Very chilled place, music was playing at a reasonable volume. We went there during the week. The food portion was good as well

Had a lovely time there, however i did not like the service from one of the waiters there

Funky place and environment so cosmopolitan and super safe. A great meal mussels prepared in a different way but nice and chicken peri peri was great.We shall be back 👨‍🍳

Great ambiance nice but loud music, did it really enjoy the food.

I ordered an Uber eats with you.. I had ordered oxtail with dumpling.. my bread was so old and dry I couldn’t break it without the whole thing falling apart, the pieces from the oxtail were so hard to eat and not tender.. I’m very disappointed especially because its expensive and I was really looking forward to it.. hae guys!

The place is great and loved the ambience but the food was not that wow, it was just basic and not really memorable. The service was not impressive waiters lacked energy. The decor is the reason for the 3 stars otherwise they are at a solid 2.Toilets are way over on the other side as well.

The food was delicious and the service was amazing! Our waiter went out of his way to make sure we were comfortable and kept us entertained throughout our visit.

I was job hunting for a holiday job at that place. Very unprofessional, this guy did interviews looking like he hasn’t bathed, laying in his bed, whoever he was asked irrelevant questions right after I told him I didn’t have experience as a waitress in particular, but I worked at a restaurant prior. I don’t know if my English was not clear. These people wasted 2 hours of my time just to tell me I will not be hired. They were rude, the waiters didn’t respond with speed , the staff was dragging their feet, it was dirty, the uniforms were untidy. The food looked delicious though , I’ll give them that. Treat others how you want to be treated, the wheels are always turning.

I had awesome food, love the taste just did not have good salad dressing. My friends did not like their food unfortunately, the girls loved their drink(some nice virgin cocktails) I got Orange juice and it tasted like it was diluted and sugger was added, I told one of the waiters he took my drink but never came back. We were done eating so it did not bother me much. But the food awesome..just live their food

The food is very affordable and well prepared

The place is soo cool. The vibe, the artsy decor,the food is amazing. Very friendly staff. I cant wait to go back again.

Great place for an intimate meal with friends and family. Kids are well catered for. Staff super friendly. Meals will take you back to childhood.

I love the African theme of the establishment, the live music is a cherry on top 👌🏽

Never disappointed here! Great atmosphere... Lovely cosmopolitan space.. Great African cuisines, and music, especially if its the Marimba Band banging eloquently local music.. Lovely vibes indeed

Recently went back and their service and Lamb Shank was exceptional compared to an earlier time.

Pata Pata was okay. I didnt really enjoy my experience here. But, its okay to maybe grab a quick drink or so. Its located in the Maboneng district. So, it was kind of cool to sit in their outside area and people watch.I probably wouldnt visit again though.

I got the worst experience ever.The service was bad.It wasnt really busy today but it took time for any waiter to attend to us. The one who served us was like ,Im coming back guys or lemme just help you now or I will forget like how can you forget a customer. The glasses in which we received our drinks in werent really clean. The food took a very long time till we considered canceling thats when they apologized and we got our food.I was very disappointed shame

I loved the food, the vibe and the live music. The service was fast, I ordered pata Pata burger and it was mouth watering 😋

Every Fridays New Chapter SA band performing from 7pm - 10pm... It the most amazing experience with live music on stage.... Come enjoy good food and good people with good live music.... Hi

Food was mediocre. Service was poor. The young lady who served us stood in the middle of the floor and chastised us by yelling to her colleague and speaking in her language that she was dissatisfied with the tip we gave. Unknowingly, there is a 10% tip policy that is not written or displayed anywhere. Therefore if you are a tourist you are unaware of this policy. Her service was mediocre. She rushed us through the entire order. That being said we still offered the 10% tip despite her rude and unacceptable behavior. I would not recommend anyone to eat here. There are a few other restaurants in the same vicinity where the food is great and they offer service with a smile. Pata Pata is overrated and staff needs customer service training.

Loved it, the live performance 👏

Great cocktails.Great vibe.Not a fan of their fries

Super good food in Maboneng.The kind of place you see locals. Very nice coffee and restaurant. They have many yummy options in the menu and cocktails. I took the Pata Pata burger that was inside the “light meals” section and it turned out to be HUGE and came así with super good hand cut fries. The burger was very good.Might not be the cheapest, but it’s worth it.The service was very kind and fast. They deserved the tip! The place is very nice and with big tables for big groups. They’ve got free WiFi.

Fabulous bar...Great service. Pity we left just as the music started...The food that we saw being served to the other tables looked incredible, especially the burgers! Lovely decor and art on the walls too...

Great Ambiance! Great Food!

I enjoyed the food and the lovely atmosphere. They dim the lights when it gets dark and switch the candles. Beautiful ambience. The chicken livers on the starter menu are absolutely amazing. The sauce is different from anything that I have ever had. It is a must-have.

