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Sandy and Candice - Teta Mari

Sandy & Candice

History of Teta Mari

Welcome to Teta Mari

Teta Mari was founded in 2012 by Sandy, Diane and Candice, bringing together Diane’s experience in the restaurant industry with Sandy and Candice’s shared love of creating delicious food.

Located at Illovo Square in Illovo, Johannesburg, Teta Mari is a Mediterranean-inspired restaurant serving a variety of American deli-inspired favourites and Middle Eastern dishes. Our food is prepared fresh on the premises using quality ingredients.

The restaurant’s name honours Sandy’s grandmother, whose generous nature and treasured family recipes inspired the warmth, hospitality and love of good food that remain at the heart of Teta Mari today.

Teta mari Style

Teta Mari offers a wide variety of both American deli-inspired and Middle Eastern dishes. From our Middle Eastern spices in our shawarmas, vegan hand-made felafel, creamy hummus, lemony techina, foot-long hot-dogs, pregos and burgers to name a few, all our food is made from scratch with the freshest and finest ingredients. 

History of Teta Mari

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Décor & Ambience

Décor & Ambience at Teta Mari

Warmth

Teta Mari

Teta Mari has a warm but fresh atmosphere, reminiscent of a Mediterranean seaside ocean restaurant. The blend of colours used reflects this style too, offering an ocean-inspired fresh aqua marine turquoise colour used in the exquisite splash back tiles on the back wall and pinky washed wood tones to evoke the warm hillside and cliffs. Elements such as the silver lanterns and the pressed ceilings offer a reflection of the past while the creamed tile floor brings the room back down to earth.

The Chandelier and black Parisian table bases offer a touch of something French while the small tiles along the bottom edge of the wall with a mosaic, intricate Middle Eastern Patten bring in a Mediterranean feel.  All these elements work beautifully together to create a space that feels both sophisticated but friendly.

A place you want to come back to.