Guidebook for Cape Town

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Guidebook for Cape Town

Food Scene

Great for breakfast and lunch
37 locals recommend
Montebello Design Centre
31 Newlands Ave
37 locals recommend
Great for breakfast and lunch
Great coffee and breakfast / lunch venue
425 locals recommend
Truth Coffee Roasting
36 Buitenkant St
425 locals recommend
Great coffee and breakfast / lunch venue
Excellent for breakfast and lunch
31 locals recommend
tashas
31 locals recommend
Excellent for breakfast and lunch
Great coffee and breakfast / lunch
8 locals recommend
Hard Pressed Café
1 Bree Street
8 locals recommend
Great coffee and breakfast / lunch
Great for a quick coffee and breakfast / lunch
155 locals recommend
The House of Machines
84 Shortmarket St
155 locals recommend
Great for a quick coffee and breakfast / lunch
Enjoy a great breakfast / lunch here - under huge trees. The sizeable garden is magnificent, views of Table Mountain to die for.
58 locals recommend
The Vineyard
Colinton Road
58 locals recommend
Enjoy a great breakfast / lunch here - under huge trees. The sizeable garden is magnificent, views of Table Mountain to die for.
Great restaurant - 30 minutes drive from apartment
30 locals recommend
Alphen Boutique Hotel
Alphen Drive
30 locals recommend
Great restaurant - 30 minutes drive from apartment
Great seafood restaurant at the V&A Waterfront
289 locals recommend
Willoughby & Co
19 Dock Rd
289 locals recommend
Great seafood restaurant at the V&A Waterfront
Great for light meals, coffee, views of Table Mountain, safe for children
127 locals recommend
Deer Park Café
2 Deerpark Dr W
127 locals recommend
Great for light meals, coffee, views of Table Mountain, safe for children
Many good restaurants in this street, 20 to 30 minutes walk from apartment - Café Paradiso, Melissa's, Knead Lifestyle Centre, Saigon Asian Restaurant
189 locals recommend
Kloof Street
Kloof Street
189 locals recommend
Many good restaurants in this street, 20 to 30 minutes walk from apartment - Café Paradiso, Melissa's, Knead Lifestyle Centre, Saigon Asian Restaurant
Breakfast and lunch venue, safe for children
13 locals recommend
Knead Bakery Wembley Square
80 McKenzie St
13 locals recommend
Breakfast and lunch venue, safe for children
Good lunch or breakfast venue
141 locals recommend
The Sidewalk Cafe
141 locals recommend
Good lunch or breakfast venue
Restaurant for breakfast or lunch
84 locals recommend
Lazari
221 Vredehoek Ave
84 locals recommend
Restaurant for breakfast or lunch
Great for sundowners - watch the sun set with a view of Robben Island and the West Coast
28 locals recommend
Radisson Blu Hotel Waterfront, Cape Town
100 Beach Rd
28 locals recommend
Great for sundowners - watch the sun set with a view of Robben Island and the West Coast
Great take away fish and chips, in Cape Town CBD - R37 ($3) for fish and chips for one person, or R49 ($4) for a huge portion of fish and chips (enough to share between 2 people)
Lusitania Fisheries
Great take away fish and chips, in Cape Town CBD - R37 ($3) for fish and chips for one person, or R49 ($4) for a huge portion of fish and chips (enough to share between 2 people)
op restaurant - situated in Franschhoek - 60 to 90 minutes drive (great to visit the area for an entire day)
36 locals recommend
Reuben's Franschhoek
2 Daniel Hugo St
36 locals recommend
op restaurant - situated in Franschhoek - 60 to 90 minutes drive (great to visit the area for an entire day)
Top 10 restaurant in South Africa - need to book
42 locals recommend
Jordan Wine Estate
42 locals recommend
Top 10 restaurant in South Africa - need to book
Try the Oude Libertas food and craft market in Stellenbosch on a Saturday morning
Oude Libertas Road
Oude Libertas Road
Try the Oude Libertas food and craft market in Stellenbosch on a Saturday morning
Great wine farm, exquisite architecture, award winning restaurant (need to book in advance) - spend 4 hours here under the gigantic oaks
41 locals recommend
La Motte Wine Farm & Restaurant
R45
41 locals recommend
Great wine farm, exquisite architecture, award winning restaurant (need to book in advance) - spend 4 hours here under the gigantic oaks
Many great restaurants in this street - recommended restaurants: The Royal Eatery, South China Dim Sum Bar, Lola’s
387 locals recommend
Long Street
Long Street
387 locals recommend
Many great restaurants in this street - recommended restaurants: The Royal Eatery, South China Dim Sum Bar, Lola’s
Great award winning restaurant (The Tasting Room) in Franschhoek, good for a day trip - 60 to 90 minutes drive from the Cape Town CBD
29 locals recommend
Le Quartier Français Restaurant
Wilhelmina Street
29 locals recommend
Great award winning restaurant (The Tasting Room) in Franschhoek, good for a day trip - 60 to 90 minutes drive from the Cape Town CBD
Fantastic sushi, great value
25 locals recommend
Takumi Sushi
3 Park Road
25 locals recommend
Fantastic sushi, great value
Great restaurant adjacent to a safe public park
108 locals recommend
The Woodlands Eatery
8 Breda St
108 locals recommend
Great restaurant adjacent to a safe public park
Great Italian eatery
73 locals recommend
Bocca
Wale Street
73 locals recommend
Great Italian eatery
Great Eatery
16 locals recommend
sababa
231 Bree Street
16 locals recommend
Great Eatery

