The National - Johannesburg | Diningcity.co.za

What 6 people say about The National

8.5 Based on 6 reviews. 0% of the guests recommend this restaurant.

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10.0 Cuisine 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10

Food was Fantastic! The service was great. Waiters and Management were always available and super friendly

Lauren Gunn at 07 May 2018

"Wholesome"

8.0 Cuisine 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8

Very quint lil place. Coffee superb and the malva pud was out of the world.

As mains I selected the pork belly which was outstanding and the mustard really complemented the dish. The brown was very disappointing

Jess Dreyer at 28 April 2018

"Quaint, some good some misses - restaurant week"

6.3 Cuisine 6 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 6

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Booked for restaurant week for the 3 course dinner menu. The place was quiet for a friday night and maybe thats to do with location in the quieter suburban parts. Opted for the lamb koftas and dukkah calamari to start and both were delicious. Mains, the barrumundi was the stand out dish, whilst the pork belly was overdone with burnt crackling, sadly this was redone and it was non the better, which we then opted for the chicken leg curry. The chicken here as prepared separatly from curry sauce was also over. The floor manager mentioned we should come back and try their regular menu as these dishes are new and not their norm. I didn't understand why join restaurant week and serve sub standard meals, my first experience at any place dictates a return. The desserts of malva and chocolate mouse were good. A nice addidition was house red or white at R30 a glass.

Sesh at 28 April 2018

"The national- restaurant week"

9.3 Cuisine 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 8

The food was amazing.
Had the smoked chicken curry... Needed more

Donovan at 25 April 2018

"High end lunch spot in Jhb"

9.3 Cuisine 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 8

The National is a great spot for lunch (and dinner). Very high quality food with a finer touch than many others, but at very good prices. I recommend you go for a meal.

Mia at 24 April 2018

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7th Ave & 4th Ave, Randburg 2193 Johannesburg

About The National

We are an organic farm to table restaurant. The Diack Family Farm, Brightside, is based in the foothills of the ancient Magaliesberg Mountain Range. Blessed with rich, fertile soil,
the farm produces virtually all in-season vegeatables used by both Coobs, the National & now the Federal kitchens.
Only organic methods - no poisons or inorganic fertislisers- are used to grow our vegetables.
We are working toward using our own seed, leaving a
small portion of each crop to go to seed.

The farm also provides both restaurants with free-range chickens,ducks, and eggs, acorn fed pigs andwild boar as well as grass
fed Suffolk Lamb and Dexter Beef. The plates of delicious food in the restaurant are decorated with beautiful flowers harvested in the garden.

The farm is a perfect circle in as much as all the manure from the animals is used on the garden as well as the
composted cuttings. The restaurant egg shells which we put in the soil as well as all the edible waste
that the pigs love! Even empty milk bottles adorn the soft fruit trees, filled with natural bug lure,to safeguard our fruit.

The farm kitchens produce chutneys and jellies, some cheeses and charcuterie products.

Brightside is a magical, happy place with all manner of livestock foraging all over the place, staff working with
a song on their lips and , of course, the remarkable gardens.

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