Agrilla Meet & Cocktail Bar

With an emphasis on friends gathering to enjoy great food, it comes as no surprise that Agrilla Meet and Cocktail Bar is a concept designed by business partners Paul de Jager and Jon Sarris, who are also buddies.

Agrilla reflects their combined love for South African and Greek culinary traditions. Both men bring a wealth of experience from their successful ventures at various Sun International properties, including Trader’s at Time Square and The Shebeen at Sun City.

A play on the word meat, Agrilla, which opened end of April at Pretoria’s largest entertainment and hotel complex, is an upmarket South African grill house and cocktail bar offering top-quality meat from a top local butcher. The restaurant’s unique offering creates engaging entertainment with a ‘theatre of dining’, using butcher blocks to slice a customer’s meat at their table.

The menu is influenced by the Afrikaans and Greek roots of its owners, offering dishes they enjoy such as chicken livers, trinchado and grilled halloumi. Starters include mushrooms, bruschetta rubbed with garlic and topped with black pepper cream, heirloom tomatoes and onion salsa, American-style buffalo chicken wings, tossed in a smoky barbeque sauce, and marrow bones with toast.

From the moment you step into Agrilla, you’re welcomed into a world where every meal is a celebration, and every visit is an opportunity to create lasting memories!