The Bottom Drawer — Restaurant in Harare

Beautiful gardens to sit and enjoy the good food however the service was lacklustre for the most part.

Some of our party ordered the chicken and beef pies but our waitress came back about 10 minutes later to say they’d run out of the pastries. She then said the pie would come with a bread instead. We waited quite long for our drinks and our food and when we followed up with the waitress she said it’ll be out in a few minutes but “a few more minutes” became another 10 minutes or so of waiting.

When the pies finally came, the bread option was literally a small slice of bread and it wasn’t enough bread to make up for the lack of pastry. We voiced our disappointment to the waitress and she said “well you didn’t have to have the pie, you could’ve had different options” and when we said we weren’t happy with the service she responded with a very disingenuous apology as if to say I couldn’t care less that you’ve not had a good experience. It felt as if she was doing us a favour by serving us.

The only reason I would go back there is because I actually enjoyed the food I ordered and the gardens are pretty. It’s a nice breakfast/brunch/early lunch option but don’t expect...

Bottom Drawer is great for a casual catch-up with friends. It's set in a lovely and very peaceful garden,( and they always have beautiful flower arrangements,) making it really good (highly recommend the quiche and salads) for relaxed brunch or lazy lunches. On Saturdays, there's the Maasdorp Market next door, which you can wander about and pick up some homegrown produce and products before settling down for some great coffee. The food is always really well prepared, although prices tend to be a bit on the higher end of the scale. Do not go here if you are in a hurry because the service can be pretty slow and frustrating. They could definitely improve on efficiency. Kids can also play in the garden on the swing sets which is quite nice for a family. One weird aspect for me is that their waitresses are dressed in maid uniforms, which gives off a bit of a very awkward vibe. They could just wear the black and white uniforms, but maybe...

Been going here for years. Unfortunately today was awful, the service was slow and the food was bad. My salad had no dressing(I know things like this can be overlooked but still) I ordered an open chicken mayo sandwich, had a few bites. I asked the waitress Bridget what was in it and she said chicken paprika and cream. I asked what about the mayonnaise and she said there was no mayonnaise in it. I then spoke to one of the other ladies (I think she's one of the owners and she said she has no idea what's in it that none of them know what's in it) That raised a of red flags for me because I do not understand how they serve food to people without knowing what it is that they're actually serving. I got severely sick from that sandiwch, have thrown up twice have had a running time since. Very disappointing for our first meal out since the lockdown. What an absolute nightmare. I hope they do get back to what they used to be...