Dina's Guidebook

Dina
Dina's Guidebook

Food and heritage

History tours of many heritage buildings can be arranged with an expert in our area. I can put you in touch. Visit the Heidelberg Heritage Museum with its stunning old sandstone building, formerly home to the BAT transport museum, and originally the town's station building. There is a craft brewery and German restaurant with old train dining carts. There can be a delay in waiting for your food on busy weekends. Good kids area. Rasam Tandoori North Indian restaurant is in a lovely old Victorian house with damask wallpaper, great food and friendly service. Eat in or order out, they also have a sushi chef. Yummy Bar and (grill) Restaurant nearby, is in an old building with pressed steel ceilings (their Calamari Chilli Poppers are a must). Smokers smoke freely though and the pub can get active on weekend nights. Unfortunately, smoking is permitted in the restaurant. Heidelberg Club, also heritage, has good pub fair. Yummy Kitchen, in the same street, serves Chinese food and fresh and super affordable sushi platters. Plaashuiswinkel and Sweet Pea and Maple are world-class coffee shops with curated retail items, not open on Saturday afternoons or Sundays though.
Heidelberg Museum Craft Beers
Museum Street

Food and coffee

Tranquil setting, lovely garden, good coffee, lovely eats, and beautiful things to shop.
Sweetpea and Maple
26 HF Verwoerd St
Tranquil setting, lovely garden, good coffee, lovely eats, and beautiful things to shop.
Excellent coffee served by expert baristas. The nibble menu is teeny but good. Within walking distance from Oak View Manor.
The Test Hub
46 Ueckermann St
Excellent coffee served by expert baristas. The nibble menu is teeny but good. Within walking distance from Oak View Manor.
Beautiful old Victorian house, now with stunning damask wallpapers. Excellent, great vaue food, friendy colonial style service. Eat in or order out.
Rasam Tandoori Indian Restaurant & Takeaways
37 Jacobs St
Beautiful old Victorian house, now with stunning damask wallpapers. Excellent, great vaue food, friendy colonial style service. Eat in or order out.
Excellent Calamari Chilli Poppers. Good grill foods. Stunning old pressed steel ceilings and a pretty cool bar. During busy periods though, smoking customers may spoil the enjoyment of your meal.
Yummy Bar & Restaurant
Excellent Calamari Chilli Poppers. Good grill foods. Stunning old pressed steel ceilings and a pretty cool bar. During busy periods though, smoking customers may spoil the enjoyment of your meal.
Great coffees, cakes and light meals, an in house goldsmith and jeweller. Antiques and gifts.
Plaashuiswinkel Teetuin
Great coffees, cakes and light meals, an in house goldsmith and jeweller. Antiques and gifts.
Craft beer brewery, and a German restaurant housed in the town's heritage sand stone station building, with old train dining carts and kids' play area.
Adler's Restaurant @ Heidelberg Tap &
Craft beer brewery, and a German restaurant housed in the town's heritage sand stone station building, with old train dining carts and kids' play area.
Generous pizza and a friendly pub.
Senor Pizza & Pub
Generous pizza and a friendly pub.
Enjoy wood-fired pizzas and pasta here, as well as a larger menu of choices. Friendly service.
Cappuccinos Heidelberg
Enjoy wood-fired pizzas and pasta here, as well as a larger menu of choices. Friendly service.

Nature and exercise

Lovely nature walks of various distances. Lots of wildlife. An hour drive if you take the ring road through it by car.
19 locals recommend
Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve
R550
19 locals recommend
Lovely nature walks of various distances. Lots of wildlife. An hour drive if you take the ring road through it by car.
The Discovery park run happens at this beautiful farm called Silver Oaks. Do brunch with us after.
Silveroaks Montessori School
392 Houtpoort
The Discovery park run happens at this beautiful farm called Silver Oaks. Do brunch with us after.
Usually, day guests are not allowed here, only weekend campers, however, Oak View Manor guests can day-visit at a discount (pre-arranged @ R100 day rate for adults and R50 day rate for kids under 12). Great family fun, picnic by the dam, swim in the pools and order something to eat.
Sionbergh Accommodation Heidelberg GP
Usually, day guests are not allowed here, only weekend campers, however, Oak View Manor guests can day-visit at a discount (pre-arranged @ R100 day rate for adults and R50 day rate for kids under 12). Great family fun, picnic by the dam, swim in the pools and order something to eat.

Silver Oaks Discovery park run

Silver Oaks farm is a beautiful spot jussst outside town where you can run or walk for 5km with or without your 4-legged BF. One dog on a leash per runner. Eat at Oak View Manor at Her Majesteas Salon atfer your run. Just confirm whether the restaurant is open first on 082 707 2334 or 079 334 7579. Our doggies wil be in tucked away in the courtyard then and you and yours can eat under the tree. Well behaved dogs (and children) on leashes 😜 are welcome inside the parlour.
Picnic riverside (prebook) or tie the knot here.
L'Abondant Vinge
Picnic riverside (prebook) or tie the knot here.

Wedding venue

River frontage with an intimate lapa setting offering finger print weddings. Practically our neigbours.
Stukkies & Stokkies
77 Fenter Street
River frontage with an intimate lapa setting offering finger print weddings. Practically our neigbours.
Eloping? Or planning an intimate wedding? You can get married here at Oak View Manor and/or dine in our house restaurant (open by appointment and on selected days). We LOVE hosting small celebrations of up to 40 people.
Her Majesteas Salon at Oak View Manor (appointment essential)
Eloping? Or planning an intimate wedding? You can get married here at Oak View Manor and/or dine in our house restaurant (open by appointment and on selected days). We LOVE hosting small celebrations of up to 40 people.

Antiquing

Lovely collection of antiques in a beautiful old heritage home. Within walking distance.
Ancient Days Antiques
12 Hospitaal St
Lovely collection of antiques in a beautiful old heritage home. Within walking distance.
A mix of vintage, antique and brick and brack pieces. Worth a visit and stack to rhe brim.
SUPER MEUBELS
A mix of vintage, antique and brick and brack pieces. Worth a visit and stack to rhe brim.
Good coffee and eats, loads to shop for gifting, including antiques. Regular markets.
PLAASHUISWINKEL
40 Begeman St
Good coffee and eats, loads to shop for gifting, including antiques. Regular markets.
Best biltong and dry wors in town at Don Amare butchery near Checkers.
Heidelberg Mall
Jacobs Street
Best biltong and dry wors in town at Don Amare butchery near Checkers.