A delicious deal – Fixed price lunch menus at The Pot Luck Club and The Shortmarket Club in Rosebank

06 Nov 2024

The fixed price menu at The Shortmarket Club is simply irresistible. Photo: The Shortmarket Club.

Fish sliders with mojo dressing and miso mayo. Photo: The Pot Luck Club.

Fine dining made accessible. Try the Pot Luck Club's prix fixe offering. Photo: The Pot Luck Club.

By popular demand, the prix fixe (fixed price) lunch menus at The Shortmarket Club and The Pot Luck Club in Joburg are here to stay. Available weekly from Tue – Sat.

We've raved about the prix fixe lunch menu at The Shortmarket Club – a solution to making fine dining more accessible that we were delighted to try out in June 2024. What started as a limited offer is now a regular fixture at Shortmarket Club, as well as at its sister restaurant, The Pot Luck Club, both of which are located in the Oxford Parks precinct in Rosebank. In short, the menus are outstanding and pull out all the stops. The fixed price is just R450 per person, which is simply irresistible.

The Pot Luck Club

One of our long-time Cape Town favourites, it was a good day indeed when legendary Chef Luke Dale Roberts decided to bring his Pot Luck kitchen to Joburg with its enticing small plates of robust flavours and an energetic atmosphere. Social yet sophisticated, The Pot Luck Club in Oxford Parks is well suited to the spirit of the city. The experience here is steeped in indulgence, from the richness of the dishes to the variety of tastes on your plate. The contemporary open kitchen gives you insight into the rigorous process that produces these wondrous flavours. A meal here has the feel of an occasion, which is sometimes missing in Joburg establishments.

ON THE PRIX FIXE MENU (NOV 2024)
Ciabatta, smoked butter, marinated olives.
Fish sliders with mojo dressing and miso mayo.
Peri peri chicken, ajo blanco, kale and pepper salad, braai vinaigrette.
Smoked beef fillet with black pepper and truffle café au lait.
Chickpea and goat cheese parmesan fries with truffle aioli and smoked ketchup.
PLC sweets board featuring nougat, salted chocolate caramel, macaron, and mochi.

Vegetarian and pescetarian options are available. Menu items may change based on seasonal availability.

The menu is R450 p.p. Weekly from Tue – Sat. Book here.

The Shortmarket Club

If you haven't yet visited it, The Shortmarket Club is an upmarket brasserie-come-bistro in Oxford Parks in Rosebank. Also the brainchild of Luke Dale Roberts, this is The Pot Luck Club's "younger" and "quieter" sister. The setting is inviting and dynamic: masculine leather seating, black and white chequered tile floors, and dark parquet are juxtaposed against feminine butterfly-dappled ceilings, living walls, and stained-glass windows. As for the food? We can't fault it. The dishes are European in style but tickled with Asian flavours in the most wonderfully seductive way; hints of chilli, ginger, lime, curry leaves, and all things fragrant and ambrosial.

ON THE PRIX FIXE MENU (NOV 2024)
Rye loaf with whipped black garlic and feta dip.
Thai sashimi with pad thai dressing, nuoc cham, and coconut yogurt.
Beef tartare with rocket and chive dressing, soy mayo, and parmesan.
Linefish of the day with red pepper pesto, corn velouté, and charred baby corn.
Chocolate fondant with banana ice cream and banana tuille.

Vegetarian and pescetarian options are available. Menu items may change based on seasonal availability.

The menu is R450 p.p. Weekly from Tue – Sat. Book here.