Guidebook of our favourite places
Food Scene
Some of our favourite eateries.
Right across from where we live with a beautiful view on Table Mountain.
This small daytime eatery has been around since 2002 and owner run by Michael and cheff Siza. The food is always good and it is well priced. Lots of vegetarian options too.
Try their spicy chicken and avocado wrap and don't miss out on the best white chocolate cupcakes.
33 locals recommend
Cafe Puka
2 Brunswick RdRight across from where we live with a beautiful view on Table Mountain.
This small daytime eatery has been around since 2002 and owner run by Michael and cheff Siza. The food is always good and it is well priced. Lots of vegetarian options too.
Try their spicy chicken and avocado wrap and don't miss out on the best white chocolate cupcakes.
Great little eatery and pub. Big selection of craft beer. Friendly place to sit and work.
5 minutes walk from us.
317 locals recommend
The Power & The Glory
13d Kloof Nek RdGreat little eatery and pub. Big selection of craft beer. Friendly place to sit and work.
5 minutes walk from us.
This place oozes atmosphere and ambience!
Food is good too.
10 minutes walk from us.
408 locals recommend
Kloof Street House
30 Kloof StThis place oozes atmosphere and ambience!
Food is good too.
10 minutes walk from us.
Nourish'd Café & Juicery
177 Kloof StGood vegan food
Jason Bakery
185 Bree StOur favourite bakery.
Make Restaurant
196 Main RdGood unpretentious Chinese Food
Mykonos Taverna
267 Main RdOur favourite Greek restaurant. Authentic
Good Vegan food in Sea Point and another branch in the Cape Quarter, De Waterkant (near our shop)
58 locals recommend
Scheckter's RAW
98 Regent RdGood Vegan food in Sea Point and another branch in the Cape Quarter, De Waterkant (near our shop)
Good fine dining, tapas style.
Good atmosphere, great views, and excellent food.
A bit more pricey, but worth it!
312 locals recommend
The Pot Luck Club
373-375 Albert RdGood fine dining, tapas style.
Good atmosphere, great views, and excellent food.
A bit more pricey, but worth it!
Manna Epicure
4 Kloof Stfine dining around the corner from where we live
Good Mozambiquean/Portuguese food. inexpensive and good value for money.
20 locals recommend
Toni's on Kloof
88 Kloof StGood Mozambiquean/Portuguese food. inexpensive and good value for money.
Bacini's
177 Kloof StGood pizza
Everything Else
Great for jogging, walking and people watching.
You can walk from the V&A Waterfront pass Mouille Point promenade and Sea Point Promenade, Bantry Bay, all the way to Camp's Bay. Around 8 km and relatively safe.
407 locals recommend
Sea Point Promenade
Beach RoadGreat for jogging, walking and people watching.
You can walk from the V&A Waterfront pass Mouille Point promenade and Sea Point Promenade, Bantry Bay, all the way to Camp's Bay. Around 8 km and relatively safe.
Shopping
Voted Cape Town's best gift shop around since 2007.
Coolest local handmade gifts to take home
The shop tells a feel good South African story with a bit of the rest of Africa added. Fair Trade.
Very quirky with a hint of retro.
7 locals recommend
Baraka Gifts and Decor
27 Somerset RdVoted Cape Town's best gift shop around since 2007.
Coolest local handmade gifts to take home
The shop tells a feel good South African story with a bit of the rest of Africa added. Fair Trade.
Very quirky with a hint of retro.
Great street with nice restaurants, grocery stores, bars and shopping!
189 locals recommend
Kloof Street
Kloof StreetGreat street with nice restaurants, grocery stores, bars and shopping!
We love going to this second hand market! We love the happy friendly vibe and the fact that people from all walks of life go there. One can find great treasures between the junk!
28 locals recommend
Milnerton Flea Market
126 Marine DrWe love going to this second hand market! We love the happy friendly vibe and the fact that people from all walks of life go there. One can find great treasures between the junk!
Small intimate mall with cute shops (Baraka Gifts) and restaurants and a great open air courtyard. Situated in vibey and historical De Waterkant neighbourhood between the V&A Waterfront and City centre.
203 locals recommend
Cape Quarter Mall
27 Somerset RdSmall intimate mall with cute shops (Baraka Gifts) and restaurants and a great open air courtyard. Situated in vibey and historical De Waterkant neighbourhood between the V&A Waterfront and City centre.
Essentials
Woolworths Kloof Street
50 Kloof StCheckers Kloof Street
Weltevreden StreetWellness Warehouse Lifestyle on Kloof
50 Kloof St
Palladium Hair Company
Somerset RoadGreat and stylish hair salon in the Cape Quarter Lifestyle Village.
upmarket massage and wellness spa in the historical and trendy De Waterkant neighbourhood
Mai Thai Wellness Spa
Breda Streetupmarket massage and wellness spa in the historical and trendy De Waterkant neighbourhood
A good gym with indoor pool about 20 minutes walk from where we live
33 locals recommend
Virgin Active Wembley Square Health Club
A good gym with indoor pool about 20 minutes walk from where we live
Sorbet Man
good for haircuts, manicures, pedicures
Sorbet Salon
pedicures. manicures
Arts & Culture
A whole inter-racial neighbourhood, District Six, was bulldosed by the apartheid government in 1969.
445 locals recommend
District Six Museum
25A Buitenkant StA whole inter-racial neighbourhood, District Six, was bulldosed by the apartheid government in 1969.
Iziko South African National Gallery
Government AvenueSouth African art.
South African Jewish Museum
88 Hatfield StZeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa
South Arm RoadParks & Nature
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Rhodes DriveA great place to go to for a picknic.
This is a nudist beach, but we love going there early morning for a hike and picknic when it is empty. It is an amazing 3km walk to get there.
25 locals recommend
Sandy Bay
This is a nudist beach, but we love going there early morning for a hike and picknic when it is empty. It is an amazing 3km walk to get there.
An easy and beautiful hiking trail running all along the contour of Table Mountain. I hike here often and know the area very well if you want to join me.
Contour Path
Contour PathAn easy and beautiful hiking trail running all along the contour of Table Mountain. I hike here often and know the area very well if you want to join me.
Lion's Head Hike
Signal Hill RoadSightseeing
Great little historical and design neighbourhood with colourful historical houses and cobbled stone streets. Great shops and restaurants and bars in the area.
Centrally located between the Bo-Kaap and the V&A Waterfront. Right next to the city center.
66 locals recommend
De Waterkant
Great little historical and design neighbourhood with colourful historical houses and cobbled stone streets. Great shops and restaurants and bars in the area.
Centrally located between the Bo-Kaap and the V&A Waterfront. Right next to the city center.
Bo-Kaap
71 Wale St