PRIVA GASTROLOUNGE

BEST FOR Whisky tasting. FOOD Priva offers four different menus. The Mediterranean cruise menu offers starters from Greece and southern Italy, mains from southern France and Spain, and dessert inspired by the Turkish baklava. The regular menu’s starters include smoked springbok carpaccio. For mains, there’s braised lamb shoulder rolled with red onion, thyme and garlic. The gastronomique tasting menu is a five-course feast of flavours from the regular menu. The Priva lounge menu, served in the cigar lounge and on the sky deck, has gourmet sliders, chargrilled peri-peri chicken, sticky ribs and bowls of biltong. DRINKS A large selection of local and international wines, with some rarities. The full bar offers spirits, single malt whiskies, cognac and cocktails. SERVICE Excellent. Waiters are knowledgeable. AMBIENCE A stylish space with indoor and outdoor dining overlooking the lush Pretoria east. (MI)