Restaurant

Situated at Tamboti Bush Lodge in the Dinokeng Game Reserve close to Hammanskraal

If you want to tantalize your taste buds but still have a substantial meal then Tamboti Restaurant at Tamboti Bush Lodge is for you.

The restaurant is now 4 years old and through much trial and error the owners Derrick and Pixie Cochran have developed a lovely a la carte menu with magical starters, stunning main courses and desserts to delight the most sweet-toothed guest .

When a Frenchman has escargots every night and a Belgian announces that Tamboti’s mussels in white wine sauce are better than the Mussels in Brussels then you know you are on the right track.

Main courses with tasty, tender well matured rumps, fillets and t-bones served with a Madagascan green pepper sauce are to die for, other main courses include chicken a la king served in pancakes, chicken schnitzel Serengeti, traditional bobotie and many more.

Come to the bushveld and be amazed at this really extensive menu served in this beautiful thatched restaurant open to the sights and sounds of the bushveld.
Our dessert menu is known from Mozambique to Montana especially the chocolate mud pudding and our Cape Malva pudding. Guest have been known to e-mail us from the USA to check that we have items such as Sticky Toffee Apple pudding still on the menu before they board their flights to SA.

Breakfast is served from 08h00 all week and the no. 1 breakfast on the menu is the Tamboti Breakfast : French toast served with ramekins of cottage cheese, biltong, sweet chilli sauce, maple syrup and peppadews together with bacon, boerewors and grilled tomato. A breakfast to satisfy the hungriest hunter.

Tamboti Restaurant is situated in the Dinokeng Game Reserve close to Hammanskraal and only 30 mins drive from Pretoria on the N1. Turnoff at Hammanskraal turn right over the highway and then left on the Rust de Winter road. Travel 7,2 kms and turn right at the first Tamboti sign.

Getting engaged, celebrating that very special intimate occasion or anniversary then romantic picnics can also be arranged for you, call the lodge at 012 711 0909

Tamboti a la carte menu

  • Starters
    • Chicken livers peri-peri R29
      125 grams of chicken livers pan fried in a Tamboti secret peri-peri sauce & served with brown bread.
    • Beef Carpaccio  R35
      Thin slices of Beef fillet marinated in caper & mint vinaigrette, garnished with Parmesan shavings & served on lettuce leaves.
    • Soup of the day R25
      A creamy homemade soup served with brown bread.
    • Mussels in white wine sauce R35
      Mussels prepared in a creamy peppered white wine sauce, served with brown bread.
    • Escargot R30
      Snails in a delicious garlic butter topped with mozzarella cheese served with brown bread.
  • Main Meals
    • T-bone Steak R 95
      T-bone steak  flambéed & covered in a creamy Madagascan green peppercorn sauce & served with summer mix veggies, chips or rice.
    • Rump Steak R  90
      A 300gr matured rump marinated in olive oil & bay leaves & served with summer mix veggies, chips or rice.
    • Fillet Steak  R 95
      A 200gr fillet steak served with a creamy Madagascan green pepper corn sauce, summer mix veggies, chips or rice.
    • Fried Fish and Chips R 62
      A large portion of hake served with chips or a healthy green salad.
    • Roast Chicken  R 75
      Grilled Roast Chicken in rich gravy, served with crisp roast potatoes, rice and two vegetables
    • Chicken Serengeti Schnitzel  R 69
      Chicken Fillet dipped in delicious crispy golden crumbs and served with an African style tomato and onion gravy and chips
    • Chicken a la King R 65
      Chicken in creamy mushroom sauce, served in two pancakes and two vegetables.
    • Bobotie R 65
      As traditional as South Africa. A Cape Malay dish served with rice  and two vegetables
    • Moroccan Meat Balls  R 69
    • 2 delicious Moroccan meat balls served in a spicy Moroccan tomato gravy with rice and two vegetables
    • Chicken Curry R 65
      Pieces of chicken breast cooked in a mild fruity Indian curry served with rice and two vegetables.
    • Ostrich Curry R 70
      Tender ostrich pieces cooked in a medium Indian curry, Served with rice and two vegetables.
  • Salads
    • Greek salad  R 42
      Fresh mixed salad with creamy feta cheese and calamata olives with a light Greek salad dressing
    • Smoked Chicken  Salad  R 49
    • Succulent smoked chicken served on a fresh mixed salad with a light french salad dressing
    • Haloumi Salad R 49
      Grilled Haloumi cheese served on a bed of fresh mixed salad with a light french salad dressing
  • Pizza’s
    • Margarita  – Cheese & tomato – R 39
    • Hawaiian  – Cheese,tomato,pineapple and bacon – R 45
    • Bushveld – Cheese,tomato,boerewors & peppadews – R  55

