Cape Town Restaurants

This is a very French, very classy restaurant. It is set in an elegant country venue with the mood and character of a French provincial restaurant and high standards of service and cuisine to match its aesthetic charms. A long... more

With a daily menu scrawled on wads of paper pinned to a lecturer's easel, you're in for a relaxed down-to-earth time. Like the menu, the décor is innovative. Chunky kitchen tables form a base for hardy recycled glassware. Bowls... more

This formal valley restaurant serves international haute cuisine on a menu whose influences include local, European and Asian. There is a daily Chef's menu and a crayfish menu. Special touches include an "amuse-bouche" and sorb... more

Aubergine is a colonial gardens house, which is home to exciting yet refined cuisine. The kitchen turns out delicious classic-based offerings with a vast variety of textures and shapes. Enjoy the lounge/bar for aperitifs, smoki... more

This revamped first-story restaurant should not be confused with the rowdy Quay Four Tavern downstairs. This Waterfront venue offers great service and fabulous fare. Situated in a former dockside warehouse with a view facing Ta... more

This chic intimate eatery offers the classics to hungry punters – European cuisine with a strong French bias. The restaurant is bedecked with commissioned artworks by Jenny Merrit to compliment the Thames-side prints that adorn... more

Trattoria Luigi is an informal, happy venue with oilcloth-checked tables, and, if you're lucky the owner will be in full song. There are three separate rooms with a bar and a few street-side tables outside. Try starting your me... more

Rated among the Eat Out editor's top ten choice of restaurants in the country, Emily's is neither French nor informal. This is the training base of the Culinary Art Institute of Africa. Food is termed Boere-nouvelle, a modern... more

A great alternative to Blues, Tides enjoys the same azure view of the ocean beyond Camps Bay beach, in a slick and contemporary venue. Tides' interior has pale wood everywhere – on the floors, walls and halfway up the diamond-c... more

Harbour House is a seafood, seaside restaurant with views toward Simon's Town on one side and St James on the other. Relax in this comfortable venue whilst watching the fishing boats bobbing at the moorings, gulls swooping and... more