Guidebook for Pretoria
Food Scene
Ocean Basket Waverley Plaza
Hertzog StreetClose by good fish including sushi for reasonable prices.
Upmarket restaurant with good food and lively atmosphere. Surrounded by a number of other similar quality restaurants.
10 locals recommend
TriBeCa Standard
Lynnwood RoadUpmarket restaurant with good food and lively atmosphere. Surrounded by a number of other similar quality restaurants.
Sightseeing
Union Buildings
Big statute of Mandela gazes over a large beautiful garden
Parks & Nature
Most Saturdays a parkrun draws more than 1000 people to this venue. The onsite restaurant is peaceful and a pleasant place to enjoy coffee in nature.
26 locals recommend
Botanical Garden parkrun
2 Cussonia AveMost Saturdays a parkrun draws more than 1000 people to this venue. The onsite restaurant is peaceful and a pleasant place to enjoy coffee in nature.
Essentials
Clean grocery store where the local community meet each other. Often familiar faces greeting each other, passing by on their way home.
7 locals recommend
Checkers Waverley
807 Codonia AveClean grocery store where the local community meet each other. Often familiar faces greeting each other, passing by on their way home.
Everything Else
History of how the Europeans lived after arriving in South Africa during the 17th century.
195 locals recommend
Voortrekker Monument
Eeufees RoadHistory of how the Europeans lived after arriving in South Africa during the 17th century.
Arts & Culture
South Africa was burdened by severe discrimination through legalized segregation. The extreme form of discrimination is genocide.
391 locals recommend
Apartheid Museum
South Africa was burdened by severe discrimination through legalized segregation. The extreme form of discrimination is genocide.
Shopping
Recently renovated and expanded mall that is really large and houses everything of anything for sale in terms of food and other household items.
138 locals recommend
Menlyn Park Shopping Centre
Recently renovated and expanded mall that is really large and houses everything of anything for sale in terms of food and other household items.
Close and convenient, including clothing, restaurants, groceries, pharmacy and affordable household wares
13 locals recommend
Waverley plaza
Hertzog StreetClose and convenient, including clothing, restaurants, groceries, pharmacy and affordable household wares