Nirox Reviews

Beautiful, thought provoking sculptures in a beautiful setting!

The Nirox Sculpture Park is an incredibly beautiful space to visit and see some of South Africa's beautiful landscape, with contemporary sculpture displayed around the park. Only open to the public on weekends, and best to call before visiting. The Nirox Foundation also runs a number of artist residencies throughout the year, so there are often a number of artists on site. This private property is a special space to go for a walk, to clear your head and to breathe.

Beautiful and peaceful. Well worth a visit when open and during events.

Breathtaking setting in landscape for art! A must see if you like art & great landscaping with beautiful structures carefully inserted

What an amazing and what an organising. Well done Lloyd!!

Beatiful,peaceful not far for a cool drive if around jhb area.

What a wonderful inspiring outing. The grounds are amazing. The lakes are tranquil. And the sculptures are creative. Definitely a relaxing way to send a day. Walking around, exploring and sitting under a tree on the grass. An attraction for any age.

This is a world class 5 star venue. The passion to keep it interesting year on year with new sculptures and constantly upgrading the user experience is next to none.

A fantastic place to visit even on hot days. All the lawns are well looked after and the art is placed in some awesome spots. A great way to spend a Sunday!

Lovely place. But of an escape to do something differenr

Such a beautiful area and the gardens themselves are stunning and so well kept. The permanent sculptures are worth a visit. Pack a picnic and find a spot near the water or under a tree. Lots of space and lovely views.

Wish they had a phone number online, waited at the gate for almost an hour

This is a truly breathtaking beautiful space, tranquil and well kept. However, there's very poor signage and we wandered off into what must have been private property because we were chased down by four malicious dogs out of nowhere! This was extreme scary and disappointing, there was nobody to assist and we got lost looking for statues. Perhaps handing a map of the grounds to visitors in future would be helpful. Residents should also keep their vicious dogs locked up during open hours.

A little green Eden in the brown grasslands that surround.

A beautifully created space that honours nature with interesting sculptures

The most gorgeous location regardless of the time of year. Obviously Summer is better but still impeccable during Winter. Make sure to bring water and snacks as it is a lot of walking and the restaurant is relatively pricey. They do have great quality foods but no cool drinks or general snacks you might crave on a hot day.

Perfect little restaurant if you want to have a sit down and a snack. Would not recommend for lunch or large meals.

Lovely location for a picnic and the family.

Well kept and beautiful gardens.

Great selection of live music.

Recently their policy has changed and no food or drinks are allowed in. It all needs to be bought there. This is understandible however I hope the stalls present will be expanded upon as the quantity is not enough and rather overpriced for the quality of snacks provided.

Loudspeakers unbearably loud. Food excellent. Beautiful place

WOW! What an absolute gem of a place, close to Fourways. We were pleasantly surprised by this absolutely stunning place, the beautiful scenery and delicious food! We'll be back.

One of the best locations to visit in GP with amazing views and great events

All I can say it is a little piece of heaven ,went to an open air opera, and it was just amazing, the gardens are a treasure trove as you never know what piece of beautiful art you are going to find around the next corner highly recommended when on a visit to JOHANNESBURG

A great venue so close to the city. The food could really do with some drastic improvement though

Absolutely blissful. Loved that all packaging used in the food was not plastic .

Make sure that you had enough to drink before you come because you will get ripped off with the drinks. They don't have any cokes or sprite, only juices. The price for one 330ml juice is R45. It's not even imported but just local. What a rip off. You basically are forced to buy because you are not allowed to bring your own food or drinks and when you get to the restaurant you are very thirsty. What a disgrace.

If your perfect weekend is slowly drifting off to sleep on a soft chair, listening to soothing music, in the shade of a cool tree by a lake, then you are just like me and this is the place for you.
With amazing food from all walks of life, and music to match, there are plenty of reasons to visit this beautiful park.

Stunning park with incredible sculptures. They always have great events on. Ample parking.

What a stunning day. Beautiful magical gardens and watched The Magic Flute from Mozart. Absolute awesomeness. Thank you Nirox.

The most beautiful hidden gem in the area.

A heavenly river flows through a lush garden of immense proportion. Decorative art and sculptures can be found throughout with lots of rest areas where one can sit and take in nature.

