Nestled in a corner of Howick,
Kwa-Zulu Natal at the heart of the Midlands, Yard 41 is your destination for a unique retail and lifestyle experience, offering you a place to shop, eat and relax with awe-inspiring views across Umgeni Valley.
Posted onTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Lovely setting - but well over priced at R145 for eggs Benedict !Posted onTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Good food and great servicePosted onTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Disappointing... I've never seen black coffee with "oil" floating on top, but it's apparently the rich beans! Tinned strawberries on French Toast? Not the best brunch 41!!!Posted onTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. A visit to the health shop paid divedends. A highly qualified owner with loads of important info on your particular condition. Very grateful for the assistance...Posted onTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. InterestingPosted onTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Great pet friendly place to have brunch with my doggo!Posted onTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I grew up in ‘Maritzburg, I like old red brick buildings, Victorian architecture. I enjoy nature, green grass, beautiful views the country. You’ll find me in coffee shops, drinking flat whites with something to nibble on …..Yard 41 should have ticked all the boxes for me. It seemed perfect….maybe it was just too curated. Felt like a show day, and all the people were scattered around ornamentally. Perhaps my perspective was coloured by circumstances. We were there to see a friend, she’d left her house for the first time (she’s quite ill). She’d been looking forward to a particular item on the menu. It wasn’t available. She left soon after. I walked around the grounds and shops, it seemed that almost everyone was on their phones. Many couples at their coffee tables, on phones. A dad and son at the swings, he on the phone. Me taking pics…connected, but also unavailable, on my phone. The only contact I saw was a couple who had obviously heard bad news. She was looking out over the view…sobbing. He was doing that awkward thing we men do, rubbing her back, in an attempt to swipe the grief away. Slowly it dawned on me. Yard 41 was a Lifestyle store. An attempt to offer an ideology that embodies the values, interests, attitudes of a culture for marketing purposes. What were they selling? Not coffee, gardens or neat design. Nope, they were selling a future, homes for those who could afford to retire, who could escape the grief (or numb themselves with phones). I fled soon. And composed a long review….on my device.