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Rust en Vrede

Reviewers' Choice 2023 - Top 20
Contemporary Fine Dining French
Rust en Vrede Restaurant, Annandale Road, Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, 7600
(106 reviews)
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Attributes

  • Romantic
  • Wheelchair Friendly
  • Wine Estate
  • Gourmet Guide Plated
  • Reviewers' Choice 2023 - Top 20

Great restaurants are about balance, Not only in food and wine, but also people. And thus our service is as important. What makes it even more of a challenge is when all this happens on a historic and award winning wine estate. We have selected the right team and together we built from there, to create the finest dining experience at a world-class venue.

By the time the doors opened we had selected the purveyors to provide the freshest ingredients and have personally selected the wines to compliment the menu.

We take pride in the fact that time was taken with well known potter, David Walters, to create the crockery, handcrafted Riedel stemware was selected and Laguiole knives purchased, to give you an experience you wont soon forget.

Gourmet Guide Description

Housed in the original cellar of an historic monument, the restaurant is sophisticated and every dinner feels like a special occasion. On a balmy evening your dinner will start on the patio with a drink and little treats. You’ll immediately know that you are in for an unforgettable epicurean ride. Perhaps a deconstructed chicken pie – crispy chicken skin with a light chicken mousse, and a with hint of Madeira, with a mint and pea emulsion with fermented cucumber.

Chef Fabio Daniel is a craftsman who sources the best fresh ingredients from sustainable suppliers. He digs deeply into his Brazilian and Italian heritage, love of South Africa, where he settled with his South African wife. The restaurant opened in 2007, and he worked under some lauded chefs until taking over at the helm. At the core of his contemporary dishes are French techniques, but know that there will be a few surprises along the way.

There’s a six-course banquet with elegant wine pairings, not all from the estate as they are famed for red wines, but you are sure to appreciate one. The wines are carefully selected to enhance the food. You’ll taste international flair and the story of his childhood.
As you sit in awe watching the poetry in motion of the open kitchen, enjoying supreme service, you have another surprise that emulates the classic Brazilian drink, the caipirinha. Expect white chocolate that poses as an olive, and explodes in your mouth, before the grand finale of a dramatic dessert.

Reviews (106)

4.9 out of 5.0
Based on the past 12 months
Food 5.0
Value 4.9
Service 4.8
Ambience 4.9
  • Frank D. Dined: 2 weeks ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0
  • Luiz Felipe F. Dined: 1 month ago
    4.5
    Food 5.0
    Value 3.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Sat 23 Mar 24
    Excellent food and service, very good wine pairing but a little expensive. Chef Fabio cooked really good food with Brazilian inspiration

  • Georg P. Dined: 1 month ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0
  • Emma L. Dined: 1 month ago
    4
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 3.0
    Ambience 3.0

    Reviewed on: Fri 01 Mar 24
    Food and Wine was excellent - so was the service at the first start of the experience. We’ve been here 6 times before and enjoy spending an evening at Rust en Vrede as the food and service are always superb. Perhaps we were just unlucky to hit a night with at few bumps in the road. 1. A hostess came and asked if she could arrange a transport back for us which was great service. However we were told she would come back to tell us the price of the transfer which we never heard before the taxi driver told us at our destination. He did not have the possibility to take card and we did not have change small enough so ended paying more than we should. He was also told by the hostess that we should be transferred to Spier, however we stayed just down the road, of which we informed the hostess (Annandale ed) about 7 minutes drive from you, and luckily he double checked what our final destination was. We were also told twice while we were still eating that our taxi was outside ‘but no worries’, which caused stress and a not so pleasant end to the evening (we were never asked what time we wanted our pick up, thus the hostess booked it to early). Further our taxi driver told us that it was unfortunately a recurring problem that the taxi drivers were informed of the wrong address/price and time of pickup. 2. Service was excellent at the beginning of the evening but eventually stalled. We had to ask for the rest of both our bottles of wines at the end, and the red wine where we were told there was nearly nothing left, still had half a glass for one person when poured. Hopefully this was just a one time of as the rest of our visits at Rust en Vrede have been wonderful.

  • Tanja L. Dined: 2 months ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Tue 20 Feb 24
    Wie immer!! Einfach traumhaft

  • Thomas B. Dined: 2 months ago
    3.8
    Food 5.0
    Value 4.0
    Service 3.0
    Ambience 3.0
  • Anders R. Dined: 2 months ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Thu 15 Feb 24
    Always a pleasure coming back here. Lovely ambience and delicious food. A solid choice for fine dining in the Winelands.

  • Sandra S. Dined: 2 months ago
    4.5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 3.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Wed 31 Jan 24
    Visited this place after some years again. The food was absolutely great. Some critics on the service. No local bubbly available, only champagne. Some wines on their menu is not on stock. No recommendation instead and also no explanation about the wine. However, the food is worth to visit again.

  • Frikkie J. Dined: 3 months ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0
  • Sabine B. Dined: 3 months ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Sat 20 Jan 24
    Ambience,Service and Food were exceptional.We enjoyed every moment.Book well in advance!

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Opening Hours

  • Monday CLOSED
  • Tuesday 18h30 - 22h00
  • Wednesday 18h30 - 22h00
  • Thursday 18h30 - 22h00
  • Friday 18h30 - 22h00
  • Saturday 18h30 - 22h00
  • Sunday CLOSED