Guidebook for Cape Town

Claire
Guidebook for Cape Town

Food Scene

Nice breakfast spot, also has free WIFI!
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Loading Bay
30 Hudson St
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Nice breakfast spot, also has free WIFI!
Another great coffee spot, but also with the added bonus of a separate area for specialist teas. Try the tea ceremony, very Zen in comparison to the busy coffee area.
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Origin Coffee Roasting
28 Hudson St
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Another great coffee spot, but also with the added bonus of a separate area for specialist teas. Try the tea ceremony, very Zen in comparison to the busy coffee area.
My favorite coffee spot, right outside the building at Prestwich memorial with nice seating outside and free WIFI.
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Grind 4 Truth Coffee Shop
1 Somerset Rd
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My favorite coffee spot, right outside the building at Prestwich memorial with nice seating outside and free WIFI.
Absolutely delicious food. Open for breakfast and lunch, and so close - just pop over the bridge by Truth cafe and it is on your right.
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Hemelhuijs
71 Waterkant St
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Absolutely delicious food. Open for breakfast and lunch, and so close - just pop over the bridge by Truth cafe and it is on your right.
Long standing, excellent Turkish restaurant. Great food, and a very romantic setting.
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Anatoli
24 Napier St
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Long standing, excellent Turkish restaurant. Great food, and a very romantic setting.
You will easily spot this 50's style, super camp, super whack diner - the whole building is pink. Fantastic burgers and a bar downstairs. A fun place to try whether you are straight or gay!
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Beefcakes
40 Somerset Rd
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You will easily spot this 50's style, super camp, super whack diner - the whole building is pink. Fantastic burgers and a bar downstairs. A fun place to try whether you are straight or gay!
The Camps Bay strip is a good sundowner option, but most places are touristy. This place has great food, and a super view. Book ahead and ask for a table outside or in the window right by the ocean.
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Blues
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The Camps Bay strip is a good sundowner option, but most places are touristy. This place has great food, and a super view. Book ahead and ask for a table outside or in the window right by the ocean.
Very sexy restaurant to visit in the evening. Fantastic food, great cocktails, lots of choice, you can't go wrong! If you like sushi, catch the 50% off deals up until 7pm every day.
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Beluga Cape Town
70 Prestwich St
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Very sexy restaurant to visit in the evening. Fantastic food, great cocktails, lots of choice, you can't go wrong! If you like sushi, catch the 50% off deals up until 7pm every day.
Fantastic restaurant if you can get a booking! Very busy in season, so book ahead. Run by the Madame Zingara team, this theatrical and zany styled place is well worth the visit!
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The Bombay Bicycle Club
158 Kloof St
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Fantastic restaurant if you can get a booking! Very busy in season, so book ahead. Run by the Madame Zingara team, this theatrical and zany styled place is well worth the visit!
Another super restaurant run by Madame Zingara - the garden is delightful for lunch or dinner. Food delicious! If it is windy, choose another day. The garden is best!
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Cafè Paradiso
110 Kloof St
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Another super restaurant run by Madame Zingara - the garden is delightful for lunch or dinner. Food delicious! If it is windy, choose another day. The garden is best!
Delicious tapas restaurant, although you won't find the typical Spanish fare here. This is gourmet tapas at its finest!!
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Fork Tapas & Pinchos Bar
13 Main Road
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Delicious tapas restaurant, although you won't find the typical Spanish fare here. This is gourmet tapas at its finest!!
Another great restaurant if you are visiting the Constantia wine farms. Try Jonkershuis for a relaxed lunch with great food and wine - can get packed on weekends, so book ahead.
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Groot Constantia
Groot Constantia Road
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Another great restaurant if you are visiting the Constantia wine farms. Try Jonkershuis for a relaxed lunch with great food and wine - can get packed on weekends, so book ahead.
Fantastic sushi and seafood! You might have to fight for a table here in peak season. I don't normally like a restaurant inside a shopping mall, but if you are at the Waterfront, you have to try!
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Willoughby & Co
19 Dock Rd
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Fantastic sushi and seafood! You might have to fight for a table here in peak season. I don't normally like a restaurant inside a shopping mall, but if you are at the Waterfront, you have to try!
