We visited Back Of the Moon on Wednesday night. It was quiet busy for a week day. The staff were polite and welcoming. The food was delicious and arrived the table very quickly. It’s a little dark in there but the atmosphere and music in general was lovely.
Wow !! Not only is this Restuarant absolutely beautiful , it has an amazing atmosphere to it . It’s the place to go to celebrate !!
Live band , Amazing Amazing talent !!
Fantastic service and fantastic food !!
Please try this one out .. you won’t be disappointed
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This restaurant is situated inside the Gold Reef Casino complex. Ample safe parking and easy to find. The restaurant name originates from an upmarket jazz club which existed during the apartheid era, where many of the great SA artists performed daily - the likes of Miriam Makeba began their careers at the original Back of the Moon in Sophiatown.
We visited as a large group of 40 for dinner. Keeping in mind the restaurant was full and we were a large group , service was excellent. All our starters , mains and deserts were served timeously. We ordered off a set menu and everything on this menu was delicious. For starters a yummy Greek salad, which itself was huge and bread and dips were served . Mocktails were not on the menu but they were really accommodating and made a Virgin Pina Colada for me , which tasted as good as it looked. I ordered the mushroom ravioli, it was a generous portion & served with sufficient sauce with great balance of spices.
Others at the table enjoyed the prawns main.
Desert was decadent chocolate brownie fondant , and a delicious cheesecake as well. All the dishes served were beautifully plated, of the highest standard and freshly prepared.
Atmosphere is great, wonderful vibe as there was live entertainment and a dance floor.
Great food , great entertainment, great service, all in all a fantastic night out !
Went here last night for a year end function. The setup and the way they accommodated us was amazing. The staff were friendly, fast and competent. We had a set menu and had to order both mains and dessert at the same time. I had Norwegian Salmon - which was amazing. And my partner had a T-bone - which melted in your mouth. The music playing in the background and later the band singing gave this place a 5 for vibe. People dancing and enjoying the evening. Will be going back for sure.
Pleasantly surprised by the spot. The complimentary bread isn't the best but the main dishes we had were really amazing. I opted for the peri peri chicken with a side of mash- actually finished all my food for the first time in a while, we were rushing off to a comedy show after so I didn't get to try their desserts -which looked divine. The service here was exceptional. Great ambience.
Went for a work lunch today. Restaurant was quiet. Everybody enjoyed their meals thoroughly and so did I. We had the prawn curry, lamb shank, duck, chicken and steak. Lovely presentation of food and table settings. The only thing I disliked was the fact that the waiter kept on forgetting my drink order.
The music is what drew me inside. They had an amazing band playing. We only decided to have coffee and dessert. The staff were extremely friendly. We ordered two servings of the cream cheese cheesecake with berries. While really tasty, the serving size was disappointing for the price paid. It was more like a mini cheesecake. All in all, I will definitely visit this establishment again...But I'll have dessert elsewhere🙈
I had a pleasant experience at this Restaurant. Great ambience, good food and excellent service. The only thing I could find fault in is their prices.
Never ever considered eating here, but went through for a friend's birthday.
Ordered the 450g prime rib steak, which only came with chips as a side. I could see that my steak was the worst cut of the table, it was thin, very sinewy, and over cooked. It also took over 2 hours for the table to get our orders.
Even though we were a very large table, it was not nearly worth the amount I paid
I'm rating it 3.5 because everyone else thoroughly enjoyed their meals and the dessert platters. I'm probably the minority of people with a bad experience.
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This will be the second time I've eaten here and of both times I did enjoy the food. Please know that both of these times were complementary (both drinks and food ) due to Gold Reef City's rewards plans. The first time we ever went, the setting was fabulous, it was for a dinner service and there was live entertainment. The food was absolutely fantastic, the restaurant wasn't busy and I had no complaints.
