Guidebook for Cape Town

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Guidebook for Cape Town

Food Scene

Best coffee in town, and it's round the corner. Pick up a bag of roasted beans for home use while you are there.
58 locals recommend
Deluxe coffeeworks Church Street
25 Church St
58 locals recommend
Best coffee in town, and it's round the corner. Pick up a bag of roasted beans for home use while you are there.
Interesting 'steampunk' interior, good coffee and co-working space available should you want a desk for the day.
425 locals recommend
Truth Coffee Roasting
36 Buitenkant St
425 locals recommend
Interesting 'steampunk' interior, good coffee and co-working space available should you want a desk for the day.
Indian food!
90 locals recommend
Bukhara Cape Town CBD
33 Church Street
90 locals recommend
Indian food!
Sushi and other asian foods in an amazing, dark, modern, stark setting.
81 locals recommend
Haiku Cape Town CBD
58 Burg St
81 locals recommend
Sushi and other asian foods in an amazing, dark, modern, stark setting.
Great little restaurant around the corner in the middle of Church St, part of the art-walk, small antiques market, galleries, etc, etc. Side outside and take in the sounds and sights.
19 locals recommend
Cafe Mozart
19 locals recommend
Great little restaurant around the corner in the middle of Church St, part of the art-walk, small antiques market, galleries, etc, etc. Side outside and take in the sounds and sights.
My favourite burger place. They were the first gourmet burger joint in town, and still up there. Don't miss out on their burgers and milkshakes! Part of the Long Street walkabout.
127 locals recommend
Royale Eatery
20 Vineyard Road
127 locals recommend
My favourite burger place. They were the first gourmet burger joint in town, and still up there. Don't miss out on their burgers and milkshakes! Part of the Long Street walkabout.
Burgers, beers, coffee and hipsters. Nice and central to the upper Bree Street walk.
260 locals recommend
Clarke's Bar & Dining Room
133 Bree St
260 locals recommend
Burgers, beers, coffee and hipsters. Nice and central to the upper Bree Street walk.
Lovely little restaurant right up in Vredehoek (the windiest neighbourhood in town). Pizza, steak, etc. Say hi to Larry for me.
108 locals recommend
The Woodlands Eatery
8 Breda St
108 locals recommend
Lovely little restaurant right up in Vredehoek (the windiest neighbourhood in town). Pizza, steak, etc. Say hi to Larry for me.
Have a coffee and see town from an entirely different angle - looking down on the CBD, the harbour framed by the mountain in the back. Take a cab or bus up; too steep to walk all the way.
141 locals recommend
The Sidewalk Cafe
141 locals recommend
Have a coffee and see town from an entirely different angle - looking down on the CBD, the harbour framed by the mountain in the back. Take a cab or bus up; too steep to walk all the way.
OK, it's not a bungalow - it's just called that. Upmarket afterwork meeting and greeting with the jetset crowd. Definitely worth going a drink or two. A bit dressy sometimes.
206 locals recommend
The Bungalow
3 Victoria Rd
206 locals recommend
OK, it's not a bungalow - it's just called that. Upmarket afterwork meeting and greeting with the jetset crowd. Definitely worth going a drink or two. A bit dressy sometimes.
Great food, amazing location - but a little bit pretentious. See what one can achieve with too much money.. ;)
275 locals recommend
Grand Africa Café & Beach
Granger Bay Boulevard
275 locals recommend
Great food, amazing location - but a little bit pretentious. See what one can achieve with too much money.. ;)
Interesting burger joint in an alley with ostensibly the 'best burgers/tacos in South Africa' (definitely the biggest). Deluxe Coffeeworks HQ in the back of the building.
6 Roodehek St
6 Roodehek Street
Interesting burger joint in an alley with ostensibly the 'best burgers/tacos in South Africa' (definitely the biggest). Deluxe Coffeeworks HQ in the back of the building.
Unique family run cafe just round the corner: great coffee, sandwiches, lunches, smoothies, juices and baked goods too. All available for takeaway or sitdown.
10 Spin St
10 Spin Street
