It was buzz and excitement all the way at The Centurion restaurant in Harare when we had lunch there on December 31, with people setting up a stage and other amenities for the new year’s event celebration later that day. As we dined, there was movement and activity aplenty, and it looked as though this […]

Elegance is a word that never strays far from the mind during a stay at The Victoria Falls Hotel, and this is true for the design style and layout of the hotel as for the component parts that make it one of Africa’s genuine hospitality gems

When Zimbabwe’s hospitality operators meet for their congress each year, they head for a leading tourist destination and try to make sure the benefits of a gathering of 100 or more people are felt by as many different local hotels as possible.

The Cape Wine Show, dubbed the “most successful international wine show in the southern hemisphere”, is a captivating triennial event to showcase over 350 years of wine-making in South Africa. The first Cape Wine Show was held in 2000. Hosted over three days by Wines of South Africa (Wosa), from September 15 to 17, Wosa’s […]

AMONG the most popular restaurants right across the world are dining venues where the cuisine of the Indian subcontinent is available, often described simply — but erroneously — as “Indian food,”

Travel experiences make you appreciate what otherwise you’ve viewed as the simple pleasures of every day life. Our great outdoors, in all respects and our traditional Zimbabwean braai summed up my afternoon.

From as far back as I can remember, the culture and tradition of cheese and wine graced our everyday lives.

Quoted by Rolf Zeitvogel, Blaauwklippen’s Cellar Master and Managing Director as one of his favourite quotes, it is indubitably a magnificent summary for this rare celebration of 333 years of wine existence.

Harare’s five-star Meikles Hotel has been awarded a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence, in recognition of ‘consistently great reviews from TripAdvisor followers.’

We had 11 consecutive awful dreary, grey, grim, guti days in late April here in Harare, which is very unusual.

When I heard that the chef from the “old” Bamboo Inn, in the CBD was cooking at the “new” Bamboo Inn in College Road, New Alexandra Park, my eyebrows flew up!

The Meikles Hotel Grapevine wine tour of The Vumba district continued with supper and a red wine tasting at the homely White Horse Inn, about half-way up the mountain.

Mrs Gil Harrison, who owns the Willow Bean Restaurant/Café at Willowmead Junction in Rolf Valley, is one of Zimbabwe’s consummate caterers and event management specialists.

Back in the days, for one to get a hearty traditional meal, they needed to part with quite a large sum of money.

Restaurants come… and go and some others remain firmly in business, but change professional tack, often considerably and sometimes frequently.

Café Nush Organik’s has operated at Chisipite 10 months, but I made a debut call this week.

For the first time in ages the sun was shining when I drowsily opened the curtains of my cottage at dawn on Wednesday.

I was asked if I’d like to sample the St Valentine’s Day menu at Thorn Tree Lodge, Glen Lorne at supper last Wednesday.

The last time I drove west down Samora Machel Avenue for lunch was to the much-missed and long-lamented Cellar Restaurant.

I was very impressed with Cresta Sprayview (long ago Peter’s Motel) at Victoria Falls, even more so with Cresta Mowani, an hour away at Kasane in Botswana.

What can I write about the magnificent Victoria Falls Hotel which isn’t repeating the words of other travellers and travel writers during the Grand Old Lady of the Zambezi?

When I was a little lad, M&B was a wonder drug, invented by May and Baker which reputedly saved British Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s life from pneumonia at a time when he was most needed at the height of World War II and had also dragged Nero, the Royal Circus lion, back from the jaws of death!

A pleasant task given me recently was to invite five people who know their way around a menu and wine list to lunch to check out proposed new dishes at the Komba Hari Grill Room at Rainbow Towers Hotel.

Having tried out the brand new Highlands restaurant, Maestro, on readers’ behalf, I was about to write: “third time lucky?” in reviewing it.

I often think to myself, and remark to others, what a thoroughly nice place to eat lunch, brunch, breakfast or afternoon tea is Antique Rose…

Why did you go to such-and-such a restaurant precisely when you did? is a question I’m often asked by people who seem to like to interrogate restaurant reviewers.