There’s a certain magic in watching something come to life — especially when it’s been dreamt into being. For Zoe and Peter Klocke, owners of Sâ, Greyton’s new restaurant at The Post House Hotel, that magic began quite literally from the ground up.
“Building our house here was muddy, tough, sometimes uncomfortable,” laughs Zoe. “But watching our vision take shape was incredible — something we achieved together. Though Peter will tell you I was often AWOL, ritzing around the world private cheffing while he was knee-deep in mud!”
That experience inspired them to manifest more of their dreams — one of which was to open a country restaurant rooted in the land and sustained by the seasons. “We’ve been visiting Greyton for decades to recharge from the intensity of city life. Eventually, we built a home — and Sâ grew naturally from there. It almost feels like Sâ dreamt us into being rather than the other way around.”
The restaurant’s name, Sâ, comes from a Khoikhoi word believed to mean earth or to come forth. “It invites reflection on where we come from — our food, our land, our ancestry,” says Zoe. “We wanted to honour the deep relationship to nature that has always existed here.”
That connection is more than philosophy — it’s practice. Each evening, they take a walk around their garden, which began a year ago with fruit and vegetables and now supplies part of the restaurant’s menu. They also collaborate with the Pigs to Plants programme in Genadendal, working alongside Marshall and local farmers who are transforming the food landscape of the valley.