Shopping

Great coffee venue
19 locals recommend
Tribe Coffee Roasting & Café
170 Albert Rd
19 locals recommend
Great coffee venue
You local shopping centre - 10 minutes by bus from apartment - Woolworths (upmarket grocery store) or PicknPay grocery store.
220 locals recommend
FNB Bank ATM Gardens Shopping Centre
22 Mill Street
220 locals recommend
You local shopping centre - 10 minutes by bus from apartment - Woolworths (upmarket grocery store) or PicknPay grocery store.
Local grocery (Woolworths) and wine store
81 locals recommend
FNB Bank ATM Lifestyle On Kloof
60 Kloof St
81 locals recommend
Local grocery (Woolworths) and wine store

Sightseeing

Visit Simons Town on your way / back from to Cape Point
The Little Shop on the Square
114 St George's St
Visit Simons Town on your way / back from to Cape Point
Historical wine farm and restaurants - 30 minutes drive from apartment
334 locals recommend
Groot Constantia
Groot Constantia Road
334 locals recommend
Historical wine farm and restaurants - 30 minutes drive from apartment
Nelson Mandela was imprisoned here - must book the ferry beforehand
395 locals recommend
Robben Island
395 locals recommend
Nelson Mandela was imprisoned here - must book the ferry beforehand
A strenuous but manageable walk for most, but worth the effort. Access via Tafelberg Road which is 2km past the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway lower station.
79 locals recommend
Platteklip Gorge
Platteklip Gorge
79 locals recommend
A strenuous but manageable walk for most, but worth the effort. Access via Tafelberg Road which is 2km past the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway lower station.
Pick 16 varieties of cherries until end of December - R40 entrance per person. This is a wonderful day outing - you will not regret making this trip. A two hour drive from Cape Town.
7 locals recommend
Klondyke Cherry Farm
7 locals recommend
Pick 16 varieties of cherries until end of December - R40 entrance per person. This is a wonderful day outing - you will not regret making this trip. A two hour drive from Cape Town.
You may still be able to see the odd whale or two, although peak season for this activity is August to November
219 locals recommend
Hermanus
219 locals recommend
You may still be able to see the odd whale or two, although peak season for this activity is August to November
Drive to Hermanus - on your way there, stop at the little harbour in Gordon's Bay for a meal / refreshment
8 locals recommend
Gordon's Bay Harbour
159 Beach Rd
8 locals recommend
Drive to Hermanus - on your way there, stop at the little harbour in Gordon's Bay for a meal / refreshment
With a string of restaurants to boot - try The Grande/ Sandbar for breakfast / sundowners
394 locals recommend
Camps Bay Beach
394 locals recommend
With a string of restaurants to boot - try The Grande/ Sandbar for breakfast / sundowners
One of the great drives in the world - 30 minutes from apartment.
409 locals recommend
Chapman's Peak Drive
1 Chapmans Peak Dr
409 locals recommend
One of the great drives in the world - 30 minutes from apartment.
Great for walks and picnics - 30 minutes drive from apartment
