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Just Badela Food & Wine

Restaurant

👍👍 The best very best braai liver and tongue. It’s great great value for money Love the artmosphere The music and vibe amazing The people have a Ubuntu spirit in them The staff super customer centric They have live music on Thursday’s. People often mention liver, great, music, Great, nice, service, delicious, meat,


Address

00546 Mtipa St, Orlando West, Soweto, 1804, South Africa

Contact

+27 63 141 5767

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.30 (447 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Saturday: 10 am to 2 pm
  • Sunday: 10 am to 12 pm
  • Monday: 10 am to 10 pm
  • Tuesday: 10 am to 10 pm
  • Wednesday: 10 am to 10 pm
  • Thursday: 12 to 2 am, 10 am to 2 pm
  • Friday: 10 am to 2 pm

Featured Reviews


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  • 5/5 mzamo m. 2 years ago on Google
    The best very best braai liver and tongue. It’s great great value for money Love the artmosphere The music and vibe amazing The people have a Ubuntu spirit in them The staff super customer centric They have live music on Thursday’s.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Azania M. 2 years ago on Google
    We were having so much fun we forgot to take pics. My sister kept talking about how delicious the braaid liver is, so we went to try it. It was a saturday night and the DJ was playing old school house music. Hit after hit. The waiter Thabang was great. He was helpful and thoughtful and met our every need. As for the braaid liver, delicious. It’s served with onions and a sauce on top. But perfectly fresh and tender and under cooked on the inside. We had it with braaid tongue, pap, samp, gravy, spinach and archaar. It’s a spot on the heart of Orlando west that attracts mature crowds for easy vibes,
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Khonzumusa H. 3 years ago on Google
    Great ambiance and great food. This restaurant is a gem just off the busy streets of Vilakazi. Vilakazi tends to have a more touristy vibe while Just Badela give you an authentic Soweto vibe. The place plays mature South African Jazz that makes you feel like you are in Soweto. The food is authentically ShisaNyama (Braai/BBQ) with a twist. You can also get traditional African food like tripe, hooves and animal head meats. The BBQ ox tongue is a signature dish that is to die for. This was my first time tasting Braaied Ox tonge and, I have to say, it is my latest addition to my braai menu.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Trida N. 1 year ago on Google
    The ambience was good . The host took time to greet all his customers. Great value for money. Nice African cuisine
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 ntokozo k. 2 years ago on Google
    I just bought ox liver via Mr D, Ox liver was not cut into pieces. smh
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mary Augusta A. 1 year ago on Google
    Always a wonderful experience at Just Badela Food and Wine🤞🏽.Whether in a large party guests or just a chilled afternoon with a friend, Just Badela's is Just that place to be. This Chesanyama, thats about 3km from Vikakazi Street, provides a glimpse of soweto night out, away from the hustle and bustle of the busyness of tourist attraction sites. disappoints🍖🥩🍗. The nyama gets served with the flame grill aroma, and the succulent taste Just reminds one - "this was a great idea"🤤🥂. The platter for 2 with Ox liver and sides humbled us🤣 And as the night fall, Mbeki, our waiter, made sure we kept warm with our personal fire pit🤞🏽😅 The DJ's musicall set was also on point, although revealing our age, we enjoyed every lyric from Atlantic Star to the OJ's 🤫😍

  • 4/5 Nokuthula L. 2 years ago on Google
    Beautiful,nice area and delicious food for days...🥰👌recommending it to my friends for our spring hang out point💓

  • 4/5 Patricia T. 2 years ago on Google
    The food was nice and prepared to our satisfaction. The liver was to die for...very delicious and soft. It is a nice place to chill. Planning to go back soon✌️

  • 3/5 Methembe D. 2 years ago on Google
    High quality food, however with that said, it was a little too pricey for the average foodie, I understand that they're the only establishment that makes use of a "special pressure grill", however I still stand by my opinion, it was too pricey. Also the exclusive jazz music is a bit of a buzz kill.

  • 5/5 Phumelele G. 2 years ago on Google
    The food was amazing. Mogodu the best.

  • 5/5 Gary R. 5 years ago on Google
    Great braai and drinks. Very welcoming staff and owner. Definitely worth a visit

  • 5/5 Sebenzile M. 2 years ago on Google
    Great food, awesome vibes.... just loving this place

  • 5/5 Nonoe N. 2 years ago on Google
    Their steak is so delicious they don't overspice, grilled to perfection and the atmosphere is out of this world

  • 3/5 Brain A. 2 years ago on Google
    Dropped in to buy meat on a friend's recommendation. Rump steak well-cooked but too salty. Ribs terribly prepared, practicàlly raw.

