Kantara Restaurant & Lounge is a family owned business that was born through the family's passion for food and people. In different languages and in different contexts, "Kantara" means a "dense forest", "a bridge" and in a more metaphorical sense is used to describe something that is "fashionable and trendy".

In the true sense of its meaning, Kantara Restaurant & Lounge is a fashionable and trendy restaurant, lounge and bar, positioned like an an oasis  in the South of Johannesburg attracting people of all cultures locally and internationally to its diverse offering of, sumptuous cuisines, drinks and entertainment.