203 locals recommend
Silvermine Dam
203 locals recommend
Great for walks and picnics - 30 minutes drive from apartment
Wonderful nature reserve for a day trip, an hours drive from apartment
324 locals recommend
West Coast National Park
324 locals recommend
Wonderful nature reserve for a day trip, an hours drive from apartment
10 Minutes drive from apartment, a must sightseeing excursion if you have 3 or so hours to spare
473 locals recommend
Table Mountain Aerial Cableway station
Pipe Track
473 locals recommend
10 Minutes drive from apartment, a must sightseeing excursion if you have 3 or so hours to spare
When you visit Cape Point, this is one of the routes that can be taken to Cape Point
10 locals recommend
Boyes Drive
Boyes Drive
10 locals recommend
When you visit Cape Point, this is one of the routes that can be taken to Cape Point
You need to visit Cape Point Nature Reserve!
859 locals recommend
Cape Point
859 locals recommend
You need to visit Cape Point Nature Reserve!
Great for a morning / afternoon outing, 20 minutes drive from the CBD
1765 locals recommend
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Rhodes Drive
1765 locals recommend
Great for a morning / afternoon outing, 20 minutes drive from the CBD
One of the best waterfronts in the world, nestled in the Cape Town shipping harbour
1951 locals recommend
V&A Waterfront
19 Dock Rd
1951 locals recommend
One of the best waterfronts in the world, nestled in the Cape Town shipping harbour
Great for a walk, relax in the park, very historical (Company Gardens). Try The Company’s Garden Restaurant)
Government Avenue
Government Avenue
Great for a walk, relax in the park, very historical (Company Gardens). Try The Company’s Garden Restaurant)
"Babylonstoren is one of the oldest Cape Dutch farms, has a fruit and vegetable garden of beauty and diversity". Try the Greenhouse Restaurant. The Babel Restaurant is usually overbooked.
183 locals recommend
Babylonstoren
Klapmuts - Simondium Road
183 locals recommend
"Babylonstoren is one of the oldest Cape Dutch farms, has a fruit and vegetable garden of beauty and diversity". Try the Greenhouse Restaurant. The Babel Restaurant is usually overbooked.

Everything Else

If this floats your boat, worth a visit. Great for children.
85 locals recommend
Cape Town Aquarium 2 station
85 locals recommend
If this floats your boat, worth a visit. Great for children.
Great Sunday food and craft market - spend a couple of hours here and enjoy the vibe and food
379 locals recommend
Bay Harbour Market
31 Harbour Rd
379 locals recommend
Great Sunday food and craft market - spend a couple of hours here and enjoy the vibe and food
Award winning restaurant in Sir Lowry's Pass area - an hours drive from apartment. Book beforehand.
99 locals recommend
Waterkloof Wine Estate
Old Sir Lowry's Pass Road
99 locals recommend
Award winning restaurant in Sir Lowry's Pass area - an hours drive from apartment. Book beforehand.
OZCF Market on a Saturday morning. Great views of the ocean, excellent food and fresh produce.
1 Beach Rd
1 Beach Road
OZCF Market on a Saturday morning. Great views of the ocean, excellent food and fresh produce.