A firm favorite with me. For dinner, choose your own fresh seafood from the counter. If you love sushi, you can't beat the half price option until 6pm every day.
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Codfather Seafood & Sushi
37 The Dr
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A firm favorite with me. For dinner, choose your own fresh seafood from the counter. If you love sushi, you can't beat the half price option until 6pm every day.
Going to Company Garden's or the museums? Then check out this for lunch. Feel like you just stepped into Morocco, and sample some of the cheap and tasty takeaways from this very popular haunt.
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Eastern Food Bazaar
96 Longmarket St
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Going to Company Garden's or the museums? Then check out this for lunch. Feel like you just stepped into Morocco, and sample some of the cheap and tasty takeaways from this very popular haunt.
Great bar and posh pub grub. Always a good atmosphere, food is excellent, have dinner then go to Orphanage bar for drinks after. Closed Sundays
French Toast Wine & Tapas Bar
199 Bree St
Great bar and posh pub grub. Always a good atmosphere, food is excellent, have dinner then go to Orphanage bar for drinks after. Closed Sundays
If you happen to be walking up this way, this is a must breakfast spot - try the warm bacon croissants. Yum yum!
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Jason Bakery
185 Bree St
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If you happen to be walking up this way, this is a must breakfast spot - try the warm bacon croissants. Yum yum!
If you fancy a spot of decadence, try the high tea at the Mount Nelson Hotel. Best value for money finger food and cakes in the most grandiose setting.
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Mount Nelson Planet Restaurant & Bar
76 Orange St
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If you fancy a spot of decadence, try the high tea at the Mount Nelson Hotel. Best value for money finger food and cakes in the most grandiose setting.
Pretty sidewalk cafe with super delicious food. You must have the carrot cake!
11 Dixon St
11 Dixon Street
Pretty sidewalk cafe with super delicious food. You must have the carrot cake!
Another gem in the quest for great coffee. This is where the coffee in the apartment comes from (Burundi)
58 Wale St
58 Wale Street
Another gem in the quest for great coffee. This is where the coffee in the apartment comes from (Burundi)
This is a lovely 'must stop' for a cup of tea or coffee whilst you are browsing Long Street shops or going to the markets. Watch the world go by from the pretty pavement tables.
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Cafe Mozart
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This is a lovely 'must stop' for a cup of tea or coffee whilst you are browsing Long Street shops or going to the markets. Watch the world go by from the pretty pavement tables.
Take my word for it, you must come here! Set in the Glen forest overlooking Camps Bay, if only to have coffee. Exceptional views.
1 Clifton Rd
1 Clifton Road
Take my word for it, you must come here! Set in the Glen forest overlooking Camps Bay, if only to have coffee. Exceptional views.
People love this restaurant at Heritage Square. With it's chalkboard menu, food is a cross between bistro and fine dining. You will love the courtyard outside. Book ahead to avoid disappointment!
98 Shortmarket St, Cape Town City Centre
People love this restaurant at Heritage Square. With it's chalkboard menu, food is a cross between bistro and fine dining. You will love the courtyard outside. Book ahead to avoid disappointment!
Foodie heaven!! Great tapas here! Try it for lunch, it is just a small place, but very popular. Or try takeout from the streetfood takeout underneath. You can also go to cookery school here!
92 Bree St
92 Bree Street
Foodie heaven!! Great tapas here! Try it for lunch, it is just a small place, but very popular. Or try takeout from the streetfood takeout underneath. You can also go to cookery school here!
French comfort food restaurant with constantly changing menu, homely and intimate, down to earth atmosphere with great service.
Hans Strijdom Ave Ln
Hans Strijdom Avenue
French comfort food restaurant with constantly changing menu, homely and intimate, down to earth atmosphere with great service.
Beautiful Italian food, if you can find it! Seafood pasta is amazing! Although not far from the flat, it is tucked away down a side street, almost behind the Rockwell Building next to Chukkachurri.
Cobern Street
Cobern Street
Beautiful Italian food, if you can find it! Seafood pasta is amazing! Although not far from the flat, it is tucked away down a side street, almost behind the Rockwell Building next to Chukkachurri.
I always see this place busy with people spilling out onto the street. Apparently breakfast is good!
133 Bree St
133 Bree Street
I always see this place busy with people spilling out onto the street. Apparently breakfast is good!
Lovely breakfast spot - the first one i went to when i arrived in Cape Town, at the time because it was the only one open on Long Street on a Sunday!
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Lolas Cafe
228 Long St
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Lovely breakfast spot - the first one i went to when i arrived in Cape Town, at the time because it was the only one open on Long Street on a Sunday!