Great place to hang around with friends and experience lovely food.

Pata Pata is known by all. Very good for a good piece of meat properly cooked and seasoned.The decor and place is simple yet trendy.The staff is knowledgeable and gives good advice.Great choice of wines and champagne.A great place for friends diners and girls night out.

The vibe is good, the food was cold when it finally came after waiting for a long time. They can improve on that. The staff is very friendly and helpful.

Totally loved the restaurant. Its very safe and good food but there is no way you can walk around the area after sunset. Always have private means of transportation or Uber* to get you out of this place.

Its a beautiful place it makes you proud of being a South African and its also a beautiful tourist attraction. The food is amazing and they have a delicious range of dishes catering for everyone. They also have live bands which makes the experience cringeworthy 😄

They were one of my favorite restaurants, until they double-charged me on a R480 bill, confirmed to have seen the issue, promised to refund me, and never did.I have attempted contacting them, and each of their platforms leads nowhere, and their manager is a fraudster.I will never go to the restaurant again!Im sure they have done this to other customers, and will be served papers by our legal team.

Friday night at Pata Pata had a great vibe, thanks to the artsy location and live Jazz music that actually was the star of the evening.It was quite busy and waited a few minutes for a table. I would suggest getting there a little earlier, because as soon as the band sets up people will be less inclined to move after their dinner.The menu has a lot of South African favorites. Our steak was over done and the oxtail was tough but the sauces were great. I have to say that for the price we were let down by the quality in preparation.A glass of wine: R45-55300g Steak: R140-R160Steak toppings: R45Sauces: R35Dessert: R 40-R50

Try the Soweto Gold beer. Jazz music vibe. Lively bar that serves pizza

The service was really not up to scratch. The waiter made us wait for such a long time to get our drinks - simple soft drinks at that. On top of that, we had to wait forever before getting our meals. We decided to order our shakes while eating, those arrived waaaay after we had finished our meal. Their chocolate milkshake was really bad, and when I made them aware that the milkshake was too weak - basically like water, they decided to add ice cubes to the milkshake.

The food is great. I had the vegetable curry which was very tasty. Highly recommended the currycurrys. They also play live music

Amazing south african traditional food. Great service and well kept clean. Highly recommended

Good food and our waitress was great. Enjoyed spending my time with friends here.

Best waitersGreat foodChilled vibes

Good food customer service number 💯✔ and the like band the makes the environment lit!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥

Perfect for date night during the week. Its a proudly South African restaurant both the food, the music and the candles for lighting. If you are a true latte love, keep away from there latte.

Great food. Decor is rustic giving the restaurant a homely feeling.

Good Live Music and good vibes with good people!!! I really enjoyed being there.

Friendly staff and amazing burgers!

Horrible service! The food takes forever, even a simple drink takes 15 minutes. Their plastic menus are falling apart & dirty - you can tell they don’t replace their menu’s nonetheless wiping them.The worst part of the day was the waiter literally told us to leave because he wanted to seat down other people - that was extremely rude & uncalled for!We hadn’t even paid yet. They need to train their staff etiquette & decency to their customers. Truly disappointing

Great service and food, and customer service at an affordable price. That makes the whole experience even better.

I am appalled by the service my partner and I received at Pata Pata. We waited for about 30 minutes to be attended by a waiter who notified us that they will attend to us soon, but would pass our table each time. Even when we approached the second waiter, they shunned our presence at the restaurant. I dont see myself stepping a foot at that restaurant again.

Service was outstanding, never had to wait. Great place for true South African cuisine. Well priced with generous portions. Great vibe and very unique decor.

The food is a costly but with it... Would definitely recommend the mogodu Monday.

The food was awesome!!!! Love the vibe and feel of the place😊

Nice ambiente. The service is okay gut mit the best. Good food und not so expensive!

Family Defines Happiness

Great place to eat their food is nice their burgers are very filling when I went they were under staffed with one bar tender for the whole resturant but they were still friendly

Very nice foods and drinks!!

Great vibe for a casual dinner, although nothing really stands out. I wanted a potjie but they ran out two of the three options by 7pm. I ended up with the lamb chops, which was decent but didnt amaze me. Service is a little bit slow too.

The steak I ordered was way below average in terms of taste. I mean it was screwedup by the oil and tasted like it was cooked in the same oil as the chips. I honestly did not enjoy. However, the vibe is nice.

Had such a beautiful experience at this restaurant. Beautiful food was served while sitting outside (outside tables) the restaurant. Music was buzzing around and the scenery quite lively with people walking in and out and around Maboneng Precinct. Its a market place where creatives come together and have a great time. Its interesting how when we were sitting there, youd just hear one lady burst out a song and belt it out so beautifully. I swear, you might just witness random acts of performance and creatiness. I love it here.

