Primi Piatti is a restaurant - coffee shop - chain with a really unique style. The service is great (friendly and efficient), there is a certain enticing arrogance to the place and the menu's and food are top notch. However, what really blew us away the first time we stepped into a Primi Piatti is the interior decorating - half of the restaurant's stock of cans and bags is stacked up between tables, sacks of potatoes hang from the roof, bottles of water, wine, etc. are packed neatly onto every beam or wall available. It may sound like a mess but it is in fact some of the most original and lively interior design we've seen in a long time. Add to this well stocked bar areas, the main dining area and a lounge area with comfortable leather couches and cigars on offer, all open plan and a great experience awaits you. If you're a traditionalist who like a restaurant to be quiet, orderly and overly respectful to its guests stay away...

Primi Piatti, at the time of writing this, had restaurants in Cape Town (eight), Johannesburg (five), Pretoria, Durban, Bloemfontein, Gaborone, Lagos, Cairo and London.