Love this wine farm! The wines are delicious, and the food even more so. Service is also excellent.
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Buitenverwachting
Klein Constantia Road
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Love this wine farm! The wines are delicious, and the food even more so. Service is also excellent.
Popular and quite funky restaurant on the strip, with really good food.
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Paranga Restaurant
Victoria Road
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Popular and quite funky restaurant on the strip, with really good food.
Don't forget to book in advance for this one, it is super popular! Posh tapas type food, and a good alternative unless you have booked a year ahead to get into the sister restaurant Test Kitchen.
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The Pot Luck Club
373-375 Albert Rd
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Don't forget to book in advance for this one, it is super popular! Posh tapas type food, and a good alternative unless you have booked a year ahead to get into the sister restaurant Test Kitchen.
Well done if you have managed to book this place! It is booked up for months ahead, so as soon as you book your holiday, give them a ring and you might be lucky!
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The Test Kitchen
375 Albert Rd
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Well done if you have managed to book this place! It is booked up for months ahead, so as soon as you book your holiday, give them a ring and you might be lucky!
A long lasting favourite with the locals, this fantastic steak house never lets you down! And if you have discovered a delicious bottle of wine, take it along - no corkage charged! Must book ahead.
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The Hussar Grill Camps Bay
108 Camps Bay Drive
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A long lasting favourite with the locals, this fantastic steak house never lets you down! And if you have discovered a delicious bottle of wine, take it along - no corkage charged! Must book ahead.
La Mouette is a firm favourite by those in the know! You will have to go to Sea Point to try the delights here, but it will be worth it!
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La Mouette Restaurant
78 Regent Rd
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La Mouette is a firm favourite by those in the know! You will have to go to Sea Point to try the delights here, but it will be worth it!
People love this sexy dimly lit place serving Asian fusion dishes. A bit pricey, but have never heard a bad word said about the food!
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Haiku Cape Town CBD
58 Burg St
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People love this sexy dimly lit place serving Asian fusion dishes. A bit pricey, but have never heard a bad word said about the food!
You would not normally find yourself here, but if you are after the best pizza in town, this is most certainly it! The locals like to think of it as the best kept pizza secret in Cape Town!
105 Main Rd, Sea Point
You would not normally find yourself here, but if you are after the best pizza in town, this is most certainly it! The locals like to think of it as the best kept pizza secret in Cape Town!
Firm fave with the locals for coffee and a bite to eat. You can buy quality ready made things to take home for later. Check out The Butcher man next door for top quality meat to take home and cook.
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Giovanni's Deliworld
103 Main Rd
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Firm fave with the locals for coffee and a bite to eat. You can buy quality ready made things to take home for later. Check out The Butcher man next door for top quality meat to take home and cook.
Excellent food here, a must try! Enjoy quality seafood and wine overlooking the marina.
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V&A Waterfront
19 Dock Rd
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Excellent food here, a must try! Enjoy quality seafood and wine overlooking the marina.
Lovely bakery, and excellent place for breakfast in Camps Bay. The chocolate cake is the best i have ever tasted!!
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The Promenade
Victoria Road
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Lovely bakery, and excellent place for breakfast in Camps Bay. The chocolate cake is the best i have ever tasted!!
Must try! At first this was just a wine cellar, Dorrance which you must also visit. Now they added in a tapas bar with a top chef.
95 Hout St
95 Hout Street
Must try! At first this was just a wine cellar, Dorrance which you must also visit. Now they added in a tapas bar with a top chef.
This is my favourite restaurant in Cape Town, i have yet to have a bad meal! Another Kloof Street restaurant gem!
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Black Sheep Restaurant
104 Kloof St
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This is my favourite restaurant in Cape Town, i have yet to have a bad meal! Another Kloof Street restaurant gem!
If you love meat, then this is your restaurant!! Delicious food and nice venue. They have another smaller restaurant on Kloof St but it lacks vibe.
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Carne Kloof
153 Kloof St
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If you love meat, then this is your restaurant!! Delicious food and nice venue. They have another smaller restaurant on Kloof St but it lacks vibe.