Nirox Foundation Sculpture Park is one of the best places to take the family for a relaxing day, or an exquisite location to go on a romantic day time date. A visit will be unforgettable.

A must visit if you are looking for a day out of town. Fantastic well manicured grounds and thought provoking art. Only open for events.

Very interesting sculptures, and ideas, but you need a many hours to see everything and a whole day to appreciated everything so a smaller group will also be more helpful, be prepared to walk least 7000 steps to see everything...

Had an event held at this location & it was awesome. The art was a plus. Sitting by the 'lake' was therapeutic.

Beautifully manicured lawns, stunning sculptures, incredibly peaceful.

One of my happy places in the world. Such a tranquil place.

Therapeutic , amazing sculpture and beautiful park - loved our day listening to music

Lovely place out of town, will definitely be going back for another visit. there was a Franschhoek wine and food event which was absolutely amazing.

This is excellent for photography , and even small children's parties , the exclusive events will cost but often on some days the park entrance is open , new sculptures often gray place to feel a bit of something different

Beautiful venue and the Winter Sculpture Fair is lovely experience. Ate way too much!

Beautiful park and art sculptures. Food was awesome. Will definitely be back for more walks and relaxation.

Breathe taking and beautiful garden.Very convineit to host any kind of event.

This is what all lazy Sundays should be made out of, beautiful art, lovely gardens and napping on the lawns whilst sipping on wine from the pop-up bar and restaurant. The food was absolutely divine. I love this place its Stunning a real treasure and only a 50 minute drive from Johannesburg.

Nirox sculpture park is a place that looks like it's been taken out of a movie. The grounds are absolutely beautiful and well maintained with so many beautiful art sculptures. They have a winter fair there every May which is really amazing with lots of food and great ice cream!

Very calm and scenic walk with a nice-ish drinks spot. The art was pretty non-descript. An expensive trip for the family. Only do if you've run out of ideas. Otherwise walk in Emmerantia botanical gardens for free.

Had the privilege to experience Mozart's Magic Flute opera on my first visit - highly gifted cast and conductor (by Brooklyn Theatre), lovely weather, good food, great crowd and most extraordinary open air venue.

Who knew that this gem was less than 30minutes' drive from where I was based for the weekend? I had previously lived in Pretoria for many years but only discovered Nirox this weekend when a friend suggested we visit it. It was a Saturday morning very well spent: I clocked more than enough steps for the day while we were meandering through the beautiful park searching for the sculptures and at the same time we were serenaded by the breeze and sounds of gurgling water.

A word of advice...take along a sunhat or lather yourself with sunscreen if it's going to be a sunny day: you don't want to look like the evening's lobster main course.

We downloaded their app but it was not user friendly. It was difficult to pinpoint our location and we were unable to find some of the sculptures. The app could be improved showing the trails and helping the user 'plan' the stroll.

The restaurant only opens at 12h30 so be sure to have a hearty breakfast before venturing out and take a bottle of water along to keep you going. Picnics bare not allowed so plan for this.

I LOVED the sculptures and the size of some pieces, but I have to admit that I was unable to appreciate some of the very 'inspired' pieces which I just thought to be there 'accidentally' if the app had not told me otherwise.

Art in nature: it is the most wonderful combination. DO plan an outing there!!!!

This is where tranquility lives.Serene and surreal, peaceful and thought provoking, interesting and arresting, aplace of so much and so little depending on your whim. Whimsical and contemporary. Well worth a visit. Nita's kitchen on site, provides a passable, if unimaginative fare and has huge potential to do so much better. Cold food is a big no no for me.

The Nirox Foundation is a space of serenity, calm and peacefulness with an added advantage of the most creative and unique sculpture scattered around the park, just waiting to be discovered. It is a superb treat for photographers of landscapes, nature, water, trees and birdlife. It's one of my favourite places close to Jozi.

Tranquility, Nature, peace, the art that tell stories.

Spectacular garden art exibition with perfect lunch meals in a beautiful open air restaurant.

The entrance to Nirox is slightly pricey, but really worth it. Amazing place to escape into a little haven of great art and beautiful landscapes. Gin bar is also great place to spend the day with mates