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Of the five restaurants in the Meikles Hotel, this was the only one we tried (other than a drink at the Explorer’s Bar). It is the more casual of the two big restaurants. The dress code is described as “smart casual”, which in our case meant jeans and a nice shirt for my husband and my trusty “never wrinkles no matter how long the flight is” travel dress for me.

The restaurant serves light snacks during the day and an incredible buffet at night with everything from sadza – a staple food of Zimbabwe whose closest cousin is grits – to prime rib. And the dessert table! Just walking past added at least three inches to my hips.

Waiters in starched white uniforms sashed with sky blue hover nearby to provide your every wish. This was the first place we sampled Zimbabwean wine. Not quite on par with the South African, but it was very nice, as was the view over the floodlit roof garden from our window seat.Click here for the latest information on the Pavilion Restaurant in Harare

There is a section on the eatout website that is strictly dedicated to the Restaurants in Harare as well as another section that is dedicated to the Restaurants in Bulawayo.

Another page on this site is where you can find all the coffee shops in Harare. The team at eatout is on a search for the romantic restaurants in Zimbabwe at the moment.

The restaurant owners lunch that was held recently at Millers Restaurant in Harare was a great opportunity for the restaurant owners in harare to have  a one on one chat with the eatout team.

One of the reviews recently had this to say -As creatures of habit, we normally stick to the famous half chicken or Portuguese steak. The lesson learned was ‘Stick to what you know’.

Today I had a meeting with Niren from the Glass house and we were discussing the coffee promotion that we wanted to do on enterprise road in Harare.  We would like to give away free coffee’s to drivers on their way to the office on a Thursday – you could contact them to let them know if you think this is a good idea.

I found details of Shangri La Restaurant on the eatout website. You can rate and review them here. A great place to get good food value.  A recent review on there says the following :

This is a great place. It is set in a good location, Enterprise road, Harare. There is a cool vibe, lots of different people from all social groups of the nation. A great place to set up a million dollar business deal, get out of trouble with the law, have an awesome afternoon with friends or even suitable for a romantic date. Shangri-La is a place for everyone. Best plan is: go on a Friday afternoon with some mates eat some delicious meals, sit outside in the sun drinking local beer and imported Cape wines, stay as late as possible and enjoy…

Definitely the Pekin duck and Crispy duck. Its the only proper duck in the nation and the ducks are all organically reared, Pekin duck imported from South Africa. World class!

I found details of Millers Restaurant on the eatout website.  You can rate and review them here.

Eatout now has a great category which includes all the popular restaurants on the site. The popularity is determined by the number of clicks on every restaurants webpage and the current top 10 most visited restaurants on the website are:

TOP 10 RESTAURANTS IN HARARE, ZIMBABWE

The Vanilla Moon

Mama Mia Restaurant

Leonardo’s

Alo Alo

Cafe Caprice

Blue Banana & Baobab Grill

Cafe Espresso

St Zita Brasserie

Deli-cious

Coimbra Restaurant

Most Popular Restaurants

Our Latest addition

Fusion

All the above restaurants have been put in those positions by the number of hits they have received to date on the site. The team at eatout would like to thank the restaurant owners who have been actively pushing the vote flyers to encourage visitors to their page on the site.

Eatout team has just appointed a new team to start work on a website in time for the 2010 worldcup to be held in South Africa. The site will be a host to all the hotels in Zimbabwe the site will be called  Zimhotels.com.

Mr Joseph Bunga expressed great satisfaction with the reception of the market for the eatout website that went live less than two months ago and its has gained a strong following in the market.

Eatout holds regular training sessions with restaurants in Zimbabwe and this is designed to increase the online activity of the industry.  We recenltly met with Eltah Nengomasha, PR for the Rainbow Tourism Group and we look forward to them joining us on eatout

Today I was chatting with some of the youth at Nazareth house in Harare and we were talking about whether it would be nice to have a coffee shop at the church.  Any such conversation wouldn’t happen with mentioning Celebration Center where the Cee Cee’s coffee shop is.  A place where our teens can hang out a still be in a fun environment.

Another interesting area was the Cyber Cafe concept – would the church be a good place to let teens try out the various social networking tools that are so popular in todays world.  How would this help them in their future I hear you asking? Well I don’t know for sure but isn’t exposure in a safe secure environment better that sneaking around and won’t this also help them become aufait with using computers?

Next week I will be meeting with the parents to present the findings of our survey.  In the mean time I have to suffice with meeting the Youth like I did last week at St Zita’s in Borrowdale.

Life is a Picnic When you are going to make an effort to travel to a beautiful location for the afternoon or day,don’t let sloppy catering and a lack of comfort spoil the outing! A day out requires 10 times more planning than any other event at home. Planning wins hands down over spontaneity to make sure that it will be a day to remember.In an ideal world you would have a fully kitted caravan or as the Americans call them an RV. Ground Sheet – a heavy duty plastic or canvas to go underneath your rugs or thows. Cushions – plenty or directors chairs (made popular by Makro and Game -during our trips to South Africa) Sandwiches – tend to get soggy inside containers – instead of preparing them in advance, prepare all the elements in separate containers and assemble them on the spot! Take a pot of hummus or pre-sliced ham or roast beef. You can ofcoure butter the rolls in advance. ICE – instead to trying to keep the milk cold -fill a bottle two thirds with milk and freeze overnight – you can do this with water and juices. For cutlery – I recommend investing in a picnic set (set for 4 costs around R120 at Cape Union Mart) courtesy of www.eatout.co.zw – coming soon www.zimhotels.com