I have been a big fan of Dukes Burgers in Greenside since this quaint restaurant’s opening – the fact that I knew the chef at that time might have something to do with this 
. However, after this chef took flight, the food and quality stayed the same offering luscious gourmet burgers with a selection of sides.
. However, after this chef took flight, the food and quality stayed the same offering luscious gourmet burgers with a selection of sides.
In my never ending search for new restaurants, I had to take some time away from Dukes, and have not been there for at least 7 months. The craving spoke, and I had to answer, so I kidnapped a friend new to JHB for lunch today.
As a vegetarian I was happy to see that all the wide variety of meat-free burger were still available. We opted for the Lady Marmalade (rosemary roasted butternut and halumi with red onion marmalade) and the Mushroom Mafia (grilled mushroom steak and avo) as these have always been my favourites.
The Lady Marmalade had an entire butternut (true story) on the bun – perhaps a little overkill, one can only eat so much butternut!! And the Mushroom Mafia changed from being 2 beautiful juicy mushroom steaks to chopped up creamy button mushrooms, which takes away much of the gorgeous mushroom flavor that put this on my favourite burger list. However, the service is still friendly and the ambiance great as well as the choice of side accompanying the burgers. They also offer a good variety of nice wines by the glass.
