Guidebook for Cape Town

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Guidebook for Cape Town

Food Scene

Every Thursday, Hope Street Market offers fresh veg and local produce, delicious cuisines, desserts and wine often with live music - a must!
36 locals recommend
City Bowl Market
14 Hope St
36 locals recommend
Every Thursday, Hope Street Market offers fresh veg and local produce, delicious cuisines, desserts and wine often with live music - a must!
Some of the best coffee in Cape Town in the trendiest place imaginable, and a great place for brunch or burgers - they only make 50 a day so they're always super good. Another converted warehouse that has a great vibe
71 locals recommend
The Dog's Bollocks at YARD
6 Roodehek St
71 locals recommend
Some of the best coffee in Cape Town in the trendiest place imaginable, and a great place for brunch or burgers - they only make 50 a day so they're always super good. Another converted warehouse that has a great vibe
Incredible food! The lamb and the veggie food is delicious. Our favourite place :)
114 locals recommend
Maria's Greek Café
31 Barnet St
114 locals recommend
Incredible food! The lamb and the veggie food is delicious. Our favourite place :)
Great coffee. Good food - try the cakes!
96 locals recommend
Haas Coffee
19 Buitenkant St
96 locals recommend
Great coffee. Good food - try the cakes!
Coffee institution in Cape Town. Steampunk decor and good brunch
425 locals recommend
Truth Coffee Roasting
36 Buitenkant St
425 locals recommend
Coffee institution in Cape Town. Steampunk decor and good brunch
Possibly the best Italian food in the city..
69 locals recommend
The Cousins Trattoria
3b Barrack St
69 locals recommend
Possibly the best Italian food in the city..
Really nice greek restaurant. Amazing hummus
25 locals recommend
Marika's Restaurant
Upper Buitenkant Street
25 locals recommend
Really nice greek restaurant. Amazing hummus
Great place for lunch and brunch (- the marker is in the wrong place, it is right next to Marika's cnr Vredehoek Ave and Maynard)
84 locals recommend
Lazari
221 Vredehoek Ave
84 locals recommend
Great place for lunch and brunch (- the marker is in the wrong place, it is right next to Marika's cnr Vredehoek Ave and Maynard)
Good pizza!
10 locals recommend
Diva Pizza
83 GLYN St
10 locals recommend
Good pizza!
Bakery of note!
94 locals recommend
Charly's Bakery
36-38 Canterbury St
94 locals recommend
Bakery of note!
Great for a drink or food after a hike around Deer Park and Table Mountain
127 locals recommend
Deer Park Café
2 Deerpark Dr W
127 locals recommend
Great for a drink or food after a hike around Deer Park and Table Mountain
Really good Indian food - *almost* as good as Durban
Vandiar's Indian Cuisine
14 Dunkley Street
Really good Indian food - *almost* as good as Durban

Drinks & Nightlife

Cool little bar and restaurant serving giant burger/ stacks and cheap beer. Outside seating
46 locals recommend
Roxy Late Night
14 Wandel St
46 locals recommend
Cool little bar and restaurant serving giant burger/ stacks and cheap beer. Outside seating
Very trendy bar that also serves pretty good food - the fried chicken and waffles are....a lot! I love the beetroot/ falafel burgers
95 locals recommend
Lefty's
105 Harrington St
95 locals recommend
Very trendy bar that also serves pretty good food - the fried chicken and waffles are....a lot! I love the beetroot/ falafel burgers
52 locals recommend
Perseverance Tavern
83 Buitenkant St
52 locals recommend
The oldest pub in Cape Town. An institution!
25 locals recommend
Kimberley Hotel Backpackers
46 Roeland St
25 locals recommend
The oldest pub in Cape Town. An institution!
German Club Cape Town.
6 Roodehek Terrace
32 locals recommend
The Assembly
61 Harrington Street
32 locals recommend

Arts & Culture

445 locals recommend
District Six Museum
25A Buitenkant St
445 locals recommend
National Library of South Africa Cape Town Campus
5 Queen Victoria St
8 locals recommend
Iziko South African National Gallery
Government Avenue
190 locals recommend
Iziko South African Museum and Planetarium
25 Queen Victoria St
305 locals recommend
44 locals recommend
South African Jewish Museum
88 Hatfield St
44 locals recommend
274 locals recommend
The Fugard Theatre
274 locals recommend

Parks & Nature

602 locals recommend
Company's Gardens
602 locals recommend
One of the gateways to the contour paths of Table Mountain
127 locals recommend
Deer Park Café
2 Deerpark Dr W
127 locals recommend
One of the gateways to the contour paths of Table Mountain

Entertainment & Activities

Independent cinema showing mainstream and other
352 locals recommend
The Labia
68 Orange St
352 locals recommend
Independent cinema showing mainstream and other
Really nice yoga studio offering vinyasa, yin and frequent workshops
22 locals recommend
The Shala Yoga Studio
15 Wandel St
22 locals recommend
Really nice yoga studio offering vinyasa, yin and frequent workshops

Shopping

2 large supermarkets, hardware store, outdoor clothing, homeware, banks, a travel agent, souvenir shop with gorgeous local products, design shop, bookshop, stationary shop, body shop, a cheese shop, a polish food store, manicure and wax place, chemist and health food store - everything!
220 locals recommend
FNB Bank ATM Gardens Shopping Centre
22 Mill Street
220 locals recommend
2 large supermarkets, hardware store, outdoor clothing, homeware, banks, a travel agent, souvenir shop with gorgeous local products, design shop, bookshop, stationary shop, body shop, a cheese shop, a polish food store, manicure and wax place, chemist and health food store - everything!
Great bookstore and cafe
123 locals recommend
the book lounge
71 Roeland Street
123 locals recommend
Great bookstore and cafe

Getting Around

173 locals recommend
Gardens My City Bus Station
173 locals recommend
bus stop that takes you to Table Mountain cable car and Camps Bay
Cape Town Lower Kloof 2 station
bus stop that takes you to Table Mountain cable car and Camps Bay