Guidebook for Cape Town

Cecile &Mark
Cecile &Mark
Guidebook for Cape Town

Food Scene

Just around the corner, our local sidewalk cafe, open breakfast-lunch-dinner. Also stocks basic groceries: milk, bread etc
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The Blue Cafe
13 Brownlow Rd
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Just around the corner, our local sidewalk cafe, open breakfast-lunch-dinner. Also stocks basic groceries: milk, bread etc
Great food, Great people Great value for money!
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Black Sheep Restaurant
104 Kloof St
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Great food, Great people Great value for money!
Great location and views, if you can sit outside. For windy or rainy days, they do have inside seating
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Cafè Paradiso
110 Kloof St
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Great location and views, if you can sit outside. For windy or rainy days, they do have inside seating
Quick and easy great food in a really vibes area..short walk away
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EL Burro Taqueria Kloof Nek
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Quick and easy great food in a really vibes area..short walk away
Coffee and Croissants....
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Jason Bakery
185 Bree St
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Coffee and Croissants....
Beautiful spot on Chapmans peak drive next to the ocean. Book for a very scenic lunch or dinner on a summery night. Part of the highly regarded Chefs warehouse group
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Tintswalo Atlantic
Chapmans Peak Drive
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Beautiful spot on Chapmans peak drive next to the ocean. Book for a very scenic lunch or dinner on a summery night. Part of the highly regarded Chefs warehouse group
great spot for a coffee or sundowner by the ocean, often dolphins swimming past. Also has good simple meals
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Radisson Blu Hotel Waterfront, Cape Town
100 Beach Rd
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great spot for a coffee or sundowner by the ocean, often dolphins swimming past. Also has good simple meals
Cecile's fav restaurant at the moment. Out of town at Beau Constantia wine farm. Set tasting menu to share. Fantastic food. Great for lunch for the views over the vineyards but also for dinner! Book well in advance...
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Chefs Warehouse At Beau Constantia
Constantia Neck
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Cecile's fav restaurant at the moment. Out of town at Beau Constantia wine farm. Set tasting menu to share. Fantastic food. Great for lunch for the views over the vineyards but also for dinner! Book well in advance...
Have Asian street food at Tjing tjing torri (no bookings) or book for Kaiseki at Momiji upstairs (Thur-Fri-Sat only). End your evening with a drink at the rooftop bar
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Tjing Tjing
165 Longmarket St
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Have Asian street food at Tjing tjing torri (no bookings) or book for Kaiseki at Momiji upstairs (Thur-Fri-Sat only). End your evening with a drink at the rooftop bar
Breestreet has a great vibe, oyster special between 5-6 pm
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SeaBreeze Fish & Shell
213 Bree St
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Breestreet has a great vibe, oyster special between 5-6 pm
It’s a great spot to sit outside and watch the activity on the street
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Manna Epicure
4 Kloof St
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It’s a great spot to sit outside and watch the activity on the street
The food and vibe is good
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The Sidewalk Cafe
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The food and vibe is good
Nice spot for Saturday & Sunday breakfast/lunch outside and can pick up some goodies for picnic or cooking too! Can rent bicycles at the Pavillion and cycle here
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Imarike ye-Oranjezicht City Farm
Granger Bay Boulevard
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Nice spot for Saturday & Sunday breakfast/lunch outside and can pick up some goodies for picnic or cooking too! Can rent bicycles at the Pavillion and cycle here
The Indian tapas tasting menu by one of cape towns top chefs is to die for! does not take bookings...
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Thali Restaurant
3 Park Rd
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The Indian tapas tasting menu by one of cape towns top chefs is to die for! does not take bookings...
The asian fusion style tapas are just the best
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Shio Restaurant
49 Napier Street
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The asian fusion style tapas are just the best
Cosy Greek restaurant on a square, if weather is nice can sit outside otherwise inside
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Maria's Greek Café
31 Barnet St
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Cosy Greek restaurant on a square, if weather is nice can sit outside otherwise inside
The best dimsums in town, booking essential!
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South China Dim Sum Bar
289 Long St
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The best dimsums in town, booking essential!
Slightly out of town with lovely seating under trees. Simple meals, breakfast and lunch only
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The Gardeners Cottage Restaurant
Newlands Avenue
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Slightly out of town with lovely seating under trees. Simple meals, breakfast and lunch only
Nice outside seating on a windstill warm day, breakfast lunch and tea & cake
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I-Rhodes Memorial
Rhodes Avenue
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Nice outside seating on a windstill warm day, breakfast lunch and tea & cake
Great seafood restaurant, worth the drive, book a table by the window to watch the sea below you
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Harbour House Kalk Bay
Main Road
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Great seafood restaurant, worth the drive, book a table by the window to watch the sea below you
It is a lovely place to sit under the trees and have breakfast, lunch or coffee... Great place for kids
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The Company's Garden - Rose Garden
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It is a lovely place to sit under the trees and have breakfast, lunch or coffee... Great place for kids
It is a great spot out of town to have a leisurely lunch outside, booking essential,: Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun only. Good wines are made here too...
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The Table
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It is a great spot out of town to have a leisurely lunch outside, booking essential,: Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun only. Good wines are made here too...
It is great to taste wines and have a cheese platter with it while looking out over the vineyards
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Constantia Glen
Constantia Main Road
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It is great to taste wines and have a cheese platter with it while looking out over the vineyards
It’s trendy and the views are great and above all the food rocks. Book for a Sunday brunch with life music and bottomless bubbly. Also good for dinner
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The Pot Luck Club
373-375 Albert Rd
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It’s trendy and the views are great and above all the food rocks. Book for a Sunday brunch with life music and bottomless bubbly. Also good for dinner
Cape Town’s number one restaurant! Well worth the price Booking is tricky with complex online bookingsystem that fills up months in advance
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The Test Kitchen
373 Albert Rd
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Cape Town’s number one restaurant! Well worth the price Booking is tricky with complex online bookingsystem that fills up months in advance
It is one of the few places in Cape Town where you can have breakfast or a meal with a view of the sea
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Mantra Cafe
43 Victoria Rd
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It is one of the few places in Cape Town where you can have breakfast or a meal with a view of the sea
Book for brunch on the lawn overlooking the 12 Apostles and its beaches. Or come for sundowners and pizza... just make sure it is a windstill night!
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The Lawns at the Roundhouse
Round House Road
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Book for brunch on the lawn overlooking the 12 Apostles and its beaches. Or come for sundowners and pizza... just make sure it is a windstill night!
one of the latest additions to the food scene: stunning food, set menu, be sure to book!
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Belly of the beast
110 Harrington St
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one of the latest additions to the food scene: stunning food, set menu, be sure to book!
It is cosy inside and the vibe is great
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Kloof Street House
30 Kloof St
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It is cosy inside and the vibe is great
Because it is different, new kid on the block by ex-Testkitchen chef...affordable mouthwatering food. Dinner only, closed Sundays, no bookings
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The Commissary
86 Shortmarket St
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Because it is different, new kid on the block by ex-Testkitchen chef...affordable mouthwatering food. Dinner only, closed Sundays, no bookings
Have a good coffee and some breakfast: only on weekends
Noah cafe
6 Tamboerskloof Road
Have a good coffee and some breakfast: only on weekends
Courtyard tapa style food within walking distance
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ëlgr Restaurant
75 Kloof Street
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Courtyard tapa style food within walking distance
a bit out of the way but great Asian fusion style food
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Bao Down Restaurant
79 Main Road
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a bit out of the way but great Asian fusion style food

