2007-01-04 10:21:57 · 5 answers · asked by deep in thought 4 in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ South Africa
V&A Waterfront
Hildebrands, V&A Waterfront. Offering Pizza and Pasta, but does not live up to the standard of Italian food.
Tasca de Belem, Victoria Wharf, shop 154, Piazza Level, ph: +27 (0)21 419-3009. A very good Portuguese restaurant that offers some exquisite meals. Medium price range.
Bayfront Blu, Two Oceans Aquarium, ph: +27 (0)21 419-9086. Offers breakfast and coffee all day and also serves good seafood, like Swahili prawn curry. Tables offer view on water and Table Mountain
Willoughby's, Victoria Wharf, has some of the best seafood including excellent sushi at very good prices.
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Unnamed Restaurant, Company's Garden. Small; offers good refreshment in a quite atmosphere after a tour through the city. Basic local kitchen.
Mama Africa, 178 Long Street, ph: +27 (0)21 426-1017. African style tourist restaurant offering local and African meals, like Bobotie and Potjiekos, but also springbok, kudu and crocodile steak. Good range of wines. Affordable. Live marimba music some nights.
Africa Café, 108 Shortmarket Street, ph: +27 (0)21 422-0221. Affordable and very good. Maybe the best restaurant in Cape Town for African cuisine. Lower to medium price range. Serves fixed menu, all you can eat of 12 - 15 different dishes. Touristy.
Sunflower Health Café, 111 Long Street. Vegetarian restaurant, with a limited range of warm meals. Good prices.
Long Street Café, 259 Long Street. Very popular. Fresh European kitchen. Also good for a drink.
Lolas Across from Long Street Café. Vegetarian food with local color and great karma. Good conversation and even better meals. Mingle with dreadlocks, artsy types and brooding poets.
Biesmiellah, Corner Upper Wale/Pentz Street, ph: +27 (0)21 423-0850. One of the oldest restaurants around, known for its Malay kitchen. No alcoholic drinks available. Medium price range.
Jewel Tavern, Vanguard Road near Duncan Docks, ph: +27 (0)21 448-1997. Increasingly popular Thai restaurant. Preferred destinations for Cape Town's bon viveurs. Guest can watch how their meals are prepared. Affordable.
Five Flies, 14-16 Keerom Street, [26]. Enjoy a wonderful, multi-course meal in a stylish restaurant housed in one of Cape Town's oldest still-standing buildings. Favorite of local diplomats. Menu changes regularly; book reservations online.
95 Keerom, 95 Keerom Street, A top class Italian restaurant with modern decor and a trendy atmosphere. Attached to the nightclub Rhodes House.
Other Restaurants of Note include Madame Zingara, Yum, Fiammas, Manna, Millers Thumb, Olympia Café, Caprice and Savoy Cabbage. Pick up a copy of Eat Out magazine for reviews and updates on the trendiest spots.
The Ritz Hotel, cnr. Camberwell and Main Roads, Sea Point, +27 (0)21 439-6010, has a revolving restaurant on the top floor of the hotel. Good food, good views. A bar and smoking room is available one floor below the restaurant. You do not have to be a resident at the hotel to get a booking at the restaurant. (The floor as a small non revolving ledge next to the wall. Do not put your valuables on it as your table will be half way around the building before you realize that you have been separated from your belongings.)
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2007-01-04 10:31:07 · answer #1 · answered by nonconformiststraightguy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
im from south africa! firstly whow!!! what a great time to go visit! beautiful weather and fantastic place- cape town. well if your staying in cape town centre, you would be close to the V&A waterfront... there are stax of restaurants...try any of them... supperb, really! if your looking for a classy, beautiful cocktail, ocean view, try going to camps bay.. its just around table mountain.. lots of great places there. leonardo di caprio visits camps bay regulary. then in canal walk.. there are some nice steakhouses and coffie bars.
all depends on what you fancy.
bur definately go to camps bay, even if its for a cocktail...stunnning stunning scenary!!!
enjoy!!!you'll have a blast!!!i promise!!
2007-01-04 10:31:35 · answer #2 · answered by susan 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its not brilliant from a food perspective, but you have to dine on top of Table Mountain.
2007-01-04 10:35:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that the Mandella "fuckdekaffaskissdewhiteass" restaurant serves some excellent local fare, if you can keep it down.
2007-01-04 10:36:40 · answer #4 · answered by stand@btinternet.com 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
you have to go to the SPUR! there is quite a few around.
2007-01-04 10:28:23 · answer #5 · answered by lientjie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