Cybele Fine Dining
The food at Cybele is carefully supervised by internationally experienced chefs and could be described as classical internationally inspired culinary creations. Naturally, we use only the best and the freshest of ingredients. No expense is spared in the preparation of our food, which has been acclaimed on numerous occasions by guests and journalists from all over the world, as amongst the best on offer in southern Africa.
Our Executive Chef
Grant Parker is Executive Head Chef at Cybele. His impressive career includes working with global travel brands across three continents. Grant’s 'philosophy of cooking' is underpinned by using the freshest ingredients, ensuring the natural flavours are savoured and not over-complicating dishes.
Grant was awarded the prestigious Brass Plaque (who is "a professional member who is the owner or executive chef of a dining establishment that maintains a superb level of cuisine, service and hospitality, as required by the exacting standards of Chaîne des Rôtisseurs internationally") in 2011.
Chaîne des Rôtisseurs - is an international gastronomic society founded in Paris in 1950. It is devoted to promoting fine dining and the pleasures of the table through the social interaction, hospitality and expertise of its members.
You are in good hands.
Our Cuisine
The Lodge offers a full buffet breakfast, including seasonal fresh and poached fruits, home-baked muesli, ham, cheeses, home baked scones, croissants, muffins and preserves, freshly squeezed juices followed by a traditional English breakfast, to order, incorporating, for example, dishes such as Eggs Benedict, French toast, etc.
Our Menus
Here at Cybele Forest Lodge, we strive to satisfy your every need.
An à la Carte dinner menu is presented every evening and you may choose to dine between 6:30pm and 8:30. Pre-dinner snacks are served from 6:30pm till 8:30pm in the main house. The Dinner menu also offers diners a Menu gourmand with specially selected wine to compliment the cuisine.
Lunch is à la Carte, served either in the gardens under the trees, in the dining room or in the privacy of your room.
Our Wines
Here at Cybele we strive to satisfy your every need. in keeping with this thought we have selected only the finest that the Cape has to offer. We select small boutique wine estates that deliver quality instead of quantity, producing only the finest wines. We offer wines for everyone’s taste from the crisp Hermanus Sauvignon blancs to the more seriously aged Rubicon’s.
We have something for everyone. In keeping with Cybele’s green movement we have now dedicated a selection of the wine list to organic and bio-dynamic farmed wines. For the well travelled guest we also stock a small selection of international wines. Cybele is the proud winner of the prestige Diners club Diamond award for 5 years running.
Read more about our wine awards on the Accolades page.