Unique family run cafe just round the corner: great coffee, sandwiches, lunches, smoothies, juices and baked goods too. All available for takeaway or sitdown.
Tapas Restaurant & Bar with excellent fish, octopus, calamari, chirizo and other treats. Great wine and beer selection. Watch the garlic! Check out SAM on the top floor while you are there.
107 Bree St
Tapas Restaurant & Bar with excellent fish, octopus, calamari, chirizo and other treats. Great wine and beer selection. Watch the garlic! Check out SAM on the top floor while you are there.
An 'all-day brasserie, pantry and event space in the heart of the CBD'. Unique 200 year old Heritage building. Ching Ching bar upstairs should the festivies carry over.
165 Longmarket St
165 Longmarket Street
An 'all-day brasserie, pantry and event space in the heart of the CBD'. Unique 200 year old Heritage building. Ching Ching bar upstairs should the festivies carry over.
More coffee, more, more. Baked goods too. And lots of pretty people - as many of the local model agencies are based in this area.
338 locals recommend
Jason Bakery
185 Bree St
338 locals recommend
More coffee, more, more. Baked goods too. And lots of pretty people - as many of the local model agencies are based in this area.
Best coffee in town, and it's round the corner. Pick up a bag of roasted beans for home use while you are there.
66 locals recommend
Deluxe Coffeeworks
171A Buitenkant St
66 locals recommend
Best coffee in town, and it's round the corner. Pick up a bag of roasted beans for home use while you are there.
For meatlovers - lovely Karoo lamb and more.
247 locals recommend
Black Sheep Restaurant
104 Kloof St
247 locals recommend
For meatlovers - lovely Karoo lamb and more.
Eastern and fusion foods. Great views.
88 locals recommend
Saigon
Kamp Street
88 locals recommend
Eastern and fusion foods. Great views.
Cute little shop/eatery hidden away just off Kloof St.
69 locals recommend
Tamboers Winkel
3 De Lorentz St
69 locals recommend
Cute little shop/eatery hidden away just off Kloof St.
Crazy little restaurant half-way up the mountain. Booking essential.
147 locals recommend
The Bombay Bicycle Club
158 Kloof St
147 locals recommend
Crazy little restaurant half-way up the mountain. Booking essential.
Small deli in Tamboerskloof (where we live). Very San Fran ito streets, houses, architecture, etc. Grab some of the ice cream in the fridge to take home on a hot day after cycling around the hood.
10 locals recommend
The Daily Deli
10 locals recommend
Small deli in Tamboerskloof (where we live). Very San Fran ito streets, houses, architecture, etc. Grab some of the ice cream in the fridge to take home on a hot day after cycling around the hood.
Designer coffee shop.
96 locals recommend
Haas Coffee
19 Buitenkant St
96 locals recommend
Designer coffee shop.
As 'authentically Mexican' as you're going to get in Africa!
229 locals recommend
El Burro Greenpoint
79 Main Rd
229 locals recommend
As 'authentically Mexican' as you're going to get in Africa!
Hip little eating spot up Kloofnek. Definitely worth a visit; two seatings at 6.30 - 8.30 and 8.30 onwards.
33 locals recommend
Hallelujah
11D Kloof Nek Road
33 locals recommend
Hip little eating spot up Kloofnek. Definitely worth a visit; two seatings at 6.30 - 8.30 and 8.30 onwards.
Great little sushi spot up Kloofnek, in the Tamboerskloof 'hotspot' for going out.
53 locals recommend
Kyoto Garden Japanese Restaurant
11 Kloof Nek Rd
53 locals recommend
Great little sushi spot up Kloofnek, in the Tamboerskloof 'hotspot' for going out.
Nearby coffee shop and hip hangout space.
70 locals recommend
YOURS TRULY
175 Long St
70 locals recommend
Nearby coffee shop and hip hangout space.
It's one of the very few bagel shops in Cape Town; I can recommend the breakfast bagel!
45 locals recommend
Max Bagels
120 Bree St
45 locals recommend
It's one of the very few bagel shops in Cape Town; I can recommend the breakfast bagel!
Real organic meat of all sorts. Try the biltong (jerky) and droewors (dried sausage); otherwise continue looking at us strangely while we eat this all the time!
7 locals recommend
Frankie Fenner Meat Merchants
143 Sir Lowry Rd
7 locals recommend
Real organic meat of all sorts. Try the biltong (jerky) and droewors (dried sausage); otherwise continue looking at us strangely while we eat this all the time!

