Bayleaf & Thyme

Sub-standard food

We drove from Cape Town to Bayleaf & Thyme(Riebeeck Kasteel), 60mins drive. We ordered x2 pizzas, x2 pasta dishes, beef burger, glass of Merlot, glass of chardonnay, bottled water. Our waiter(male) was pleasant. At R50 per glass of Merlot, I received a half glass of wine? Chardonnay the same. Salmon pasta dish was shocking & inferior with cheap salmon slivers instead of salmon pieces, less than basic dish. Arriabata with chicken pasta dish was made in a tomato paste instead of a rich tomato pasta sauce mixed with minimal chicken pieces. The pulled lamb pizza was truly low quality. Didn’t resemble close to fresh, chunky pieces of pulled lamb, pizza was not fully round, arrived a bit misshaped in size. The Pepperoni pizza was basic, we had to send the pizza back as the salami was still uncooked. It came back oozing with oil from the overstuffed cheap mozzarella cheese & it was burnt at the edges. Both pizza bases were soggy. We were starving so we ate most of it. Pasta dish was unfinished. We took the uneaten pizza in a doggy bag to give to the street children. This was our 2nd time there, we will unfortunately not re-visit this restaurant as the food is sub-standard, below average, no taste, simply uninspiring, bland with no effort & love put into the food. The atmosphere is lovely & cosy, that’s about it. Bill paid was R650... too much.