LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS, CRAZY CATS AND ACROBATS
As you enter the Gentlemen’s Arthouse you are greeted by a burly doorman. Welcome to the old school take on a Victorian themed outhouse that predates the local Johannesburg food scene and brings the Victorian Era to life.
The original outhouse has been kept fully in tact, taking patrons back to times of old.
The bar at the ready to prepare cocktails and serve glasses of wine and whisky. What else could you ask for?
The original green tiles have been kept in tact for decades and come from the original building.
A combination of the grotesque and the refined come together in calamity to create analtered atmosphere.
A drinks trolley eagerly in need of some whisky and ice.
For our experience we are welcomed with a house cocktail. It’s not on the menu, but it is delicious and everyone gets one as a welcome drink on entry.
Deconstructed Fish and Chips with a Quail Egg in Caviar followed by a Sprinkbok carpaccio, created using “old school” techniques that would be similar to the era the menu is based upon.
Lobster & Whaldorf Salad with Yogurt Panacotta.
Gazpacho — a cold tomato soup serves as a palate cleanser before digging into the rest of the menu.
The Beef Wellington — Deconstructed and delicious!
Playing on the theme of Fire is the molten chocolate lava ball which has hot chocolate poured over until it cracks open to reveal a delicious salted caramel dessert inside. Unfortunately when recording, my camera got over excited at the sight of the chocolate breaking apart perfectly as the hot chocolate that poured over it melted everything away to present a beautiful salted caramel concoction inside. Absolutely delicious.
The Gentlemen’s Arthouse is a current hit on the DINE4SIX circuit and we’re sure you can see why. The victorian theme is clear from the outside of the building. Upon entry, the green tiles and urinals give you a clear sense that this building has been kept in tact as the original outhouse, with a new and old Victorian twist.
