THEMBELAVenue
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Birthday dinner · July 2025

An eighteenth, in the Hall

One long table down the length of the Hall, the lounge open upstairs on Celeste, and every course cooked in the venue's own kitchen rather than brought in.

The Hall laid for one long banquet table
Candlelight down the length of the table
Florals along the centre of the table
The lounge seating upstairs on Celeste
The upstairs lounge, set for the evening
Rattan seating upstairs
The table set against the glass wall
The board welcoming guests
A centrepiece on the long table
A place setting with the printed menu
Linen, cutlery and glassware
Chairs down the length of the Hall
The full run of the table
Tables set beside the terrace doors
Smaller tables laid for the evening
Glassware ready for service
Starters from the Thembela kitchen
Salads plated in house
Sides, cooked on the property
The celebration cake
The carvery
Service from the venue's own kitchen
Vegetables from the kitchen
Guests seated together at the long table
Guests at the celebration
A guest during the evening
Together after dinner
The toast
Dancing after dinner
A guest speaking to the room

Photographed by Artistic Glance.