Today when I wound up there again, my expectations were high but I was let down. The food wasn't that great, my starter and main were fantastic (the chicken was perfectly tender and yummy!) But my dessert of a Malva pudding was no Malva pudding whatsoever and it was burned at the bottom. My brother had the roast beef main and the beef was extremely tough. Also the food was really mass produced and we were seated at a table with complete strangers like sardines! - thank goodness south African people are friendly enough to converse and not make things awkward!
As for our waiters... excellent service on the first night and this morning! Especially considering he was waiting like 10 tables of 8 people each! The service is quite great.
I think this place is quite excellent, although the first time was more fantastic than the second experience I believe that they weren't too bad on the second time and I'll definitely give them another try!
Barrington Alan Southwood
+4
A wonderful restaurant with a wonderful vibe. A bit overpriced, but then again you get what you pay for. Definitely worth another visit. The food was divine.
Food is amazing. Back o the moon provided a memorable 3 course dinner date for my parents and I. The lamb shank, the fillet all cooked to perfection whilst being surrinated to live music playing some of my dad's golden oldies.
@Back O' The Moon always has the best atmosphere with relaxed music,good food (Grilled Calamari with potatoe fries) and glass of white wine.
Marcelle Dean Pillay
+4.5
Fine dining at its best. Been here with a large group. Courteous waiters catered for special requests. Very expensive though! Once in a while worth it for the experience. Menu could be expanded though.
This place just oozes class..the decor, bar, seating arrangement and general staff attire are all befitting. From the moment we arrived the service was impeccable. The meal selection is good with the execution thereof being great. Taste and plating presentation exceeded all expectations. The ostrich fillet in this instance was probably the best I've ever had. I will definitely be back here the next time I stop over in Gold Reef. Special Thanks must also go out to these guys for making my girlfriend's birthday special...and scoring me some brownie points 😉
Very, very good. Not only were we treated as royalty, but the food was tasteful and presented beautifully. As I believe to score restaurants on their food and service this is the reason that this restaurant has such a good score. One thing that did bother was that we were charged R48 for water. It is almost cheaper to drink wine.
I came here a while back with my mother and sister. Upon arriving we were warmly greeted. The waiters are very friendly and helpful.
The floor manager even took me around the restaurant to show me the exclusive drinks and cigars and as far to teach me which wines go with which foods.
The food was exquisite! Freshly made and unbelievably delicious. Since then I've returned numerous times.
Perfect place to go with your aid significant other. Whilst you're enjoying your meal you can enjoy the music of the in-house live band.
Carol Ceecee Phakade
+4.5
Lunch afrer our AGM. ... is place is amazing I'm enjoying my food and the place is great and lovely........I'm happy ☺my meal is so great my all smiles..... now this is what I call dinning with class @zomato#zomatojackaurelias
Their steak is in my top 10. Tender, juicy and cooked to perfection. The service is one of my hobby horses when it come to fine dining and these guys know how. All the waiters are ready to serve without being helicopters (hover, hover). The live Jazz band sets the stage (literally)
For a special night out, to feel like royalty, try this fine establishment.
Loved the experience at this baby. It's a perfect date night set up. The decor, food and service are on point. Love the live performances aswell. would love to visit again. However it's difficult to get to see the live performances if you are on wheelchair as the stage is downstairs.... :-(. Would have given this baby a 5🌠
Great entertainment, great service, great food we had such a good time. The decor is beautiful. Couldnt be more pleased. 11/10 scored. Would come back anytime.
Great food , had the Lobster Thermidor for Main and Pecan nut Tart for desert, the Service and the Live entertainment is was awesome!
Celebrated my wife's 40th birthday at the restaurant, staff was very helpful with organizing and putting together a great menu- grilled sole and duck was delicious, good attention from the waiters. Only critique would be the high cost wines and champagnes
I had my party there in the private room, glad they extended the room it was very comfortable.. Staff was excellent lovely friendly people, catered to our every need. Food was awesome. Music Was fantastic we danced n danced great vibe.