Drinks & Nightlife

Fantastic vibes, stunning rooftop, lovely tapas and wine! What more could you want?! A must try for a night out, especially if you are at La Parada first, then Tjing Tjing is just down the alleyway.
165 Longmarket St
165 Longmarket Street
Fantastic vibes, stunning rooftop, lovely tapas and wine! What more could you want?! A must try for a night out, especially if you are at La Parada first, then Tjing Tjing is just down the alleyway.
Until recently Cape Town has been lacking in 'real' beer. This place has a great selection of craft beers (although pricey) and has nice vibes, sometimes live music
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Weinhaus + BierGarten
110 Bree Street
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Until recently Cape Town has been lacking in 'real' beer. This place has a great selection of craft beers (although pricey) and has nice vibes, sometimes live music
You will be blown away by the views of Table Mountain whilst dangling your feet in a pool and sipping on a cocktail! Also good Thai food in the restaurant.
49 Napier St
49 Napier Street
You will be blown away by the views of Table Mountain whilst dangling your feet in a pool and sipping on a cocktail! Also good Thai food in the restaurant.
Another rooftop bar, this is a cool place to try - movie screenings, or just go for a drink and check out the airstream trailer park right there on the roof!!
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The Grand Daddy Hotel
38 Long St
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Another rooftop bar, this is a cool place to try - movie screenings, or just go for a drink and check out the airstream trailer park right there on the roof!!
Actually a nightclub, rather than a bar - this is a great laugh for the 30's+ folks! Have a dance to all sorts of music spanning the last 2 decades, equal helpings of cheese, but guaranteed fun!!
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DecoDance Night Club
66 Main Rd
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Actually a nightclub, rather than a bar - this is a great laugh for the 30's+ folks! Have a dance to all sorts of music spanning the last 2 decades, equal helpings of cheese, but guaranteed fun!!
Restaurant/bar, and live music stage, private beach, sun loungers and infinity pool. Sunday day is the hottest party in town with resident DJ's/band Goldfish spinning tunes. Pricey, but fun!
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Shimmy Beach Club
12 S Arm Rd
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Restaurant/bar, and live music stage, private beach, sun loungers and infinity pool. Sunday day is the hottest party in town with resident DJ's/band Goldfish spinning tunes. Pricey, but fun!
I like to go here in the day, or for sundowners. Set on a private beach, it is relaxed enough by day to chill on the beach and suntan, then turns hip by night! Also nice food in the restaurant.
Haul Road
Haul Road
I like to go here in the day, or for sundowners. Set on a private beach, it is relaxed enough by day to chill on the beach and suntan, then turns hip by night! Also nice food in the restaurant.
Great spot for sundowners! Sit right by the ocean, with views across to the West Coast. You must come here for a cocktail or two! Can get very busy with after work folks, so go early.
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Radisson Blu Hotel Waterfront, Cape Town
100 Beach Rd
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Great spot for sundowners! Sit right by the ocean, with views across to the West Coast. You must come here for a cocktail or two! Can get very busy with after work folks, so go early.
Another top choice for sundowners, if it is a calm evening. If you have a car then stop by! Must be there early before the masses decend! Can also have dinner here, or lunch in the day.
Twelve Apostles Hotel & Spa
Another top choice for sundowners, if it is a calm evening. If you have a car then stop by! Must be there early before the masses decend! Can also have dinner here, or lunch in the day.
Hailing itself as a seedy/chic rock style bar, much loved by the hip and trendy! Not far from the apartment, they also have live music evenings and good happy hour specials.
62 Hout St
62 Hout Street
Hailing itself as a seedy/chic rock style bar, much loved by the hip and trendy! Not far from the apartment, they also have live music evenings and good happy hour specials.
If you go to The Odyssey for dinner, then you must finish (or start!) with a cocktail here! Even if not going to Odyssey, put this one on your bar crawl map!
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Orphanage Cocktail Emporium
227 Bree St
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If you go to The Odyssey for dinner, then you must finish (or start!) with a cocktail here! Even if not going to Odyssey, put this one on your bar crawl map!
One of the most famous gay bars in the area. Tables outside are the main draw, and there is always a good atmosphere. Great whether you are gay or straight, you should stop in here at least once!
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Cafe Manhattan
74 Waterkant St
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One of the most famous gay bars in the area. Tables outside are the main draw, and there is always a good atmosphere. Great whether you are gay or straight, you should stop in here at least once!
One of the best little bars on Long St, although it is hidden away down an alley! Just past the Long St Cafe look to the left for a little alley called Vredenburg Lane. You will find this gem there!
Vredenburg Lane
Vredenburg Lane
One of the best little bars on Long St, although it is hidden away down an alley! Just past the Long St Cafe look to the left for a little alley called Vredenburg Lane. You will find this gem there!
Great bar, with roof terrace. Good music, good vibes, what is not to like?!
273 Long St
273 Long Street
Great bar, with roof terrace. Good music, good vibes, what is not to like?!
Right opposite the apartment, you must have a Margarita here, best i have ever tasted. Run by a wonderful Mexican family, you will walk in a stranger, and leave as a friend.
3 Rose St
3 Rose Street
Right opposite the apartment, you must have a Margarita here, best i have ever tasted. Run by a wonderful Mexican family, you will walk in a stranger, and leave as a friend.
If you love whisky, you MUST go here, it is like a whisky museum! Situated in the Cape Grace Hotel at the V&A, this is a great bar, surrounded by expensive yachts in the dock. Fantastic!
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Cape Grace Hotel
West Quay Road
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If you love whisky, you MUST go here, it is like a whisky museum! Situated in the Cape Grace Hotel at the V&A, this is a great bar, surrounded by expensive yachts in the dock. Fantastic!
Must go here! Always busy, and always with a great vibe. Just across from Heritage Square is this great bar and tapas restaurant. Food is awesome. You will be hanging with the locals here!
107 Bree St
Must go here! Always busy, and always with a great vibe. Just across from Heritage Square is this great bar and tapas restaurant. Food is awesome. You will be hanging with the locals here!
My new favourite bar! By day this is the Honest chocolate shop, but by night you go out the back door and go back in time to the gin bar. Must try!
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The Gin Bar
64A Wale Street
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My new favourite bar! By day this is the Honest chocolate shop, but by night you go out the back door and go back in time to the gin bar. Must try!
Great bar, with outside wraparound balcony. Don't eat there, it is not good! Just drinks. And go early, there will be a queue on Fri/Sat evenings
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The Village Idiot
32 Loop St
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Great bar, with outside wraparound balcony. Don't eat there, it is not good! Just drinks. And go early, there will be a queue on Fri/Sat evenings
An upmarket nightclub with good (techno/dance/house) music and great people. Featured on mixmags best club list
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Era Night Club
71 Loop Street
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An upmarket nightclub with good (techno/dance/house) music and great people. Featured on mixmags best club list
A must try! This is a trendy butcher shop/come wine bar. You will meet interesting people here. Try some biltong with your wine!
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Frankie Fenner Meat Merchants
81 Church Street
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A must try! This is a trendy butcher shop/come wine bar. You will meet interesting people here. Try some biltong with your wine!
You MUST go here! Not only is it just next door to the apartment, but you will get the best views of Cape Town and super sexy place to have sundowners!!
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The Vue
40 Chiappini St
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You MUST go here! Not only is it just next door to the apartment, but you will get the best views of Cape Town and super sexy place to have sundowners!!