Drinks & Nightlife

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The Power & The Glory
13d Kloof Nek Rd
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For the best gin-based drinks
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The Gin Bar
64A Wale Street
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For the best gin-based drinks
Live jazz music on Tuesday nights
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Asoka Restaurant, Bar and Lounge
68 Kloof St
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Live jazz music on Tuesday nights

Sightseeing

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I-Table Mountain Aerial Cableway
5821 Tafelberg Rd
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The red bus hop on hop off bus is a good way to get a feel for the city and surrounds
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City Sightseeing Cape Town
81 Long St
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The red bus hop on hop off bus is a good way to get a feel for the city and surrounds

Parks & Nature

Its a great spot. And if you've never seen a penguin, this is your chance. Good swimming beach too
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Boulders Beach
Kleintuin Road
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Its a great spot. And if you've never seen a penguin, this is your chance. Good swimming beach too
Great place for a swim in the dam on a hot day or a hike in the mountains
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Silvermine Dam
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Great place for a swim in the dam on a hot day or a hike in the mountains
Its peaceful and quiet, plus it has a great restaurant. Some interesting museums in the park too...
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The Company's Garden - Rose Garden
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Its peaceful and quiet, plus it has a great restaurant. Some interesting museums in the park too...
Beautiful gardens
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Isityalo SesiNkululeko SaseKirstenbosch
Rhodes Drive
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Beautiful gardens
the views are amazing especially around sunrise and sunset, take a picnic
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Lion's Head Hike
Signal Hill Road
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the views are amazing especially around sunrise and sunset, take a picnic
It is one of the most beautiful beaches in the world...even when the South Easterly wind is pumping it will be sheltered there ....the water is freezing, but refreshing on a hot day!
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Clifton 3rd
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It is one of the most beautiful beaches in the world...even when the South Easterly wind is pumping it will be sheltered there ....the water is freezing, but refreshing on a hot day!
It is beautiful!
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Isibhakabhaka saseLlandudno
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It is beautiful!

Shopping

Good food store, wine and spirits store too, as well as a health shop and optician
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Lifestyle Centre
22 Main Rd
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Good food store, wine and spirits store too, as well as a health shop and optician

Getting Around

Cycle on the promenade on a Saturday morning to the Oranjezicht farmers market where you can have a coffee and some delicious food Or go in the other direction towards Camps Bay
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Up Cycles Sea Point
0 Beach Rd
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Cycle on the promenade on a Saturday morning to the Oranjezicht farmers market where you can have a coffee and some delicious food Or go in the other direction towards Camps Bay

Arts & Culture

It helps you understand the history of our country better!
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Iziko leMuziyam yaseSix
25A Buitenkant St
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It helps you understand the history of our country better!
No trip to South Africa is complete without a boattrip to Robben Island as Nelson Mandela spent 18 years here in prison, guides are generally ex-prisoners/wardens Note: online booking essential!
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Robben Island
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No trip to South Africa is complete without a boattrip to Robben Island as Nelson Mandela spent 18 years here in prison, guides are generally ex-prisoners/wardens Note: online booking essential!
Check what plays are currently on
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I-Fugard Theatre
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Check what plays are currently on
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Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa
South Arm Road
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