Kleine Zalze Restaurant: A Laidback Mediterranean Experience

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Kleine Zalze Restaurant

Nestled in the heart of Stellenbosch, Kleine Zalze Restaurant is a hidden gem that offers a unique Mediterranean-themed dining experience. With its bedouin-tented terrace, oak-shaded trees, and valley views, the restaurant provides the perfect spot to enjoy world-class wines and fine food.

Menu at Kleine Zalze

Chef Nic van Wyk’s summer menu features simple, bistro-style dishes, designed for relaxed lunches that showcase fresh Mediterranean flavors.

Flexibility is the focus of the menu, with three options to choose from: Taste, Explore, and Relax. The Taste option offers tapas portions to graze on, perfect for those who want to taste their way through the entire menu. The Explore option gives you starter-size portions, while the Relax option is a full main-course plateful to linger over. The setting and superb Kleine Zalze wines give you every reason to indulge in a long, leisurely lunch, with tasting turning into a satisfying feast.

For vegetarians and plant-based enthusiasts, irresistible dishes like gazpacho with pickled peppers and cucumber, pickled leeks, artichokes with four-bean salad, and wild mushroom arancini with truffle cream are must-tries. Seafood lovers can satisfy their cravings with linefish in cucumber broth, oysters, or prawns with tagliatelle, while hearty meat dishes like venison loin with pommes Anna, smoked chicken with roast garlic ricotta, or grilled lamb kidney on polenta cater to meat eaters.

To end your meal on a sweet note, the dessert menu features bavarois with poached peaches, chocolate terrine, sticky toffee pudding and banana ice cream, or a vanilla crème brûlée, in two portion sizes.

Experience

Kleine Zalze Restaurant is known for its quality wines and beautiful setting, making it the perfect destination for a long summer lunch on a shaded Winelands terrace. The experience is further enhanced by the attentive and friendly service of the staff, who will make you feel at home.

Important highlights from the reviews include the focus on wine, the lunch experience, the terroir, the food, and the service. While some reviews cited issues with food quality and billing, the majority of the reviews praised the food, service, and overall experience.

Menu Prices at Kleine Zalze

Cost-wise, Taste is R90 for tapas portions, Explore is R120 for light lunch, and Relax is R215 for a main course.

Contact Details:

  • Address: Kleine Zalze Road, off Techno Avenue and Strand Road (R44), Stellenbosch
  • Phone: 021 880 8167
  • Website: Kleine Zalze
  • Opening Times: Monday – Sunday, 12pm – 4.30pm (last orders 3.30pm)

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