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“Great Waitress”

Alula Farm Stall & Restaurant
Ranked #24 of 36 Restaurants in Swellendam
Price range: R 30 - R 300
Description: Extraordinary scenery and wildlife, with delicious handmade meals, prepared fresh on the daily. A full and loaded bar, a professional coffee station and a high end farmstall, with local and unique sourced products! Wonderful selection of wines for sale. We have so much more to offer, we don't want to spoil all the surprises Alula has for you! Have a modern and uplifting experience at Alula.
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Description: Extraordinary scenery and wildlife, with delicious handmade meals, prepared fresh on the daily. A full and loaded bar, a professional coffee station and a high end farmstall, with local and unique sourced products! Wonderful selection of wines for sale. We have so much more to offer, we don't want to spoil all the surprises Alula has for you! Have a modern and uplifting experience at Alula.
Reviewed 8 April 2021

We stopped for lunch to check this new place out. While the food was not great, the waitress made up for everything. She was by herself, and ran around serving, greeting guests and being cashier. She was just so helpful and cheerful though.
They were obviously short staffed

Date of visit: April 2021
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Thank 247LiveLife
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Reviewed 22 February 2021 via mobile

This is an impressive looking, modern venue, with a lovely view on the N2 30 km from Swellendam.

The service is good, and the wine on offer from a local cellar is decent.

The food is dire. We are talking schnitzel so dried out, that they may as well employ an in house shoemaker and use the stock there.

The sauce.... well bland tasteless and lumpy. Terrible. Chips ok, salad acceptable.

All in all try the nearest wimpy.

This place gets one star for being there to start with, one for the service staff, and one for a reasonable wine stock.

It can only get better with time. It cannot get worse

Date of visit: February 2021
Thank AllanGeorgeJ
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Reviewed 24 January 2021

This was probably the worst experience of my entire life with incompetent and rude staff with digusting attitudes.

Other than that the food is way to expensive and not even good.

Shut this place down ASAP

Date of visit: January 2021
Thank TerryForever
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Reviewed 16 January 2021

Having had lunch at Alula soon after it opened, we decided to stop again at the beginning of December 2020 as we had enjoyed it very much previously. What a disappointment. We sat outside which was lovely watching the zebra . We were also very happy that we could take our dog there onto the veranda as well.
There was no menu. We saw it later inside the restaurant on a board. But it was not visible to us on the veranda. However we were not concerned as we just wanted Toasted Cheese, Tomato and Bacon Sandwiches. The order came with chips which the waitress hadn't mentioned even though we said we wanted a snack only. But that didn't matter. The sandwich was very plain and had a strange taste. We asked what it was and the chef came out (not wearing a mask!!) He said that he put organum on the cheese . I would have thought that this would work but perhaps it was too much, I don't know. It just wasn't a good sandwich. Then to our huge surprise we saw that each toasted sandwich and chips cost R85.00. We cannot return for prices like that I'm afraid.

Date of visit: December 2020
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Thank CapeKid
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Reviewed 18 January 2020 via mobile

So let’s eat somewhere new. Stopped off at Alula and I was a little disappointed at the limited menu - Pizza being the most appetizing. Waitress advised of schnitzel not on menu. Ordered this - not bad, bur expected home style, not pre prepped by frozen food company. Atmosphere is a little meh. Definite potential though. Time will tell.

Date of visit: January 2020
Thank 97stefanv
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AlulaN2, General Manager at Alula Farm Stall & Restaurant, responded to this reviewResponded 25 January 2020

Thank you for your valuable feedback. We apologize that your experience at Alula wasn't what you had expected. We are working on expanding our menu. With us being open for roughly 2 months now, we wanted to get a feel for what our maket is, therefore we don't have a excessively large menu. We are looking to introduce more choices onto our menu, in the near future. Apologies that the atmosphere wasn't enjoyable. Your feedback is greatly appreciated and taken into consideration. We can assure you that your next visit will be an improvement from the last! Have a lovely day.
Yours Sincerely,
Alula Family

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