  • 1/5 Thands N. 1 year ago on Google
    The food was so little for R200. I felt like a dog because wow, they dished up bones and gravy ( I ordered lamb stew and dumplings) get this, we only got ONE dumpling when the order specifically said 2 x lamb stew and dumplings. 🤡 The salt didn't make things better. The order was more like salt and lamb bones covered in salt gravy 🌚

  • 5/5 Arnetta M. 1 year ago on Google
    What a phenomenal dining and music experience. Visited from the U.S. and joined the Jazz Society for their monthly meetup. The music was excellent, the food was exquisite and the service was superb. Will definitely recommend.

  • 1/5 M M. 1 year ago on Google
    This restaurant has to be the worst in the entire Soweto, the food is always off (I’ve given it so many chances) they always cancel orders on UberEats, and they never answer calls when you try to reach them regarding ordering. Never again 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼

  • 4/5 Nelisiwe Brenda Zimu M. 2 years ago on Google
    Beautiful jazzy atmosphere. Modern furniture, relaxed ambiance, lived it

  • 4/5 Slindile M. 1 year ago on Google
    The food was delicious and service was perfect. I would love to go there again.

  • 5/5 Thibaza B. 1 year ago on Google
    The best meat u have ever had! I never leave out their liver,it's a must have!

  • 5/5 Tumiso M. 5 months ago on Google
    The waiter gave us the best experience ever, pity I forgot her name. But she was cute.. it was around 4/5 yesterday.

  • 5/5 Phumla K. 11 months ago on Google
    Best experience and service for mother's day, especially from our allocated waitress,Nthabiseng and the owner's customer service is theee best, he wasn't there but he made sure we were well taken care off👐

  • 5/5 Maylene B. 8 months ago on Google
    What a wonderful relaxing environment! If you a meat lover this is the place to go! The owner is so attentive and what a great wine list!

  • 1/5 ayanda t. 5 months ago on Google
    The boss doesn’t know how to communicate with clients especially with complains, there was no opportunity given for me to explain my grievance to him however he did bombard me with his opinion and how things work etc. It was pleasant ….

  • 5/5 nancy k. 3 years ago on Google
    Its was 👌

  • 4/5 Thabang T. 3 years ago on Google
    Best steaks in Jhb

  • 5/5 Moss M. 3 years ago on Google
    Great food. We just waiting for wine.

  • 5/5 Gontse P. 3 years ago on Google
    Absolutely amazing food and amazing space👌

  • 5/5 Nosipho M. 4 years ago on Google
    Excellent service and the food is just wow!... I loved their passion fruit and lemonade drink... Everything was just awesome!

  • 5/5 THEMBI N. 3 years ago on Google
    Wine selection is brilliant.

  • 4/5 Sicelo K. 4 years ago on Google
    Great Jazz Music, great food and great mature crowd. Only thing that our waiter was constantly absent.

  • 5/5 Kagiso B. 3 years ago on Google
    Best meat 👌🏾

  • 5/5 Tumelo L. 4 years ago on Google
    Very cool isolated from heavy traffic nice place to be with friends and family

  • 5/5 Tebogo L. 3 years ago on Google
    The ambience is superb

  • 3/5 Mokgadi O. 3 years ago on Google
    Food is nice but ,please be honest when admitting a group of people about Jazz being the only music played there.

  • 5/5 Sifiso S. 3 years ago on Google
    Great place for food and drinks. Absolutely love it

  • 5/5 Karabo S. 2 years ago on Google
    The food is lovely, their spinach is out of this world. The vibe is awesome too.

  • 3/5 Thabang M. 3 years ago on Google
    Friendly staff and prompt service but the meat was a bit dry even though I requested for it to be medium done

  • 4/5 Mluleki Dean D. 3 years ago on Google
    Best wining place In soweto.

  • 3/5 felicia t. 3 years ago on Google
    Delicious braai meat. The Just Badela hot sauce is 👌 Lovely Jazz sessions on Sundays.

  • 4/5 Sibongile M. 3 years ago on Google
    It was my first time and the place. The food was nice and the vibe...but there was no electricity for more than 2 hours and it was not loadshedding. We were told it was electeicity fault but in places like this a generator should be available as back. I hope the management looks at this and sort it out, other than that me and my friends liked the place and we are thinking of making it our recidents place for our monthly meetings Big ups to Bafana who was our waiter for the day, he has a good customer service and convinced us to stay when the electricity was gone

  • 3/5 Bongi S. 3 years ago on Google
    Let the good time rock n roll. 💞

  • 5/5 Joshua forbes J. 3 years ago on Google
    The coolest Restaurant ever

  • 3/5 sandile d. 4 years ago on Google
    Very nice place and a friendly staff

  • 3/5 Bukhosibemvelo B. 4 years ago on Google
    Nice barbeque, decent place.good people

  • 2/5 makhosazana d. 4 years ago on Google
    Waiters where to slow and not hygiene alert...

  • 1/5 Sandra S. 3 years ago on Google
    Too expensive and not enough stock. Most beverages were not enough stocked or no stock at all. Can't recommend it to anyone


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Free of charge street parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Credit cards
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ All you can eat
    • ✓️ Late-night food
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Brunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Catering
    • ✓️ Breakfast
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating

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