Accolades

HARTFORD HOUSE HOTEL & RESTAURANT ACCOLADES

  • Rated Top 10 Midlands Restaurant – Writer’s Choice Afristay 
  • Awarded a 5 Star rating September 2021 – Tourism Grading Council of South Africa. View Certificate
  • Voted Trip Advisor’s Travellers Choice for 2021.
  • Twice voted “Best South African Restaurant” in the Visa/House & Leisure Awards.
  • Voted Best Boutique Hotel in the Travel category of the “Top Billing Momentum
    Lifestyle Awards”.
  • Hartford House was nominated by the travel trade in South Africa and the United Kingdom as one of a select group of Gold Achiever Award Winners in the AA Travel Guides Accommodation Awards programme alongside the leading establishments in the nation.
  • Voted by Fair Lady as the No 1 Romantic rendezvous.
  • Several times ranked in the top two Fine Country Estates category at Indaba, South Africa’s premier international travel show.
  • Voted by Femina magazine among the top special wedding destinations countrywide.
  • Topcar magazine’s preferred destination.
  • Described by Marie Claire magazine as one of Africa’s most memorable experiences.
  • Rated by Cosmopolitan magazine as South Africa’s leading romantic destination.
  • In its only assessment in recent years, American Express counted Hartford House among its Top Five Luxury Lodges in its Southern African Classic Collection.
  • EAT OUT / DSTV FOOD NETWORK RESTAURANT AWARDS 2013 – Top 5
  • TOP 100 SA SHORT LIST WINE LIST – Winner, Inspirational Award 2012
  • EAT OUT – Top Ten Restaurants 2012
  • LA MOTTE EAT OUT: People’s Choice Award – SA Restaurant of the Year 2010/11
  • HOUSE AND LEISURE/VISA: Best of SA – Winning Restaurant 2009/10 and 2010/11
  • DINER’S CLUB INTERNATIONAL – Diamond Class Wine List 2012
  • DINER’S CLUB INTERNATIONAL – Diamond Class Wine List 2019
  • EAT OUT – Top Ten Restaurants 2010
  • DINER’S CLUB INTERNATIONAL & WINE MAGAZINE: Dine Top Ten Deluxe Restaurants
  • AMERICAN EXPRESS: Platinum Fine Dining Awards 2007 – 2013
  • LA MOTTE EAT OUT PEOPLES’ CHOICE AWARD – Restaurant of the Year 2012
  • PRUDENTIAL EAT OUT RESTAURANT AWARDS – Top 10 2012
  • DINE TOP 10 – Deluxe 2008 voted by Diners’ Club International & Wine Magazine
  • EAT OUT PRODUCE AWARDS – Judge 2012 / 2013
  • CHAINE DE ROTISSEURS – ember
  • SACA – KZN Committee Member