Good food. Good people. Good times.

The Courtyard sits at 1 Grosvenor Road, on the corner of Glenara Avenue in Highlands. Step past the entrance and the city drops away: a lawn and paved paths, palms, and jacaranda trees that turn the whole garden purple in spring.

The kitchen cooks the way Harare likes to eat — ribs, steaks and platters straight off the grill, burgers and pizzas, and traditional plates like sadza, oxtail and gango alongside them. The bar mixes cocktails and mocktails and pours whisky by the tot or the bottle.

Come for breakfast in the sun, a long lunch in the garden, or an evening on the rooftop lounge. Bring the family, bring the team, or hire the whole courtyard for the occasion.