

4.5 out of 5.0
Based on the past 12 months
Food 4.7
Value 4.4
Service 4.7
Ambience 4.4
  • Magda V. Dined: 5 days ago
    4.8
    Food 5.0
    Value 4.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Mon 28 Apr 25
    Les Creatifs offers a unique dining experience. We thoroughly enjoyed or evening.

  • Neil G. Dined: 2 weeks ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Mon 14 Apr 25
    Great food, attentive service. Enjoyed our meal with an excellent wine pairing, that consisted of a range of wines from across the world, a unique experience. We were also offered a tasting of the goat dish, absolutely delicious. Les Creatifs is highly recommended.

  • Sivy P. Dined: 3 weeks ago
    2.5
    Food 3.0
    Value 2.0
    Service 3.0
    Ambience 2.0

    Reviewed on: Wed 09 Apr 25
    The experience did not meet our expectations. The food was not at the level of fine dining we have experienced at other establishments. The menu was underwhelming on the day, the flavours of the dishes did not stand out and the portions were way too small. Dessert was very disappointing and the wine pairing was not worth it at all.

  • Mulisa M. Dined: 1 month ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Sun 30 Mar 25
    This place as impeccable. Would recommend 10/10

  • Nigel K. Dined: 1 month ago
    4.5
    Food 4.0
    Value 4.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0
  • Ian Dined: 1 month ago
    4.5
    Food 5.0
    Value 4.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 4.0
  • Moshibudi M. Dined: 1 month ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Fri 21 Mar 25
    Culinary Experience of Note It was a true pleasure to have experienced what can only be described as a culinary journey of a lifetime at Les Créatifs. From the moment we walked in, there was a sense of thoughtful elegance and attention to detail. What stood out most was the personalised touch — the team is not only warm and welcoming, but exceptionally well-versed in unpacking the story behind each dish. Their descriptions alone had us excited long before we took our first bite. And when presentation met palate — my word — it was an experience and a half. The plating is artful, the flavours are bold yet refined, and each course is thoughtfully curated to take you on a sensory adventure. Truly a memorable dining experience that lives up to its name.

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