The Oyster Box hotel in Umhlanga, which features the well-known Grill Room restaurant, will close temporarily in July for a major restoration that promises to add plenty more sparkle when it reopens at the end of 2008.

The new owners, Red Carnation Hotels (who also own the Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa and the Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve), aim to give it an extensive upgrade but still keep an aura of yesteryear charm.

Apart from the luxury room and facilities upgrade, the Grill Room restaurant will also get a refreshing lift. The restaurant is well-known in Durban for fab curries and seafood and recently claimed the Top Fine Dining Restaurant in Kwa-zulu Natal award.

The Oyster Box
2 Lighthouse Road, Umhlanga Rocks, Kwazulu-Natal
Call: 031-561 2233
www.oysterbox.co.za