HAVANA GRILL & WINE BAR
Wine in Durban

Havana Grill is a world class grill room and an ultimate destination for the meat and seafood lover. We are in the vicinity of main highways making it a ten minute drive to local shopping centres. For those wishing to find local accommodation, the Suncoast Hotel & Towers adjoins the casino complex and there are a variety of hotels along the beachfront. Havana Grill is all about Food, Wine, Cigars and Vibe. The extensive Wine List features a variety of South African wines and we regularly visit estates to select the best vintages available. All cigars are imported from Cuba, and all non-smoking areas are well ventilated and completely unaffected by the smoking. Launched in 2003 Havana Grill has established its reputation as one of the iconic dining options in the Greater Durban area. Havana Grill at Suncoast followed in 2003 and Little Havana was launched in Martin’s always been something of a legend in the kitchen but his knowledge of cuisine really grew and developed when he was travelling the world in his early twenties. For four years he worked in and studied restaurants in places as diverse as Israel, Turkey, Greece, Austria, Thailand, New Zealand, America, before returning to SA to conjure up his own magic. Martin is passionate about the world class grill standards that Havana sets, and loves entertaining big and generously. OWNER-PATRON A master at meat, amongst other things, Jose Goncalves grew up in a household where meals were like religion. Even though his father worked long and late, he’d come home, whip up a fabulous dinner from whatever he’d brought with him, and wake his young sons to eat. Jose started his career, fresh from school, in Ch’amigo, an Argentinean restaurant in Durban where ever steak was dry aged and cooked on a charcoal grill, and there his passion for meat was born. After managing Mike Kitchen’s at Mhlanga for around 10 years, Jose took off, with his wife and son, and went sailing round the world for 7 years. Back in Durban in 2003, Jose joined Martin as a partner in Havana, happy to be able to share his passion for meat again. The kitchen wouldn’t be the same without multi-talented Nancy Clarke calling the orders, and with her intimate knowledge of every aspect of the kitchen, no one would have it any other way. Nancy studied Commercial Catering at ML Sultan and worked for a contract catering company for a few years before spending some time working in a kitchen in London and in a chalet in France. Nancy is fanatical about quality control in the kitchen environment and prefers to use fresh, high quality ingredients. She’s specially gifted at baking, looking for any excuse to whip up biscuits and cakes.