Smallwater Estate Cellar Door — Attraction in Newlands

11/10. Celebrated our Grandmas birthday a couple of Fridays ago, and it was a memorable night! Did some tasting to choose some wines to accompany the meal. The restaurant itself is rustic and intimate, and held a beautiful warmth. The 4 course set menu was incredible, absolutely stunning dishes that had incredible flavour. Finished off with Tea and Coffee. Chef Jonny was fantastic! He came out and spoke to us throughout the service and gave us a tour of the new decked area outside. We had some great laughs with him, and he even sprung me pinching food of my Grandmas plate which caused the table to erupt in laughter. He and the staff made it a very personal evening. The entire family left Smallwater Estate extremely satisfied. Impeccable service and phenomenal food. Would highly recommend this place to anyone. Will be...

Thr environment is lovely. We had a charcuterie board and gnocchi. We requested charcuterie board be provided first however we were presented with the gnocchi which we advised we wanted as the main. This was takrn back to kitchen and our entree was bought out. Unfortunately when the gnocchi was returned to us it was the samr gnocchi from 20 minutes prior and had becoming doughy and heavy. My partner let John know on leaving and unfortunately we feel the feedback was not received well. We did enjoy the wine and would recomment the award...

So glad we chose to celebrate my 70th birthday here. John and his lovely wife were delightful hosts, as were the rest of the staff. The setting in the vineyards, with several large dams is beautiful and our meals did not disappoint. The Estate has won many medals for their wines and our choice of Chardonnay was spot on. This was the second time we have dined here and look forward to our next time. 10/10 for food, wine, ambience and genuinely...