RESTAURANT
KLEIN JAN
RESTAURANT KLEIN JAN IS SITUATED ON ONE OF SOUTH AFRICA’S LEADING PRIVATE GAME RESERVES, TSWALU KALAHARI, A REFUGE – UNTAMED, UNTOUCHED, UNSPOILED – THAT CELEBRATES THE SIMPLE, AUTHENTIC SPLENDOURS OF THIS MAGICAL REGION. KLEIN JAN TELLS THE STORY OF SOUTH AFRICAN CULTURE THROUGH FOOD, FROM THE WAYS OF OLD TO THE NEW.
Creating Restaurant Klein JAN has been Chef Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen’s great homecoming project. Growing up on a farm in South Africa’s rural Mpumalanga province, he felt an instant connection to the vastness of the Kalahari and knew that the time had come to return the spirit of JAN – his Michelin-star restaurant in Nice – to home soil.
The Kalahari felt like a blank canvas with unlimited possibilities. The region’s underexplored ingredients were the perfect inspiration to open a new restaurant and bring fine dining home – giving the food from the Kalahari the global stage it deserves.
JAN GROUP EXECUTIVE CHEF: ANDREA PICK
SOUS CHEF: JUANRE PRETORIUS
GENERAL MANAGER: BRADLEY QUIRK
RESERVATIONS: BIANCA SAMUELS
RECOGNITION
2025
Luxe Restaurant Awards
Three Luxe Stars
2024
JHP Gourmet Guide
Three Plates
(world-class destination dining worthy of a flight)
2023
Eat Out:
Two Stars
Eat Out Lexus Style Award
La Liste Top Restaurants 2024
JHP Gourmet Guide
Three Plates
(world-class destination dining worthy of a flight)
Haute Performance
2022
La Liste 2022:
International Hidden Gem
Hospitality Design Awards:
Upscale Restaurant
Condé Nast Traveler:
Most Beautiful Restaurants in the World list
Fulton Awards:
Excellence in Concrete Design
50 Best Discovery list
JHP Gourmet Guide:
Two Plates
(exceptional dining that demands a detour)
2021
Tourism and Hospitality Counsel of South Africa, 3rd annual Luxe Restaurant Awards:
Culinary Pioneer (Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen)
Restaurant of the Year (Restaurant Klein JAN)
Chef of the Year (Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen)
Klein JAN opens (April)
TIME TO DINE
Due to the nature of the Klein JAN experience,
visiting the restaurant is not suitable for children under the age of 12.
Bookings for the exclusive use of Restaurant Klein JAN can be made by emailing [email protected]
Please note that our online booking process has been updated due to the high volume of reservations requests that we receive.
Our reservations now operate on a queued system and are only confirmed once you have received a payment request. If you have not received a payment request, please note your reservation is not confirmed.
More details will be communicated after booking confirmation.
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KLEIN JAN IN THE PRESS
Designed and sited to make the best of Tswalu’s dramatic and expansive views, The Motse and Tarkuni provide exclusivity, privacy, and unfettered access to one of southern Africa’s last true wildernesses.