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329 W. 51st St. New York, NY 10019

212-315-3315

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Best South African
Award Winner 2011

Cuisine(s): African, South African

Hours: Sun 11am-11pm, Tue-Sat 11am-12am
Features: Delivery, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Takeout

Serving: Late Night
Entertainment: Live Entertainment

Reservations: Accepted

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2011 | Best South African

Of the three South African restaurants in town, Braai is the one with the broadest menu. Although nominally a barbecue joint, Braai's bill of fare also runs to biryanis (demonstrating Indian influences on the cuisine), prawns piri-piri (a fiery Angolan dish), sliders (this is New York, after all), and tribal porridges, in addition to the Boer dried meats, and oddball ostrich and mutton. A big plus is a wine list showcasing many unfamiliar South African vintages. The decor is rough-hewn, in a... More »
2008 | South African

The meat fired atop smoldering olivewood at Braai competes with the best carnivorous pleasures in town. Try the pinkly gamey venison steak, which comes with a delicious mass of roasted sweet potato and eggplant better than most steakhouse sides. More »

Braai: Both Fun and Game

By Sarah DiGregorio | Tue, September 23, 2008

If there's anything that will make a jaded food city perk up, it's word that a new restaurant will be serving zebra. Yes, wrote The New York Times, zebra would be on the menu at Braai, the new South African barbecue spot in Hell's Kitchen. On the ... More »

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thevillagevoicebestof | New York, NY | 84 Reviews

| Sun, May 10, 2009

The meat fired atop smoldering olivewood at Braai competes with the best carnivorous pleasures in town. Try the pinkly gamey venison steak, which comes with a delicious mass of roasted sweet potato and eggplant better than most steakhouse sides.
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AmandaJ832 | New York, NY | 26 Reviews

| Thu, March 12, 2009

Braai literally means BBQ and this place is delicious. I'd never had South African before, but I went with a friend who dated a South African for years. So, she was familiar with the menu and had eaten the home-cooked version of these dishes. Everything was excellent! The wine was a little pricey. (I was looking at the price for a 1/2 bottle, not a whole one, so when the bill came, there was a little bit of sticker shock.) I had the special, which when I went was a seaford biryani. Biryani is generally considered to be Indianl, and you do see many of the same spices. But it is done in a more smoky, dry-rubbed sort of way. No heavy coconut sauces here! And the milk tart (think tres leches with a flaky pie crust on the bottom) was a great way to finish the meal.

Main Menu

Sop En Slaai

$8.00

Soup Of The Day
ask your server for our chef's daily offering

$12.00

Beef Root Salad
thick slices of red beets with chopped onion and pineapple in a lemon lime dressing

$12.00

Braai Salad "die Braai Slaai"
seasonal oranges, goat cheese & roasted garlic over rocket salad complimented by a rooibos herb dressing

$16.00

Safari Salad
dried apricots, mangos & kiwi over baby arugula with feta cheese in a mint-yoghurt dressing

Istatah

$14.00

Braai Brie Cheese
arugula salad, toasted bread & honey orange.

$9.00

Nandi Nkuku
char-grilled chicken wings, basted with tangy "monkey gland" sauce.

$9.00

Drie-hoekies
indian samoosas, mango atchar & fruit sambal with a blue cheese sauce

$12.00

Fish Cakes
a salmon cake served with selection of caviar-mango salsa with peri-peri mayonnaise.

$14.00

Deviled Chicken Livers
chicken livers in a spicy peri-peri gravy served with sliced bread.

$16.00

Braai'ed Mushroom
grilled portobello mushrooms, caramelized fennel & sauteed lemon spinach with saffron-pomegranate sauce

Main Kos

$16.00

Kaapse Vis Parcel
deep fried fish filet, calamari and "slap" chips.

$18.00

Chicken Or Beef Bobotie
ground chicken, baked in malay curried chutney with an egg topping.

$20.00

Boerewors & Soweto Sauce
traditional beef & pork farmer's sausage with fresh corn polenta pap in a rich tomato gravy

$20.00

Ribbetjies - Pork Ribs
char grilled pork baby back ribs with soft spinach, truffle coconut polenta pap & rooibos chocolate glaze.

$26.00

Prawns Peri Peri
grilled mozambican prawns marinated in a peri-peri sauce & served with basmati-saffron rice.

E'sides

$5.00

"slap" Chips (fries)

$5.00

Mashed-truffle Coconut Pap

$6.00

Lentil

$5.00

Chakalaka

$5.00

"mielie" - Corn

Desserts - Pudding

$9.00

Malva Pudding
traditional soft sponge pudding, caramelized banana & vanilla ice cream on a bed of granadilla-amarula custard

$9.00

Koeksisters
sweetly spiced dough pastry, orange yogurt mousse, rooibos ginger honey sauce with tropical fruit sorbet.

$8.00

Chocolate Mud Hut
chocolate cake served with vanilla ice cream & "rainbow' chocolate sauce.

$8.00

Passion Fruit Sorbet
delicious soft passion fruit creme sorbet with waffrs & fresh fruit

$12.00

Pinotage Poached Pears
three ripe pears bathed in a red wine syrup stuffed with darked chocolate and candied walnuts

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329 W. 51st St. New York, NY 10019

212-315-3315

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2011 | Best South African

2008 | South African

Braai: Both Fun and Game

By Sarah DiGregorio | Tue, September 23, 2008

thevillagevoicebestof | New York, NY | 84 Reviews

AmandaJ832 | New York, NY | 26 Reviews

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