experiences – Helpful Haz

So Lawns at the Roundhouse, the restaurant at actually called Salsify. It is quite posh however the lawns is a more relaxed atmosphere as you can see from the images. There are two bars outside. The grass is astro-turf at the top, plenty of seating and usually the wind is still here.

Outside there is a small menu consisting of burgers and pizzas mainly. I would advice keep to the pizzas, they are divine. They are simple, thin and delicious. Some have slightly more challenging flavours but all delicious. One with walnuts and figs it the mutts nuts!

The wine choice is extensive too. The view I am sure you can agree it stunning, sitting here with a lovely glass of wine after a nice meal, light but filling. It is just perfect. I can only imagine the quality of the food inside the restaurant.

There was no fault in the service. Always happy to refill glasses and bottles. It was a wonderful experience, the sun going down with the tablecloth in full view. The wind was up a little this evening but, not too cold. A truly lovely experience, table cloth included.

Sounds pretty simple right – but it is so much more than that.

It is a ways out of town, R400 Uber, so go as a group if you can. It is out towards Stellenbosch, about 30 mins in time.

R30 to get in, and you get a bucket of feed for every two people. This feeds the giraffes, farm animals and ostriches. You can take any route around the farm.. There are birds, llamas, goats, monkeys, Giraffes, crocodiles, meerkats, tortoises, snakes, and plenty of others.

We went to the giraffes first, and at the end we managed to get the female to come over and say hi, she ended up eating 2 of the buckets all to herself – I was worried about over feeding her but clearly that is not too much of a problem.

I always have a conflict about these places – seeing animals in cages or enclosures is never great, but when the focus is education and understanding better I can get behind it a little more. I am always worried about their welfare, but some of them are animals you could never see in the wild, and some even you can’t see in their cage.

Moving on! We wandered about the dusty space, there is plenty of land put it that way. There were picnic spots and a small kiosk – I was surprised it as so quiet to be honest. Such a lovely space to be in, and see such amazing animals, getting to interact with them was even better!

If you can get a group together – or you are group of people then stop by this place. We spent an hour and a bit here, and it was a lovely afternoon out of the city.

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The Lawns at Roundhouse

Giraffe House