Cathy and Peter Hall welcome you to Cooking Bear Restaurant, and Catering, in the KZN Midlands @ 55 Caversham Rd. 15 minutes from Howick, 20 minutes from Nottingham Road, 30 minutes from Pietermaritzburg, 60 minutes from Durban.

à la carte menu – contemporary country dishes, retro classics and flavours of the East.

Catering for You – Planning a dinner party ? Visiting the Midlands ? Self-catering ? Prefer to Eat-In ? We can help.

Fresh ingredients, attention to detail, careful preparation, personal service & consistency. An intimate and popular restaurant, set in a beautiful English style garden in the heart of the KwaZulu Natal Midlands.

Eat-Out review, October 2011

• Food: This is a restaurant with a following. Expect idyllic country meals with creative flair and a touch of Thai. Rules for eating at the Cooking Bear are: if there’s a prawn on the menu, order it. If you can’t decide, settle for the seafood pie. Don’t leave without having Cathy’s homemade ice-cream.
• Wine: A small, quality list.
• Service: Smooth and efficient. Garnished with Peter Hall’s hospitality and humour.
• Ambience: A cosy country home complete with log fires for winter and a beautiful garden for lunches during spring and summer.
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‘Top 20 winter restaurants’ – Wine Magazine, June 2011

12 ‘Best Country Cooking’ restaurants in South Africa, EatOut 2007

“…good country cooking, with a designer edge…“ - Gwynne Conlyn, Avocado Sept ‘09

“…talented chefs cook best in restaurants that they own…” – Victor Strugo, restaurant critic.

Adult friendly – no children under 12 and no dogs.

Image and GPS: 29″26′22.08″ S 30″07′03.76 E courtesy Google Earth