This second incarnation of Andrew Draper's restaurant Harvey's, has re-opened in Durban’s bohemian suburb of Morningside, a restaurant that combined the demeanour of fine dining with a super-cool attitude and sleek modern styling that spelled instant success with its previous reputation intact and improved.
Harvey’s Restaurant is in a landmark building, nestled between two elegant parks in Durban’s prestigious Morningside suburb. Within its first few months it became a nationally known institution as one of Durban’s must visit venues for any visitor or local. The venue comprising of inside and outside dining rooms, as well as a large relaxed lounge is strikingly decorated as a sort of indefinable retro-quasi-gothic-hunting lodge hodgepodge, complete with mounted buffalo trophies, padded velvet walls, gold ceilings and original oil paintings.
The menu may feature items like
traditional cured duck confit with a honey and star anise jus, carrot tempura and a date and chilli mash
A quirky little décor shops lurks in a corner of one of Durban’s coolest hair salons.
After working with beautiful people for 15 years as a model booker at agencies in Johannesburg and Durban, Chirsty Edwards changed her focus to beautiful objects instead. ‘I’ve always loved décor and design,’ she says. ‘My dad was an organic farmer and artist in Wales and into interior decorating, so I’ve always had an interest. And I’d reached the stage when I wanted to be my own boss.’ Final push came two years ago when a friend’s Florida Road hairdressing salon moved into an old house a few blocks away in Greyville. ‘It was a complete shambles but had huge potential, and I had such fun helping to unleash that!’
