{"id":6000,"date":"2019-08-05T11:45:29","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T09:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/?p=6000"},"modified":"2026-09-28T18:06:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T16:06:03","slug":"mount-grace-country-house-by-african-pride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/mount-grace-country-house-by-african-pride\/","title":{"rendered":"African Pride Mount Grace Country House &#038; Spa, Autograph Collection is the perfect Reason to visit the Magaliesberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>African Pride Mount Grace Country House &amp; Spa rests at the foot of the majestic Magaliesberg mountains and offers breathtaking views of the countryside, as well as a much need respite from city life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Scroll down to see how you can win a family holiday worth R22,000!<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As part of the African Pride Autograph Collection and in keeping with the tradition of themed hotels, Mount Grace has soothing sweeps of lavender bushes in long walkways down which guests can stroll. It\u2019s all about inviting the surrounding nature in. They\u2019ve even named their spa Bush Spa, which offers nature-inspired treatments.<\/p>\n<p>Added to this is the hotel&#8217;s three restaurants to provide for all your nibbly (or ravenously hungry) needs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6016\" src=\"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/PH-Mount-Grace-Finals-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1150\" height=\"766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/PH-Mount-Grace-Finals-4.jpg 1150w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/PH-Mount-Grace-Finals-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/PH-Mount-Grace-Finals-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/PH-Mount-Grace-Finals-4-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/PH-Mount-Grace-Finals-4-561x374.jpg 561w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/PH-Mount-Grace-Finals-4-1122x747.jpg 1122w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/PH-Mount-Grace-Finals-4-364x242.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/PH-Mount-Grace-Finals-4-758x505.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/PH-Mount-Grace-Finals-4-608x405.jpg 608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1150px) 100vw, 1150px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6000 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/AK_JNBMM_30-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/AK_JNBMM_30-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/AK_JNBMM_30-192x192.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/AK_JNBMM_30-384x384.jpg 384w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/AK_JNBMM_30-110x110.jpg 110w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/AK_JNBMM_30-220x220.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/AK_JNBMM_19-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/AK_JNBMM_19-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/AK_JNBMM_19-192x192.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/AK_JNBMM_19-384x384.jpg 384w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/AK_JNBMM_19-110x110.jpg 110w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/AK_JNBMM_19-220x220.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0237-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0237-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0237-192x192.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0237-384x384.jpg 384w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0237-110x110.jpg 110w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0237-220x220.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0331-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0331-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0331-192x192.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0331-384x384.jpg 384w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0331-110x110.jpg 110w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0331-220x220.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3><u>Rambling Vine<\/u><\/h3>\n<p>Spoil yourself at the award-winning Rambling Vine restaurant, which features quarterly seasonal menus and an award winning wine list. The Rambling Vine has achieved one of the highest marks ever for a South African restaurant in the history of the Cha\u00eene des R\u00f4tisseurs, was voted one of the Best Fine Dining Restaurants in South Africa by Eat Out in 2012 and its wine list has won a Diners Club Diamond award three years in a row. You\u2019ll need to book in advance for this one!<\/p>\n<p>Open for dinner<\/p>\n<p>Dress code: Smart Casual<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6019\" src=\"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0237.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1150\" height=\"767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0237.jpg 1150w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0237-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0237-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0237-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0237-561x374.jpg 561w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0237-1122x748.jpg 1122w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0237-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0237-758x506.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0237-608x406.jpg 608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1150px) 100vw, 1150px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Twist Restaurant<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>For more casual dining and tasty all day meals, visit Twist. Everything on the menu is served <a href=\"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/tag\/buffet-restaurants-johannesburg\/\">buffet<\/a> style! Be sure to try their waffles and pastries, as well as their Sunday lunches. Yum!<\/p>\n<p>Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner\u00a0Dress code: Smart Casual<\/p>\n<h3><strong><u><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6023\" src=\"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0215.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1150\" height=\"767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0215.jpg 1150w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0215-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0215-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0215-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0215-561x374.jpg 561w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0215-1122x748.jpg 1122w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0215-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0215-758x506.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0215-608x406.jpg 608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1150px) 100vw, 1150px\" \/><\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><u>Spa Caf\u00e9<\/u><\/strong><u><\/u><\/h3>\n<p>How about a rejuvenating meal after a decadent spa treatment? Expect salads and wraps but also indulgences \u2013 it is a spa, after all \u2013 such as their coffee and chocolate mousse or their pear poached in red wine and served with mascarpone cream. Enjoy, also, cocktails, wine and a Sunday lunch menu.<\/p>\n<p>Dress code: Casual<\/p>\n<h3><u>The Terrace and Stoep<\/u><\/h3>\n<p>Drinks! Tea, craft gin and tonic as well as Sunday lunch. Drink and dine to the sound of birds tweeting overhead and the rustle of the wind in the trees.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6021\" src=\"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1150\" height=\"767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0212.jpg 1150w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0212-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0212-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0212-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0212-561x374.jpg 561w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0212-1122x748.jpg 1122w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0212-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0212-758x506.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC0212-608x406.jpg 608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1150px) 100vw, 1150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>There\u2019s a new chef in town<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of food, Mount Grace Country House as acquired a new chef.<\/p>\n<p>Interminable globetrotter, master baker Stuart McClarty. Stuart has cooked as far afield as the slopes of the Himalayas, sojourning through the green hills of Hoedspruit and resting his feet in the comfort of his home kitchen. He\u2019ll cook for them all \u2013 the celebrities or the average Joe who just wants to throw a fabulous dinner party. He\u2019s old fashioned like that and takes his time to prepare the best dishes possible. He has developed a legendary sour dough as well as butternut ciabatta.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Stuart\u2019s motto about food is to build with flavour. And we look forward to trying his culinary creations for ourselves!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6022\" src=\"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DS1_0660.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"1188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DS1_0660.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DS1_0660-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DS1_0660-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DS1_0660-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DS1_0660-561x702.jpg 561w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DS1_0660-799x999.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DS1_0660-364x455.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DS1_0660-758x948.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DS1_0660-608x760.jpg 608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>WIN, WIN, WIN!<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Book a stay at Mount Grace Country House between now and end October 2019 and stand a chance to win a family holiday for 4 worth R22,000! The prize includes dinner, bed and breakfast for 4 in 2 luxury rooms and is valid until 31 October 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/deals.marriott.com\/autograph-collection\/south-africa\/gauteng\/magaliesburg\/mount-grace-family-holiday-giveaway?fbclid=IwAR1JYYzTaw9YqBpNrnAL3VhbHZzfLWsB-WOrnAWZtAibIbu8ld-iTnsYyfU\"><strong>Book and win now!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions to African Pride Mount Grace Country House &amp; Spa, Autograph Collection<\/strong><br \/>\nOld Rustenberg road<br \/>\nMagaliesberg<br \/>\n014\u00a0577 5600<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>African Pride Mount Grace Country House &amp; Spa rests at the foot of the majestic Magaliesberg mountains and offers breathtaking views of the countryside, as well as a much need respite from city life. Scroll down to see how you can win a family holiday worth R22,000! 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