Category: Restaurants

I  had the best steak of my life the other night. I can forsee that for a long time to come I am not going to be happy with the steaks I receive in restaurants. Oh well, it was worth it. A while back, Riboville changed their downstairs section (in the old bank vault) to a separate experience…

Blu Bar (ex Sobar) in Newlands recently reopened after undergoing a refurbishment. I went there last Thursday evening to check out the place, try their food and listen to the live band. The place looks much more sophisticated now. The decor is modern and has obviously had some skilled input. Whilst they are catering for…

I go out mainly in the City Bowl and Atlantic Seaboard, purely because it’s more convenient as I live in Seapoint. Last night I had an opportunity to try a restaurant in Southern Suburbs and chose Caveau at the Mill. I’d heard that it was really good, and I’ve obviously eaten at the one in…

There are quite a few African style restaurants in Cape Town, catering for tourists who obviously want to try African food while they are in Africa. I am reluctant to call it local cuisine because I think in South Africa we don’t really eat that much African food. I did a review a little while…

I’m dying to try the new Indian restaurant, Chandani, in Roodebloem Road. The other night a couple of mates and myself decided last minute to go out for a curry. Out of sheer laziness we decided not to go to Woodstock but rather try one of the places in Seapoint. That’s how we ended up…

In the September newsletter I mentioned that Andre’s Restaurant had opened and was serving reasonably priced South African food. Tourists are often keen to eat at restaurants where they can experience ‘local food’, hence the popularity of the African restaurants like Mama Africa, etc. If they don’t end up at an African restaurant they will…

There are so many new places in Camps Bay, most are franchises so don’t need to be reviewed (Vida, Kauai, etc) but I ate at the new gourmet burger joint called Chuckleberry’s just around the corner from Caprice. It’s very brave of them to open a burger joint around the corner from Caprice was awarded the…

Masala Dosa is another restaurant that I’ve been hearing about for ages but haven’t had a chance to check it out. My opportunity came unexpectedly last night, after attending a presentation on GM foods at Portobello restaurant (a vegetarian restaurant if you’re looking for one) in Long Street, I took a wander up Long Street to see…

I keep forgetting how far away Simonstown really is. I always think of Kalk Bay as being a bit of a trip but Simonstown is quite a bit further. The problem is really the traffic. Cars just crawl along that coastal road, while the occupants crane their necks to catch glimpses of rocks which they…