{"id":47248,"date":"2016-04-22T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/echonews.sites.caxton.co.za\/47248\/rustique-breaks-hospitality-rules\/"},"modified":"2016-04-22T09:21:46","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T07:21:46","slug":"rustique-breaks-hospitality-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/uncategorized\/2016\/04\/22\/rustique-breaks-hospitality-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Rustique breaks hospitality rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rustique Hotel and Restaurant celebrated its grand opening on Saturday, with distinguished guests being pampered with fine cuisine, wine and live entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>If Saturday&#8217;s spectacular launch is anything to go by, the restaurant is set, like Riverside Estate on which it is situated, to become a coveted landmark in town.<\/p>\n<p>The rural setting adds to Rustique&#8217;s uniqueness. Both hotel and restaurant are child friendly and phase two of the development will include an exclusive kiddies restaurant and play-park. A chapel, and beauty spa, is also on the cards.<\/p>\n<p>With open air patios, a lounge, two bars and coffeehouse, Rustique offers everything for the distinguished palate. Choose from an A la Carte menu, or book your own private luncheon according to personal specifications, every whim is catered for at Rustique.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant was built on three tiers, with the restaurant offering a unique Verandah Diner, overlooking the dam and man made waterfall.<\/p>\n<p>For a more intimate soiree, guests can book the first floor balcony, with multi media presentation capability, private bar, and a lounge with dance space.<\/p>\n<p>Cocktails and sundowners are casually enjoyed in Rustique&#8217;s sophisticated Siga Ba, which generously overflows onto a covered patio.<\/p>\n<p>The open plan design however ensures that everything comes together in spectacular fashion.<\/p>\n<p>The eco-friendly hotel has been designed to blend into the rural landscape, giving an air of freedom and tranquility.<\/p>\n<p>Built on the walls of a dam, the 19 luxurious rooms offer an endless view of the Highveld&#8217;s grassland majesty.<\/p>\n<p>Facilities boast nineteen four star, luxury air conditioned rooms, each with an en-suite bathroom with bath and shower. The rooms are tastefully decorated with the finest linens on king size beds, and as a further perk, all the rooms can be converted into family rooms with interleading doors.<\/p>\n<p>Holistically, both Riverside and Rustique now provide a one-stop conference and wedding venue, which can operate independently from one another, allowing for more leeway with planning.<\/p>\n<p>With a full team of specialists on hand, decisions about menus, decor and entertainment are made effortless, to ensure a calm and enjoyable event.<\/p>\n<p>Open from 08:00 till late, Rustique&#8217;s hospitality team is ready too welcome you.<\/p>\n<p>Visit them at Riverside Estate on the old Belfast road, or contact 013 813 1451 or 082 525 1881 for bookings and lodging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Middelburg&#8217;s favorite estate has expanded somewhat, with the official opening of Rustique Boutique Hotel and Restaurant, established by incumbent owner, Mr Philip Heyns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":47249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Gerhard Rheeder","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2704,2681],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","category-lifestyle-news"],"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}