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1. A la Carte Menu
   1. Appetizers
      1. Salmon Skagen
         SQ
         Based on the Scandinavian prawn Skagen. Salmon marinated in horse-radish cream, Crème Fraiche, dill spring onion and capers. Served on toast with picked cucumber.
         (Prepared in limited quantities daily.)
      2. Smoked Snoek Paté
         R 65.00
         Fresh smoked snoek, blended with sun-dried tomatoes, feta cheese and a hint of chilli. Served with melba toast.
      3. Escargot En Croute
         R 65.00
         Snails with garlic butter, cream cheese and bacon.
         Rolled in phyllo pastry and deep friend.
         Served on a garlic and monkey glad sauce.
      4. Gazpacho
         R 59.00
         Traditional Spanish seasoned chilled tomato soup.
      5. Bitterballen-Ben’s Style
         R 65.00
         Iconic Dutch dish. Finely chopped lamb, pork and beef, slow-cooked and blended with a béchamel cream. Coated in breadcrumbs and deep fried. Served with a Dijon mustard.
      6. “Mozambican Style Chicken Livers”
         R 62.00
         Sautéed in a garlic, bacon and peri-peri cream - served with toast.
      7. "SkilPadjies"
         R 65.00
         A traditional South African dish,made with lamb’s liver, caul, spices and herbs.
      8. Bobotie Samoosas
         R 70.00
         Famous Cape Malay dish, served with a duo of sauces and a mint salsa.
      9. Tempura Prawns
         R 89.00
         Shelled prawns in tempura batter, served with an oriental dipping sauce.
   2. Salads
      1. Ceasar Salad
         R 89.00
         Lettuce, parmesan cheese shavings, bacon pieces, croutons and our homemade dressing with anchovies. (Please note that dressing includes garlic and anchovies)
      2. Beetroot and Goats Cheese Salad
         R 85.00
         Served with walnuts and a cranberry dressing.
      3. Garden Salad
         Tomato, cucumber, green pepper and salad leaves with a coriander and lemon vinaigrette.
         (Additional toppings available)
         Single
         R 65.00
         Table
         R 82.00
         Add beetroot, chillis, cucumber, green peppers, mushrooms, pickled cucumber, picked onion, or tomato
         R 7.00
         Add croutons
         R 5.00
         Add anchovies, bacon, capers, cheddar, boiled egg, mushrooms, olives or peppadew
         R 9.00
         Add beef strips, blue cheese, chicken strips, goat's cheese or vinaigrette
         R 12.00
         Add Ceasar dressing, cranberry dressing, ranch dressing or feta
         R 14.00
   3. Vegetarian
      1. Vegetable and Bean Curry
         R 135.00
         Cauliflower, carrots, butternut, peas, onions and aubergine and cannellini beans, cooked in a mild mango and peppadew curry, with sambals and naan bread.
      2. Vegetarian Cannelloni
         R 115.00
         Homemade pasta filled with spinach cannellini beans topped with a tomato and brandy sauce, over-baked with mozzarella.
      3. Melanzane Parmigiana
         R 105.00
         Baked aubergine topped with homemade napolitana sauce and over-baked with mozzarella served with a side green salad.
   4. Pots & Pans
      Served with your choice of French fries, savoury rice, mash or sauteed potatoes, or a side green salad.
      1. Seared Norwegian Salmon
         SQ
         Norwegian Salmon seared and topped with a burnt butter and lemon sauce.
      2. Ben's Beef Schnitzel
         R 145.00
         250g - Crumbed with parmesan and tarragon seasoned bread crumbs and lightly pan-friend, then topped with a tarragon butter.
      3. Ben's Chicken Schnitzel
         R 115.00
         250g -  with parmesan and tarragon seasoned bread crumbs and lightly pan-fried - topped with a tarragon butter.
      4. Grilled Hake
         250g - hake seasoned and flat-top grilled.
         Plain Hake
         R 138.00
         Add St Geran sauce
         R 25.00
      5. Turkish Style Chicken
         R 124.00
         250g Chicken fillet strips marinated in coriander, cumin and mild chilli, tossed in a tomato and mustard seed cream. Served with rice à la Ben’s and our seasonal vegetable.
      6. Tongue
         R 142.00
         250g Slow cooked, then sautéed in rosemary butter. Served on a red wine jus with potato mash, our seasonal vegetable and a mustard relish
      7. Tuscan Style Pork Belly
         R 168.00
         350g Slow cooked, then topped with a fennel seed, garlic and herb crust and finished in the pan. Served on creamy cannelini beans, with sautéed potato wedges and our seasonal vegetable. Please Note: This dish has a fat content. We suggest you order differently if you would prefer a lean cut.
      8. Mauritian Seafood Casserole
         R 185.00
         Wine-steamed linefish, mussels, calamari and prawns with ginger, chilli and coconut cream, served with rice à la Ben’s and our seasonal vegetable.
   5. On The Fire
      We have our own ‘mini’ butchery where we process, smoke, and cure our produce. Our beef is dry-aged for at least 24 days in our custom-built meat fridge at around 1-2˚C. We are one of the few grill houses that continue to dry-age beef on the bone, the time-honoured and superior way to handle meat.Due to our dry ageing process, products are prepared in limited quantities and may be unavailable from time to time.
