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Please note that the information given below is of a general nature and should be verified prior to a visit.

Viva Espana Restaurant - Halfway House :: this fully licensed venue offers its guests Spanish culinary delights such as Valencia Paella and Zarzuella Catalana as well as an extensive A-La-Carte Menu. <<More>>
 

Please note that the information given below is of a general nature and should be verified prior to your visit.

 
Entertainment
The Lipizzaner Centre
1 Dahlia Road, Kyalami
lipizzaner@aristasia.com Tel: 011 468 2718
See the magic of the white Lipizzaner stallions and classical horsemanship performing to music in the only other place in the world to be given the seal of approval by the world-famous Spanish Riding School.
Every Sunday at 10h30.
Morning training sessions, 10 - 12h00, Tuesday to Friday are open to the public.
     
Montecasino
Montecasino Boulevard,
Fourways
info@montecasino.co.za Tel: 011 510 7000
Montecasino, a R1,4 billion gaming, retail and leisure complex, in Fourways is Gauteng's premier entertainment destination. Designed to replicate an ancient Tuscan hill-top village, Montecasino offers a casino area with no less than 1 700 slot machines and 70 gaming tables, a 15 screen cinema complex, shops, numerous restaurants, clubs and bars with live performances and The Pieter Toerien Theatre.
     
Gold Reef City
follow signs from Booysens exit on M1
Africa's greatest Theme Park created around an authentic 19th century gold mine, there are many rides including the Anaconda roller coaster, the Tower of Terror and the Raging River Rapids. Take a trip down a mine shaft, see how gold is poured, visit the small exhibitions and museums, watch the various shows and eat in one of the restaurants or cafes. There is also a casino on the site with 1600 machines and 60 tables.
Theme Park open Tuesday to Sunday 09h00 - 17h00.
     
Randburg Raceway
272 Samantha St,
Strijdom Park,
Randburg
kartingindoor@global.co.za Tel: 011 792 2260
Indoor karting with karts imported from the UK similar to those used extensively at karting circuits throughout the world. Powered by a 5.5 HP, 160 cc 4 stroke Honda engine . For individuals, small groups or corporate days, race against friends, family and workmates.
Open 11h00 until late 7 days a week. Sundays close 18h00.
   
 
Casinos
Montecasino, Montecasino Boulevard, Fourways Tel: 011 510-7000
Gold Reef City, Booysens
Caesars Palace, 64 Jones Road, Kempton Park (by airport) Tel: 011 928-1000
   
 
Jazz
Blues Rooms, Village Walk, Rivonia Road, Sandton Tel: 011 784-5527
Ziggies, Market Street, Newtown, Johannesburg - Tel: 011 483-1211
   
 
Theatres
Johannesburg Civic Theatre, Loveday Street, Braamfontein Tel: 011 403-3408
Liberty Theatre on the Square, 121 Sandton Square, Sandton Tel: 011 883-8606
Market Theatre, Market Street, Newtown (Book through Computicket)
Montecasino Theatre, Montecasino Boulevard, Fourways Tel: 011 511-1988
Show Case Restaurant/Theatre, Banbury Cross Village, Northwold Tel: 011 794-4382
Theatre on the Track, Monza Place, Kyalami Park, Midrand Tel: 011 466-1745
Victory Theatre, 105 Louis Botha Avenue, Houghton Tel: 011 483-2793
Youth  Theatre, 3 Junction Avenue, Parktown Tel: 011 484-1584
   
 
Cinema Complexes
Cinema Nouveau, The Mall, Rosebank Tel: 0860-300222
Imax Theatre, Jan Smuts Avenue, Hyde Park Corner Tel: 011 325-6182
NU METRO Montecasino, Montecasino Boulevard, Fourways Tel: 011 511-0244
NU METRO Village Walk, Rivonia Road, Sandton Tel: 011 883-9558
STER-KINEKOR Fourways Mall, Fourways, William Nicol Drive 
STER-KINEKOR Sandton
 
 
Local Restaurants
Beef & Lobster Seafood & Meat (recommended) - Witkoppen Road, Paulshof. Tel: 011 807 6520
Beira Alta Portugese Restaurant (recommended) - Montecasino - Montecasino boulevard FOURWAYS Tel: 011 511 1307
Blueberry Grill - Kyalami Shopping Centre, Kyalami, Midrand.
The Butcher Shop & Grill (recommended) - 30 Sandton Square, Sandton. Tel: 011 784 8676
Coachman's Inn (recommended) French Cuisine - 29 Peter Place, Lyme Park, Sandton. Tel: 011 706 7269
Coco Bongo - Montecasino, Fourways. Tel: 011 511 1826
Harrison's on 12th Avenue - 12th Avenue, Rivonia. Tel: 011 807 0825
The Meat Co (recommended) - Montecasino, Fourways. Tel: 011 511 0235
Pappas on the Square Greek Restaurant (recommended) - Sandton Square, Sandton. Tel: 011 884 9991
The Raj Indian Restaurant ( highly recommended) - Crowthorne Shopping Centre, Crowthorne, Midrand
Viva Espana Restaurant & Tapas Bar - 546 16th Road, Halfway House, Midrand.
Spanish Flamenco shows and dancing
Tel: 011 805 2720
Wandies Place African Buffet - Makhalemele Street, Dube Village, Soweto. Tel: 011 982 2796
 
 
Local Pubs
Baron & Farrier - Corporate Park Centre, Midrand. Tel: 011 314 7873
Baron & Quail - Dinnwoodie Shopping Centre, Western Service Road, Woodmead. Tel: 011 804 1618
Geordie Pride - Crowthorne Shopping Centre, Crowthorne, Midrand. Tel: 011 468 3243
Keg & Filly - Tambach Road, Sunninghill. Tel: 011 807 5589
Rose & Crown - Riverside Shopping Centre, Bryanston Drive, Bryanston. Tel: 011 706 0249
   
 
Craft Markets
The Craft Market at Hartbeespoort Dam - 60km on 511 or 512 towards Brits in North West Province.

Combine this in a day trip by taking in Lesedi Cultural Village in the morning, then a look around the craft market and lunch, finishing with a ride up the cable car for great views of the dam. Sunday is a good day for this when there is often live music in some of the restaurants.

Rosebank Rooftop Market - 15km, Bath Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg.
Open Sundays only. Good collection of arts and crafts and a variety of restaurants.
Bruma Lake Flea Market - 20km, Marcia Street, Bruma Lake, Johannesburg.
William Nicol Drive - 8km. There are a number of roadside stalls between N1 and Montecasino.
Randburg Waterfront - 10km. Flea Market, shops and restaurants around the lake.
   
 
Shopping Malls
The Boulders Shopping Centre - 10km. Old Pretoria Road, Halfway House, Midrand.
Fourways Mall - 6km. William Nicol Drive, Fourways.
Rivonia Boulevard - 8km. Rivonia.
Sandton City - 14km. West Street, Sandton
Village Walk Shopping Centre - 14km. Maude Street, Sandown, Sandton.
Woodmead Value Mart Shopping Centre - 15km. Waterval Crescent, Woodmead, Ext 5. (Makro)
   
 

 
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