The oysters at Jose's are always the freshest. Everything else they cook and I've tried is also very good, be it the chicken schnitzel or the prawns, or the calamari. Absolutely loving the place for the atmosphere, food and the friendly waiters. Parrots at the entrance are also super entertaining.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
R 50–100
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Side Order of Carrots and Cabbage
We enjoyed the lunch in Jose s Taverna. Delicious and fresh oysters and nice white wine. We had the king plate with lobster and it was amazing. Real Portuguese style cooking. Waiters and managers friendly and professional. Also the kid’s menu and meat was good quality. In my opinion the music was a bit too loud, however the place is big and has outside area and two big inside areas, hence the costumer can choose the most convenient place.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Lunch
Price per person
R 300–350
Recommended dishes
Calamari
Excellent food, service and a lovely treat.
Thank you
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
R 450–500
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Yuppie C-Food Platter
Great place! Super close to the airport and carrental return. Food is am-a-zing and the waiters are all the nicest guys. Great way to start and end our RSA and Botswana voyage.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Lunch
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Top notch food, beautifully seasoned and generous portions. Each cooked meal came out fast and hot and seasoned to the max, the flavours are incredible.
Beautiful big, plump and juicy oysters, they were incredible and beautifully fresh served with all the seasonings required to munch them down. This included a small bottle of tequila which anyone knows is a great oyster enhancer. It was an oceanic heaven.
We had an incredible man assisting to serve us. Friendly and efficient and always within in range for us to see.
The music playing gently in the background added to the relaxing environment. It was a lovely lunch outing and will return to try the rest of the items on the menu.
The Billionaires Platter is definitely on my bucket list.
I had a disappointing experience at Jose's tonight. The starter of Calamari was extremely bitter, and the service was lacking; despite being a 2-seater table, we didn't feel we received any real attention. The atmosphere was great, but I feel this was due to the other customers. Sorry, Jose, but I won't be returning anytime soon.
This is beautifully appointed haven with Jose's personal touch bringing out the ambience of homely comfort. The service second to non furthermore Jose received us himself and after a fantastic meal he gifted us with a bottle of very good wine. The food was very well prepared and presented fresh seafood. The pricing is very reasonable and I definitely recommend one to visit this establishment
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Lunch
Been wanting to explore this restaurant for a while now! Was worth the travel!
Awesome atmosphere - great setting
At first was tad bit rocky - ordered oysters had no green Tabasco *bearing in mind there is a pnp right next to restaurant * waiter said sorry they don't have we suggested they purchase they male manager said "No" we need to use what they have!
Requested the bill wanting to leave back to our side of the world where restaurants actually want the business!
Female manager happen to walk past, wanting to know if all was okay, shared our experience - pleasantly surprised herself walked to pnp got the green Tabasco! Extra star 🌟 for this great service indeed, thank you.
Food was exactly 💯 as all the rumors I had heard.
Oysters - absolutely delicious and fresh that beautiful ocean taste. Right size as well.
Prawns - fresh and cooked to prefection.
Mussels - maybe less fillers in your sauce sauce thick floury and maybe try some spring onion more cream - but said this again Mussels were fresh and very tasty!
Veggies on the sides accompanied these dishes.
Over all a good experience, friendly staff.
Wanting to try the new Edenvale branch ...
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Myself and hubby went to dine there on the 22nd of December. He was so excited to take me because he said they had the best prawns he'd ever had. Sad to say that this was no longer the case.
The drinks were great and the halloumi starter was decent... That was where the pleasant evening ended. The seating was loose and I almost fell when getting up. Instead of Napkins, we were greeted with facial tissues on the table in a plastic covered box.
As my main I ordered the grilled baby calamari which came tasting like it had been done on a dirty grill, it was chewy and there was no tartar sauce. When I asked for some, it came out tasting of purely onions and green peppers in mayo. Very unpleasant.
Hubby ordered a kg of prawns due to his excitement of having the best prawns he'd ever had... However the prawns came out dry, floury, and with very little sauce. In the past they were drenched in sauce and cooked to perfection. He was not offered a finger bowl or wet wipes.
During our main meal neither our waiter nor the manager checked on us. So we didn't even have the chance to voice our experience during the meal.
When we left we discussed our disappointment regarding the meals with the manager. We were met with excuses, told that if hubby had wanted more sauce we would've had to pay extra and an all around unapologetic attitude regarding the quality of meals and service. When we mentioned the tissues we were told about budget cuts. Having 8 years experience in hospitality and FOH management myself, I found this a very poor representation of what a manager should be.
Paying over R210 per main meal at the cheapest, I am extremely disappointed with my experience. It left a sour taste in both our mouths and we will not be going back because of it.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
R 450–500
Food: 1
Service: 2
Atmosphere: 3
Best Prawns in the Country. So Grateful that Jose's is in our neighbourhood. Excellent Food, Great Service. The Staff are so friendly, the service is great. If you feel like seafood, this is the place to go to. Thank you Jose's.