I had the lamb curry and 2 sex @ pata pata and it was amazing. Its a vibe when you walk in the restaurant. The people, the workers, the environment, the food, the drinks were all great! Its a must to try out this place if your visiting Johannesburg (Maboneng Precinct).

Was there for a late lunch on my birthday, loved the food, caters for both meat lovers and vegetarian, the waiters and waitress were all friendly and catered to all our needs. There was a band playing lovely music and sang a S/O song to me for my birthday, made it super special. Would go back any day. Thank you Pata Pata

Live music almost every night and portion so generous that you couldnt possibly finish everything Pata Pata is such a vibe. Grab one of the tables on the side with the couch and people watch to your hearts content. Nice selection of local favourites and a vibe that is quintessentially jozi.

Food was good although service could have been better,they were friendly though,sat by the corner near the windows, the curtains or whatever they have by the Windows were really dirty

Great Food. Great LIVE music.

The food was terrible the mleqwa chicken was highly salty the borewoes so dry & sourish l swear it was stale waiters hve no customer care at least l liked the music

If you’re going to sit inside, know the music is so loud you can’t have a respectable conversation with your people, be prepared to scream at each other. Beware the cigarette vending machine, don’t sit anywhere near that thing. The smell of cigarette can ruin your time. The menus are falling apart. The biggest one was waiters not wearing masks. That made so uncomfortable I wanted to leave 😏

Wow the place Cook nice food with affordable prices. I will come back for more

This place has an amazing vibe about it, be it indoors or being seated outside- theres a liveliness to the place. Sadly it doesnt translate to their menu, they have a great variety of food but nothing out of this world for your palate. Maybe their oxtail can hit the spot but thats about it for me. Their cocktails on the other hand are magnificent.

Lovely ambience, enjoyed the live band and had the best waitress ever. Shout out to Maggie! Ill be back just because of the service.

The place is very attractive.

Vibe was great but was let down by the cold & tasteless Oxtail I ordered, even the Mrs was complaining that her mogodu wasnt that great. Will give them another try as I want to taste their platter as per recommendation from a friend.

Its a cool looking place, the menu is ordinary. Nothing really most and blowing

I got there super excited to see that they have Soweto Gold beer on tap.. But all the excitement went straight to the drain when the beer had a sour taste. So it was OFF.. nothing was done about it not even 1 manager came through to apologize for not cleaning their taps properly nor for not tasting their beer on taps before service . .. I was given my money back, the woman that was there, I assume was a manager on nothing didnt even show remorse or any other thing. Wow Im extremely disappointed and will never recommend that place to any of my close friends.

Refreshing place to chill and eat home-cooked professionall meals. Loved it😘

Good music, homely atmosphere for adults like me

African dining experience, complemented by contemporary music. Simple yet effective set up

Great service and they have live performances which I enjoyed. The food was great

Vibrant exciting eating place in central Johannesburg.

Love the lamb shank and their stews

Great food and drinks. friendly staff

Nice local food

The food was delicious albeit a little pricey and the service was excellent, but the music was way too loud.

Nice place, good food. My butternut squash was great :)

Food was bland and over priced. Staff is friendly but service is extremely slow.

The food is AMAZING. Great ambience

Exceptional quality meals. Fantastic service.

Very nice place but the music was too loud couldnt hear each other talking. If they turn diwn the music a notch then this is an excellent place to go to.

The live music n vibe was just awesome!

Food was great. Waiter kept disappearing though and the manager wasnt very helpful when we queried something.

Very chilled place to go on an intimate date.

A bit pricey but worth it! Atmosphere, drinks, music, food, staff, all excellent. Loved it! I definitely recommend

Waiter was very nice.the drinks was nice but the food terrible

It has nice food...just that the place is small

The food is amazing and reasonably priced

It wasnt welcoming opened the door myself went straight to the table couldnt even get a menue for almost 30 minutes until l left will never go back there or recommend someone

Its amazing, serving urban cultural food from the black community... Situated in the heart of maboneng, you wouldnt miss the experience maboneng has to offer

Expensive. The stuffed chicken breast and lamb shank were not to my liking. Great ambience though and lovely place.

The food was great and the waitor was very efficient. The atmosphere is the best

Well, I will def go back again. The vibe there is just great.The food is great and the staff are wonderful.The live music is the attraction of the place for me, especially on a Sunday evening.Go try it and u will thank me later.

A lively vibe with music ,good food and beverages.

Great place from owner, staff and nice food

Omg I have never in my life experienced such terrible service. We walked in without anyone to welcome us, we had to find our own sits. I had invited friends from Pretoria for dinner and apparently it was the bosss dinner or something. They forgot our order for a whole hour. Drinks took 30mins to be served I mean whats difficult about taking a beer from the fridge. My husband had to wait an extra 35 minutes for his food while we were eating already.