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Cape Colony
76 Orange Street, Mount Nelson Hotel, Cape Town, Western Cape, 8000, South Africa
+27 21 483 1000
#33 of 90 restaurants rated by Real Travelers

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  • Jim Stewart
    Jim Stewart said

    … by the Dutch when Jan van Riebeeck established the Cape Colony as a way station in 1652 and used to… continue reading »

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One of the World's top ten restaurants listed by US-based Hotels magazine, its modern African cuisine blends with trendy European and is accompanied by live contemporary jazz playing nightly. In a magnificent 1921 built room and complete with a Cape mural backdrop it has painted pillars and African decor. Cape ingredients and culinary traditions of the world are fused here. Expect spicy, fruity flavors and imaginative mixes. Tea-smoked springbok with paw-paw, apple and chili salad and Natal prawns with beaten rice batter and a sweet, mild chili jam, served on a snoek cake are examples of what is available.

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Daily 7:30p-10p

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