Add your own extra toppings
Meat  R 15
Extra cheese R 11
Vegetables R 7

  • Desserts
    • Sticky Toffee Apple pudding R 32
      A gooey rich hot toffee and apple pudding covered with a hot caramel sauce and served with ice cream and chocolate sauce.
    • Chocolate Mud pudding R 32
      A rich hot chocolate pudding covered with a hot chocolate sauce and served with ice cream and more chocolate sauce.
    • Ice Cream & Chocolate Sauce R 25
      Rich creamy Vanilla, Chocolate or Strawberry flavoured real ice cream covered with chocolate sauce
    • Scrumptious Pancakes
      2 Pancakes with sugar & cinnamon R 28
      2 Pancakes with stewed apple, and a honey and cinnamon sauce R 30
    • Cape Malva Pudding  R 37
      A traditional Cape Malay pudding made with butter, fresh cream, apricots and a rich toffee sauce served with creamy custard
    • Bread & Butter Pudding R 35
      Traditional Bushveld Bread & Butter pudding served with creamy custard
    • Crepes Suzettes R35
      Sweet crepes flambéed in citrus sauce and triple sec
  • Breakfast Menu
    • Cereal Breakfast R 23
      A variety of Cereals, Yoghurt & Fruit
    • Tamboti Breakfast   R 38
      French toast served with ramekins of cottage cheese, biltong, sweet chilli sauce, maple syrup & peppadews plus bacon, sausage & grilled tomato
    • English Breakfast   R 38
      Two fried eggs or two boiled eggs or two scrambled eggs and served with bacon, boerewors & grilled tomato.
    • Sunrise Breakfast   R 28
      One fried egg or scrambled egg, bacon and grilled tomato.
    • Tamboti Creamy Cheese Omelette   R 39
      A creamy cheese omelette served with bacon and grilled tomato
    • Boiled Eggs Breakfast R 24
      Have boiled eggs like you had when you were a kid, cut your toast into soldiers and dip into the 2 soft boiled eggs.

All breakfasts are served with toast, jam, tea & instant coffee

Capuccino R14
Filter Coffee  R12
Espresso R10

  • Tea Garden
    • Scrumptious Sweet Pancakes
      Pancakes with sugar & cinnamon R25
      Pancakes with stewed apple and honey and cinnamon sauce R29
    • Muffins R15
    • Cake of the day R19
    • Hot apple cake covered with a hot caramel sauce served with cream or ice cream R29
    • Rich chocolate cake covered with a chocolate sauce and served with cream or ice cream  R29.
    • Crepes Suzette
      Sweet crepes flambéed in citrus sauce and triple sec  R35
    • Ice Cream & Chocolate Sauce
      Rich creamy vanilla, chocolate or strawberry flavoured real ice cream covered with chocolate or strawberry sauce R 25
    • Scrumptious Savoury Pancakes
      Savoury mince pancakes R29
    • Chicken in creamy mushroom sauce, served in two pancakes R35
    • Chicken mayonnaise pancakes R35
    • Chicken Vienna and chips R29
    • Chicken Schnitzel & Chips R35
    • Toasted Sandwiches R25.00
      Cheese & Tomato
      Egg & Bacon
      Bacon & Banana
      Chicken Mayonnaise
    • Chips R15
  • Assorted Cool Drinks
    • Coca Cola Float R18
    • Cream Soda Float R18
    • Iced Tea R10
    • Mineral Water (Still & Sparkling) R8.00
  • Hot drinks
    • Milo/Hot chocolate R12
    • Espresso R10
    • Cappuccino R14
    • Filter coffee R12
    • Ceylon Tea R6
    • Rooibos tea R6
    • Specialized Herbal Tea’s R10