Essentials

Fresh goods just around the corner. Half-price sushi after 15h00, also decent.
64 locals recommend
Food Lover's Market
122 St Georges Mall
64 locals recommend
Fresh goods just around the corner. Half-price sushi after 15h00, also decent.
Fresh food and groceries. Quick, easy make-at-home meals. The food department is on the lower floor. Clothing etc on the other floors.
78 locals recommend
Woolworths Adderley Street
Adderley Street
78 locals recommend
Fresh food and groceries. Quick, easy make-at-home meals. The food department is on the lower floor. Clothing etc on the other floors.
The original Melissa's on Kloof St - stock up with everything else you need for home-cooking!
75 locals recommend
Khadim's Coffee Shop
68 Church St
75 locals recommend
The original Melissa's on Kloof St - stock up with everything else you need for home-cooking!
AKA 'The German Butcher up in Kloof St' - good, local meats of all sorts.
7 locals recommend
Gardens Continental Butchery
120 Kloof St
7 locals recommend
AKA 'The German Butcher up in Kloof St' - good, local meats of all sorts.
They offer Hot Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga, Power Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga & Iyengar. It's on the other side of town but if you are exploring the Seapoint Promenade it's right there.
23 locals recommend
Hot Dog Yoga Studio
202 Main Rd
23 locals recommend
They offer Hot Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga, Power Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga & Iyengar. It's on the other side of town but if you are exploring the Seapoint Promenade it's right there.
Another good studio (Power, Vinyasa, Bikram and Sculpt) but this is in De Waterkant (nice area to explore, also good nightlife) - about a 10/15 minute walk from the apartment.
33 locals recommend
Yoga Life
127 Waterkant St
33 locals recommend
Another good studio (Power, Vinyasa, Bikram and Sculpt) but this is in De Waterkant (nice area to explore, also good nightlife) - about a 10/15 minute walk from the apartment.
This one is a bit hidden away but worth a visit, about 10 minute walk. They offer Ashtanga/Vinyasa. Close to Enmasse. (Walk up the Company Gardens and 'across' Avenue. )
22 locals recommend
The Shala Yoga Studio
15 Wandel St
22 locals recommend
This one is a bit hidden away but worth a visit, about 10 minute walk. They offer Ashtanga/Vinyasa. Close to Enmasse. (Walk up the Company Gardens and 'across' Avenue. )
Not your average Thai massage studio; very special place - also a little bit hidden away but worth the trouble. M/F available. Close to The Shala. (Walk up the Company Gardens and 'across' Avenue.)
8 locals recommend
Enmasse Massage
123 Hope St
8 locals recommend
Not your average Thai massage studio; very special place - also a little bit hidden away but worth the trouble. M/F available. Close to The Shala. (Walk up the Company Gardens and 'across' Avenue.)

Everything Else

Small mall right next to a MyCiti busstop, good for pretty much everything: Woolworths Foods, PicknPay Groceries, delis, bookshops, gifts, clothes, toys, etc etc.
205 locals recommend
Gardens Shopping Centre
Buitenkant Street
205 locals recommend
Small mall right next to a MyCiti busstop, good for pretty much everything: Woolworths Foods, PicknPay Groceries, delis, bookshops, gifts, clothes, toys, etc etc.
Yet another small mall in the city (Lifestyle Village, my bad); everything from furniture, clothing, food and drink. All quite hip and bit expensive.
203 locals recommend
Cape Quarter Mall
27 Somerset Rd
203 locals recommend
Yet another small mall in the city (Lifestyle Village, my bad); everything from furniture, clothing, food and drink. All quite hip and bit expensive.
Local gallery underpinning the recent young, contemporary art revival scene in Cape Town. Run by Justin and Cameron; they also head up the Neighbourgoods Market further down the road too.
24 locals recommend
WHATIFTHEWORLD
16 Buiten Street
24 locals recommend
Local gallery underpinning the recent young, contemporary art revival scene in Cape Town. Run by Justin and Cameron; they also head up the Neighbourgoods Market further down the road too.
Laundry. And a bar. Seriously.
59 Buitengracht St
Laundry. And a bar. Seriously.
Crazy little club walking distance away and crawling distance back!
113 locals recommend
Era Night Club
71 Loop Street
113 locals recommend
Crazy little club walking distance away and crawling distance back!

