Summary: Cyra Restaurant at The Houghton Hotel in Johannesburg is offering its Award-Winning 4-Course Experience for Restaurant Week South Africa 2026 at R795 per person. Available for lunch and dinner from Monday to Sunday until 1 November 2026, the experience by Chef Candice Philip features refined four-course dining with choices including beef tartare, poached prawn, beef fillet, seabass, panna cotta and apple crumble. Book your table now!
What is happening at Cyra Restaurant for Restaurant Week?
Restaurant Week South Africa 2026 is giving Johannesburg diners the chance to experience the acclaimed Cyra Restaurant at The Houghton Hotel with a specially curated four-course menu for R795 per person.
Led by Chef Candice Philip, Cyra has quickly made its mark on Johannesburg’s fine-dining scene. The restaurant was named Best New Restaurant at the 2025 Eat Out Awards and Best Fine Dining Restaurant of the Year at the 2025 Luxe Awards, making the Restaurant Week experience an opportunity to sample the style that has earned Cyra its growing reputation.
- Available for both lunch and dinner, the four-course experience runs Monday to Sunday and is valid until 1 November 2026. Book your spots now!
The meal begins with Semolina Brioche, served with seaweed and lime butter, before diners choose their first course. The options are Marinated Beef Tartare, paired with truffled mushrooms, garlic crème and curry leaf barley crisps, or Pumpkin Flan with miso tofu crème, pickled pumpkin and pumpkin seed granola.
The second course offers three choices. Pork Belly comes with horseradish, furikake, king oyster and pickled daikon, while Poached Prawn combines smoked almond cream, paprika oil, grapes and caviar. The vegetarian option is Stuffed Cabbage, served with leek and brinjal, walnut dukkah and lemon yoghurt.
For the third course, diners can choose Beef Fillet with smoked gammon, mustard aioli, crispy potatoes and broccolini; Seabass with turnip, cashew, pearl cous cous and smoked fishbone dressing; or Coq au Vin, featuring braised chicken thigh, shiitake mushrooms, fondant potatoes and charred baby onions. A vegetarian Lentil Chickpea Curry is also available, served with black olives, cauliflower, almonds and rocket coriander pesto.
Dessert brings the four-course experience to a suitably elegant close, with Panna Cotta featuring bay leaf, blackberry and orange, or Apple Crumble with cider-poached apple sponge, toasted almonds, smoked caramel and rooibos and apple whiskey ice cream.
The Restaurant Week South Africa campaign runs from 25 September to 1 November 2026, with VIP bookings opening from 14 September. More than 200 restaurants are participating nationally, with individual venues setting their own menus and prices. Restaurant Week South Africa
At Cyra Restaurant, the R795 experience is firmly focused on the restaurant’s refined style, combining carefully presented dishes with flavours that move from truffled mushrooms and curry leaf to smoked almond, furikake, caviar, mustard aioli and rooibos. The experience is available throughout the Restaurant Week period, with guests able to book for either lunch or dinner. Dietary preferences should be indicated on the reservation form.
Quick details
- Venue: Cyra Restaurant at The Houghton Hotel
- Location: The Houghton Hotel, Johannesburg, Gauteng
- Experience: Cyra’s Award-Winning 4-Course Experience
- Campaign: Restaurant Week South Africa 2026
- Price: R795 per person
- Available: Monday to Sunday
- Meal times: Lunch and dinner
- Valid until: 1 November 2026
- Chef: Candice Philip
- Restaurant Week bookings: restaurantweek.co.za
FAQs
How much is the Cyra Restaurant Week experience?
Cyra’s four-course Restaurant Week experience costs R795 per person.
When is the experience available?
It is available Monday to Sunday and is valid until 1 November 2026.
Is the Cyra Restaurant Week menu available for lunch?
Yes. The experience is available for both lunch and dinner.
Who is the chef behind the experience?
The four-course experience is created by Chef Candice Philip.
What is included in the four-course experience?
The experience includes Semolina Brioche followed by four courses, with choices across the savoury courses and two dessert options.
Are vegetarian options available?
Yes. The menu includes Stuffed Cabbage and a Lentil Chickpea Curry, both marked vegetarian.
Where is Cyra Restaurant located?
Cyra Restaurant is located at The Houghton Hotel in Johannesburg.
How can guests book?
Restaurant Week bookings can be made through restaurantweek.co.za.
