LBV Bistro

3 Akira Wing - 3 years ago

Link is situated in a smaller room just beside their sister restaurant LBV. We came for the 7 course tasting menu as part of restaurant week and we had a decent fine dining experience. The courses were all beautifully presented, and the ingredients used were fresh and delicious.
Of the seven courses, the standouts were definitely the Sous Vide Bone Marrow, Reflections on Pork Belly and the Madagascan Vanilla and Hazelnut dessert. The services was also too notch as our waiter Akim was friendly and knowledgeable about all the dishes.
Now for the negatives... there was an average wait of half an hour between courses. We started timing and there was a 40 minute wait between a course at one point. I understand the food and presentation takes a bit more time, but I’ve been to tasting experiences before and never been left so hungry between dishes. I also found the courses to have lacked a bit of the wow factor that you should experience at a fine dining restaurant. The ingredients were pretty basic and I didn’t feel like there was anything too different or memorable. The Springbok Loin was also tough which was a bit disappointing, and the lavender gel in the last course was quite off-putting.

5 Priscilla kgwale - 2 years ago

Excellent service, delicious food and overall experience was beautiful. The staff is very friendly and very helpful. I am definitely coming back to the restaurant

4 Matt Jardine - 3 years ago

Rich and earthy flavours, succulent red meat. Our waiter was attentive and knew the menu well. An intimate little restaurant, great for date night.

4 Jozi Girl - 4 years ago

Been here twice. Cosy restaurant with plenty of parking.

Wine by the glass is Around R60 - we took our own bottle and was charged R60 corkage. Service was quite pleasant. My husband had the starter portion calamari and pork and I had the starter prawn. Was really good and well presented.

Service was pleasant and the staff are really friendly. Yes I would recommend LBV.

5 Roland Sawry - 5 years ago

A wonderful and tranquil place to go with a partner or with friends. Top class restaurant quality food at affordable prices. Well worth the visit. I promise you wont be disappointed with both the food and service.

3 Monique Esau - 3 years ago

Very disappointed with some food items. I. Ordered the crispy duck as a starter and it was drenched in oil and had no flavor. I sent it back. I then had the halloumi cheese salad which was lovely. My bf ordered the porkie yorkie it was amazing. Perfect. For my main i ordered the roast pork belly as the waiter stated"it was made the same way as the starter" but it was very dry. The mash potato was lovely. My bf ordered the beef fillet, it was the best fillet we have ever had. Tender and full of flavor. For dessert we had the white cheese cake with orange sorbet ice-cream. The cheese cake tasted like cheap cheese cake from spar or pick n pay and the ice cream was icy and not good at all. The place is cosy. The waiter is friendly and professional

5 Kim Brown - 4 years ago

Went to LBV to celebrate my 30th with a lovely dinner. I was not disappointed! The atmosphere and staff are lovely. Once settle, we got an interesting board of flavourful delights. I had no clue there was such a thing as an apple meringue ... who knew apple and cheese tastes good together! The food is incredible - I had the pork belly as my main and the créme brulee as my dessert. I highly recommend the pork belly! The pork was tender, the mustard mash and bacon brandy jam were unique and divine and the crackling... so crunchy and light! I'll definitely be back for that dish. A definite must.