La Pentola

Always a good dining experience. We have dine here for a food and whiskey pairing as well as a la carte. The food and drink pairings is so far the best. The meals are well prepared and always delicious. They are generous with the portions as well. It is advised to make a booking in advance, they do get busy some days.

Excellent dining experience. The perfect combination of great tasting food, freshly prepared and friendly and courteous staff. Great venue to visit for any reason, whether it's a birthday or a long day at the office.

It has been a while since we have been here. Chef Shane as usual knows his stuff. We had a lovely relaxing evening celebrating a special family occasion. The food was very tasty and well presented. There are various pre selectable meal options available and they all compliment each other very well. You can choose between a starter and main course combo or main course and desert option. Both options are very filling. But......if you prefer bigger meals, nothing stops you from adding either a starter or desert to you combo choice. It is really worthwhile keeping an eye open for their special evenings and special events.

So, for my wife's 50th I decided to take her to an old gem of the Pretoria gastronomic landscape. And it didn't disappoint, the setting is rustic and unassuming, which I think is just to lull one into thinking the food will be decent but not great etc. Well, the food is superb, I had the seafood pasta but there were 4 or 5 dishes that I'll be going for over the next few months... (ostrich, warthog and springbok based dishes that sounded awesome). Service was great too, definitely worth a visit, a highlight for sure.

Awesome food. Service was phenomenal. Highly recommend. Those who have something negative to say do not know what quality food is.

What a great place for an amazing food and wine pairing. Top quality food at its best. Fantastic service all around from all the staff and to Chef Shane that creates the most amazing dishes...

Beautiful. I found the staff to be friendly, helpful and informative. The environment is nice and cosy and I love that social distancing between tables was taken into consideration. Something I haven’t seen in restaurant’s are small bottles of sanitiser placed on the tables which La Pentola has done, so super thumbs up on that point. I found the cocktails to be potent but I can’t say they were a show stopper in terms of taste. We had the wine pairing evening, the dessert and shrimp gooseberry salad which blew my taste buds into another galaxy! The steak was more well done than medium to rare (was made to Chef Shane’s preference) and being a rare steak lover that was quite disappointing. The risotto was underdone, I couldn’t eat it. I understand it should be somewhat al dente but I swear that was very much close to raw and I found it to be very unpleasant. Overall, it was a lovely evening thanks to the dishes that blew my mind, the atmosphere that was warm and inviting and the company that made it wonderful.

We attended one of their gourmet dinners; great menu with food that had outdone our expectations. The wine pairing was also very complimentary to the dishes. Booking was easy and the service staff were friendly and professional.