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The Back of the Moon is the place to go if you want a quality experience at very reasonable prices. I started with a shrimp cocktail and usually expect starters of this sort to be fairly minimalistic in terms of quantity at a venue with this atmosphere. While waiting I was presented with a warm dinner roll with an assortment of butters and condiments, this was rapidly followed by a side chicken mini kebab with cheese and when the starter arrived it was huge, so much so that I pondered whether I could eat this and a main in a single sitting. The shrimp cocktail was infused with chili and was tasty and fresh with succulent firmness in each bite.
My main was an aged rump with a peri peri sauce, medium rare. This was a little tougher than I would have liked but it was perfectly medium rare so I may have to attribute this more to the bluntness of the steak knife as opposed to the cut n cook.
As a plus and unique to this critique is that usually when I dine solo on a business trip such as this I'm in and out in quick succession. This is the first occasion where I've felt like I I wanted to savor the moment, relax and enjoy my evening meal.
The background live jazz/blues entertainment wrapped the meal off perfectly. So, scores out of 5 as follows:
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3.5
Staff attentiveness: 4
Service efficiency: 4.5
We ate here before a show but were late due to the incredible traffic on the M1 south. We ended up having to shovel our food in our faces.
I had the chops, I think they were good?
But we kept looking and talking about the ribs that were arriving at all the tables around us. We are busy planning our return to smash ribs by the bucket load. Watch this space!
This place - is wow! If you in the area, or not it would seem that it's a celebration dinner spot! The service is superb, and delightful! The waiter's recommendations are excellent... I found myseld falling in love with items I would generally have never ordered such as a mouth watering corn soup, and a ginger ice cream! it was worth it... And the important part is it was delicious!!!! '
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I hosted a 30th birthday party at Back o' the Moon on the 05 October 2013. Never have I received such outstanding and heartfelt service from a restaurant before, from the telephonic booking to the moment we left there were smiles and absolutely warm attitudes from all the staff members and the musicians. A fine, beautiful and graceful lady by the name of Prudence made sure my every request was attended to without any hesitation, she is definitately the best restaurant host I have ever met and really is an asset to this restaurant.
The live music at the restaurant was amazing and my 25 guests really enjoyed it, the musicians made the Birthday boy feel really special with announcements and calling him to the stage. They really kept the guests alive by requesting them to the dance floor from time to time. Which resulted in all 25 guests only leaving the restaurant after 12:30 am.
All 25 guests had the pleasure of ordering from the normal restaurant menus and the food was brought out promptly, thanks to the hard working kitchen staff. The waiters were there at every moment to take extra drink orders and no one waited for service which was brilliant!
The cherry on the top was the ability for me to bring a big cake that was made to the restaurant, there was no questions of surcharges etc, which I found most restaurants in Johannesburg speak about when they hear you bringing something along.
Thank you Prudence and the staff at Back o' the Moon Gold Reef City for your help in setting-up the tables with my decor and for your impecable service.
Take care
Regards
Neil Moodley
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Back o' the moon is a really great venue for young and old... i decided to write a review not only because of the food but my whole first experience at this fantastic place
twas a beautiful mothers day in 2012, now i must say i DO NOT enjoy family lunches solely because i have a really weird family, my mom could burst out into song at any moment and my aunt could burst into tears, my sister might burst into dance and i might just BURST!
In any case, we arrived at the place and i made a request that they seat us at separate tables, my request was obviously a little unreasonable due to the amount of bookings, however we did get a really awesome seat right in front of the stage, ... we ordered a platter as starters and i must say everything i tried was really fresh and tasty... It was at this time a smooth band started playing and that really just set the vibe,
Back o'the moon is a really stylish venue so its only right they should have live entertainment and believe me it really is a great addition to an already great dining experience.
anyway for main course i decided to have a blue cheese steak, now at this point my mom was singing my sister was dancing with some other dudes mother, and my uncle had just had his 9th beer, it was right then that a really friendly waitress place a hot steak, cooked to perfection in front of me, the aroma coming off that place was truly mind-blowing (SIDE NOTE - i'm a cheese lover, AND THIS IS DEFINITELY FOR CHEESE LOVERS) i cut a juicy slab off and my plate exploded with cheese, i was even surprised at the amount of cheese they had fitted in this steak.... the fist bite was the deepest, it felt as if my world had stopped, and all that was there was me and this steak... it was truly one of THEE best steaks i have ever had.
