The Wits Club

I hosted my bridal tea here for 26 people and it was perfect! The restaurant accommodated all my menu edits and allowed us to set up our own decor. The buffet and sitting tables were set up so beautifully. The food was divine! Service was excellent and overall the day was so seamless that I recommend Olives and Plates for an event that is frustration and worry free

What a hidden gem! The food was exceptional, and portions are very generous. The venue has a lovely relaxed vibe. The staff were extremely helpful, patient, and entertained our strange requests 😊.

The restaurant is situated at the Wits University. I went with my brother and we entered through the main university entrance, later we realized there is an easier way to access the restaurant which is directly off Empire road. The restaurant is at bottom part of the university and is partly indoor and partly outdoor. It is a really beautiful setting , surrounded by beautiful cape Dutch style buildings which are part of a university alumni club or something like that. Olives & Plates is a well known brand and they have a few locations including at the upmarket Hyde Park shopping center. The setting was 10/10. Service was slightly slow and it felt like I had to constantly get up to call the waiter when I needed something. It was relatively bush for a Wednesday lunch time. The food is brilliantly presented, decent portion size and great quality. I ordered the potato and carrot mash as a side to my grilled hake. I also asked for the small side salad, which really was a small side salad if a bit of lettuce and a few small tomatoes. I was genuinely shocked when we received the bill and realized that they charge R65 for this tiny side salad. Also R33 for a cold drink, and R90 for a piece of cake ; I understand it is a good restaurant but after seeing these prices on the bill it left me with a very horrible feeling to the extent that I felt ripped off and would be reluctant to return.

AMAAAAZING!!! 10/10 fr food presentation and delicious..super nice venue.. will make it a regular hangout place..

A group of 8 of us went for high tea to celebrate my birthday, but the service wasn’t that great. I just felt that the service could have been better, we kept on having to ask them to bring out the snacks and I ordered cake, which I ordered and paid for before hand, they took so long to bring it out, and we kept asking and no one told us why it was taking so long. There was clearly a communication gap between what was covered in the high tea fee and what was extra. Like the tea was covered but not the champagne, when we ordered more champagne, it should have been told. It actually came up to R800 pp including drinks, I feel that was steep.