   6. Ben's Burgers
      Homemade on our premises. We use ground sirloin, fillet, rump and spices. All burgers are served with French fries, or a side garden salad. Your choice of beef or crumbed chicken.
      1. Classic Burger
         200g
         The pure "All American" burger.
         R 75.00
         Add beetroot, chillis, cucumber, green peppers, mushrooms, pickled cucumber, picked onion, or tomato
         R 7.00
         Add anchovies, bacon, capers, cheddar, fried egg, flaked almonds, olives, peppadews, or walnuts.
         R 9.00
         Add blue cheese or goat's cheese
         R 12.00
         Add beef pattie or crumbed chicken breast fillet
         R 33.00
   7. Sauces
      Cream and stock based
      1. Kentucky sauce, St Geran sauce, Sambal oelek
         R 38.00
      2. New York Topping
         R 38.00
         Slice of cheese, topped with bacon, topped with mushroom sauce
      3. Mushroom, peppercorn, garlic, monkey-gland, or old man.
         R 28.00
   8. Flavoured Butter
      1. Our selection of flavoured butters
         R 38.00
         Café de Paris, Marchant du Vin, Garlic and Herb, Chilli butter, blue cheese butter, chimichurri butter
   9. Grills
      Served with your choice of French fries, baby potatoes, mash or rice, or a green salad.
      1. Rump
         350g
         R 175.00
      2. Sirloin
         London Trim
         250g
         R 148.00
         350g
         R 175.00
      3. Fillet
         250g
         R 195.00
      4. On The Bone
         SQ
         Ask your waitress about the cut of the day.
   10. Special Grills
       Served with your choice of French fries, baby potatoes, savoury rice or mash, or a side green salad.
       1. Entrecote Au Fromage Bleu
          R 185.00
          250g sirloin on port wine jus, topped with melted blue cheese, garlic sauce and onion marmalade.
       2. Hollandse Biefstuk
          R 198.00
          250g - fillet panfried in butter with onions and flambeéd with brandy.
       3. Pork Steak 'Robert'
          R 138.00
          300g Pork sirloin topped with a classic onion espagnole sauce. Served with a sweetcorn and pancetta crumble.
       4. Creamy Lemon and Herb Chicken
          R 138.00
          800g Whole baby chicken (partially deboned), marinated in lemon and herb rub, and char-grilled.
       5. Zanzibar Peri-Peri Chicken
          R 138.00
          800g Originated in East Africa. Chicken quarters (thigh bones removed), marinated in a peri-peri and lemon rub and char-grilled. Served with a cucumber yoghurt dip. (Please note we cannot change the “strength” of this dish)
       6. Moroccan Style Grilled Lamb Rib
          R 165.00
          Trimmed rib and breast of lamb, slow braised in a Moroccan style spicy marinade, then grilled. (Please note that lamb ribs have a high fat content ; prepared in limited quantities daily)
       7. “Kentucky” Steak
          R 195.00
          Seared on the grill, then finished with butter, diced mushrooms, bacon sprinkles, bourbon and cream.
          Your choice of 350g sirloin or 350g rump.
       8. Fillet Au Poivre
          R 198.00
          250g Fillet rolled in Dijon mustard, coated with a duo of peppercorns, pan-fried, and flambéed then topped with a brandy cream reduction.
       9. Fillet Diavolo
          R 215.00
          250g - fillet crowned with a generous helping of peri peri chicken livers.
   11. Afterthoughts
       All our desserts are entirely homemade on our premises, including the various ice creams.
       1. Chocolat
          R 70.00
          Belgian chocolate truffle with a hazelnut paté centre.
       2. Ben's Style Espresso Tiramisu
          R 65.00
          Our take on the classic Italian pick-me-up
       3. Crumbed Mozarella
          R 65.00
          Mozzarella crumbed and deep-fried, served with lemon curd and berry cullis.
       4. 'A Taste of Honey'
          R 48.00
          Homemade Italian style honey ice cream served on an almond tuille, sprinkled with crushed honeycomb and toasted almonds.
       5. Crème Brûlée
          R 59.00
          A classic French dessert.
       6. Gâteau Opera
          R 45.00
          A famous French dessert. Thin layers of Joconde (almond-flavoured sponge) soaked in coffee syrup, layered with chocolate ganache and coffee buttercream.
       7. New York Cheese Cake
          R 45.00
          Classic “New York style” baked cheese cake.
   12. Coffees
       1. Coffee
          R 20.00
          Including decaf.
       2. Tea
          Ceylon / Rooibos
          R 18.00
          Earl Grey
          R 20.00
       3. Milo
          R 25.00
       4. Cappucino
          R 28.00
       5. Espresso
          Single
          R 20.00
          Double
          R 25.00
       6. Irish Coffee / Kahlua Coffee
          R 45.00
       7. Whiskey / Kahlua Dom Pedro
          R 45.00
       8. Brandy Alexander
          R 45.00
          Brandy, crème de cacao and cream, with a hint of chocolate.
   13. Corkage
       1. Per 750ml Bottle of Wine
          R 40.00
   Menu last updated: 20 Oct 2018

   Menus are deemed correct at time of publication but may vary over time. It is the responsibility of the restaurant to maintain the menu and ensure prices are up to date.