Guidebook for Cape Town
Food Scene
Great for breakfast bagels and you can either sit in the cute Cafe or hang out on the grass or benches in the little Lever Street Park. I especially recommend the salmon and cream cheese bagel!
40 locals recommend
Bob's Bagel Café
6 Rouxville RdGreat for breakfast bagels and you can either sit in the cute Cafe or hang out on the grass or benches in the little Lever Street Park. I especially recommend the salmon and cream cheese bagel!
Not often you can sit in a restaurant and dangle your legs over the seawall and feel the waves splash on your skin. An old favourite. It has a variety of restaurants and bars to suit the different age groups. Well worth a visit, and if you are a solo traveler, a sundowner in the top (quite smokey) bar will get you a lot of new friends.
239 locals recommend
The Brass Bell Restaurants and Pubs
Main RoadNot often you can sit in a restaurant and dangle your legs over the seawall and feel the waves splash on your skin. An old favourite. It has a variety of restaurants and bars to suit the different age groups. Well worth a visit, and if you are a solo traveler, a sundowner in the top (quite smokey) bar will get you a lot of new friends.
Salt
136 Main RdGreat menu with variety - with items catered for people who are banting or vegan.
17 locals recommend
The Courtyard Café
48 Main RdGreat menu with variety - with items catered for people who are banting or vegan.
Olympia Cafe
134 Main RoadOlympia Bakery
16 St Johns RdAuthentic Kalk Bay with big greasy helpings of fish and chips with seagulls on hand waiting for any nibbles that come there way. Right in the middle of the harbour, its a great experience.
58 locals recommend
Kalky's Fish & Chips
Authentic Kalk Bay with big greasy helpings of fish and chips with seagulls on hand waiting for any nibbles that come there way. Right in the middle of the harbour, its a great experience.
Cape to Cuba
165 Main RdDalebrook Cafe
20 Main RdSatori - Kalk Bay
78 Main RdDrinks & Nightlife
The Striped Horse
12 York RdSightseeing
Chapman's Peak Drive
1 Chapmans Peak DrThe views are spectacular
Parks & Nature
Noordhoek Beach
Fish Hoek Beach
Great swimming beach.
An article in the Guardian on the best beaches in Cape Town:
"Dalebrook is the tidal pool and beach locals keep to themselves. Visitors duck under a little subway under the railway line to access it.
Never crowded (most people prefer the sociable St James tidal pool) and sheltered, the Dalebrook tidal pool’s manmade concrete retaining walls allow waves to break over its edge, keeping the water clean and the swimming experience both safe and exciting. There is a changing room on the beach and plenty of golden sand.
When to go: In the morning, as the False Bay coast is close to the mountains and loses the sun early. Spend the afternoon exploring the delightful little seaside suburb of Kalk Bay."
66 locals recommend
Dalebrook Tidal Pool
Dalebrook RoadAn article in the Guardian on the best beaches in Cape Town:
"Dalebrook is the tidal pool and beach locals keep to themselves. Visitors duck under a little subway under the railway line to access it.
Never crowded (most people prefer the sociable St James tidal pool) and sheltered, the Dalebrook tidal pool’s manmade concrete retaining walls allow waves to break over its edge, keeping the water clean and the swimming experience both safe and exciting. There is a changing room on the beach and plenty of golden sand.
When to go: In the morning, as the False Bay coast is close to the mountains and loses the sun early. Spend the afternoon exploring the delightful little seaside suburb of Kalk Bay."
Entertainment & Activities
Noordhoek Beach Horse Rides
The Kalk Bay Theatre
Main RoadLever Street Park
Lever RoadGreat community park close to Bob's Bagels.
Shopping
Great shops and has daylight so feels open. Used by locals. Nice restaurants and bookshops etc.
103 locals recommend
Longbeach Mall
Sunnydale RoadGreat shops and has daylight so feels open. Used by locals. Nice restaurants and bookshops etc.
Wonderful South African Art and contemporary style. I particularly like the San art, and some great local books on South African artists.
29 locals recommend
Kalk Bay Modern
136 Main RdWonderful South African Art and contemporary style. I particularly like the San art, and some great local books on South African artists.
George and Simon Curtis have a great collection of historic and interesting books, maps and art. Well worth exploring.
7 locals recommend
Quagga Rare Books and Art
86 Main RdGeorge and Simon Curtis have a great collection of historic and interesting books, maps and art. Well worth exploring.
Big Blue Kalkbay
82 Main RdKalk Bay Books
62 Main RdAuthentic African curios and curiosities run by Michel from Ghana.
At the back of the shop Dave sells crystals.
18 locals recommend
Kalk Bay Food Market
110 Main RdAuthentic African curios and curiosities run by Michel from Ghana.
At the back of the shop Dave sells crystals.
5 Belmont Rd
5 Belmont RoadNeighborhoods
Kalk Bay has the sea, the mountain, a great and diverse community, wonderful restaurants, a thriving harbour, a cute little community park and a theatre, an historic church and mosque - and a multitude of shops and galleries.
It was also voted by Forbes Magazine as one of the 12 coolest suburbs in the world!
485 locals recommend
Kalk Bay
Kalk Bay has the sea, the mountain, a great and diverse community, wonderful restaurants, a thriving harbour, a cute little community park and a theatre, an historic church and mosque - and a multitude of shops and galleries.
It was also voted by Forbes Magazine as one of the 12 coolest suburbs in the world!