Maze - Cape Town

A friend and I recently went to Maze and were not very impressed at all. Firstly, after sitting down outside on the deck, his chair broke with him landing up on his backside. To say that other diners were mortified is an understatement. They duly fetched another chair, but did not make much of a fuss about the matter. He also confessed that he thought their response was perhaps not adequate and being the type of person who can afford to frequent the hotel and the restaurant I don't think he will be frequenting either in the future.

Anyway, moving onto the food, which I have to say was average at best. Sure, you are paying for the view and being in the waterfront, but at least put some really quality food on the plate. We both opted for steak and chips and I just thought to myself, surely you can get better than this. We were in Franschhoek a couple of weeks later at The French Connection and again dined on steak and chips which as he remarked, was far better. He also remarked that the chair did not break and he felt the service was better. Pretty unbelievable when you have something which is so hyped up, yet fails to deliver. It seems to becoming a trait with Gordon and Maze if comments on their gala dinner recently are anything to go by. So for us, save your pennies and go elsewhere, get a better view and pay less for better quality food.