Shopping

Another small mall on Kloof St, very central as you can either walk further up Kloof after some shopping, or walk down back into Long St and all the way home.
81 locals recommend
FNB Bank ATM Lifestyle On Kloof
60 Kloof St
81 locals recommend
Another small mall on Kloof St, very central as you can either walk further up Kloof after some shopping, or walk down back into Long St and all the way home.
Creative co-working space out in Woodstock. A couple of boutique shops and a decent fresh fish shop right in the back.
8 locals recommend
FatSak
102, 66-68 Albert Rd
8 locals recommend
Creative co-working space out in Woodstock. A couple of boutique shops and a decent fresh fish shop right in the back.
My favourite bookstore in town run by people who love what they do. Part of the East City walkabout.
123 locals recommend
the book lounge
71 Roeland Street
123 locals recommend
My favourite bookstore in town run by people who love what they do. Part of the East City walkabout.
The storefront of designer and illustrator Heather Moore. Makes and sells all types of crafty wares for your home. Part of the Bree Street walk. Lots of other little stores in this area too.
6 locals recommend
Skinny laMinx
16a Bree St
6 locals recommend
The storefront of designer and illustrator Heather Moore. Makes and sells all types of crafty wares for your home. Part of the Bree Street walk. Lots of other little stores in this area too.
My girlfriend said I should put this one; check out Phillipa Green's jewellery and other trinkets and goodies.
Olive Green Cat
76 Church St
My girlfriend said I should put this one; check out Phillipa Green's jewellery and other trinkets and goodies.
OK, so the Waterfront has everything: bars, restuarants, high-end retail, movies, boat trips, chopper flips and more. Don't miss Willoughbys for sushi, and/or the Cape Town Fish Market.
10 locals recommend
Caltex - Waterfront
Dock Road
10 locals recommend
OK, so the Waterfront has everything: bars, restuarants, high-end retail, movies, boat trips, chopper flips and more. Don't miss Willoughbys for sushi, and/or the Cape Town Fish Market.
Vintage/raw denim store in the Cape Quarter. Worth checking out if you are in this area.
Edwin Jeans
27 Somerset Rd
Vintage/raw denim store in the Cape Quarter. Worth checking out if you are in this area.
Another cool clothing/apparel store in the Cape Quarter.
72 locals recommend
Loading Bay
30 Hudson St
72 locals recommend
Another cool clothing/apparel store in the Cape Quarter.
"Most beautiful hand-crafted leather bags" according to Mari.
229 Bree St
229 Bree Street
"Most beautiful hand-crafted leather bags" according to Mari.

Arts & Culture

Cool little theatre down in the East City. Check what's on while you are here, might be something good.
274 locals recommend
The Fugard Theatre
274 locals recommend
Cool little theatre down in the East City. Check what's on while you are here, might be something good.
Left of the center clubbing and live music experience in the East City. Very young, very cool, very loud.
32 locals recommend
The Assembly
61 Harrington Street
32 locals recommend
Left of the center clubbing and live music experience in the East City. Very young, very cool, very loud.

