Thursday, October 29th, 2015
The Delhi Palace – formerly in Greystone Park – has reincarnated itself in the Circle at Borrowdale village. The first time we went our party of five pronounced that the food, while not outstanding, was acceptably average and reasonably priced at around $20 a head including drinks. The reason I decided to give it another
Wednesday, September 10th, 2014
Gava’s restaurant in Belgravia Sports Club at the top end of Upper East Road, has become so popular that at lunchtime tents are erected over large numbers of outside tables in the garden to accommodate the vast...
Friday, May 23rd, 2014
Nestled in the shadow of the Avondale Police Station lies Carriage Halt, a newish restaurant promising home-style hearty food. Although I had heard that it is popular as a lunch venue, we went for dinner, mid-week, just...
Tuesday, April 15th, 2014
The Fishmonger in Avondale has been going for a good few years now. When it started what a treat it was – a restaurant almost solely (ugh!) devoted to fish. Having recently said goodbye to visitors...
Monday, March 24th, 2014
On our way to Belgravia for lunch at Da Eros I told my fellow ‘luncheoneers’ that I had never eaten there, which was met with surprise. One friend estimated that she had been more than 20 times...
Tuesday, February 25th, 2014
I chose DV8 for a date because it was geographically convenient for both parties and the exquisite thunderous downpour on at the time made plumbing the depths of Harare’s potholes a very daunting task, even in my...
Tuesday, December 24th, 2013
As chance would have it, I ate at Leonardo’s twice in a single day: first at a lunchtime meeting and later at a farewell dinner. Having the opportunity for such immediate comparison was very enlightening and the...
Friday, November 22nd, 2013
As part of their re-launch after the Meikles’ Hotel $8 million overhaul, La Fontaine management hosted a chef’s table for the press to showcase their new facilities and new menu. As one of Harare News’ food writers,...
Saturday, October 19th, 2013
Forget the opinions of the gourmands, the experts, the famous food critics. The collective customer rankings on restaurant review websites offer us a distilled nugget of crowd wisdom that speaks about a restaurant’s performance over time, over...
Tuesday, October 15th, 2013
Pop up restaurants, commonly known as kwaMother or kwaGogo, are proving popular in the Avenues area, offering a cheaper lunch for residents and workers. These home-spun restaurants operate during lunch hours only from residential flats and mainly...