Menlyn
Pretoria, South Africa
Similar in style to Brooklyn, home to Menlyn Park Shopping Centre, South Africa's second-largest mall with a rooftop drive-in movie theatre.
Places in Menlyn
- La Pentola A famous restaurant among Pretoria's best dining options.
Practical notes for Pretoria
- Best time to visit
- October (jacaranda season) when the city's 50,000 jacaranda trees bloom purple; April to September offers milder, drier general touring weather.
- Getting around
- Brooklyn, Menlyn, and Hatfield are Pretoria's three key neighbourhoods, each a short drive apart, with the Union Buildings and Voortrekker Monument as central landmarks.
- Currency
- South African Rand (R)
- Language
- English, Afrikaans, isiZulu and isiXhosa are all widely spoken.
- Timezone
- SAST (UTC+2)
- Current trends
- Pretoria's dining and nightlife scene continues to be shaped by its university-town energy, with Hatfield Square's mixed young-and-old crowd anchoring the city's nightlife, while the Hazel Food Market's food trucks and street foods alongside Brooklyn and Menlyn's upmarket shopping malls give the capital a broad range from casual to polished.
Other neighborhoods in Pretoria
- Brooklyn — Characterized by beautiful luxury residences and upmarket shopping spots like Brooklyn Mall.
- Hatfield — Home to trendy and hip university students, full of buzzing pubs, independent eateries, and small one-off boutiques.
Read the full Pretoria guide