In conclusion and in the words of ARNOLD " I'll BE BACK " i really enjoyed myself and so did my taste buds...
This is definitely the place to go if you are looking to take the youngsters and oldies. We celebrated my Aunts 40th here and we all had such a good time. The live band is phenomenal and know exactly how to draw the crowd to the dance floor. The food is great, I love the grilled Calamari. If only they didn't close so early!!
I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed the food here on a Friday night. We purchased a casino special that included dinner for two with a set menu option. I liked that the set menu had variety. The springbok carpaccio and calamari starter was very yummy. For mains cappuccino prawns was interesting but I prefer the salty option. The vegetarian option was also really good and I loved the mushrooms. We were stuffed by dessert. The creme brûlée was ok. The service was very good. Drinks are expensive.
Great ambience for dinners but not so for lunch. The food is good but on the pricey side. Expect to pay above average prices for drinks. The ambience at Sunday lunch is dead and disappointing. This is often a chosen venue for birthday parties. A private dining room is also available. Our starters and mains were delicious. The dessert menu needs a revamp.
This is an excellent establishment. We celebrated my Dads 50th birthday at Back O' The Moon and everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves, the music was perfect for the "oldies" as well as us "youngsters". A great place to dine both day and night and a wonderful place to go to if you are celebrating a special occasion. The food is delicious and there is excellent live music.
Beautiful Friday night at this restaurant. Good tasty food, but you must trust your pockets. Took a bit too long with the food though. Food was delicious except for dumpling. Dumpling was never my thing anyway. Desserts were also delicious, but small portions. The place is wheelchair friendly even inside.
Clean restrooms, handbag hangers on the back side of the doors, soap and hand towels.
I would come back to this restaurant any day. Great service and very friendly waitors n waitresses.
The reception was wonderful. We were greeted with great pleasure at the door and escorted to our seats where we didnt have to wait for a waiter to arrive. we had fun exploring the modern day menus before we received our drinks. The entertainment was very pleasant and we were pleased to have our special request noted. THE FOOD WAS BEYOND AMAZING. and the portion size is everything! well done and thank you for an amazing experience.
After their revamp last year it feels a lot more upmarket. Entertainment varies with performer, but its nice to have a singer whilst eating. Food was average.
Spent our 10 year anniversary at Back o The Moon. It was great. Food, service and entertainment was awesome. Planning to make it a regular thing for celebrations. A great night out
Serious top notch fine dining restaurant with a cigar lounge. The food is so delicious, just thinking about it makes the mouth water. The music was lovely too.
I love this place, its pretty amazing for intimate dinning and best for dinner cause
It portrays that romatic feel instead of social. The food and service was beyond this world
This restaurant was amazing. The food was so delicious. The atmosphere is fantastic and the restaurant is just beautiful. The staff was super friendly.
Had a great meal here. The service was superb.. They went out of their way to make our meal great
The food was great and the service was excellent not forgetting the atmosphere
Excellent service. Good food. Lovely evening spent. A cut above the rest.
There food is impecable and the service is beyond what's normally expected. Woukd recommend to anyone who wants to spoil their loved one!Amazeballs!
Great vibe and food was great , had a unique jazz feel and service was awsome
Lacrosse Mankopane Goku
+5
This place is wonderful and the food provided there is mouth tasting and truly speaking you can resist
Great venue, atmosphere, music and live band and super friendly staff
Loved everything from the food to the dance floor and a live band..
The food and the atmosphere is fantastic. Wonderful Live band.
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