Drinks & Nightlife

Great 'neighbourhood' bar. The name really gives it away, doesn't it. Good for watching a game or two, and also playing them if they have a games night on.
49 locals recommend
SOUK
163 Long St
49 locals recommend
Great 'neighbourhood' bar. The name really gives it away, doesn't it. Good for watching a game or two, and also playing them if they have a games night on.
One of my favourite bar slash clubs in town. Always an interesting dj or act, always a good time. Don't miss finding your way to the rooftop for a great vantage point of Long St after dark.
92 locals recommend
The Waiting Room
273 Long St
92 locals recommend
One of my favourite bar slash clubs in town. Always an interesting dj or act, always a good time. Don't miss finding your way to the rooftop for a great vantage point of Long St after dark.
Hard, relentless clubbing - was really good in its day (or was that my day?). Hard to say; worth checking out the mayhem on a Friday night. Watch out for pickpockets!
43 locals recommend
Fiction Bar
226 Long St
43 locals recommend
Hard, relentless clubbing - was really good in its day (or was that my day?). Hard to say; worth checking out the mayhem on a Friday night. Watch out for pickpockets!
Another great bar just round the corner from where we now live. Hotdogs, street-setting, interesting eclectic crowd. Gets packed after work.
317 locals recommend
The Power & The Glory
13d Kloof Nek Rd
317 locals recommend
Another great bar just round the corner from where we now live. Hotdogs, street-setting, interesting eclectic crowd. Gets packed after work.
Apparently voted as the world's trendiest bar; who knows. The nice thing about Tjing Tjing is that is (a) a rooftop bar and (b) it's downhill back home.
226 locals recommend
Tjing Tjing
165 Longmarket St
226 locals recommend
Apparently voted as the world's trendiest bar; who knows. The nice thing about Tjing Tjing is that is (a) a rooftop bar and (b) it's downhill back home.
Hipster biker coffee bar. Yeah, it's come to that.
155 locals recommend
The House of Machines
84 Shortmarket St
155 locals recommend
Hipster biker coffee bar. Yeah, it's come to that.
Cocktails with the it crowd.
210 locals recommend
Orphanage Cocktail Emporium
227 Bree St
210 locals recommend
Cocktails with the it crowd.
Very popular nearby bar; they have good pizza too.
102 locals recommend
Tiger's Milk - Long Street
44 Long St
102 locals recommend
Very popular nearby bar; they have good pizza too.

Sightseeing

Everyone who lives in or near Seapoint goes for a walk, run, swim or cycle here at some point of the day. Walk around to Clifton, or back to town via Greenpoint Park and the fanwalk.
97 locals recommend
Cape Town Promenade 1 station
97 locals recommend
Everyone who lives in or near Seapoint goes for a walk, run, swim or cycle here at some point of the day. Walk around to Clifton, or back to town via Greenpoint Park and the fanwalk.
African arts and crafts. Very touristy. Watch out for pickpockets and the odd drug dealer trying to sell you weed. Lots of spots to eat and drink all around the square, as well as secure banking.
244 locals recommend
Greenmarket Square
Longmarket Street
244 locals recommend
African arts and crafts. Very touristy. Watch out for pickpockets and the odd drug dealer trying to sell you weed. Lots of spots to eat and drink all around the square, as well as secure banking.
Our version of Central Park, I think. Squirrels, birds, trees and a couple of ponds - great for an afternoon escape if one is needed. (Check out the new Co Gardens restaurant (Madam Zingara's crowd).
602 locals recommend
Company's Gardens
602 locals recommend
Our version of Central Park, I think. Squirrels, birds, trees and a couple of ponds - great for an afternoon escape if one is needed. (Check out the new Co Gardens restaurant (Madam Zingara's crowd).
The oldest cathedral in Southern Africa. Also the closest stop for the 'Hop-on, Hop-off City Sightseeing Red Buses'; really worth doing on day 1.
32 locals recommend
St. George's Cathedral
5 Wale St
32 locals recommend
The oldest cathedral in Southern Africa. Also the closest stop for the 'Hop-on, Hop-off City Sightseeing Red Buses'; really worth doing on day 1.
The world-famous 'Pink Lady' of Cape Town - go for the high tea in the afternoon. You might even bump into the odd celebrity or two.
111 locals recommend
Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel
76 Orange St
111 locals recommend
The world-famous 'Pink Lady' of Cape Town - go for the high tea in the afternoon. You might even bump into the odd celebrity or two.