Franks Corner Bar and Grill — Restaurant in Stellenbosch Local Municipality

We stayed in Franschhoek for 4 nights and ate here on two occasions, having been recommended by a local B&B. We tried the place after it had been open only 3 weeks. Wow!! This is going to be a very successful bar and restaurant.

Starters (such as the Baba Ganoush and blackened prawns) were sublime; beautifully presented and high on flavour and texture. Steaks were perfectly cooked (Rare and Med Rare) and came with generous sides (the red cabbage slaw was amazing: fresh, crunchy and fulsome). The service is provided by smiling, well-trained staff (special shout out to Given, Mavis, and McDonald). The wine list is short but perfectly adequate and includes the amazing (local) L'Ormarins sparkling wine, which we highly recommend.

We've also been for a drink at the bar, where the service is just as efficient and friendly. The bar range may be limited, but we enjoyed a couple of excellent gin & tonics.

As a visiting Brit, Franks Corner was exceptionally good value. As a former hospitality manager, I recognise the high standards of training and the equally high standards of food cooking and presentation. If I lived closer, I would be a (very) regular customer. However, I shall certainly return on my next...

We were planning to have lunch here as a family, but what happened at the door completely changed our minds.

My wife politely asked a waiter if our 6-year-old daughter could use the restroom. The response was an easy yes, which any decent person would expect when a child is involved. But as they made their way in, a second staff member abruptly blocked them and stated it was “for customers only.”

A six-year-old. This is not only poor service, it’s basic human decency lacking. We were moments away from being customers, planning to eat lunch there, but after being treated like that, we left.

This kind of behaviour is unacceptable and short-sighted. Businesses that turn away families over something so small shouldn’t be surprised when those families take their money—and their recommendation, elsewhere.

Shame on you for how you...

Not the best food reviews / online makes it out to be. Food taste like it was pre made / heated in microwave. Kitchen staff were lazy to make my toddler a tomato based pasta with no chili in it. They served my 2 year old chili tomato sauce pasta and denied putting anything spicy in it until the waiter even tried it himself and could hear him from the kitchen shouting it was spicy. Toddler was crying so much and had no apology. Empty restaurant so kitchen staff were not busy and could have easily made it. Just really disappointed.

Cacio Pepe - zero black pepper & way too cheese wet sauce.

Pork taco - dry & too sweet

Fried chicken - ok, wasn’t crispy or fresh out the fryer

Prawn taco - drowned in sauce

Smoked Aubergine - bit bland but prob the better dish

Staff were friendly but only kitchen was...