Essentials

This is a flagship, gourmet super Spar! You will be able to get all the groceries you need here.
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Sorbet Cape Quarter
27 Somerset Rd
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This is a flagship, gourmet super Spar! You will be able to get all the groceries you need here.
If you want to have your laundry done for you, this is just over the road from the flat and very reasonably priced.
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I LOVE MY LAUNDRY
37 Buitenkant St
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If you want to have your laundry done for you, this is just over the road from the flat and very reasonably priced.
Great place for treatments, from waxing to massages!
Skin Renewal Cape Quarter
Great place for treatments, from waxing to massages!
If you need it whilst you are here, the Christian Barnard hospital is close to the flat. They have everything there from doctors rooms, to plastic surgeons or physio.
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PathCare Netcare Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital
Rua Bartholomeu Dias Plain
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If you need it whilst you are here, the Christian Barnard hospital is close to the flat. They have everything there from doctors rooms, to plastic surgeons or physio.
Great gym in the Cape Quarter
Zone Fitness - Cape Quarter
Napier Street
Great gym in the Cape Quarter
Lovely yoga studio (hot or not!) 2 mins from the flat
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Yoga Life
127 Waterkant St
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Lovely yoga studio (hot or not!) 2 mins from the flat

Entertainment & Activities

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Ster-Kinekor Nouveau
Dock Road
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Parks & Nature

Cape Town's most historic public garden, an oasis in the city centre!
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Company's Gardens
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Cape Town's most historic public garden, an oasis in the city centre!