Maverick and Jane - snacks

Maverick and Jane is basically popcorn coated in different flavors. Sort of like diddle daddle in different flavours. Its so addictive and delicious. I love the hazelnut one which is like their signature flavour. I think it's the Ferrero Rocher coating. We also tried cookies and cream. It's pretty expensive though for popcorn but if you like to spoil yourself with a new taste now and again.. Go for it. It's R80 a jar and to refill its R65. You can buy cones also. There's one in Rosebank, Mall of Africa and the one we bought from in Gateway.

Hubcaps- Restaurant - Cowey Road

Hubcaps is a pizza shop that also sells some burgers and sandwiches but their specialty is pizza. It is also a themed restaurant where the pizzas are named after vintage cars. It is wood-fired pizza so it is awesome. The base is crispy. The toppings will obviously go according to what you like.. We tried peri peri chicken. It was lovely. We have been there before and usually eat one with kebaabs for toppings. Tastes like an Indian dish on a pizza. The water is labelled as break fluid and the milkshakes comes in an "oil container". We bought candy Floss flavoured milkshake.

I like how far they take the theme. It's good pizza for pizza lovers.

Village Table - restaurant - pearls Mall

This isn't a halaal restaurant but we went there for coffee. It's at the back of the pearl hotel so you get somewhat a nice view if you sit outside. The coffee is normal priced and it isn't like out of this world. It's pretty basic. We ordered Cappuccino and mocha. Atleast it comes with a little biscuit. The service is pretty nice too.

Rocky Bunny - Umhlanga - Food

Rocky Bunny is a small cafe at the corner by a garage around the hotels. It sells bunny chow ofcourse. Seems like an old cafe and they sell about three flavours of bunny chow. Mutton, chicken and beans. We bought mutton. I'm not really sure what a bunny chow supposed to taste like but it was pretty good.

Canvas Grill - Restaurant - Durban

This is a restaurant on Cowey Road. It has very classy vibes. Like even though there isn't any real dress code, you feel like you should be well-dressed to eat there. It seems like you need reservations there on some nights but because we went off-peak, during lunch and on a week day... It was empty. It is one of those themed restaurants where the food is named after famous artists, composers and art pieces. The food is done up like something you would see on Master chef. We don't really get to see that with halaal food. The chef is a guy named Ismail Arbee.

We ordered something that was the "chef's choice" called the Raphael. It's a steak with three cheeses in between and a prawn in the middle with a side of mash potatoes. It tasted pretty good and it was filling. My husband and I shared it. We also tried a pomegranate cordial which was also pretty nice.  Id go there again.

The Pearls of Umhlanga - 20 Jan 2018-Hotel/Apartment 704

We are staying at one of the apartments at the Pearl and it is one of the most beautiful places I've stayed at. It is self-catering because it is an apartment in the hotel so you get the hotel vibes but not all the hotel perks. It's nice in a way because you feel like you are living here and you are not so bound by hotel rules depending who you got the apartment from. There's a washing machine so no need to take loads home when the holiday is over.. They hire a cleaning service so it gets cleaned daily. You are literally above the new mall so if u take the lift down you are in the mall. There are Halaal restaurants in the mall also.

Everything in the hotel is thumb print activated so once our thumb prints are activated we only have access to our floor and the doors at reception. It keeps alot of people out.

The room is spacious enough to put a camp cot and still have ample of space. It has a nice balcony and view.

We are here off peak so it is very quiet here but the room itself is very comfortable. It has dstv compact to pass Time. The only downside is that there is no wifi. The owner of the apartment has to put a router in.

There is an air con,  fridge, iron, toaster, stove, oven, microwave  and kettle. There is a big shower but no bath.

It's a lovely place to stay in if u just need a room and go out all day.