Festa Restaurant on Kleinevalleij Estate Wine, whimsy and wonderful food in Wellington
Festa Restaurant on Kleinevalleij Estate
Wine, whimsy and wonderful food in Wellington
“We wanted to do something different,” says restaurateur Anelma Basson. That’s immediately apparent; a black piano grand is strung from the vaulted ceiling, an oversized clock dominates one wall, and the colour palette is bright and lively: fuchsia pink supported by black and white stripes.
Anelma, blonde and bubbly, seats us at a table on the patio. It’s cooking today; we’re in the very heart of the Boland’s furnace. Luckily, they’ve thought this one out, and a gentle mist floats down from the awnings.
The space is a converted barn, which Anelma tells us has been left much the same (aside from the quirky design elements); the stone floors are original, and industrial joinings play into the whimsy of the look.
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