Fast facts 

Restaurant name: Café 28 

Address: 54 Wierda Road E, Wierda Valley, Sandton, Johannesburg 

Contact Number: 011 083 7873 

Opening and closing times: Monday to Thursday 9am to 7.30pm; Friday and Saturday 11.30am to 8.30pm; Sunday 9am to 5.30pm 

Average cost of a main meal: R150 

Parking Situation: Parking on site 

Food Type: café-fare 

Best for:Lunch with friends, Casual date night 

Food

The split-level space offers upstairs and downstairs seating with views of the green. Guests can also arrange to dine and be served on the “lawns”.  

It’s a cafe-style restaurant with many Italian-speaking patrons enjoying Instagram-worthy Neopolitan pizza made with from four from Lombardia in the north of Italy, covered with Fior di Latte di Napoli, and prepared in the wood-fired Pasquale Fazzone Mastro Fornaro oven, imported from Italy, pastas, burgers and a variety of starters. 

 

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Also worth trying are the Italian beers and lagers, Menabrea and Birra Messina. Patrons can purchase frozen, ready-made meals such as beef lasagna, melanzane, and gelato. The restaurant is available for hire for corporate functions and private parties.

 

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Drinks 

On enquiring about the wine, no details were forthcoming from the wait staff. Negroni was not perfect either – too many little blocks of ice.

 

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Service

Service was pleasant and easy, fitting for the eatery.

 

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Ambience

The seats were a bit uncomfortable, and not particularly designed for larger frames.

 

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