The Lansmore Hotel, Masa Center |
A lively courtyard with bars and a live DJ on weekends (well, until 10:30 pm anyway)...
A bunch of restaurants serving everything from Setswana food to pizza and burgers...
A hip new hotel with the best restaurant in town...
Welcome to the Masa Center!
The Masa Center is a new development located in downtown Gaborone in what is known as "the Central Business District." This name may be a little bit ambitious, as most of the gleaming new office buildings that were put up in a hurry by Chinese construction companies are standing unoccupied. It is not clear who thought that the CBD would be a good idea - seems that someone was overly ambitious in their desire to attract businesses to Gaborone and thought that slapping up some attractive buildings and calling it the Central Business District might work in tricking people into thinking that there is actually a bustling downtown filled with industry and productivity... ah, that elusive and intangible element known as "business" ! So far the closest to that we have in Gaborone would be the Government Enclave area, but I would hardly say things are bustling there; you can, however, see lots of depressed-looking bureaucrats shuffling their way to their various ministry offices at 7:30 every morning!
Lamb chops |
Fish and potatoes. |
Creme brulee |
Chocolate torte. |
Here's my Crocodile Restaurant Review Scale:
1= Not good. I may as well have eaten river weeds.
2= Missing something. Anyone want to hit the river and look for something better?
3= Fine, I guess,
but I’d rather eat a hippo.
4= So good, it was
definitely worth the swim over here.
5= Forget hunting!
I’m eating here from now on.
Food
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So good, it was definitely
worth the swim over here!
The food was great, but there were only four to five options each for
appetizer, main course, and dessert.
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Service
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Forget hunting! I’m eating here
from now on.
Very attentive service, with the waiter frequently checking back to
see how we were doing. We even got to sample a pre-appetizer soup for free!
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Ambience
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Forget hunting! I’m eating here
from now on.
On a cool evening, it was lovely sitting outdoors in the Masa Center
courtyard.
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Overall Experience
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The Lansmore is the only go-to place for an upscale meal in Gaborone.
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Overall I give it a !!
Great quality restaurant with excellent food.
ReplyDeleteSpringdale Utah Restaurant
It’s good to have a healthy competition for the other hotel. It might even make them revise their service to a more accommodating style. The Lansmore might not have an extensive menu now, but that’s to be expected since they’re fairly new. Still, it’s good that, even with their limited selections, you were still able to consider them considerably better than others.
ReplyDeleteBerenice @ Black Bear