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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
4.6
(549 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 (549)

4.6 out of 5.0
Based on the past 12 months
Food 4.7
Value 4.5
Service 4.7
Ambience 4.5
  • Rarang Dined: 5 days ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Fri 26 Sep 25
    Awesome service all Roud

    Les Creatifs Restaurant responded on Fri 26 Sep 25:
    Thank you so much for the review, we appreciate it.

  • Sicebile N. Dined: 5 days ago
    4.5
    Food 5.0
    Value 3.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Fri 26 Sep 25
    Great experience. The waiters are on point, food is good. Ambience is very pleasant.

    Les Creatifs Restaurant responded on Fri 26 Sep 25:
    Appreciate the feedback! We're happy to hear our staff and atmosphere met your expectations."

  • Joy P. Dined: 2 weeks ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Fri 19 Sep 25
    A fine dining sensation!The place definitely lives up to the name - it’s a creative transformation of traditional dishes into fine cuisine. The setting is very intimate with soft music that sets the perfect soundtrack for the culinary experience.The service was great and ever present without feeling intrusive. Their open plan layout of the kitchen allows you to watch the team as they craft each of the courses with great detail. Each of the 4courses was paired with a cocktail that beautifully complimented the flavours in each dish. Our waiter Arnold informed us that their menu changes every three months to cater for seasonal foods. So we started off with a sublime Tuna tartare, then succulent duck followed by the 8hr slow cooked lamb shank. The show stopper though was the dessert which was a special dish on account of allergies to the main options’ ingredients put together by Chef Tumi - a decadent baobab shaped log filled with chocolate mousse and dusted with moringa, served with sorghum infused caramel 🤤 Their portion sizes were balanced to allow you to make it through all 4courses without tapping out or still feeling hungry! We ended the evening with bubbles courtesy of Chef Wandile to celebrate our anniversary. What a treat!

    Les Creatifs Restaurant responded on Fri 19 Sep 25:
    Hi Joy "Thank you for your lovely review! We're honored you chose us for your dining experience on your special day. Your feedback means a lot to us, and we look forward to serving you again soon!"

  • Barbra B. Dined: 2 weeks ago
    4.5
    Food 5.0
    Value 3.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Sun 14 Sep 25
    An unexpected gem!

  • Ruvi M. Dined: 3 weeks ago
    4.8
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 4.0

    Reviewed on: Sat 06 Sep 25
    Les Creatifs was a wonderful experience that I highly recommend. We went for dinner and enjoyed the four course menu. It was well executed and we particularly enjoyed the use of local ingredients down to the luxury table salt. They have a sommelier who did a great job with the wine pairings. The entire team was very attentive throughout service and seemed genuinely happy to be there and proud of the experience they gave us at les creatifs. I would however say, Chef Wandile its time to move out of your current location and into one that fully reflects the breadth and quality of the fine dining experience you offer.

    Les Creatifs Restaurant responded on Sun 07 Sep 25:
    Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback! We're delighted you had a great time."

  • Rudzi S. Dined: 1 month ago
    4.8
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 4.0
  • Thabi S. Dined: 1 month ago
    4.8
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 4.0

    Reviewed on: Sun 24 Aug 25
    A stunning and delightful experience, worth every minute. A definite restaurant to be at, with your loved ones.

    Les Creatifs Restaurant responded on Sun 24 Aug 25:
    Thank you for your review Thabi! We're thrilled you had a good time with us. We can't wait to welcome you back again.

  • Xihlamariso C. Dined: 1 month ago
    4.3
    Food 5.0
    Value 3.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 4.0

    Reviewed on: Sun 24 Aug 25
    You save very cheap wines, unacceptable for the price and the restaurant. Please buy decent wines and champagne.

    Les Creatifs Restaurant responded on Sun 24 Aug 25:
    Thank you for the review, we appreciate your feedback.

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