Ambiance, impeccable service and the best dynamic and diverse menu selections are primary components for fine dining. Images of wait staff attired in tuxedos, crisp white table linens, having to make reservations weeks in advance, indulging in delicacies that leave patrons yearning for more are only a few of the things that come to mind when you think of fine dining cooking at the Prue Leith Restaurant.
If you want to experience the sublime food, ambience and exquisite service of fine dining cooking, Pretoria’s Prue Leith multi award winning Restaurant should be put at the top of your menu. Tucked away in the residential picturesque suburb of Centurion, on the grounds of the Prue Leith Chefs Academy in Hennopspark between Pretoria and Johannesburg, you will find the top restaurant in Centurion – the Prue Leith Restaurant –which has become a world renowned gastronomical delight and culinary fine dining experience.
Though Prue Leith is a training restaurant attached to the Prue Leith Chefs Academy and run by our students under the vigilant eyes of our professional chefs and restaurant manager, it has made its culinary mark in the hospitality industry, often getting bookings from overseas for people traveling to Gauteng, even before they step onto the plane.
Having been awarded a Blaizon from the Chaîne Des Rotisseurs in France and ranked in the Top 20 restaurants in the country and the Top 10 restaurants in Gauteng by the Business Day, this is where our students polish their skills taught to them and the practical part of our courses can be sampled. Students are supplied with only the best and freshest ingredients available – to experiment with and to ensure that when they go on to start their career, they have a good understanding of high quality flavours and textures. Fine dining cooking in Pretoria does not come more enjoyable than at the Prue Leith restaurant which is fully licensed and is open five evenings a week, Wednesday to Saturday.
Dynamic and Diverse Menus
As one of the top restaurants in Pretoria, Prue Leith’s restaurant offers a dynamic and diverse table d’hôte menu, with a choice of starters, a soup, main courses including a vegetarian dish, desserts, and coffee and friandise. This is an exciting restaurant to eat at because the menu is constantly changing and new and exciting tastes and sights can be experienced to keep up with what is happening in the world of haute cuisine worldwide. Students are required to produce their own special dishes for the week, which are impressively served in addition to the enticingly delicious menu. Wine along with alcohol items can be paired with specific dishes. Cognacs, coffees, brandies and other types of beverages help to complete our fine dining menu.
The Ambiance is Superb
There is a freshness and charm about our restaurant; the atmosphere is superb; it is light and airy in summer, and on colder nights guests can expect to sit in front of a roaring open wood fire. Lighting is relaxed and dim, resulting in a romantic and refined tone. Background audio enhances the decor and magnifies the style. Our landscaped lavender garden is also ideal for summer weddings and cocktail parties under the stars. The restaurant also offers delicious Sunday carveries and is furthermore delighted to entertain baby shower parties, anniversaries, wedding parties and other special private functions.
Impeccable Customer Service in a Fine Dining Atmosphere
Customer service at our 5 star Prue Leith restaurant means more than simply food delivery and ordering. Fine dining assistance consist of escorting the patrons to the table and hosting the table chair for women, leading customers to bathrooms, describing food selection items by memory, crumbing the dining room table in between courses and upgrading linen serviettes if a patron leaves the table. In order to supply such a high level of customer assistance, all wait staff are efficiently skilled and conversant. Understanding the menu and the wine catalogue, our professionally trained wait staff, are able to answer any questions and even make recommendations if requested.
Prue Leith Restaurant offers a taste of gastronomical perfection, so whether you want to embrace enticing flavours or enjoy an evening of gastronomical elegance with your guests, treat yourself to some truly fine dining cooking. We are wheelchair friendly however; we do not cater for children under the age of 10 years. Reservations are essential, so to book your table – email info@prueleith.co.za or simply visit our website to find directions, as well as any information regarding group bookings & venue hire.