“Eat when you like, where you like, what you like” is just what you want to hear when on holiday. Breakfast is available all morning – there’s an extensive all-day menu, and dinner starts as early as 5.30pm. It’s a flexible guest-centric approach that extends to what’s on the plate – there’s something for everyone, and chefs are happy to adapt, such as serving a starter as a main.
Breakfast is a usually a continental brought to the table (cut fruit, cheese and salami, freshly baked croissant and muffin, homemade granola and yoghurt, fresh juice or smoothies) followed by something off the hot menu – the Sala shakshuka (poached egg on spicy tomato relish with feta cheese) is recommended. Vervet monkeys coming in to raid can be a nuisance or entertainment, depending on whether they get away with it or not.
Lunch is either three courses, or you can order from the all-day menu – I thought the prawn and citrus salad with orange and avocado was delicious. Dinner is another three-course menu that changes every three days; with a choice of four starters (I enjoyed the cured wagyu carpaccio, arranged into a pretty wreath); four mains (I was told to add fish to the south Indian curry, and loved it); two desserts, as well as fresh-baked bread to start, and fruit or cheese to end.
