Category: Restaurants
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Portofino review
I normally try not to go to restaurants when they have just opened because I like to give them a chance to settle in. Through a strange coincidence of circumstances, I ended up at Portofino (ex Showroom) for dinner the second night they were open. On arrival I started to have regrets as the restaurant…
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Soupa Cafe review
I don’t get to have lunch in town often as I don’t work in town and finding parking is an absolute mission. A little while ago I heard about a new place called the Soupa Cafe which offers a curbside pick up service so you don’t have to find parking. It’s a pretty novel idea,…
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Carne review
As a Capetonian, I have a responsibility to not demonstrate too much emotion in public. If I’m excited about something or impressed by something, I am expected to hide this from people. This is not difficult for me, it is a responsibility which I quite enjoy fulfilling. Occasionally I do slip up and my entrance into Carne was one…
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La Boheme review
I once walked home from the gym, along Seapoint Main Road. To pass the time I counted the restaurants I passed and came to about 80, although that was including takeaways. I have to say that out of those 80 restaurants, there weren’t that many that I would rush to eat at. There are some…
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Eastern Food Bazaar review
I’m very excited to be sharing this review with you. Now and then Cape Town comes up with something that is just really cool in more ways than one. The Eastern Food Bazaar is one of those things. I was driving home at about 7:30pm and wanted to stop and get something for dinner. I…
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La Vie review
La Vie has always disappointed me. The food has been average, the service below average and the place just seemed a bit dingy. So when a friend asked me to meet her there prior to Green Drinks, my first response was to try and get her to meet me somewhere else (like La Boheme). Anyway,…
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Birds Cafe review
I’m often pleasantly surprised at how Cape Town supports ventures which are very out of the ordinary. I first encountered Birds Cafe a few years ago when a friend of mine was using it on Friday evenings as a tapas restaurant. I found the place to be quite eccentric. There were no pictures on the walls,…
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Buzz Cafe review
I’m typing this review while sitting in Buzz Cafe because I am here alone, so I can. This is the first time I am writing a review ‘live’. The first thing I noticed is that they don’t offer WiFi, which I think is a big disadvantage these days. I often won’t go to a place…
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Hudson’s review
Regular readers will know that I’m a fan of the burgers at Caprice and have taken advantage of their two for one winter special quite a few times (see the full list of winter specials here). So I was pretty excited to hear that the Caprice owners had opened a burger joint in town. Hudson’s…
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Starlings review
It’s quite crazy how Cape Town is divided into it’s various areas and people don’t leave their area unless they really have to. Since living in Seapoint, I seldom eat at restaurants that aren’t in town or on the Atlantic Seaboard. When I do it’s generally a ‘day trip’ to Kalk Bay or something. So…