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
103 locals recommend
The Blue Cafe
13 Brownlow Rd
103 locals recommend
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!
247 locals recommend
Black Sheep Restaurant
104 Kloof St
247 locals recommend
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
219 locals recommend
Cafè Paradiso
110 Kloof St
219 locals recommend
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
62 locals recommend
EL Burro Taqueria Kloof Nek
62 locals recommend
Quick and easy great food in a really vibes area..short walk away
Coffee and Croissants....
338 locals recommend
Jason Bakery
185 Bree St
338 locals recommend
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
38 locals recommend
Tintswalo Atlantic
Chapmans Peak Drive
38 locals recommend
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
28 locals recommend
Radisson Blu Hotel Waterfront, Cape Town
100 Beach Rd
28 locals recommend
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...
64 locals recommend
Chefs Warehouse At Beau Constantia
Constantia Neck
64 locals recommend
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
226 locals recommend
Tjing Tjing
165 Longmarket St
226 locals recommend
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
31 locals recommend
SeaBreeze Fish & Shell
213 Bree St
31 locals recommend
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
123 locals recommend
Manna Epicure
4 Kloof St
123 locals recommend
It’s a great spot to sit outside and watch the activity on the street
The food and vibe is good
141 locals recommend
The Sidewalk Cafe
141 locals recommend
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
324 locals recommend
Oranjezicht City Farm - Market
Granger Bay Boulevard
324 locals recommend
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...
82 locals recommend
Thali Restaurant
3 Park Rd
82 locals recommend
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
24 locals recommend
Shio Restaurant
49 Napier Street
24 locals recommend
The asian fusion style tapas are just the best
Cosy Greek restaurant on a square, if weather is nice can sit outside otherwise inside
114 locals recommend
Maria's Greek Café
31 Barnet St
114 locals recommend
Cosy Greek restaurant on a square, if weather is nice can sit outside otherwise inside
The best dimsums in town, booking essential!
82 locals recommend
South China Dim Sum Bar
289 Long St
82 locals recommend
The best dimsums in town, booking essential!
Slightly out of town with lovely seating under trees. Simple meals, breakfast and lunch only
36 locals recommend
The Gardeners Cottage Restaurant
Newlands Avenue
36 locals recommend
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
130 locals recommend
Rhodes Memorial
Rhodes Avenue
130 locals recommend
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
270 locals recommend
Harbour House Kalk Bay
Main Road
270 locals recommend
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
599 locals recommend
The Company's Garden - Rose Garden
599 locals recommend
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...
20 locals recommend
The Table
20 locals recommend
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
215 locals recommend
Constantia Glen
Constantia Main Road
215 locals recommend
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
312 locals recommend
The Pot Luck Club
373-375 Albert Rd
312 locals recommend
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
259 locals recommend
The Test Kitchen
375 Albert Rd
259 locals recommend
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
55 locals recommend
Mantra Cafe
43 Victoria Rd
55 locals recommend
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!
153 locals recommend
The Lawns at the Roundhouse
Round House Road
153 locals recommend
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!
21 locals recommend
Belly of the beast
110 Harrington St
21 locals recommend
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
408 locals recommend
Kloof Street House
30 Kloof St
408 locals recommend
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
46 locals recommend
The Commissary
86 Shortmarket St
46 locals recommend
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
7 locals recommend
ëlgr Restaurant
75 Kloof Street
7 locals recommend
Courtyard tapa style food within walking distance
a bit out of the way but great Asian fusion style food
24 locals recommend
Bao Down Restaurant
79 Main Road
24 locals recommend
a bit out of the way but great Asian fusion style food

Drinks & Nightlife

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

Sightseeing

950 locals recommend
Table Mountain Aerial Cableway
5821 Tafelberg Rd
950 locals recommend
The red bus hop on hop off bus is a good way to get a feel for the city and surrounds
289 locals recommend
City Sightseeing Cape Town
81 Long St
289 locals recommend
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
562 locals recommend
Boulders Beach
Kleintuin Road
562 locals recommend
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
203 locals recommend
Silvermine Dam
203 locals recommend
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...
599 locals recommend
The Company's Garden - Rose Garden
599 locals recommend
Its peaceful and quiet, plus it has a great restaurant. Some interesting museums in the park too...
Beautiful gardens
1765 locals recommend
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Rhodes Drive
1765 locals recommend
Beautiful gardens
the views are amazing especially around sunrise and sunset, take a picnic
725 locals recommend
Lion's Head Hike
Signal Hill Road
725 locals recommend
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!
13 locals recommend
Clifton 3rd
13 locals recommend
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!
219 locals recommend
Llandudno Beach
219 locals recommend
It is beautiful!

Shopping

Good food store, wine and spirits store too, as well as a health shop and optician
12 locals recommend
Lifestyle Centre
22 Main Rd
12 locals recommend
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
34 locals recommend
Up Cycles Sea Point
0 Beach Rd
34 locals recommend
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!
445 locals recommend
District Six Museum
25A Buitenkant St
445 locals recommend
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!
395 locals recommend
Robben Island
395 locals recommend
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
274 locals recommend
The Fugard Theatre
274 locals recommend
Check what plays are currently on
482 locals recommend
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa
South Arm Road
482 locals recommend