Love the new setup! The live band is fantastic and the food is always mouth-watering. Love it!

Cannot get through to back of the moon.
Are you closed.

Back of the Moon, more like "Back of the parking lot". We had a Christmas lunch on Friday the 14th. It was like rack, stack and pack em high.The service was really bad.The hostess's were beyond bored and stupid. The manager completely overwhelmed. It took 3 hours to get our mains. Why would a reasonably good restaurant do this to themsevelves? What for the sake of turnover? When we eventually got the food we were so over it. Never again.

I was excited to spoil my mom at Back of the Moon for Mother's Day this year, but was horribly surprised. The service was terrible, with the waiters back and forth with items forgotten. The food was the worst of it, disgusting and over priced. The karaoke band was so loud, we couldn't even talk to each other. They kept asking for diners to clap and sing along while the lead singer danced on stage. This is supposed to be fine dining and not a free for all. Be advised that the restaurant is under new management, hence the poor dining experience. Thoroughly disappointed, recommend that nobody should ever go there.

Back of the moon is well known for being an up market Mediterranean restaurant in the Gold Reef City Casino…. And has become my treat to myself every time I feel I deserve. That little bit of special care, or I decide to spoil myself for whatever reason.The Décor is very classy yet comfortable, very busy yet you can still have a conversation without having to shout. The seating is well planed with enough space for the people that the restaurant holds – without making you feel that you are in a South African mini bus taxi!! Clearly plenty thought went into the restaurant set up and comfort would be high on the list of requirements… For the décor I would have to rate the restaurant 10/10!The Service is the best I have ever encountered in Johannesburg (even though the last time I was there it wasn’t up to their regular standard) The friendly waiters seem to know what you need or want even before you ask them for it ! If I never knew better I would say that each table had its own waiter which studies each guest in order to make the visit The best ever….. For the service an 8/10 as I was disappointed last week but I will be back and hopefully I will have to place a second comment on Eat out to apologize for this!!The Food is key to the success of the restaurants well established name. The menu is filled with well presented Mediterranean dishes that not only stimulates the taste but leaves you satisfied at the same time... The portions are well thought out and have never left me hungry after a meal. Being in the food industry I also need to add that back of the moon is one of the few restaurants that I know that still has the Quality of the ingredients and not the price of the ingredients in mind when acquiring them as I noticed that all the prawns used are really from Mozambique and not black tigers from India – Again this would be why Back of the Moon would charge a premium!My Favorite dish at Back of the Moon would have to be , The Sardines which are prepared in the Portuguese way and has that Back of the Moon Flair added to it….The Prawns come in at a very close second but Sardines are really, really good !! As for the food I would have to say 11/10 because 10 just isn’t enough….To all the staff and management at Back of the Moon – Thank you for having such an awesome restaurant. Service in South Africa is just so hard to find that when you do you are taken away by it … Thank you again!!