Fast Facts

Restaurant name: Nostimo by MYTHOS 

Address: Waterfalls Wilds, Maxwell Drive and Woodmead Drive, Waterval City, Midrand 

Contact number: 011 517 2349 

Opening and closing times: Monday to Saturday 11.30am to 9pm; Sunday 11.30am to 8.30pm 

Average price of a main course: R150 

Corkage fee: No BYO 

Parking situation: Parking on site 

Food type: Mediterranean, Greek 

Best for: Brunch, lunch or dinner with friends and family, birthday lunches and dinners, casual date night.  

Food

Offering everything from pizzas, pastas, tacos, oysters, pitas, grilled meat and traditional-style Greek fare, it feels like there’s nothing you can’t get at Nostimo. Situated in the Waterfall Estate, it’s a popular eatery for the Midrand area which boasts numerous residential and commercial developments and lifestyle estates. 

 

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The huge restaurant is geared towards being a family-friendly eatery, and attracts many group bookings and kids’ parties, even offering an outdoor play area and separate arts and crafts and pottery studio to keep the kids’ entertainment under the care of a childminder. Plus there’s a wide variety of ice creams for them to choose from. 

 

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Drinks

From the menu, only local wines are on offer. The margarita is always a good indicator of the cocktail-making skills of the bartender, and though it was too sweet, it is described as “our take on the old classic”.

 

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Service

Staff is friendly and work as a cohesive unit, especially because there is a lot to coordinate with kids running around and lots of big group bookings celebrating various special occasions. 

Ambience

The huge restaurant space, offering seating both indoors and outdoors, feels like “your favourite family restaurant”. 

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